26 March 2024, Saxony-Anhalt, Storkau: Soldiers from the Czech "4th Rapid Deployment Brigade" launch their rubber dinghy on the eastern bank of the Elbe. The water crossing of the German-Czech combat unit is part of the military exercise "Wettiner Schwert 2024". The exercise is in turn part of the large-scale exercise "Quadriga 2024". Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa

26 March 2024, Saxony-Anhalt, Storkau: A Pandur wheeled armored vehicle of the Czech "4th Rapid Deployment Brigade" rolls ashore on the western bank of the Elbe from an Amphibie M3 floating bridge of PionierbrŁckenbataillon 130. In the background, a train crosses a bridge over the Elbe. The water crossing of the German-Czech combat unit is part of the military exercise "Wettiner Schwert 2024". The exercise is in turn part of the large-scale exercise "Quadriga 2024". Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa

26 March 2024, Saxony-Anhalt, Storkau: An M3 amphibious vehicle enters the water on the eastern bank of the Elbe. Several of these amphibious vehicles were put together to form a floating high-speed bridge, which was used by wheeled armored vehicles of the Czech "4th Rapid Deployment Brigade" to cross the Elbe. The water crossing of the German-Czech combat unit is part of the military exercise "Wettiner Schwert 2024". The exercise is in turn part of the large-scale exercise "Quadriga 2024". Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa

26 March 2024, Saxony-Anhalt, Storkau: Soldiers from the Czech "4th Rapid Deployment Brigade" go ashore on the western bank of the Elbe. The water crossing of the German-Czech combat unit is part of the military exercise "Wettiner Schwert 2024". The exercise is in turn part of the large-scale exercise "Quadriga 2024". Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa

26 March 2024, Saxony-Anhalt, Storkau: Pandur wheeled armored vehicles of the Czech "4th Rapid Deployment Brigade" roll ashore on the western bank of the Elbe from an Amphibie M3 floating bridge of PionierbrŁckenbataillon 130. The water crossing of the German-Czech combat unit is part of the military exercise "Wettiner Schwert 2024". The exercise is in turn part of the large-scale exercise "Quadriga 2024". Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa

26 March 2024, Saxony, Leipzig: A district heating pipeline runs along the western edge of the city within sight of a single-family housing estate and the prefabricated housing district of GrŁnau. (Aerial view with drone) Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

26 March 2024, Saxony, Leipzig: A district heating pipeline runs along the western edge of the city within sight of a single-family housing estate and the prefabricated housing district of GrŁnau. (Aerial view with drone) Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

26 March 2024, Saxony, Leipzig: A district heating pipeline runs along the western edge of the city within sight of a single-family housing estate and the prefabricated housing district of GrŁnau. (Aerial view with drone) Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

26 March 2024, Saxony, Leipzig: A district heating pipeline runs along the western edge of the city within sight of a single-family housing estate and the prefabricated housing district of GrŁnau. (Aerial view with drone) Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

26 March 2024, Saxony, Leipzig: A district heating pipeline runs along the western edge of the city within sight of a single-family housing estate and the prefabricated housing district of GrŁnau. (Aerial view with drone) Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

26 March 2024, Saxony, Leipzig: A district heating pipeline runs along the western edge of the city within sight of a single-family housing estate and the prefabricated housing district of GrŁnau. Photo: Jan Woitas/dpa

26 March 2024, Saxony-Anhalt, Storkau: An M3 amphibious floating bridge from Pioneer Bridge Battalion 130 approaches the western bank of the Elbe with Czech Pandur wheeled armored vehicles from the "4th Rapid Deployment Brigade". The water crossing of the German-Czech combat unit is part of the military exercise "Wettiner Schwert 2024". The exercise is in turn part of the large-scale exercise "Quadriga 2024". Photo: Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert/dpa