War Ukraine - Russia, last minute | Medvedev threatens: "The defeat of Russia can cause a nuclear war"

329 days after the start of the Ukraine-Russia war, kyiv is still reeling from the horrific helicopter crash that killed it.

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War London promotes the "coalition of tanks"
USA American weapons in Israel, at the service of Ukraine

329

days have passed since the start of the Ukraine-Russia war

, Kiev is still reeling from the horrific helicopter crash that killed Interior Minister

Denys Monastyrsky

and 13 others, including a child.

The president,

Volodimir Zelenski

, has announced in his evening speech that he has opened "a criminal investigation".

In addition, in a speech at the Davos Forum, he assured that "several hypotheses" are being considered that he cannot reveal yet.

Regarding the

war that Ukraine is waging after the invasion of Russia

, Zelenski assured that his intention is to

recover all its territories, including Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014

"Crimea is our land, our territory, our sea and our mountains," he said, turning to his Western partners for more weapons and criticizing Germany's hesitance to provide heavy tanks.

Western

allies meet Friday at Germany's Ramstein airbase with the focus on whether Germany will allow its Leopard 2 main battle tanks to

be supplied to Kiev to help drive off Russian forces.

Before that meeting, the vice president of the Russian Security Council,

Dmitri Medvedev

, warned that the defeat of a nuclear power like Russia in a conventional war could cause the outbreak of a nuclear conflict.

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00.13

US announces $2.5 billion in new weapons and ammunition for Ukraine

The United States announced a new arms and ammunition package for Ukraine on Thursday as the country prepares for a new phase of the war against Russia.

The package does not include the tanks requested by kyiv, but includes 59 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, a host of other armored personnel carriers, Avenger air defense systems, as well as large and small munitions, the Pentagon said.

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23.12

Zelensky expects "strong decisions" from the allies on the delivery of arms to Ukraine

Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky said Thursday that he expects "strong decisions" from the meeting that his Western allies will hold in Germany on Friday to coordinate the shipment of weapons to kyiv to deal with Russia.

"We prepare for Ramstein tomorrow," the president said, referring to the military base where the meeting will take place.

"We expect strong decisions," Zelensky added in his daily evening speech.

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22.10

Russia investigates an American for "espionage"

The Russian security services (FSB) announced on Thursday the opening of an investigation for "espionage" against an American citizen, in the midst of a diplomatic crisis between Moscow and Washington over the conflict in Ukraine.

The FSB did not indicate the identity of the American, whether he was in Russia or abroad and, in the first case, whether he had been detained.

"The American is suspected of gathering information on biological issues that threaten the security of the Russian Federation," the FSB said in a brief statement.

In Washington, the State Department said it was "aware of these unconfirmed reports of an investigation into a US citizen."

"In general, Russia does not respect its obligations to notify in a timely manner the detention of American citizens in Russia," the State Department added.

"We will continue to monitor this closely," added State Department spokesman Vedant Patel.

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20:59

US tells Germany there is no point in sending Abrams tanks to Ukraine

The

Pentagon

assured this Thursday that it makes no sense for the

to now send Abrams tanks to

Ukraine

, as Germany has requested in exchange for providing the Leopard 2 main battle tanks.

The Undersecretary of Press of the US Department of Defense, Sabrina Singh, said in a press conference that it is a matter of maintenance.

Abrams "is a tank that requires jet fuel, whereas the Leopard and Challenger (these latest British tanks going to Ukraine) have a different engine, they need diesel, they are a bit easier to maintain," Singh said. .

He explained that both German and British tanks can maneuver over "large chunks of territory" before needing to refuel.

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20:20

Zelensky urges Germany to supply 'Leopard' ahead of Ramstein meeting

The Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, has once again urged Berlin to allow supplies to his country of the 'Leopard' tanks, before a meeting this Friday at the US base in Ramstein (Germany) of the allied members of the Contact Group for Ukraine.

"You can keep talking about it for six months, but in my country people die every day," the Ukrainian leader said in an interview on ARD public television.

"If you have Leopard, give them to us," Zelensky has said.

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18:01

NATO on Ukraine: "Weapons are the path to peace"

"Arms are the path to peace."

This phrase, which at any other time in recent history, and probably anywhere else, would be

newspeak

or an indisputable display of cynicism, today, in Europe, is the new and almost unique reality.

"It may seem like a paradox, but the only way to achieve a negotiated settlement is to convince President Putin that he will not win on the battlefield. He has to sit down and negotiate. Nobody knows how this war will end, and most likely it will around the table, but what we do know is that what is discussed then depends entirely on force today on the battlefield. And if we want Ukraine to prevail, they need military force," adds the NATO Secretary General,

Jens Stoltenberg

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4:45 p.m.

