For Kiev, obtaining new military aid is now a question of "life and death", says Dmytro Kuleba. The G7 Foreign Affairs meeting in Capri acknowledged this urgency, which translated into the need to accelerate the supply of anti-aircraft systems.
The challenge, the head of the Farnesina warned, is to prevent the defeat of those who defend their country, otherwise, Putin from this position of strength "will never sit at a table" to negotiate peace. The risks of escalation in the Middle East do not distract the attention of Western diplomacy from the other serious theater of conflict, writes Kuleba. The main news in the meantime has come from the U.S. because the House has scheduled the vote for Saturday on the 61 billion package which has been blocked for months by the Republicans, says Kulebs. The renewed commitment of everyone is precisely the key to trying to reverse the fate of the war, says the Ukrainian foreign minister, adding that Ukrainians "see no divisions." Two Russian agents were arrested in Bavaria. They allegedly planned incendiary and explosive attacks against military infrastructure and industrial sites on the territory of the Federal Republic. The German government's line, meanwhile, does not change. "We will not be intimidated and will continue to provide massive support to Ukraine," said Interior Minister Nancy Faeser. The news of the arrests comes on the day in which Chancellor Scholz, in Brussels, reminded partners that his government has provided two Patriot anti-aircraft defense systems. The number two of the executive, the green Robert Habeck, showed up unexpectedly in Kiev also to talk about reconstruction.