War Ukraine - Russia, last minute | Allies increase their military aid to Ukraine without agreeing on German tanks

• War of Ukraine Leopard 2: what are the tanks that Ukraine asks for and which countries can give them?

The western countries allied with

announced this Friday the increase in military aid to the country invaded by

, after a meeting in Germany in which they did not agree on the supply of German Leopard 2 tanks.

Ukrainian President

regretted that his allies did not seize this opportunity, although he did not give up.

"Yes, we still have to fight to achieve the shipment of modern tanks, but every day we manage to show that there is no other alternative than to make a decision in this regard," Zelensky said in his daily speech.

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10:22

Scholz's liberal partners "regret" the lack of agreement on the tanks "Leopard"

The president of the Defense Committee of the German Parliament, Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, of the co-governmental Liberal Party (FDP), "regretted" the lack of an agreement to supply "Leopard 2" tanks to

and considered that Germany "failed" before his allies.

"History is watching us. And Germany has unfortunately failed," said the politician, in statements to ZDF public television, after failing to reach an agreement on the matter yesterday at the meeting of the Ukraine Contact Group held at the US base in Ramstein (Germany).

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9:05

Zelenski: "Every day it is more evident that there is no alternative to tanks"

's President

Volodomyr Zelensky believes that his country will still have to fight "for the supply of modern tanks, but that it becomes more and more evident every day that there is no alternative but to make a decision on tanks."

's allied countries held yesterday Friday

at the German Ramstein base, Zelensky stated that "the partners are firm in their attitude" and will support

"as much as is necessary for our victory."

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8:29

The US denounces that the Wagner Group is obtaining illicit profits in Africa

The US State Department denounced this Friday that the Wagner Group, an organization of mercenaries of Russian origin considered a private military company, is obtaining "illicit profits" in Africa that could be used to finance the

.

"(Russian President) Vladimir Putin and the Wagner Group, backed by the Kremlin and controlled by Yevgeniy Prigozhin, are actively undermining the independence of our African partners for the sake of illicit gains," a department spokesman told EFE.

Earlier this week, the US daily Politico reported that the United States believes the Wagner Group is expanding its mining projects in Africa to raise millions to shore up its military operations in

.

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7:58

Met Opera to hold concert in support of Ukraine on anniversary of invasion

The Metropolitan Opera of New York (Met Opera) announced this Friday that it will hold a concert in support of

and in coordination with the Ukrainian mission to the UN on the first anniversary of the invasion by

, on February 24.

The Met Opera, which did a benefit concert for

in March of last year and helped organize the Ukrainian Freedom Orchestra, is now encouraging ticket purchasers (at $50) to add donations toward sending aid to the country.

The program includes Mozart's Requiem "to remember the innocent victims of war" and Beethoven's Fifth Symphony "in anticipation of the victory to come," according to a statement, indicating that the concert will be broadcast over the radio.

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7:30

US indicts two men for protecting Russian oligarch's superyacht

The United States announced Friday that it has filed criminal charges against two men who it said tried to prevent the seizure of the $90 million superyacht of sanctioned Russian oligarch Viktor Vekselberg, a close associate of Russian President Vladimir Putin.

The US Department of Justice charged Vladislav Osipov, 51, a dual Russian-Swiss national, and British citizen Richard Masters, 52, with sanctions evasion and money laundering related to the operation of the luxury yacht "Tango." after the sanctions imposed on Vekselberg.

Masters was arrested in Spain on Friday on a US extradition request while Osipov is on the run, the Justice Department said.

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7:10

Ukraine should focus on a counteroffensive and not on Bakhmut

Ukraine

should not try to defend the city of Bakhmut at all costs, the scene of a bloody battle, but focus more on preparing for a major counteroffensive, a US official estimated Friday.

The pre-war city of 70,000 has become the epicenter of fighting in eastern

, with heavy artillery fire, slow advances and heavy casualties on both sides.

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7:00

Blinken is confident that Europe and the US Congress will maintain support for Ukraine

The Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, was confident this Friday that both the European allies and the US Congress will continue to support the shipment of the necessary weapons for

to face the Russian invasion.

"We have seen a lot of premature information about the dissolution of the coalition (which supports Ukraine). But the opposite is happening. Not only do we remain united, but we are getting stronger," he said in a talk at the University of Chicago.

The defense ministers of the United States and several European countries failed to adopt a decision on the shipment of the German-made Leopard 2 tanks, which kyiv claims, at a meeting in Ramstein (Germany) on Tuesday.

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