Denmark will send artillery systems to Ukraine in a new aid package

The Danish government has announced the shipment of 19 French-made Howitzer artillery systems to the Ukrainian armed forces.

"As everyone knows, the situation in Ukraine is appalling. The Ukrainians have very clearly asked for more support from the free world, including Denmark," Defense Minister Jakob Ellemann-Jensen, the conservative, said today at the end of a meeting of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Danish Parliament.

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4:34 p.m.

Ukrainian servicemen learn demining techniques in Cambodia

A group of 15 Ukrainian servicemen have traveled to Cambodia to receive a week-long training on demining techniques that they will be able to apply later in their country, which has resisted the

war in Ukraine

for almost 11 months .

This Southeast Asian kingdom was one of the most mine-contaminated countries in the world due to 30 years of civil war in the second half of the 20th century.

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16:02

Ukraine calls for tanks and urges its allies to "stop trembling" before Putin

Ukraine on Thursday asked its Western allies to hand over tanks and "stop trembling" before Russian President Vladimir Putin.

"There are no taboos. From Washington to London, from Paris to Warsaw, they say: Ukraine needs tanks. That is the key to ending the war," Mikhailo Podoliak, an adviser to the Ukrainian presidency, tweeted, later adding: "It is It's time to stop trembling before Putin and complete that last stage".

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2:55 p.m.

Putin discusses energy and transport cooperation with Raisí

Russian President Vladimir Putin discussed energy and transport cooperation between the two countries with his Iranian counterpart on Thursday, according to the Kremlin.

"Current issues of bilateral relations have been discussed, including cooperation in the energy and transport sectors," he said in an official statement.

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2:37 p.m.

Zelensky calls for urgency in the supply of arms to Ukraine

President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday called on

Ukraine

's allies to supply

Kiev

with more weapons as soon as possible, saying this would help ensure the security of Ukraine and Europe.

Zelenski made these statements through an interpreter during a joint press conference with the President of the European Council, Charles Michel, who was visiting kyiv.

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13:57

Only 8.5% of Western companies have left Russia

Despite widespread outrage over Russia's invasion of Ukraine, only a small number of Western companies have left Russia,

according to a study by the University of St. Gallen and Lausanne's IMD institute

In their research, they calculated how many companies based in the European Union and G7 countries have left Russia since the start of the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.

Their findings reveal "a very limited withdrawal of EU and G7 companies from Russia, (and) challenge the narrative that there is a vast exodus of Western companies leaving the market," the University of St. Gallen said on Thursday. it's a statement.

"Many firms based in these nations have resisted pressure from governments, the media, and NGOs," the note added

The study showed that less than 10% of EU and G7 companies with Russian subsidiaries had left the country.

These results, according to the university statement, "question the willingness of Western companies to disassociate themselves from economies that their governments now consider geopolitical rivals."

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13:31

Ukraine pushes for Leopard tanks

Ukraine appealed to its Western allies to

"considerably strengthen" supplies of weapons, including Leopard 2 tanks

, which the country needs to protect its citizens from "deadly attacks" by the Russian "terrorist state."

"Time is pressing", the foreign and defense ministers, Dmytro Kuleba and Oleksii Reznikov, point out in a joint statement, before the ministerial meeting that will take place this Friday at the US base in Ramstein (Germany) of the so-called Support Contact Group Ukraine.

In the statement, both ministers appreciate the help so far provided by "more than 50" allied states to their country, but warn that

Russia has a "substantial quantitative advantage in troops, weapons and military equipment

. "

Ukraine has presented a "heroic resistance" to the aggressor, the text continues, and has achieved "successful liberation of territories" occupied by Russia, it is recalled, but immediately it is pointed out that "the Kremlin has continued to intensify its hostilities" on Ukrainian territory .

The Western allies

must "raise their aid to a qualitatively new level,"

in Kiev's view, which means tanks like the Leopard.

The statement

expressly appreciates the decision of the United Kingdom to transfer a first squadron of Challenger 2 armored vehicles

, but considers that "it is not enough", for which reason it calls on the States that have Leopard 2 to join those supplies.

Among those countries , they list

Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Greece, Norway, Poland, Spain, Sweden, and Turkey

, and pledge to "use these weapons responsibly."

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13:12

"May 2023 be the year of victory and peace"

The president of the European Council,

Charles Michel, is already in Kiev to discuss the bloc's support for Ukraine in its war against Russia

, and the reforms needed for it to one day join the European Union.

Two weeks before the EU-Ukraine summit on February 3, Michel posted a photo of himself on Twitter from a train platform, saying: "Back in Kiev to discuss all aspects of cooperation...

May 2023 be the year of victory and peace

In addition, he visited a rehabilitation center in kyiv funded by the European Union, praised the veterans and proclaimed "Ukraine is unbreakable."

