2024-04-30 01:48:00
Germany is sending more tanks to Ukraine. The first royal to visit the country since the start of the war. More information in the news blog.
First royal since the beginning of the war: Duchess Sophie visits Ukraine
2.40 a.m.: For the first time since the beginning of the war, a member of the British royal family has Ukraine visited. Duchess Sophie – the sister-in-law of King Charles III. – traveled to Ukraine at the request of the British Foreign Office, Buckingham Palace announced on Monday evening. The visit was intended to express solidarity with the women, men and children affected by the war.
Sophie (59) is married to Charles’ younger brother Prince Edward (60). She has been campaigning once morest sexual violence for a long time. In Ukraine, she met President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife Olena Zelenska and brought a message from King Charles, the palace said. According to the British news agency PA, Sophie also remembered the victims of the Butscha massacre.
Ukraine has been defending itself once morest a war of aggression by Russia for more than two years. Ukrainian First Lady Zelenska attended Charles’ coronation last year Great Britain took part. In February she was married by his wife, Queen Camilla London received. Charles himself did not attend any public appointments for a long time because of his cancer.
A few weeks ago, Sophie called for sexual violence to be punished as a means of war. Survivors in Ukraine and around the world have spoken courageously regarding their experiences, she said at the time in a video address for a conference in Ukraine, according to the palace. One should not turn away from the horrors of this crime. It must not become an accepted part of a conflict, she warned.
Germany gives Ukraine ten Marder armored personnel carriers
9:38 p.m.: Germany has the of Russia Another ten Marder armored personnel carriers and other means of defense were delivered to the Ukraine under attack. A second Skynex anti-aircraft system is also part of the package, as are almost 30,000 rounds of ammunition for the Gepard anti-aircraft tank and ammunition for the Iris-T system, the company said Federal Government with. The third Patriot anti-aircraft system, promised in mid-April, was not on the updated list of German military aid. Russia has recently increased its air strikes with rockets, cruise missiles, drones and glide bombs.
7,500 155 mm caliber artillery shells, ammunition for the Leopard 2 main battle tank and 3,000 anti-tank hand weapons were also delivered. The Ukrainian army’s engineer and transport capabilities were strengthened with another Biber bridge-laying tank, an engineer tank, nine mine clearing plows and nine M1070 Oshkosh heavy-duty semi-trailers.
North Korean missile hits Ukraine
8:26 p.m.: The debris from a missile that hit Kharkiv, Ukraine, on January 2nd came from a North Korean Hwasong-11, according to a UN report. This constitutes a violation of the sanctions once morest North Korea says the 32-page letter, which was seen by the Reuters news agency. According to Ukrainian data, the ballistic missile was fired from Russian territory, according to the April 25 report to the UN Security Council Sanctions Committee. There is no statement from Russia or North Korea. Both countries have denied allegations of arms deliveries.
Dead and injured following Russian air strikes
7:57 p.m.: At least two people have been killed in Russian missile attacks in the southern Ukrainian port city of Odessa. At least 17 other people were injured, the region’s governor, Oleh Kiper, said on Telegram. Several residential buildings and civil infrastructure were damaged.
According to authorities, the eastern Ukrainian metropolis of Kharkiv, just over 30 kilometers from the Russian border, had previously been attacked with glide bombs. Two civilians were injured. A multi-story residential building was damaged.
Xi travels to France – Macron announces Ukraine talks
5:26 p.m.: The Chinese President Xi Jinping will be the start of a trip to Europe on May 6th and 7th state visit in France expected. The French President Emmanuel Macron The Elysée announced that it wanted to receive him at the Elysée Palace in Paris, but also visit the Pyrenees with him. The content is primarily regarding the war in Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East.
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