Moscow, 'offensive weapons in Kiev lead to global disaster'

"The supply of offensive weapons to Kiev would lead to a global disaster," said the speaker of the Russian Duma, Viacheslav Volodi

No.

"If Washington and NATO countries send weapons (to Ukraine) to be used to attack peaceful cities or to try to occupy our lands, a threat that has been made, this would provoke a reaction with the use of even more powerful weapons" , added the speaker of the lower house of parliament in Moscow, quoted by Tass, on his Telegram channel. 

Boris Johnson in Ukraine, the meeting with Zelensky

 The Russian military has captured more advantageous positions in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine thanks to its offensive operations in the past 24 hours, the Russian defense ministry said, quoted by Tass.

"Units in the Eastern Military District have captured more advantageous positions and front lines as a result of offensive actions in the Zaporizhzhia sector, said spokesman Igor Konashenkov, who claimed Russian forces for destroying a Ukrainian artillery depot and the killing of 85 Kiev soldiers. But Ukraine denies it. "Regarding the situation in the Zaporizhzhia section, the enemy is not conducting active and large-scale operations," the colonel said,

adding that there are regular Russian attempts to storm Ukrainian army positions with small groups of up to ten people.

According to Yerin, Russian troops had some successes in some areas, but currently all positions of the Defense Forces of Ukraine have been restored.

Scholz: 'France and Germany will still support Ukraine'

Meanwhile, the debate on tanks continues.

While Der Spiegel lets it be known that Germany could eventually transfer 19 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine.

Berlin's refusal to hand over its Leopard heavy tanks to Ukraine is "unacceptable", according to Poland's prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki.

"Germany's attitude is unacceptable. It has been almost a year since the war has started and innocent people are dying every day. Russian bombs wreak havoc in Ukrainian cities. Civilian targets are being attacked and women and children are being murdered," said the premier from Warsaw, quoted by the Polish news agency Pap, two days after the meeting of the defense contact group on Ukraine in Ramstein.

Morawiecki said he expected at least "a clear statement"

of Berlin authorizing countries that have German Leopards to send them to Kiev.

Poland intends to deliver 14 of them for its part.

ANSA Agency

Der Spiegel, 'Berlin could give 19 Leopard tanks to Ukraine' - World

Germany could eventually transfer 19 Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, which Kiev is persistently demanding.

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