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12:58

The European Parliament calls for a special court

The European Parliament on Thursday called for the creation of a special international tribunal to try Russia's crime of aggression against Ukraine.

"It is urgent that the Union and its Member States, in close cooperation with Ukraine and the international community, preferably through the United Nations, promote the creation of a special international court

to try the crime of aggression against Ukraine committed by the political leaders and military of the Russian Federation and its allies

", the MEPs pointed out, according to AFP.

The non-binding text was approved in Strasbourg by an overwhelming majority of 472 votes (19 against and 33 abstentions).

"The creation of such a court would fill an important gap in the current institutional arrangements for international criminal justice," added the MEPs.

"War criminals must be brought to justice. Now,"

the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, reacted on Twitter after the vote.

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12:05

Sweden to deliver Archer guns and light armor to Ukraine

Sweden announced on Thursday that it

will provide the Ukrainian army with Archer long-range guns,

a modern mobile howitzer that Kiev has been demanding for months, and light armored vehicles to deal with Russian forces.

Following a government meeting, Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson announced at a press conference "the first decision to start delivering Archer artillery systems to Ukraine."

It will also send 50 CV-90 armored infantry combatants and NLAW portable anti-tank missiles.

With the conflict in Ukraine, Sweden broke with its doctrine of not supplying weapons to a country at war.

"Military support is decisive

," Kristersson said, because "it can change who takes the initiative next winter" at the front.

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11:14

"The sooner Ukraine accepts our demands, the sooner the conflict will end"

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has assured that Russia will achieve its goals "one way or another" and that kyiv would be better off accepting Moscow's demands.

"The sooner the Ukrainian regime shows its

willingness to meet Russia's demands - which it will achieve one way or another - the sooner it will all

be over and the sooner the Ukrainian people can start to recover from this tragedy, started by the Kiev regime." , Peskov told the press.

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10:58

Ukraine, a priority for Pistorius

The new German Defense Minister,

Boris Pistorius, said after taking office on Thursday that support for Ukraine must remain a priority

The current times, according to Pistorius, "are not normal times" and the outlook on security issues can no longer be the same as before the Russian invasion began.

"These are not normal times, there is a war in Europe. Germany is not part of the war but the war affects us and represents a threat. Security issues cannot be seen with the same eyes as a year ago," he said.

It's about continuing to support Ukraine, also with material from the German army

," she added.

Pistorius appreciated the work of his predecessor, Christine Lambrecht, stressing that much of the work she started is still ahead.

"Most of the work lies ahead.

For years the military was downplayed

. This government is done with it but we still have a lot to do," she said.

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10:05

"Russia's defeat in Ukraine may lead to nuclear war"

The vice president of the Russian Security Council, former President

Dmitry Medvedev

, has warned the West against sending heavy weapons and attack systems to Ukraine, because the defeat of a nuclear power like Russia in a conventional war could trigger the outbreak of a nuclear conflict.

"Mañana, en la base Ramstein de la OTAN, los grandes líderes militares discutirán nuevas tácticas y estrategias, así como el suministro a Ucrania de nuevos armamentos pesados y sistemas de ataque. Y esto será justo después del Foro de Davos, donde juerguistas retrasados repitieron como un mantra: para lograr la paz, Rusia debe perder", señaló Medvédev en su canal de Telegram.

"Y a ninguno de esos miserables se le ocurre sacar de esto la siguiente conclusión elemental: la derrota de una potencia nuclear en una guerra convencional puede provocar el estallido de una guerra nuclear", recalcó.

Medvédev sostiene en su enésima arremetida contra Occidente, que "las potencias nucleares no pierden grandes conflictos de los que depende su destino". "Pero esto debería ser obvio para cualquiera. Incluso para un político occidental que haya conservado al menos algún rastro de inteligencia", insiste.

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9:55

"Estamos pagando la lentitud con vidas ucranianas"

En la misma línea de Zelenski, Andriy Yermak, jefe de la administración presidencial ucraniana, ha instado a los aliados occidentales a que se apresuren a suministrar tanques y defensas aéreas a Kiev, afirmando que está pagando con vidas ucranianas en el frente la lentitud de los debates en las capitales extranjeras.

"No tenemos tiempo, el mundo no tiene este tiempo", escribió en su cuenta de Telegram. "La cuestión de los carros de combate para Ucrania debe cerrarse lo antes posible. Al igual que la cuestión de los sistemas de defensa antiaérea adicionales", declaró Yermak, que zanjó: "Estamos pagando la lentitud con la vida de nuestro pueblo ucraniano. No debería ser así".

Los aliados occidentales se reúnen este viernes en la base aérea alemana de Ramstein con el foco puesto en si Berlín permitirá que sus carros de combate Leopard 2 sean suministrados a Kiev para ayudar a expulsar a las fuerzas rusas.

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