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On the 334th day of the

Poland will ask Germany for permission to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine after German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in a television interview that Berlin "won't object" if the request reached it. .

"If it happened, we wouldn't be against it," she said.

The Ukrainian deputy foreign minister ironized today on Twitter: "Today is the 334th day of the Russian barbarian war.

The pro-Russian separatist leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk republic,

, assures that he is

, whose capture by Russia on January 13, Ukraine has not recognized.

In addition, the separatists also announced on Monday the

, near Bakhmut, in Donetsk, the epicenter of the fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces in the Ukrainian

in military aid to Ukraine, which is part of

, is being debated in the European Union on Monday

, with an eye on

due to reports that

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10.53

Russian diplomacy reaches neutral South Africa

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, left, speaks as his South African counterpart in Naledi Pandor listens, during their meeting in Pretoria, South Africa. THEMBA HADEBE |

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10.38

Russia reiterates that Western weapons sent to Ukraine will be "crushed"

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Riabkov reiterated today that Western weapons sent to Ukraine will be "crushed" by the Russian Armed Forces in Ukraine and that the

"Russia's opponents continue to raise the stakes, but, as we stated with absolute firmness and confidence more than once: the goals of the special military operation will be achieved in any case, and all this military equipment, which is coming to Ukraine from various sources, it will be literally crushed," Riabkov said, according to the official TASS agency, Efe replied.

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10.36

Zaporizhia Russians say their advance in the region is slow but "effective"

The acting head of the annexed Zaporizhia region, Yevgueni Balitski, assured this Monday that the advance of Russian troops in the region, which, according to Moscow, began last week, "is not fast", but "it is effective".

"The advance is not fast, but it is effective

. That is why the enemy loses more men," Balitski wrote on Telegram, collected by Efe.

According to the Russian representative, the

"The situation on the Zaporizhia front is changing slowly, but it is changing in the right direction," he said.

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported yesterday that the forces participating in the Russian military campaign in Ukraine continued their "successful offensive actions" in Donbas and in the Zaporizhia region, in the east and southeast of the neighboring country, and caused close of 300 fatalities to the Ukrainian troops.

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10.16

Pro-Russian leader Denis Pushilin visits Soledar

The pro-Russian separatist leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk republic,

has appeared in Soledar, a city Moscow claimed to have captured more than a week ago and whose loss Kiev has so far failed to acknowledge.

The separatists also announced on Monday the seizure of two towns, Krasnopolivka and Dvurechy, near Soledar, reports Afp.

"On January 23, 2023, the Russian armed forces liberated Krasnopolivka and Dvurechy" in the Donetsk region, the "general staff" of this pro-Russian separatist stronghold said on Telegram about these

, the epicenter of the fighting between the forces Russian and Ukrainian for months.

"I have visited Soledar (...) I had to understand if it was necessary to deploy humanitarian aid points there," Pushilin said on Telegram this Sunday night, accompanying his message with a video in which he appeared in the middle of buildings with the facades Blackened and smashed windows.

According to Pushilin,

, located north of Bakhmut.

The capture of Soledar was announced on January 13 by the Russian army, which, in an unusual event, recognized the decisive role of the Wagner group mercenaries in this battle.

Until now, Ukraine has not officially acknowledged the loss of Soledar, claiming that it is still fighting in its western part.

Still on Monday, the regional administration reported "active hostilities near Bakhmut and Soledar", without giving further details.

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10.14

Poland could send Leopard tanks to Ukraine without Berlin's approval

Germany's approval

for the re-export of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine is

, as Poland could send those tanks as

, Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said on Monday, reports Reuters.

Germany would not stand in the way if Poland sent its German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in an interview on French television LCI on Sunday.

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09.49

Poland to ask Germany for permission to send leopard tanks to Ukraine

Polish

Mateusz

says Poland will ask Germany for permission to send Leopard tanks to Ukraine, according to a late-breaking Reuters news agency.

German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said in an interview on French channel LCI that if Poland asks for permission to send German Leopard2 tanks to Ukraine,

"It is true that there are control rules, but, for the moment, they have not asked us, but if it happened, we would not oppose it," said Baerbock, from the German Greens and who gave this interview in the framework of the Franco- German held today in Paris.

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09.14

Lavrov visits a neutral South Africa that has expressed a desire to mediate in the war

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is in South Africa on Monday for talks with one of his most important allies on a continent torn apart by Russia's invasion of Ukraine and Western attempts to isolate it.

He was due to meet

, on a trip that some opposition parties and the small Ukrainian community have condemned as insensitive, Reuters reports.

A ministry spokesman said Lavrov had arrived in South Africa on Monday morning.

Pandor and Lavrov are expected to hold a joint press conference.

The government of President Cyril Ramaphosa views

Pandor has repeatedly insisted that South Africa will not be drawn into taking sides, and has

while ignoring other issues such as Israel's occupation of Palestinian territory.

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09.06

EU foreign policy chief expects bloc to agree next tranche of military aid to Ukraine

The European Union's foreign policy chief, Josep Borrell, said he hopes member states will approve

($545.00 million) in military aid for Ukraine during a meeting of foreign ministers. this Monday.

Upon arrival at the meeting, Borrell expressed

on the funds, which are part of the so-called

The Hungarian foreign ministry and government spokesman did not respond last week to requests for comment on reports that Budapest had been blocking the move before Monday.

EU countries are also working on a

for waging war against Ukraine, diplomatic sources told Reuters, though no decision is expected this month.

monday.

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09.00

Ukraine asks Germany for speed in its decision to supply Leopard tanks

Andriy Melnyk

, Ukraine's Deputy Foreign Minister, calls on Germany to be quick in its decision to supply Leopard tanks.

"Today is the 334th day of the Russian barbarian war. Maybe it's time to speed up this process?" he writes on his Twitter account.

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08.50

The EU must involve the international community with Ukraine

The President of the European Council, Charles Michel, has just returned from Ukraine, where reconstruction has already started.

He believes that the European Union is facing a decisive year: "We are going to need to make very important decisions in a short time," he says in an interview with correspondents in Brussels, including

for EL MUNDO .

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08.45

German Defense Minister says there will be a decision on the Leopard "soon"

The German Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, recalled this Sunday that the decision about whether or not to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine is the responsibility of Chancellor Olaf Scholz, and advanced that he hopes it

"We are in a decision process and we have to wait," Pistorius said in statements to public television ARD, where he stressed that the issue is the responsibility of the Foreign Ministry and ventured that it would take place "soon", although without specifying in what sense, reports Eph.

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08.29

Russian spy claims Himars and other weapons have been deployed at Ukrainian nuclear power plants

Russia's foreign intelligence service (SVR) accused Ukraine on Monday of storing Western-supplied weapons at nuclear power plants across the country.

It provided no evidence and Reuters was unable to verify the claims.

In a statement, the SVR said US-supplied Himars rocket launchers, air defense systems and artillery ammunition had been

in northwestern Ukraine.

"Ukrainian armed forces are storing Western-supplied weapons and ammunition on the territory of nuclear power plants," he said, adding that a shipment of weapons to the Rivne nuclear power plant had taken place in the last week of December.

Ukraine's many nuclear power plants have been in the spotlight since the beginning of the conflict.

Russian

less than 48 hours after troops invaded the country, and also

- Europe's largest - early in the war.

Both kyiv and Moscow have accused each other of bombing Zaporizhia, and Ukraine says Russia uses the site as a de facto weapons depot.

The United Nations nuclear watchdog has expressed deep concern over the attacks near the plant, warning of the risk of a nuclear catastrophe.

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