The Russian invasion of Ukraine lasts for 339 days. Ukraine’s ambassador to France Vadym Omelchenko said in an interview with BFM television that the allied countries had promised to give Kiev 321 heavy tanks. He did not specify, however, from which countries such armaments would go to Ukraine. Here are the highlights of the last hours.
> The federal government in Berlin declared that Germany are not a party to war in Ukraine. This is a reaction to propaganda use by Russia Annalena Baerbock, the German Foreign Minister, said in the Council of Europe: “We are waging a war against Russia, not against each other.”
> Ukraine’s ambassador to France Vadym Omelchenko said in an interview with BFM television that allied countries promised to give Kiev 321 heavy tanks. He did not specify, however, from which countries such armaments would go to Ukraine.
> Volodymyr Zelensky during a remote speech at the College of Europe in Natolin, he said that “freedom will always require the presence of those who will defend it”. – We are fighting for a Europe for us and for the next generations, where we will be able to live in a Europe of values ​​- he said. “We must guarantee the end of the occupation of all Ukrainian territory and we need global guarantees,” he argued.
Leopard 2PL tanks in the 10th Armored Cavalry Brigade10 Armored Battalion
> The Portuguese army will deliver four Leopard 2 tanks to the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Their delivery is expected in February, the Ministry of Defense in Lisbon informed, cited by local media.
> The American F-16 multi-role aircraft could replace all other machines used by our troops, said the spokesman of the Ukrainian Air Force, Colonel Yuri Ihnat. Previously, the website Politico wrote that NATO countries are considering the possibility handing over modern fighters to Kiev.
> Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine summoned the Hungarian ambassador Istvan Ijdjarto in Kiev in connection with the statements of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who compared Ukraine to Afghanistan and called it a “no man’s land”, said the spokesman for Ukrainian diplomacy, Oleh Nikolenko.
> Japan tightens sanctions against Russia. The European Union welcomed the decision taken by the government in Tokyo to further align sanctions against Moscow with those taken by the EU and its allies. the European Commission.
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