Poland supports its neighbors with Soviet T-72 tanks. Warsaw has already made it clear that it expects compensation from NATO partners, including Germany. Most of the tank arsenal in the Polish Armed Forces is made up of German leopard tanks.
Biden criticizes Zhelensky
10.05 am: The US Secret Service had warned of the Russian invasion early on – so it had to be warned with caution. US President Joe Biden is now expressing his anger in the direction of his Ukrainian counterpart Zhelensky. Read more about this here.
Rumors of Putin’s medical emergency
9.58 am: Vladimir Putin has surprisingly postponed his annual question-and-answer session on state television. An insider of the Kremlin now claims that the cause is serious health problems. Read more about this here.
Violent street fighting in Sverdlovskaya
8.35 am: The British Ministry of Defense has said that “serious street fighting” is underway between Russian and Ukrainian troops in the strategically important Seaverdonetsk. There may be multiple victims on both sides, the ministry said, citing secret service findings. Russian troops stationed around Shivjerodonetsky have not advanced south of the city since Friday.
Austin: The war extends to the Indo-Pacific
5.30 am: According to US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine extends as far as the Indo-Pacific. “Therefore, countries across the region are rapidly providing humanitarian assistance to the affected people in Ukraine, including key contributions from Singapore, Thailand, India and Vietnam,” Austin said in a speech at the 2019 Shangri-La Conversation in Singapore. Saturday.
Austin warned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine shows what happens when “oppressors trample on the rules that protect us all” and “when the major powers determine that their imperialist aspirations are more important than the rights of their peaceful neighbors.”
Ukrainian intelligence: this is now artillery war
5 p.m .: Fierce fighting continues for the industrial city of Zhivorodonetsk. “This is an artillery war now,” Vadim Skipitsky, deputy head of Ukraine’s military intelligence, told The Guardian. It all depends on what western Ukraine is now and how many weapons it provides. Ukraine has one artillery piece against 10 to 15 Russian artillery pieces.
FDP wants to deliver mortar tanks quickly
3 p.m .: In the ruling coalition, the FDP is pushing for the rapid delivery of German armored personnel carriers to Ukraine. Alexander Graf Lambsdorff, deputy parliamentary committee chairman for the Augsburger Allgemeine (Saturday), said the FDP should “provide more support to the Ukrainians with the Marder infantry.”
Martens are not battle tanks. “They are ready in the yard and they can be processed and delivered.” He added: “As FDP, we expect this to happen.”
Mayor: Cholera has spread in Mariupol
2.20 am: The mayor of the Russian-controlled city of Mariupol in southern Ukraine has called on the United Nations and the International Committee of the Red Cross to establish a humanitarian corridor so that the remaining residents can leave the city. Cholera has spread in the city.
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