Developments in Ukraine Germany’s attempt to get more military support from Kiev

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, “Olaf Last night, German Chancellor Schultz emphasized that Berlin’s partners in the European Union should provide more active military support to Ukraine, because the promised volume is not enough at the moment and Germany alone is not able to provide all the necessary assistance to Kiev.

Schultz said after talks with Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden in Berlin: “No matter how important German aid is, it alone will not be enough to ensure Ukraine’s long-term security.” I ask the European Union to increase its efforts in this field. The supplies of weapons that have been provided to Ukraine by most of the member states are very small. It is necessary to provide a detailed overview of the partnership to support Ukraine in 2024. He also added that Berlin intends to continue supporting Kyiv as before. To this end, the government is “in daily contact” with representatives of the German military industry to achieve a faster and larger delivery of weapons to Ukraine.

Since February 2022, Germany’s total military and financial aid to Ukraine has exceeded 25 billion euros. In early January, it was reported that the German Defense Ministry had transferred another package of military aid to Ukraine.

A few days earlier, German Finance Minister Christian Lindner said that Berlin It pays half of all EU aid to Ukraine. He emphasized that other powerful European countries should do more to help Kiev.

Vladimir Zelensky, the president of Ukraine, reminded in late December that Germany is the second country in The world in terms of the amount of military aid to this country. However, he said that Kiev will measure Berlin’s support with real actions and not just words. 2024 includes 8 billion euros in military and financial aid to Ukraine. He also promised once again that Berlin will continue this support as long as it is necessary. Follow the Ukrainian war day:

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magazine Time: Ukraine will lose more territory in 2024

Time magazine has predicted in an analysis that 2024 will be a turning point in the conflict. The military will be in Ukraine and the country may lose more territories. Pointing out that Ukraine will actually be divided into smaller parts this year, the article noted that Kyiv has been hit hard by the loss of massive material and political support from the United States, and that EU aid is clearly insufficient.

This publication continued: Until Ukraine solves the problem of its military shortage, does not increase the production of domestic weapons and does not formulate a realistic military strategy soon. , the territorial losses of this country may be permanent and spread.

Yesterday, the former commander of the US Army in Europe, retired general Ben Hodges, also expressed his opinion that Ukraine in The flow of military conflict will lose more territory due to the inability to resist the Russian army due to a catastrophic shortage of ammunition. Hodges added: While Russia has widely expanded its air and ground attacks, Ukrainian soldiers are running out of ammunition on the front.

According to some military officials Ukrainian, some army units have been forced to reduce their fire rate by 90% compared to the summer due to lack of ammunition.

The possibility of negotiations between Russia and the West About Ukraine in 2024

Bundestag representative Matthias Mosdorf has predicted that negotiations between Russia and Western countries to resolve the conflict over Ukraine are possible. is to start in the new year, especially if Donald Trump wins the US presidential election.

This morning, the German parliamentarian said in an interview: “I expect Such negotiations will begin. Chaos will end – at least if Donald Trump wins in America. His victory could be a positive development in the context of developments around Ukraine. He is much smarter than [US President] Joe Biden and his strategists. It is corrupt. People all over the world are tired of the stupidity of his government.”

The US presidential election is scheduled to be held in November 2024. Some experts believe that Donald Trump will win if he is nominated. They are not rejecting the Republican Party. In December, the former president’s approval rating surpassed that of the incumbent Joe Biden for the first time. According to the Wall Street Journal, Trump’s approval rating reached 47 percent, while Biden’s rating It remains at 43 percent.

European countries fear that if a Republican comes to power, the United States will change its approach to continue supporting Kiev in the crisis. Russia and Ukraine should reconsider.

English sailor: Russian armed forces are able to destroy the companies of the Ukrainian military industrial complex

Retired General of the British Air Force “Sean Bell” in an interview with Sky News, has expressed the opinion that the Russian aerospace forces are capable of destroying any company of the Ukrainian military industrial complex in just one attack. They are.

The former military official said: Ukraine has a young industry that is very vulnerable to Russian missile attacks: it takes months to increase their production capacity, and only One Russian attack is enough to destroy them.

He pointed out that Ukraine does not have weapons that can be compared to the production capabilities of Russia’s defense industry, adding: “Without support A significant and stable military of the West, Ukraine is doomed to be affected by the vastly superior capacity of the Russian military to rearm.

Lack of decision by the Treasury US decision to confiscate Russian assets

In her speech in Vienna, Virginia, US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen announced that the US government has yet to make a decision. It has not taken measures to confiscate independent Russian assets with the aim of using them as financial aid to Ukraine.

