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  • The United States and Germany announced on Wednesday the delivery of heavy tanks to Ukraine, reflecting further increased Western support for kyiv.

  • While welcoming this decision by the West, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has set the bar even higher by demanding long-range missiles and combat aircraft from them.

  • A European official, who did not want to be identified by name or country of origin, said his government was seeking to send cluster bombs to Ukraine.

  • The Ukrainian army has finally admitted to having ceded Soledar, a city neighboring Bakhmout, two weeks after the announcement of its capture by Moscow.

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6:45 a.m .: Russia deprived of ceremony at Auschwitz

“In view of the aggression against a free and independent Ukraine”, Russian representatives were not invited to the celebrations of the 78th anniversary of the liberation by the Red Army of the Nazi death camp of Auschwitz-Birkenau , the site museum announced on Wednesday.

So far, Russia has always participated in the ceremonies held annually on January 27, with its representative speaking at the main ceremony.

6:30 am: Russia unhappy with German decision

Unsurprisingly, Olaf Scholz's choice to authorize the delivery of heavy tanks to Ukraine does not please the Russian authorities at all.

“It is an extremely dangerous decision which will bring the conflict to a new level of confrontation”, thus warned the Russian ambassador in Berlin, Sergei Netchaev.

"This convinces us once again that Germany, like its closest allies, does not want a diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian crisis and wants a permanent escalation."

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After weeks of hesitation on the part of the United States and Germany, kyiv won its case on Wednesday on the delivery of heavy tanks.

Washington has indeed announced the dispatch of 31 Abrams, while Olaf Scholz has promised Leopard 2s. The German Chancellor has also decided to authorize his Western allies with these German-made armored vehicles to do the same.

"This is not an offensive threat against Russia," said Joe Biden all the same.

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