2023-08-31 13:07:30
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Ukraine asks EU for additional weapons Russia seeks arms aid from North Korea Government in Kiev wants to stop corruption at muster SSix dead in helicopter crashes
Die Ukraine asks Deutschland and the other states of the European Union for further deliveries of arms and ammunition for the fight against Russia. In talks with the foreign ministers of the European partners, the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba mentioned artillery ammunition, armored vehicles and tanks as required armaments. Militarily neutral EU countries such as Austria and Ireland he asked to provide armored rescue vehicles.
One Russia To make the production of missiles and drones more difficult, Kuleba also called on the EU states to step up their fight against circumventing sanctions. “We see that production is increasing and that western parts are being used,” he said at the EU meeting in Toledo Spain. This must be prevented, for example, with export controls.
Kuleba also specifically addressed Germany. He again called on the federal government to supply Taurus cruise missiles: “There really isn’t a single objective argument against this decision,” said the Ukrainian foreign minister at the meeting in Toledo, which was also attended by his German colleague Annalena Baerbock attended. He called “the German government constructively, friendly and without pressure” to make this decision. “It makes sense because it helps our counteroffensive and thus helps end the war earlier,” Kuleba said. France and Great Britain already delivered long-range cruise missiles.
Discussion partners Kuleba and Baerbock (in Toledo): “We are investing in peace in Europe”Image: Kira Hofmann/photothek/IMAGO
Federal Foreign Minister Baerbock said in Toledo: “It is our responsibility to keep reflecting on how we can coordinate our support for Ukraine even more efficiently and in a better coordinated way.” This applies to military support via bilateral security commitments, but also to European solidarity support via the so-called European Peace Facility and support for reconstruction. Regarding the high cost of the support, Baerbock said: “We have to keep reminding ourselves every day: we are investing in peace in Europe.”
Germany sends ten Leopard tanks to Ukraine
Germany has delivered ten more Leopard 1 A5 main battle tanks to Ukraine. Kiev also received, among other things, an air surveillance radar, 13.1 million rounds of small arms ammunition and four heavy-duty articulated lorries and four trailers.
This emerges from the federal government’s list of military aid to Ukraine, which is updated weekly. After initial hesitation, the Federal Republic is now the biggest supporter of Kiev in the fight against the Russian invasion after the USA.
Ukrainian pilots learn to fly the F-16 in Denmark
Several Ukrainian military pilots can fly in Denmark begin training on the F-16 fighter jet. According to Danish information, the pilots have successfully completed the preparation and can start with the actual flight training, wrote the Ukrainian supreme commander Valeriy Zalushnyy on Telegram. At the same time, Copenhagen and Kiev wanted to prepare the logistics to be able to maintain and repair the F-16 in the Ukraine in the future.
A Danish F-16 at Skydstrup airfield in VojensImage: Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP
Denmark will hand over 19 of its F-16 jets to Ukraine. More of these US-built fighter jets are said to come from the Netherlands and Norway come. However, the F-16s will probably only strengthen the Ukrainian armed forces in the coming year.
Russia seeks arms aid from North Korea
Russia conducts secret talks according to US information North Korea about possible deliveries of ammunition for the fight in Ukraine. Negotiations on arms sales between Russia and North Korea “are actively progressing,” said the spokesman for the National Security Council in the white house, John Kirby. One focus of the talks is artillery ammunition for Moscow’s armed forces.
Kirby said North Korea last year supplied infantry missiles and other missiles to Russia for use by the Wagner mercenary force, despite its denials. Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu recently traveled to North Korea to procure additional ammunition for the war. In mid-August, Moscow and Pyongyang spoke out in favor of increased cooperation, including in the defense sector.
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Government in Kiev wants to stop corruption at muster
The Ukrainian authorities are said to be cracking down Corruption proceed with the drafting of men for military service. All cases of decommissioning due to alleged unfitness for service since the beginning of the war where there is a suspicion of bribery payments have been checked, said the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Selenskyj in his evening video address. Zelenskyy reported that 3,000 to 15,000 US dollars in bribes were paid for exemption from military service. There will be a separate check if someone has left the country after a suspicious decision by the drafting commission.
In view of the Russian war of aggression, all men in Ukraine are obliged to do military service. Many volunteer to join the army to fight against the invaders. Others, however, buy their way out of military service or pay bribes to border officials in order to be able to leave the country. Zelenskyy has already replaced all heads of the drafting authorities because of corruption.
Widespread corruption in Ukraine also stands in the way of the desired EU membership.
Six dead in helicopter crashes
Two Mi-8 helicopters have crashed in eastern Ukraine. All six men aboard the military helicopters were killed. The cause of the accident is still unclear, said a spokesman for the Ukrainian army aviation on television. There was no mention of a shooting. The bodies were found in the wreckage of the two completely destroyed machines near Kramatorsk.
A Mi-8 military helicopterImage: Valentin Yegorshin/TASS/dpa/picture alliance
According to information from circles close to the military, the helicopters had been on an operational flight. The men on board were officers.
Russia reports new airstrikes from Ukraine
The anti-aircraft defenses on the of Russia annexed Black Sea peninsula of Crimea shot down a Ukrainian cruise missile late Wednesday evening, according to local sources. The east of the peninsula near the city of Feodosiya was affected.
Photos are circulating on the internet that allegedly show fires in the region. The Russian military said two combat drones from Ukraine were intercepted over the Bryansk region near the border. Ukraine had their so far the night before most massive drone attack flown against targets in Russia.
This article will be continuously updated on the day of its publication. Reports from the combat zones cannot be independently verified.
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