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Sweden is ready to transfer Leopard tanks to Ukraine
Sweden has started negotiations with Germany about their supply, and also intends to send the modern Archer artillery system to Ukraine.
Sweden currently has 120 Leopards in service. It is not yet known how much the country will transfer to Ukraine.
In the first days of the invasion, Russia shot down several of its own planes, β Financial Times
The Russian military shot down several of its own planes in the first days of the invasion of Ukraine. Because of this, the aggressor country lacked pilots with experience in conducting hostilities involving ground forces, the publication notes [mind you Ukraine shot down at least one of its own ]
The EU has begun to block loopholes for Russia to circumvent Western sanctions, β Financial Times
Allies are exploring a significant increase in exports to countries neighboring the Russian Federation.
"They suddenly have a lot of new needs. Does it all stay there, or do some of it leak into Russia in one form or another?" said David O'Sullivan, the EU's sanctions representative.
The EBRD records sharp increases in Western imports in Armenia and Kazakhstan, while TΓΌrkiye has increased exports of goods to Russia.
Poland began to install anti-tank barriers on the border with the Russian Federation and Belarus, β the Minister of Defense of Poland.
The British Ministry of Defense has created a secret team to find Soviet 122-mm shells for Ukraine, β The New York Times, citing sources
Searches for ammunition are being conducted throughout Europe, in particular, in Eastern Europe, where many Soviet-style weapons remain.
According to journalists, in January in the Bulgarian city of Kostenets, the Terem military plant, which had not been in operation since the Cold War, was deconserved. Now the conveyors of the enterprise are again ready to produce 122-mm ammunition.
London also tried to buy 40,000 conventional and rocket-propelled grenades from Pakistan Ordnance Factories through a Romanian broker, but the deal fell through.
Leleka-100 is a Ukrainian-made drone, one of the oldest produced in the country. The video broadcast is encoded, which makes it impossible for standard video receivers to intercept. It is a robotic falcon, keeping its watchful eyes on Russian troops and their maneuvers.
Off the coast of Greece, Russian oil is transshipped for sale to circumvent sanctions, β Bloomberg
According to the agency, since the beginning of this year, at least 23 million barrels of Russian crude oil and additional volumes of oil products have been transferred from one tanker to another in the Gulf of Lakonikos.
Russian banks, enterprises of the military-industrial complex, and those involved in the circumvention of sanctions against the Russian Federation will fall under the expanded US sanctions, White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre said at the briefing.
The United States would like to resume inspections within the framework of the START Treaty and discuss the implementation of this agreement with the Russian Federation, β Deputy Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland
Spain is ready to transfer 10 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine instead of six
Elton John will allocate $125,000 for Ukraine through the UNITED24 platform
A knocked-out Russian tank was installed under the Russian embassy in Berlin
The Polish authorities have decided to expel the Belarusian military attache from the country, said the press secretary of the Polish MFA Εukasz Jasina.
I will continue to seek a dialogue with Vladimir Putin regarding the situation in Ukraine, β German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on ZDF
There is no "red line" when it comes to providing aid to Ukraine, β German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on RTL and N-TV
Activists woke Russian diplomats in Warsaw with a siren
β€οΈ This morning, the Ukrainian national anthem was played in front of the Russian embassy in The Hague.
The White House confirms the allocation of a new package of military aid worth 2 billion dollars to Kyiv, US President's National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan said on CNN.
The UK is ready to replenish the fighter fleet of those countries that will send MiG-29 and Su-24 to Ukraine, β Ben Wallace @notimagain
Germany wants to make it a criminal offense to export sanctioned goods to Russia
In the temporarily occupied Crimea near Simferopol (12 km from the station), unknown persons damaged part of the railway track. As a result of the accident, train traffic was stopped on the section from Simferopol to Sevastopol.