Leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania visited Ukraine for the first time since Russia’s war against Ukraine
President of France Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Prime Minister of Italy Mario Draghi, and President of Romania Klaus Iohannis have visited Irpin in the Kyiv region. This city was destroyed by Russian invaders. Source: Leaders of France, Germany, Italy and Romania They passed through the streets of the city, where 75% of...
More than 3.2 million Ukrainians have received temporary protection status in Europe – UN
The number of refugees from Ukraine registered for temporary protection or in similar national protection schemes in Europe was 3,207 million as of June 9, 2022. Source: Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees The largest number of registrations of this status was recorded in Poland — 1.153 million people. At the same time,...
Germany announced medical support package for Ukraine
Germany will provide medical support to Ukraine by helping with prosthetics, setting up trauma centres and sending its doctors. Source: German Ministry of Health German Health Minister Karl Lauterbach arrives in Lviv (west of Ukraine) on June 10. He said Ukraine needed humanitarian aid as well as military support In Lviv, the Minister takes part...
The best defense for Ukraine is to join the European Union, – Member of the Italian Parliament
Representatives of the national parliaments of the EU member states United for Ukraine visited the destroyed by Russian invaders Borodyanka, Bucha,and Irpin and made their statements. Source: Representatives of the EU member states “What we see in Bucha, Irpen, Borodyanka, what Putin did – all these are crimes against humanity. These were...
Talks with Putin are useless, Hitler was not offered to save face, – Polish President
The Polish President Andrzej Duda sees no reason to negotiate with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and believes that Western leaders are wasting their time. Source: The Polish President Andrzej Duda In particular, the Polish President criticized German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron for talks with the Russian...
Germany fears that Ukraine will use German tanks to invade Russia
Members of the German government fear that Ukrainian troops may invade Russian territory because of the euphoria after several victories. Source: Members of the German government Sources close to the government say there is concern that Ukraine could become overconfident if it experiences a string of battlefield victories and rolls into Russian...
Switzerland rejects Denmark and Germany’s requests to supply armored personnel carriers and ammunition to Ukraine
Germany and Denmark have been denied permission to hand over Swiss-made armored personnel carriers and ammunition to Ukraine. Source: The Swiss government “The Swiss government has not allowed Denmark and Germany to supply Ukraine with about 20 Piranha III infantry fighting vehicles and ammunition for Swiss-made Gepard anti-aircraft...
Europe is changing because of the war in Ukraine: France and Germany are losing their positions, – Ukrainian Foreign Minister
Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba believes that public opinion in Europe that Germany and France play a crucial role in “European affairs” was displaced for the last three months. Small alliances will play an important role along with the EU. Source: Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba He said Ukraine was interested in...
Germany to supply IFVs to Greece, Athens to deliver soviet weapons to Ukraine – German Chancellor
Germany will deliver infantry fighting vehicles (IFV) to Greece so that the government in Athens can pass on Soviet-style weapons to Ukraine. Source: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz “We will provide Germany with German infantry fighting vehicles,” the chancellor told reporters after a two-day EU summit in Brussels, adding that he had...
Germany minimized arms supplies to Ukraine
Germany has minimized arms supplies to Ukraine over the past nine weeks. Source: Klaus Geiger, Gregor Schwung German Chancellor Olaf Scholz refused to supply German battle tanks and armoured personnel carriers, citing alleged agreements with NATO allies. However, as can be seen from the Ukrainian government documents accessed by the German...