German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht resigns amid Ukraine war backlash

German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht connected Monday tendered her resignation, amid scrutiny implicit Berlin's effect to the warfare successful Ukraine.

"Today I asked the Chancellor to beryllium released from the relation of defence minister," Lambrecht said successful a statement, according to a CNBC translation.

Her stepdown comes arsenic Germany mulls whether to o.k. an summation successful subject enactment to Ukraine successful bid to assistance Kyiv's equipped forces prevail against the Russian onslaught.

"The absorption from the media implicit months connected my idiosyncratic hardly allows for nonsubjective reporting and treatment astir the soldiers, the equipped forces and the people for information argumentation successful the involvement of Germany's citizens," Lambrecht said.

"The invaluable enactment of the soldiers and the galore motivated radical successful the manufacture needs to beryllium astatine the forefront. I truthful decided to marque my station available," she added. "I convey everyone who engages themselves for our information each time and sincerely privation them the champion of luck for the future."

Lambrecht, a elder lawmaker successful German Chancellor Olaf Scholz's Social Democratic Party, had faced sustained unit implicit her credibility to pb the country's equipped forces.

Multiple media outlets reported implicit the play that Lambrecht's resignation could beryllium imminent, pursuing a bid of missteps.

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— CNBC's Sophie Kiderlin contributed to this report.