SPD leader Lars Klingbail has called on former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder to end his business dealings with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to Welt. He expects a clear demeanor from Schroeder these days, Klingbeil wrote on Saturday. “He condemned the illegal war in Ukraine. But: This war starts exclusively with Putin,” he said. And so […]
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Change of attitude for Germany: It will supply Ukraine with weapons through a third country
LAST UPDATE: 19:13 Germany has approved the delivery of 400 anti-aircraft missiles (RPGs) from the Netherlands to Ukraine, the Berlin Defense Ministry said, confirming a policy change following criticism from Berlin for refusing to send weapons to Kiev as opposed to others. allies, Reuters reported. “The approval has been confirmed by the chancellor,” a defense […]
Britain and the United States believe that the Ukrainian resistance has slowed down the Russian invasion
Russian forces are increasingly frustrated by what the United States calls “sustainable” Ukrainian resistance, a U.S. defense official said on Saturday, according to Reuters. “We know they have not made the progress they wanted to make, especially in the north. They are disappointed with what they have seen as a very determined resistance,” he said, […]
Adviser Zelensky: Ukraine does not refuse to negotiate, but is not ready for Russian ultimatums
Ukraine today rejected allegations that it was refusing to negotiate a ceasefire with Russia, but said it was not ready to accept ultimatums or unacceptable terms. Mikhail Pontolyak, an adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s office, told Reuters that Ukraine had prepared a negotiating position but was facing unworkable negotiating terms from Russia. “Just yesterday […]
Foreign Minister: 10 Greeks dead and six injured in bombings in Eastern Ukraine
LAST UPDATE: 23:20 Another four expatriates lost their lives in an air strike in the village of Sartana, as announced by the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, bringing the total number of dead to 10. “The airstrikes against civilians, which continue in the village of Sartana and which resulted in the death of four more […]
V. Zelensky: Turkey will ban the passage of Russian warships in the Black Sea – Turkish official denies
LAST UPDATE: 16:44 Turkey will ban the passage of Russian warships in the Black Sea, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky tweeted after talks with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. I thank my friend Mr. President of 🇹🇷 @RTErdogan and the people of 🇹🇷 for their strong support. The ban on the passage of 🇷🇺 warships to […]
Erdogan in Zelensky: We make every effort for an immediate ceasefire
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a telephone conversation on Saturday that Ankara was working for an immediate ceasefire, Reuters reported. In a statement, the Turkish presidency said Erdogan also expressed his condolences for the Ukrainians killed in the Russian attack. As it became known earlier, Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlüt ÇavuÅŸoλουlu […]
Kremlin: Attack on Ukraine resumes today
LAST UPDATE: 17:50 Russian troops resumed their offensive in Ukraine on Saturday after President Vladimir Putin halted the attack a day earlier in anticipation of talks with Kiev that never took place, the Kremlin said, according to Reuters. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peshkov also said in a statement that Russia was awaiting Western sanctions in response […]
Germany: Soltz is under pressure from his party to block Swift
Chancellor Olaf Solz (SPD) has met with opposition within his party to a no-blockade of Russia from Swift’s banking network, according to a Welt report. The president of the German “New Socialists”, the youth of the SPD (JUSO), Jessica Rosenthal, on Saturday called for the way to be opened for this particularly harsh sanction. “We […]
Reuters: Greece will support European sanctions on Russia, including the Swift system
Greece will support any European Union line on sanctions against Russia following its invasion of Ukraine, including measures to cut Moscow off from the global SWIFT payment system, a senior government official told Reuters on Saturday. “Greece will support the EU sanctions line, including SWIFT,” the official said, declining to be named. Such a move, […]
