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German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Wednesday Europe must step up help for Ukraine – but stuck to his refusal to send long-range Taurus cruise missiles to Kyiv. Scholz spoke after meeting British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in Berlin, shortly after his counterpart announced the UK will increase defence spending to 2.5 per cent of GDP by the end of the decade. The two countries are Europe's biggest suppliers of military assistance to Ukraine as it counters Russia's full-scale invasion. Both vowed to keep that up "for as long as it takes". Ukraine's cause was boosted this week when the US Congr...
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Recently-passed US military aid, expected to arrive by mid-summer if approved by President Joe Biden on Wednesday, will help Ukraine avoid defeat in its war with Russia. Winning will still be a long slog. Ukraine will receive $61 billion in military aid – enabling it to slow Russia's army's advances and block strikes on troops and civilians. It will also give Ukraine time to plan on taking back a fifth of the country now under Russian control. The US House of Representatives approved the package on Saturday after months of consternation. Three days later the Senate passed the $95 billion (€88 ...
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Ivanov, who was arrested on Tuesday, appeared in court in central Moscow on Wednesday morning, Russia's Investigative Committee said in a statement. It gave no further information, apart from specifying that Ivanov is suspected of taking an especially large bribe – a criminal offence punishable by up to 15 years in prison. He will remain in pre-trial custody. According to a statement from the court, investigators told Moscow's Basmany court on Wednesday that Ivanov had conspired with third parties to receive a bribe in the form of unspecified property services "during contracting and subcontra...
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EU lawmakers have called for Russian state assets to be seized to support Ukraine, saying existing plans worth billions of euros don’t go far enough. EU countries are already discussing plans to deliver an aid package worth around €3bn a year to Ukraine by using the interest from capital held within the bloc by the Russian central bank. But EU lawmakers want to go further, as US counterparts finalise a €57 billion aid package for the war-torn country. “Europe needs to seize all of Russia's underlying assets and it needs to do so now,” Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz (Poland/Socialists and Democrats) s...
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UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced that his government will increase defence spending to 2.5% of GDP by the end of the decade. Sunak made the announcement during a visit to Warsaw, where he also unveiled a new pledge to send arms to Ukraine. He said the government is putting the UK's defence industry “on a war footing", describing it as the “biggest strengthening of our national defence for a generation”. "In a world that is the most dangerous it has been since the end of the Cold War, we cannot be complacent," he said at a news briefing in the Polish capital alongside NATO secretary ...
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The UK on Tuesday pledged an additional €580 million in new military supplies for Ukraine, including long-range missiles and four million rounds of ammo. It comes as Kyiv struggles to hold off advancing Russian forces on the southern and eastern front, amid improved weather conditions. UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak spoke with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday morning to confirm the assistance. He “assure[d] him of the UK’s steadfast support for Ukraine’s defence against Russia’s brutal and expansionist ambitions,” Sunak’s office said. Sunak travelled to Warsaw later on Tuesday...
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The Institute for the Study of War (ISW) has said Russia may be preparing a new offensive in Ukraine in the coming weeks. The US-based think tank's announcement comes amid concerns that newly approved arms supplies from Washington will not reach Kyiv in time. Delays in Western assistance have already helped Russia make incremental gains along the frontline. "Ukrainian forces currently are under immense constraints due to material shortages and delays in Western security assistance," explained ISW Russia analyst Riley Baily. "Ukrainian forces do not have the capabilities that they previously ha...
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The matter of assistance has acquired a greater sense of urgency after Russia renewed its attacks with drones and missiles against the war-battered nation, destroying critical infrastructure and residential buildings, and killing dozens of civilians. Germany said this month it would send Kyiv a third Patriot battery, an advanced US-made system that can intercept incoming projectiles, and set up an initiative to encourage other countries to donate additional air defences. Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy has warned Russia would soon expand its barrage of airstrikes and asked for at least ...
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Military spending in Central and Western Europe is now higher than the last year of the Cold War, a new report has found. According to new data released by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), Europe has seen a widespread surge in military spending since the start of 2022, reaching a total of €552 billion in 2023. The increase is 16% more than the countries concerned spent in 2022, and 62% more compared to 2014, where spending was €330 billion. All but three European NATO member countries – Greece, Italy and Romania – increased their military expenditure in 2023. Loren...
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Ukrainian and Western leaders on Sunday welcomed a desperately needed aid package passed by the U.S. House of Representatives. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who had warned that his country would lose the war without US funding, said that the aid should come to the front line as soon as possible. Posting on X, formerly Twitter, he said, "The time between political decisions and actual damage to the enemy on the front lines, between the package's approval and our warriors' strengthening, must be as short as possible." Ukrainian commanders and analysts say the long-awaited bill will he...
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