German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced on Monday that a new NATO mission in Wiesbaden will take over coordinating Western military aid to Ukraine.. The establishment of NSATU (NATO Security Assistance and Training to Ukraine) has been planned for months and is widely seen as an effort to protect the aid mechanism from interference by Donald Trump. After meeting in Berlin with Britain, France, Italy and Poland, Pistorius pledged that European countries would step up military support for Ukraine. “Our goal must be to ensure that Ukraine can act from a position of strength,” Pistorius said after hosting a meeting of Europe's top five defense powers.
Polish Defense Minister Wladysław Kosiniak-Kamisz echoed Pistorius in pledging more aid to Kiev. “We have to say it clearly today: Europe must step up its efforts when it comes to supporting Ukraine and above all… when it comes to its own security.” Without increased spending, all European societies If we do not recognize the times in which we live, everything becomes meaningless. ”
Ukraine's capital, Kiev, came under sustained attack by Russian drones early Tuesday morning, the city's mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said. “Air defense forces are operating in different areas of the city. [Drones] They are coming into the capital from different directions. According to Reuters, it sounded like air defense systems were being activated.
Monday's Russian attack on Kharkiv injured 23 people and damaged about 40 buildingssaid Mayor Igor Terekhov. In the southern port city of Odesa, authorities said a Russian attack damaged infrastructure and injured 11 people.
The fatal crash of a DHL cargo plane approaching Lithuania's Vilnius airport may have been sabotage or an accident, Germany's foreign minister says.. A plane crashes into a house, killing one crew member and injuring three others, Deborah Cole reports from Berlin. Germany is already investigating several fires caused by incendiary devices hidden inside packages at a DHL warehouse earlier this year. The plane that crashed took off from Leipzig, Germany, where an incendiary device hidden in DHL luggage was ignited as part of a Russian plot to sabotage the flight in July. Regarding the Vilnius accident, German Foreign Minister Annalena Verbock said: “We now have to seriously ask ourselves whether this was an accident or another hybrid accident.”
The EU has proposed sanctions against several Chinese companies it says Russian companies helped develop attack drones deployed against Ukraine.Bloomberg News reported on Monday. Citing documents obtained by Bloomberg, the report said the European Commission is also considering imposing additional restrictions on Russian oil tankers to curb Russia's ability to circumvent existing restrictions. Ta.
The British government has pledged to do everything in its power to support former British soldiers taken prisoner by Russian forces who are believed to have been fighting for Ukraine as volunteers. A video on Russian social media shows a 22-year-old man, identified as James Scott Rees Anderson, with his hands tied, speaking in English that he served as a correspondent for the British military from 2019 to 2023. was. David Lammy said the government was supporting prisoners of war and their families. The Kremlin regularly, but incorrectly, classifies such prisoners as “mercenaries” when they are foreign nationals who have legally joined the Ukrainian army.
Former world heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko says podcaster Joe Rogan is “repeating Russian propaganda” about the Ukraine waradded that Rogan should invite him on his podcast to discuss the issue “like a free man.” Martin Pengelly said Logan was “100% wrong” about Russia's invasion of Ukraine, but added that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, with Joe Biden's support, “started World War III”. “I am trying to do this,” he wrote. “I've been listening to your latest podcast,” Klitschko said. His younger brother, Vitali, is also a world champion boxer and the mayor of Kiev. “I sent you this video to let you know that I disagree. You are saying that you believe these American weapons will be sent to Ukraine and that will lead to World War III. Let me say that you are repeating Russian propaganda.”
