War in Ukraine. The European summit in Kyiv is a “strong symbol”.

EU candidate Ukraine is hosting a summit this Friday, February 3, in which European representatives will participate.strong symbol“According to the European Commission, the support of twenty-seven”in the conditions of unjustified aggressionFrom Russia, which recently regained its position in the East. In addition, shortly before the start of this summit, anti-aircraft sirens sounded in the capital, AFP journalists noted. Then the alarms spread throughout the country.

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Ukraine’s accession to the EU is on the agenda of the summit

Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in Kyiv on Thursday, accompanied by the Head of European Diplomacy, Josep Borrell, and about fifteen Euro Commissioners. “I’m glad to be back in Kyiv, my fourth time since the Russian invasion, and this time with my curatorial team“, he wrote on Twitter. “We are here together to show that the EU stands firmly by Ukraine“.

President of the European Council Charles Michel promised.save“Ukraine is in the midst of its ambitions to join the European Union, and upon its arrival in Kiev on Friday, it should participate in a summit with several high-ranking European officials. “We will support you (…) at every stage of your journey to the EUCharles Michel wrote on Twitter, along with a photo, that he is in the center of Kyiv, shortly before the start of the Ukraine-EU summit in the Ukrainian capital.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky felt that his country deserves to start from the very beginning.”This year“Negotiations on entering the European Union, to which the country is officially a candidate from June 2022.”Every step towards the greater integration of Ukraine into the EU inspires our people“, he insisted, believing that the international pressure on Russia should increase even more.

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New sanctions are expected

In Kiev, Ursula von der Leyen assured that she was working on new sanctions against Russia on February 24, the first anniversary of the invasion. He did not elaborate on his intentions for this tenth package, but assured that the country should “to pay for the destruction he caused“. He estimated that the punitive measures taken over the last year have already set back the Russian economy.a generationNoting that setting the price of exported Russian oil at $60 per barrel cost Moscow 160 million euros per day.

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Germany authorizes its manufacturers to supply Leopard 1 tanks

German government spokesman Steffen Hebstreit announced on Friday, February 3, that Berlin has also authorized its manufacturers to supply Ukraine with Leopard 1 main battle tanks they have in stock. The latter did not provide additional details about the number of these tanks and the schedule of export to Ukraine. The Leopard 1 are the predecessors of the Leopard 2, Kiev’s long-awaited armored vehicles, of which Berlin will supply 14 examples from Bundeswehr equipment.

The German company Flensburger Fahrzeugbau Gesellschaft (FFG) told AFP that it has a total of 99 Leopard 1 A5 armored vehicles that can be delivered to Ukraine. “Not all of them are currently active“, the company said. “We currently estimate that we will be able to deliver the first twenty Leopard 1 A5s after the overhaul, which will take approximately three months.he said, adding that the rest would gradually follow after that.

According to the German daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung, the German arms company Rheinmetall also has 88 Leopard 1 armored vehicles, since 1965, 4,700 Leopard 1s have been produced. The latter have a smaller caliber gun than the Leopard 2. 105mm versus the second generation’s 120mm.

This caliber difference creates a problem for ammunition that is no longer available in sufficient quantities. Leopard 1’s engine power is less powerful than its successor; 830 HP vs 1500 for the Leopard 2. Leopard 2.

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A Russian invasion would eradicate corruption in Ukraine

“The Russian invasion greatly reduced corruption in Ukraine and caused a change in mindset.”irreversiblein this country, believes the head of the Ukrainian anti-corruption agency, in whose opinion the latest scandals confirm this trend. “In the first months of the war, we found that corruption had practically disappearedOleksandr Novikov, 42, the head of the National Agency for the Prevention of Corruption (ANPC), stated in an interview with AFP after a series of searches of Ukrainian individuals and administrations.

But, after the first shock of the conflict.some have reverted to old habits“, regrets this former prosecutor, who led the Armenian National Congress for three years. Ukrainian authorities invaded on Wednesday 1st^eh In February, the home of sulfur billionaire Igor Kolomoisky, embezzled in connection with oil companies, the home of the former interior minister and the tax authorities of Ukraine, while the management of Customs was fired.

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Senior Defense Ministry officials were also visited by investigators, a week after a number of senior officials were ousted in a corruption case involving army supplies, the first major scandal since the Russian invasion nearly a year ago. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday welcomed the latest anti-corruption efforts and response in Kyiv.quicklyfrom the authorities.

Source: Le Figaro

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