Poland is willing to support Ukraine with MiGs if a broader coalition is formed
10:52 am | Poland is ready to support Ukraine with its MiGs, but only if a broader coalition is formed with the United States as leader, Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki said, according to Reuters.
“Today we can talk about transferring our MiGs (jets) as part of a larger coalition and we are ready for that… Poland can only be part of a much larger coalition here, a coalition with the United States as a leader, said the Polish prime minister.
Foreign Minister of Ukraine discusses future tank deliveries with CEO of Rheinmetall
10:45 am | Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba says he has met with the CEO of German defense manufacturer Rheinmetall to discuss future deliveries of tanks and armored vehicles to Ukraine, Reuters reports.
“Metted with Rheinmetall AG CEO Armin Papperger to focus on ways to ramp up production for Ukraine and its allies,” Kuleba wrote on Twitter.
“We also discussed major projects to improve Ukraine’s tank and armored vehicle capabilities, both in the short and long term. Rheinmetall is ready to step up the involvement,” he added.
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Sunak: ‘Give Ukraine advanced capabilities’
10:39 am | The West must provide Ukraine with the “standard NATO advanced capabilities” it needs to oust Russian forces from its territory, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will say at the Munich Security Conference, according to the Guardian.
Sunak will arrive in Munich today and give a speech at the conference around noon. He is expected to attend a number of bilateral meetings later in the day, including German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, Polish Prime Minister Morawiecki and US Vice President Kamala Harris.
More than 142,000 Russian soldiers killed
09:50 | More than 142,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since the invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian military has reported, according to The Guardian.
In its daily update on combat losses, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine puts the death toll on the Russian side at 142,270, up 1,010 from Friday.
In addition, 3,303 tanks and 6,533 armored vehicles were destroyed, according to the Ukrainian military, an increase of five and 13 respectively compared to yesterday.
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Luhansk’s air and ground attacks increase
08:30 | The governor of Luhansk province in eastern Ukraine says ground and air attacks by Russian troops are on the rise.
Speaking on local TV, Governor Serhiy Haidai said of the fighting near the city of Kreminna: “Today it is quite difficult in all directions. There are constant attempts to break through our defences.’
Luhansk is one of two provinces in the Donbass region that Russia partially controls and plans to take over completely.
Biden will speak in Poland on Tuesday
08:15 am | President Joe Biden will “send a message” to his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, when he speaks in Warsaw on Tuesday, the US reports, according to The Guardian.
Agence France-Presse reports that Biden will deliver the speech in Poland — a key U.S. ally and — on the same day Putin delivers his speech in Moscow, three days before the 24-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion.
Biden will settle down in Warsaw on Tuesday and meet with Polish President Andrzej Duda. On Wednesday he will meet with the leaders of the Bucharest Nine, a group of NATO members in Eastern Europe.
This is the state of affairs on Friday
On the international security conference in Munich This was stated by French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz of Ukraine assistance for as long as necessary.
There is in EU blocked about 21.5 billion euros of Russian and Belarusian persons and companies on the European sanctions list.
Russian President Vladimir Putin expects it state gas concern Gazprom ‘will flourish’ because the demand for Russian natural gas in Asia will increase, which will compensate for the sharp drop in supplies to Europe due to the war in Ukraine.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte visited locals during his visit to Ukraine praised for their “incredible courage and determination” in the war against Russia.
Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak, that he is considered a confidant of Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelensky, he stressed Russian troops Ukraine must left before there can be talk of peace.
The South African Navy conducts ten-day exercises off the east coast of the country with the navies of China and Russia.
Prime Minister Mark Rutte and Minister Liesje Schreinemacher (Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation) proposed a lightning visit to Ukraine. In the capital Kiev they spoke, among others, with President Volodimir Zelensky.