2023-07-13 10:54:22
12.01 p.m .: Caritas – Global hunger crisis worsened by the Ukraine war
According to the Catholic aid organization Caritas, the hunger crisis has worsened worldwide due to the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. The Ukraine war is only one of 217 armed conflicts. But hunger returned with him. “This war has long since become a war with global ramifications,” said the President of the German Caritas Association, Eva Maria Welskop-Deffaa, at the association’s annual press conference in Freiburg. Since then, the poorest of the poor have had even greater problems getting enough food.
11:35 am: Transgender man arrested in Russia for donating money to Ukraine
The Russian domestic secret service FSB has said it has arrested a transgender man on treason charges for donating money to support the Ukrainian army. The FSB said it was an LGBT activist who had previously changed his gender from a woman to a man. The name of the arrested person is not mentioned. He was a volunteer with the human rights organization OVD-Info and operated an unspecified “anti-Russian information source,” it said. A spokesman for the organization said there were thousands of volunteers and it was not yet known who the arrested person was. Russia in April raised the maximum penalty for treason to life imprisonment, up from 20 years.
10:37 am: British intelligence – Russia uses improvised vehicle bombs
According to British intelligence, Russia is also using improvised vehicle bombs in its war of aggression once morest Ukraine. In June there were reports that Russian forces had used outdated armored vehicles with several tons of explosives as rolling bombs, the Ministry of Defense in London said on Twitter today. The crew probably jumped out of the vehicle following takeoff. Most Russian cases have been reported around Marjinka near the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk, the Defense Ministry’s daily update said. The British bring the cases together with units from the Russian republic of Chechnya in the North Caucasus. The cases began following Chechen forces reinforced the region, the ministry wrote.
10:28 am: Bundeswehr orders ammunition for “Leopard 2” tanks
The Bundeswehr has ordered large quantities of ammunition for the “Leopard 2” main battle tank from the Rheinmetall armaments group. Rheinmetall announced that an existing framework agreement had been expanded to a volume of around four billion euros. By the end of 2030, the Bundeswehr will receive several hundred thousand combat and training cartridges of different designs. The company did not provide any information on the previous order volume.
With the order, the Bundeswehr wants to close gaps in its stocks and increase its ammunition stocks, it said. The framework agreement also provides for the delivery of “a significant amount of tank ammunition” to the Ukrainian armed forces. In January, the German government agreed to supply modern Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and also made it possible for other countries to send these tanks.
08:24: Kiev – Attack happened with 20 drones
According to the city administration, Russia has attacked the Ukrainian capital of Kiev with Iranian-made drones. Explosions might be heard in different parts of the city on Thursday morning. Debris from intercepted “Shahed” drones fell from the sky over four districts, the Ukrainian Interior Ministry said. In total, Russia has sent 20 drones, mainly to the Kiev region. All were shot down, the Ukrainian Air Force said. The Ukrainian military also reportedly intercepted two cruise missiles. A rocket was not intercepted, it said. The message did not specify what damage it caused.
8:00 a.m.: Russian general fired following criticizing military leadership
A Russian general has said he has been dismissed as commander following criticizing the military strategy in Ukraine. Major General Ivan Popov of the 58th Army said in a voice message released by Russian MP Andrei Gurulev that he had briefed the military leadership on the situation on the front lines, where he believed the failure of top commanders was stabbing Russian soldiers in the back. He mentioned the death of Russian soldiers by Ukrainian artillery because the army lacked suitable defense and reconnaissance systems. He had the choice to remain silent or to speak up, the general said. Apparently, his superiors saw him as a threat and in just one day concocted an order from the Department of Defense to get rid of him. The Russian Ministry of Defense initially did not comment on this.
5:37 a.m .: Falling Russian drone parts hit Kiev – at least one dead
According to Ukrainian reports, Russia flies drone attacks on the capital Kiev for the third night in a row. Falling debris from the downed drones would have hit the Solomjanskyj district in the city center. At least one person was killed and at least four people were injured, according to authorities. There were explosions in several neighborhoods.
One floor of a residential building in the Darnytskyi district in the east of the city was damaged, says Mayor Vitali Klitschko. In the Shevchenkivsky district further west, a balcony caught fire. Explosions were also heard in other Ukrainian regions, including Khmelnytskyi in the west, Mykolaiv in the south and Zaporizhia in the southeast, according to Archyde.com witnesses.
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