The German Defense Minister has promised a new military aid package worth 500 million euros to Ukraine, which is struggling on the battlefield against the troops of the Russian invader.
The package includes deliveries in “artillery, air defense, drones, and protection (…)”.
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The German Defense Minister promised this Thursday a new package of military aid worth 500 million euros to Ukraine, in difficulty on the battlefield against the troops of the Russian invader, said a spokesperson for the ministry to AFP. The announcement was made by Boris Pistorius during an unannounced visit to Odessa, a port city in southern Ukraine, where he met with his counterpart Roustem Umerov, the spokesperson added.
The package includes deliveries in “artillery, air defense, drones, and protection (…)“, he added.
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Ukraine: Joe Biden (finally) authorizes kyiv to strike targets in Russia to defend Kharkiv
According to statements by Boris Pistorius reported by German media, this package of weapons, some of which are ready for delivery, includes a large number of missiles for medium-range Iris-T SLM air defense systems. Also included are drones for reconnaissance and combat in the Black Sea as well as spare parts.
AMERICAN WEAPONS
Joe Biden, who has refused to do so until now, has given the green light for Ukraine to strike targets on Russian soil, in the Kharkiv region, under certain conditions, an American official said yesterday. “The president has tasked his team to ensure that Ukraine can use American weapons to counterattack in the Kharkiv region, so as to retaliate when Russian forces attack them or prepare to attack them “, said this Source. The official, who requested anonymity, added, however, that the United States continued to oppose Ukrainian strikes deep into Russian territory.
NORTH KOREAN MISSILES
Russia is using North Korean ballistic missiles in Ukraine, says a new Pentagon report that used debris analysis to confirm long-standing accusations that Moscow is receiving weapons from Pyongyang. The US Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) used open Source imagery to confirm that debris found in January in the Kharkiv region of northwestern Ukraine, came from a short-range ballistic missile produced in North Korea.
THREE DEAD
Three people were killed and 23 injured in Russian strikes in Kharkiv (north-east), regional authorities announced this morning after Joe Biden authorized kyiv, according to an American official, to strike targets on Russian soil to defend this city. It was a five-story building in which civilians were sleeping that was struck, in the Novobavarsky district, said the mayor of Ukraine’s second city, Igor Terekhov, affirming that other people could still be found under the rubble.
“The enemy once again resorted to the double strike tactic, while doctors, rescuers and law enforcement were already there,” Oleg Sinegoubov told a local newspaper, asserting that among the injured there is an emergency doctor.
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After the Russian invasion in February 2022, Germany abandoned its traditionally pacifist stance to become the second largest supplier of military aid to Ukraine in absolute terms, behind the United States. Berlin supplied a wide range of weaponry, from artillery to armored fighting vehicles.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has, however, been criticized in recent months for refusing to authorize the supply of long-range Taurus missiles, with Germany saying it fears the missiles could be used to hit targets inside Russia. The debate on the use or not on Russian territory of some of the weapons supplied to kyiv by the West, in this case long-range missiles, is now agitating the capitals of the Alliance countries.
