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Delivery of heavy tanks to Kiev. Zelensky hails “an important step for the final victory”.

German green light on supply of Leopard 2 tanks, Spain and Finland ready to supply heavy tanks thanks to Zelensky and Warsaw, warning from the Kremlin… Le Figaro This Wednesday, January 25, provides an update on the war in Ukraine.

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Washington will deliver 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine “an important step” for Zelensky

Washington will supply 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine to help fight a Russian invasion, a senior US official said on Wednesday, after weeks of disagreement. “The United States will send 31 Abrams tanks to Ukraine.”, “In line with our efforts to provide Ukraine with the capabilities it needs to continue to better defend itself.”– he told the journalists. These shipments and military aid are part “Countries of the whole world, led by the United States, to help Ukraine defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity (…) This is not an offensive threat against Russia.”US President Joe Biden later said in a short message.

And the announcements about the supplies of Western heavy tanks “An important step for the final victory”.Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who has been calling for the use of such devices for several months, welcomed on Wednesday. “Thank you Joe Biden for the powerful new decision to supply Abrams (tanks) to Ukraine. Thank you Americans for your support“, he said on Twitter. “Today, the free world is united like never before for one common goal: the liberation of Ukraine.”he added.

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Spain and Finland will send Leopard 2 tanks to Kiev after the green light from Berlin

It’s Spainwillingto send Leopard 2 heavy tanks to Ukraine and train Ukrainian soldiers in their use, Spanish Defense Minister Margarita Robles said on Wednesday, after announcing a German green light for their delivery. “Spain is readyhelp Ukrainesending a panther“but also participating”Training“Ukrainian soldiers to themselves”.to useand themmaintenanceMargarita Robles assured in a statement broadcast on public television, without specifying the number of possible tanks. On the same day, Norway announced that it is following Spain and will send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. It will be the A4 version of the German-made Leopard 2 tank in service with the Norwegian army, he said, without specifying the number of tanks. Training of Ukrainian troops is also planned, Defense Minister Bjorn Arild Gram said.

Finland, for its part, has indicated that it is joining Western efforts to provide tanks, without going so far as to send its own tanks to Kiev or train Ukrainian soldiers. Berlin on Wednesday gave the green light to the supply of Leopard tanks to Ukraine, which has demanded them in the face of a Russian invasion, a German government spokesman said on Wednesday. Germany will deliver 14 Leopard 2A6 tanks to Ukraine from Bundeswehr (German Army) stockpiles, the government said in a statement.

France “welcomes” the German green light, no decision at this stage

France welcomes the German decision, which extends and strengthens the support we provided with the supply of the AMX10-RC.“Wednesday echoed at the Elysée. On January 4, Paris announced this “light battle tanks”, followed by a similar decision by Germany and the United States. The French government has not yet decided on sending its own Leclerc heavy tanks, but it is not ruling it out, as Prime Minister Elizabeth Bourne reiterated on Wednesday. “Nothing is excluded and we are mobilized to support them in the long term.Elizabeth Bourne said during the current affairs session of the Senate. “Regarding the Leclerc tanks, we are continuing the analysis with the Minister of Armed Forces“.

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Tanks. The Kremlin points to an “extremely dangerous decision”.

“It is an extremely dangerous decision that will bring the conflict to a new level of confrontation.”– responded the Russian ambassador in Berlin, Sergey Netchaev, after the green light for the supply of tanks from Germany. “This once again convinces us that Germany, like its closest allies, does not want a diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian crisis and wants a permanent escalation.”– he said again. The Russian ambassador also blamed Berlin.reconsider its historical responsibility“to the crimes of Nazism» During World War II. “With the permission of the German government, tanks bearing German crosses will again be sent to the “Eastern Front”, which will inevitably lead to the death of Russian soldiers, but also civilians.“, he accused.

Earlier in the morning, the Kremlin spokesman announced that the Western tanks will be burned if Germany finally agrees to hand them over to Ukraine. west “overestimates the potential that (tanks) can give to the Ukrainian army”.Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists about it. “These tanks will burn like the others”he added.

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The Ukrainian army admits that Soledar has surrendered to the Russians

On Wednesday, the Ukrainian army admitted that it handed over the city of Soledar in the east of the country to the Russians two weeks after Moscow announced its occupation. “after months of hard struggle(…) The armed forces of Ukraine left it“to”retreat to prepared positions“France Presse” said that the military spokesman of the zone is Sergui Cherevati, but refused to specify when this retreat took place.

The Russians are claiming an advance on Bakhmut, the epicenter of the conflict

Russian troops said on Wednesday they had advanced into Bakhmut, the epicenter of the conflict in eastern Ukraine, with fighting raging in parts of the city, according to a Russian occupation official. “Quite brutal military operations continue in Bakhmut (…) Fighting is already taking place somewhere in the outskirts, and somewhere in the districts that were occupied by the enemy until recently.Denis Pushilin, head of the Russian occupation in the Donetsk region, quoted by Russian news agencies. According to him, the Russian troops and, in particular, the mercenaries of the “Wagner” paramilitary group.advance payment“.

Bakhmut, which had 70,000 inhabitants before the conflict, has been subjected to repeated attacks by Russian troops since the summer, without the latter having managed to break the Ukrainian defense so far. The city, which was largely destroyed and whose strategic importance is contested by experts, has been the scene of heavy casualties on both sides in recent months. According to Denis Pushilin, the breakthrough claimed by Russia earlier in January at Soledar, further north, “played a key roleIn the current developments of Bakhmut. The capture of this citymade it possible to close the enemy’s supply lines and partially take operational control areasfrom where the Ukrainians were attacking the Russian positions, he continued.

” SEE ALSO – Soledar, Bakhmut. Analysis of the epicenter of fighting in Ukraine by Alexis Feerczak

Ukraine. new dismissals after the corruption scandal

New senior Ukrainian officials were ousted on Wednesday, a day after a series of dismissals even in the presidential staff amid a corruption scandal involving army supplies. The General Prosecutor’s Office of Ukraine announced the departure in a press release “at their request” five district prosecutors in Zaporozhye (south), Kirovograd (center), Poltava, Sumy and Chernihiv (north) regions. Defense Minister Alexey Reznikov announced on Facebook on Wednesday that Bodgan Khmelnytskyi, the head of the army’s procurement department, has also been dismissed, following his dismissal in December.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi also published a law on Wednesday increasing military penalties for insubordination and desertion during the Russian invasion, a text that has been criticized by human rights activists. According to the text published on the website of the Ukrainian parliament, which adopted it in December, the relevant facts include disobeying orders, threats against a commander, desertion and flight from the battlefield or consumption of alcohol. In particular, it prohibits the courts from reducing the sentence or imposing a conditional sentence on the convicted servicemen. Ukrainian soldiers face up to 12 years in prison for desertion, up to ten years in prison for insubordination or refusing to fight, and up to seven years in prison for threatening a superior. This provision has been heavily criticized.

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Russia has been excluded from the commemoration of the liberation of Auschwitz

Russian representatives have not been invited to events marking the 78th anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi death camp Auschwitz-Birkenau by the Red Army following Russian aggression against Ukraine, the site’s museum said on Wednesday. “Given the aggression against free and independent Ukraine, representatives of the Russian Federation were not invited to participate in this year’s commemoration of the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.” which will take place this Friday, museum spokesman Piotr Savicki told AFP.

Source: Le Figaro

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