► Ukraine: Russian attack with 110 drones
Ukraine announced Monday, December 2 that it had been targeted by 110 Russian drones during the night, an attack which left one dead and three injured in the town of Ternopil, in the west of the country, according to the authorities.
Russia has for months been carrying out massive nighttime attacks against Ukraine's energy infrastructure using Iranian-designed explosive drones.
“One person died, three were injured and around a hundred residents were evacuated”Ukrainian rescue services said on Telegram.
► Visiting kyiv, Olaf Scholz announces new military aid
Germany will deliver new military aid to Ukraine worth 650 million euros, announced Chancellor Olaf Scholz upon his arrival for a surprise visit to kyiv.
“Germany will remain Ukraine’s main support in Europe”assured the German head of government, campaigning for his re-election. He positions himself as the chancellor of peace and supporter of restraint to avoid an escalation between the West and Russia.
“Ukraine can count on us. We say what we do. And we do what we say”the chancellor also wrote about X upon his arrival in kyiv. His last visit to the country was in June 2022, a few months before the Russian invasion began in February 2022.
► Germany warns China against any support for Russia
The head of German diplomacy, Annalena Baerbock, warned her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi against “growing support” from China to Russia, during a meeting in Beijing, the German Foreign Ministry said in a statement.
“China's growing support for Russia's war against Ukraine impacts our relations because it touches on the fundamental security interests of Germany and Europe”said Annalena Baerbock, according to the press release.
China says it has never supplied any lethal weapons used in Ukraine, but Beijing remains a top political and economic ally of Russia, and has never condemned the Russian invasion.
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