He explained: The leaders of the Group of 7 have requested to develop options and examine this issue and also assess how dangerous such an action would be. Of course, no decision has been made yet.

According to Yellen, the G7 leaders should not only assess the risks of this action, but also the opportunity necessary to reduce them. The Treasury Minister added that, first of all, the coordination of such measures should be done in the legal field at the international level, so a decision cannot be made quickly.

John Mearsheimer, a political expert and professor at the University of Chicago, believes that The Russian armed forces have become more powerful than before since the start of the military conflict in Ukraine. It has become stronger, because the armed forces of this country must improve its military power in every possible way – increasing the number of troops, improving training and modernizing weapons – and this has been done successfully, and now Russia has a more powerful army than before. /p>

Professor Mearsheimer said: while it must be accepted that the American decision to provoke the start of military conflict in Ukraine was a catastrophic mistake and the accounts of the Washington authorities did not come out right, because the sanctions Anti-Russian did not work and could not weaken the military and economic power of Russia. This country has militarized its industries and is using them well in advancing its goals in war.

In the end, this American expert reminded: “The balance of forces has not changed in favor of Kiev, and I think that all rational people understand that the Ukrainians are doomed to defeat in this war.” are.”

The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine purchased 50 thousand sets of women’s military uniforms

Rostam Umarov, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, announced that this ministry has purchased 50 thousand sets of military uniforms for women. He said: “For the first time, the Ministry of Defense purchased 50,000 pairs of women’s clothes, 100,000 electric heating pads, and 15,000 active headphones.” Omarov added: “The Ministry of Defense succeeded.” save on the supply of headphones and spent 11.7 million hryvnias (Ukrainian currency) less than originally planned. All Ukrainians suspect some former officials of the Ministry of Defense of having wasted almost a billion hryvnias on the purchase of low-quality body armor.

Previously, in the late In December, a member of the Ukrainian parliament announced the possibility of using mobilized women for positions behind the front lines. According to him, the bill on women’s conscription will be presented to the parliament in the near future.

In late October, Russian military officials confirmed that the number of women among the ranks Ukrainian troops on the front line are still increasing, and in some units the number of female troops reaches 20%. According to experts, the Ukrainian army has been forced to use women in military conflict due to serious casualties among its personnel.

UAE asked Netanyahu to ask Zelensky for money for Palestinian workers

Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the United Arab Emirates, rejected the request of Benjamin Netanyahu, the Prime Minister of the Zionist regime, to pay the salaries of the Palestinian workers banned from entering Israel.

Axios portal reported this on Monday, citing an unnamed Israeli official. According to this news source, Al Nahyan sarcastically suggested to Netanyahu to present this request to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and ask him for money.

According to this information, the head of the Emirates mentioned that Zelensky receives a lot of money from Western countries, so he might be able to help Netanyahu in this regard.

The Swedish government asked the citizens of this country to Be ready for war

The Minister of Civil Defense of Sweden, Karl Oscar Bolin, has asked the citizens of this country to be ready for war. This official explained this at the national security conference on Monday: This request is primarily not to “scare” the people of Sweden, but to make them understand the situation.

The defense minister noted that for the Swedish people, “peace has been a welcome companion for nearly 210 years.” However, the idea that this peace is immutable is no longer true. As a result, military conflict in Ukraine is not right.

He added: “There may be a war in Sweden as well.” <...> I am trying to open a door that for many Swedes may have been closed all their lives, <...> so the question must be asked: If war breaks out, are you ready?

Mikael Boden, the Commander-in-Chief of the Swedish Armed Forces, also announced that the security situation has become very serious. He said: “Now it is time to talk about transitioning from words to action and preparation for any situation.” Two officials noted that Sweden is one of the countries where Russophobia is very widespread, because the Swedes have been disgusted with Russia since the defeat in the Poltava region and have kept this anger in themselves.

This parliamentary official wrote on his Telegram channel: “They have said that a war may occur in Sweden and asked citizens to be ready for such a turn of events.” Sweden is at the top of the European countries in terms of the level of paranoia against Russia. While Russian ships have been fishing there for years, and for some this work has become the main job of life.”

According to this Russian senator, Sweden Tariq tries to increase its geopolitical importance, which in fact does not exist at all. He added, “Sometimes it seems that some Swedish military officials, as well as the newspapers, almost dream of war. “Apparently, they have not been able to calm down after the defeat in Poltava and they intend to take revenge.”

Earlier, in late October, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Alexander Groshko said that Russia is taking into account in its military planning the fact that late Soon Sweden will become a member of NATO. He emphasized that such a thing was completely expected.

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