Germans intend to build tank factory in Ukraine; The European Union hopes to start negotiations on Ukraine’s accession to the EU this year. Athletistic highlights yesterday’s key events.
The Germans intend to build a tank plant in Ukraine
The German arms concern Rheinmetall intends to build a tank plant in Ukraine. Negotiations on this are ongoing. The plant can produce up to 400 Panther tanks per year. The head of the company, Armin Papperger, said that the plant can be protected from Russian air raids, and “protection by air defense will not be difficult.”
Zelensky met with the head of the European Parliament
The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky met in Lviv with the head of the European Parliament Roberta Metsola. He noted that Ukraine is striving to complete the implementation of the recommendations of the European Commission as soon as possible and start negotiations on joining the EU this year. In this regard, Metsola also expressed his hope that negotiations on the accession of Ukraine to the EU will begin as soon as possible – this year. According to him, he was very impressed with “the progress made by Ukraine regarding the recommendations of the European Commission.”
The Ministry of Energy estimated the end of the heating season
Ukraine ends the warming period with excess power and sufficient gas and coal reserves. This is what Energy Minister German Galushchenko said. “We will come out of a difficult winter fully fueled – as of February 3, coal reserves in warehouses of thermal power plants and thermal power plants reached 1,160 thousand tons. This is 375 thousand tons more than same date last year. year,” said Galushchenko.
The Ministry of Justice compiles the results of the conference United for Justice
The Ukrainian side took part in the United for Justice conference. The main purpose of the event is to provide a legal assessment of the war unleashed by Russia. The main points are the creation of the Special Tribunal for the Crime of Aggression of the Russian Federation, as well as the Compensation Mechanism. The Ministry of Justice emphasized that this event was at a very high level. For three days, the first people of our state and heads of international legal institutions, heads of relevant ministries of partner countries took part in various panels.
Britain will give Ukraine double the amount of Challenger 2 tanks – ambassador
Britain, in some cases, is providing more aid to Ukraine than Kyiv has requested. In particular, the number of Challenger 2 tanks transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine doubled. This was said by the Ambassador of Ukraine to the UK Vadym Prystaiko. He noted that Ukraine requested 14 Challenger 2 tanks from Britain, but after the visit of President Volodymyr Zelensky, it became known that their number was doubled.
The SOF commander visited Bakhmut
The Commander of the Special Operations Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Viktor Khorenko reviewed the work of his units in Bakhmut. In that area, he made some important issues in organizing the work of the Special Operations Forces units. Later, a representative of the Eastern Group of Forces, Sergei Cherevaty, said that there was no mass withdrawal of Ukrainian troops in Bakhmut, but there was a planned round-up.
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Source: korrespondent

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