night vision devices, 500,000 military food rations, 14 armored cars and other systems. By April 2022, Lambrecht announced that the German army's stocks are depleted and additional deliveries have to come from the arms manufacturers directly. In May 2022, Lambrecht led negotiations with fellow cabinet members Christian Lindner and Annalena Baerbock as well as Mathias Middelberg on securing a two-thirds majority in parliament needed to change Germany’s constitution to allow for a credit-based special defense fund of 100 billion euros ($107.35 billion). In August 2022, Lambrecht sent 13 military aircraft to join the Exercise Pitch Black in Australia, the German Air Force’s largest peacetime deployment, underlining Germany’s increased focus on the Indo-Pacific amid rising tensions with China in the region. In October 2022, Lambrecht visited Odesa to meet with Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov, in her first visit to the country since the invasion. In a widely criticized New Year's Eve address she stated that the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has led to "a lot of special experiences" and a chance for "many encounters with great and interesting people". On 16 January 2023, Lambrecht announced her decision to step down as Defence Minister. This came after she had repeatedly been criticized for her work in the role and after multiple politically embarrassing incidents. Lambrecht blamed the media for focusing on her, instead of conducting fact based reporting. A few weeks after her resignation it became clear that the already very weak German army had supplied goods to Ukraine for about 1 billion euros, but that the ministry had only ordered replacements for 50 million euros. Replacement of the other goods had not even been requested, even while funding was available. Other activities Academy of European Law (ERA), Ex-Officio Member of the Governing Board (2019–2021) German Forum for Crime Prevention (DFK), Ex-Officio Chair of the Board of Trustees (2019–2021) Magnus Hirschfeld Foundation, Ex-Officio Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees (2019–2021) Humboldt Forum, Ex-Officio Member of the Supervisory Board (2018–2019) GIZ, Member of the Supervisory Board (2018–2019)* Jewish Museum Berlin, Member of the Board of Trustees (since 2018). Personal life Lambrecht has one son. In 2022, Lambrecht was criticised for taking her son with her using an army helicopter, while she went for visiting troops and her son went on holiday. A political scandal broke out after he posted pictures of it on Instagram, even though this practice is not uncommon.