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The

war in Ukraine

has moved to Davos, with Poland and Lithuania putting pressure on their partners in the European Union, and especially Germany.

After 328 days of the

war in Ukraine

, without Russia having yet achieved its goal of

"liberating" Donbas

, its closest allies consider it strategically important that Kiev receive the

Leopard-type armored battle tanks

it claims.

Leopard tanks, originally made in Germany, require permission from Berlin to be re-exported from the rest of the European countries that host them.

Today, in Davos, all attention is on German Chancellor

Olaf Scholz

addressing the leaders taking part in the World Economic Forum.

A forum that will also listen today to Ukrainian President

Volodimir Zelenski

, who is speaking by videoconference.

Germany's response was less cautious by

sending Patriot anti-missile systems

to Ukraine.

The Netherlands has announced that it joins Germany and the United States in providing the air defense system to kyiv.

Moscow is watching for the next moves that will indicate how the

war in Ukraine will escalate.

Kiev closes the Dnipro residential building massacre, for which Moscow is not responsible and which has cost an adviser to President Zelensky his job for suggesting

that the Russian Kh-22 missile had been shot down by Ukraine.

As the debate in the West on the supply of tanks intensifies days before the

important meeting on military support for Kiev at the

Ramstein

airbase

in Germany, President Vladimir Putin today commemorates in Saint Petersburg the 80th anniversary of the uprising of the blockade of Leningrad during

World War II

and visit a company of the defense industry.

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08.32

A helicopter crashes into a kindergarten in kyiv

A helicopter crashed into a kindergarten and a residential building in the city of Brovary, in Kiev oblast, according to the region's governor,

Oleksiy Kuleba,

Reuters reports.

There are victims without any further information being released.

At the time of impact, the children and daycare employees were in the garden, according to Kuleba.

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08.26

Putin's agenda and his foreign minister

The president of Russia, Vladimir Putin, participates today in Saint Petersburg in events to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the

lifting of the blockade of Leningrad

during World War II and visits a defense industry company, reports Efe.

Meanwhile, his Foreign Minister,

Sergei Lavrov

, will take stock of 2022 and set the objectives for this year, when the war in Ukraine is about to complete 11 months

without Russia having yet achieved its objective of "liberating" Donbas.

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08.02

Rutte announces plans to send Patriot anti-missile systems to Ukraine

Netherlands Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced Tuesday that his country plans to send Patriot anti-missile systems to Ukraine, joining the United States and Germany.

"We intend to join what (the United States) is doing with Germany in the Patriot project, that is, the air defense system," reports Efe.

I think it's important that we come together and that's something I also talked about this morning with (German Chancellor) Olaf Scholz," he said at the start of his meeting with US President Joe Biden.

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Ukraine's closest allies push for tanks

Ukraine's closest European allies, such as Poland and Lithuania, took advantage of the Davos Forum today to put pressure on their EU partners, and especially Germany, to decide to send the

Leopard-type armored battle cars

that Kiev is demanding and that they consider to be of strategic importance at this stage of the war, reports Efe.

The presidents of Poland and Lithuania, Andrzej Duda and Gitanas Nauseda, respectively highlighted the importance of tanks at this time in the war in Ukraine after the Russian invasion.

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