The German Defense Minister said on Saturday he was open to sending German soldiers to Ukraine if a demilitarized zone was established there to guarantee respect for a hypothetical ceasefire with Russia.
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GERMAN SOLDIERS TO GUARANTEE A CEASEFIRE?
The German Defense Minister said on Saturday he was open to sending German soldiers to Ukraine if a demilitarized zone was established there to guarantee respect for a hypothetical ceasefire with Russia.
“We are NATO’s biggest partner in Europe. It is obvious that we will play a role and that we will have to take responsibility for it,” said Boris Pistorius, when asked about the possible sending of German troops to participate in the securing a buffer zone between the two belligerents, in a newspaper interview South German newspaper.
But “the question will be discussed when the time comes”, also said the social democratic minister, who hopes to retain his functions after the early legislative elections of February 23.
RUSSIAN ADVANCE
Russia announced on Saturday that it had taken control of two other villages in eastern Ukraine, the latest territorial advance in its offensive.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in a statement posted on Telegram that its forces had “liberated” the villages of Vremivka and Petropavlivka, both located in the Donetsk region.
THREE DEAD IN kyiv
Three people were killed in a Russian attack in kyiv, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Saturday, a strike with ballistic missiles described as “heinous” by kyiv and a retaliation by Moscow.
A previous report given a little earlier by the military administration of the Ukrainian capital reported four deaths. At least three other people were injured in the attack, while another nighttime strike on the southern town of Zaporizhzhia left ten people injured.
kyiv is frequently targeted by Russian drones and missiles, but casualties are rare in the capital, which is heavily protected by air defense systems and better able to repel attacks than anywhere else in the country.
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A drone attack launched by Ukraine caused a fire on Friday at an industrial site in Lyudinovo, a city in western Russia located 170 km from the border, authorities reported. “Following a drone attack in Lyudinovo, a fire broke out on the perimeter of an industrial enterprise“, said the governor of the Russian Kaluga region, Vladislav Chapcha, in a message on Telegram.
Unverified videos posted on Russian social media show a massive fire in what is said to be an oil depot in the region.
kyiv has stepped up its air attacks on Russian energy and military facilities in recent months, a campaign described as a just response to Russia’s relentless bombing of its cities and energy grid, nearly three years after the invasion began. Ukraine.
The Ukrainian army has notably struck several Russian oil depots in recent weeks, including two major strikes against a depot located near a military airport in the Saratov region. They caused fires which lasted several days.
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