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EU adopts new Russia sanctions - Borrell warns of growing nuclear danger: "worrying"

2022-10-06T03:03:34.058Z


EU adopts new Russia sanctions - Borrell warns of growing nuclear danger: "worrying" Created: 06/10/2022 04:54 By: Florian Naumann, Bettina Menzel, Bedrettin Bölükbasi, Stephanie Munk, Andreas Schmid The EU has passed new sanctions against Russia. The EU chief diplomat warns of an increasing nuclear weapons risk. News ticker on Ukraine negotiations. EU adopts new Russia sanctions : Lex Schröde


EU adopts new Russia sanctions - Borrell warns of growing nuclear danger: "worrying"

Created: 06/10/2022 04:54

By: Florian Naumann, Bettina Menzel, Bedrettin Bölükbasi, Stephanie Munk, Andreas Schmid

The EU has passed new sanctions against Russia.

The EU chief diplomat warns of an increasing nuclear weapons risk.

News ticker on Ukraine negotiations.

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Update from October 5, 11:48 a.m .:

Due to Ukraine’s current successes on the battlefield, the danger of Russia using nuclear weapons is increasing, believes EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell.

The war has entered a new phase: A nuclear power is experiencing regression and there are threats that nuclear weapons will also be used, said the EU chief diplomat in the European Parliament.

You shouldn't close your eyes to that.

Borrell continued: "This is certainly a worrying scenario in which we have to show that our support for Ukraine does not waver." He emphasized that even in a cold winter, solidarity must remain unreserved.

The future of Ukraine is also linked to the future of the people of the EU.

EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell warns of a nuclear escalation in the Ukraine war.

© Frederick Florin/AFP

Ukraine war: EU adopts new Russia sanctions - including a Lex Schröder

Update from October 5, 10:45 a.m .:

The EU countries have launched an eighth package of sanctions against Russia.

On Wednesday, the permanent representatives of the member states approved, among other things, a price cap for oil imports from Russia supported by the G7 countries.

This was confirmed by several diplomats from the dpa.

The agreement still has to be confirmed by the capitals.

That should be done by Thursday morning.

Part of the new sanctions are various export bans that affect key technologies for aviation.

In addition, there should be an import ban for certain steel from Russia.

In the future, EU citizens will also be banned from holding seats on the governing bodies of Russian state-owned companies.

The federal government in particular had campaigned for this after ex-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder (SPD) had been head of the supervisory board of the Russian oil company Rosneft for a long time.

Former Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder in Berlin.

© Kay Nietfeld/dpa/archive image

In addition, there are punitive measures against people who helped to hold sham referendums in the areas of Ukraine that have now been annexed by Russia.

They are subject to entry bans and asset freezes.

With the new package of sanctions, the EU states are also creating the basis for Russia having to sell oil to large buyers such as India at a much lower price than at present.

This is intended to reduce Moscow's income, which is also used to finance the Ukraine war.

Ukraine war: Michael Kretschmer calls for negotiations with Russia - "What is the alternative?"

Update from October 5, 10:30 a.m.:

With the call for a “freeze” on the Ukraine war, Saxony’s Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) caused widespread outrage in mid-July – and applause from the AfD and the left.

At the time, Kretschmer had demanded that Germany should again obtain raw materials from Russia and advocate that this war be "frozen" through negotiations.

Kretschmer has now again spoken out in favor of negotiations with Russia on the Ukraine war.

In the ZDF morning magazine he said: "My opinion is indeed: A diplomatic solution as soon as possible, the dying must stop".

War is always the worst solution.

In response to the objection that negotiations with Russia are currently a "diplomatic dead end" if Ukraine does not give up its own territories, Kretschmer said: "Things are of course not always that simple.

You always have to say, what is the alternative?

Do you want the dying to go on?”

Nonetheless, he supports Ukraine that it should not give up its territory and that the sham referenda held by Russia are "null and void".

But the war plunged “the whole world into chaos”.

"A diplomatic solution as soon as possible": Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer on October 5 in the ZDF morning show.

© Screenshot zdf.de

"Arbitrary": UN sees dire consequences for Ukrainians in occupied territories after Russia's annexation

Update from October 4, 7:47 p.m .:

According to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, the annexation of Ukrainian regions announced by Moscow will continue to worsen the situation there.

With the "alleged annexation" Russia is helping to exacerbate the conflict and "exacerbate the human rights violations associated with it," said UN representative Christian Salazar Volkmann on Tuesday in Geneva.

The High Commissioner already has evidence of a "series of violations of the right to life, liberty and security" in Ukraine.

The annexation "arbitrarily" separates families and has "concrete impacts" on human rights "on both sides of the newly drawn borders".

The annexation of occupied territories to Russia would also jeopardize freedom of expression and religion and restrict access to health care, the labor market and social services.

Meanwhile, the US has confirmed its $625 million package to Ukraine

(see update October 4, 5:50 p.m.)

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US pledges another $625 million package to Ukraine: howitzers and missile systems

Update October 4, 5:50 p.m.:

According to a senior defense official, the US will announce another $625 million aid package for Ukraine.

It is said to contain four more High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) as well as howitzers and ammunition.

In total, Ukraine will then have 20 HIMARS systems, reports CNN with reference to the

Reuters

news agency .

Ukraine had already used the systems for successful strikes against the Russian army.

Federal government prepares first exercises for NATO protection: 250 soldiers planned in Lithuania

Update from October 4th, 4:45 p.m .:

The Bundeswehr has started preparations for a first exercise to increase the protection of Lithuania’s NATO partner.

According to the Lithuanian military, 250 soldiers from the German NATO brigade are to arrive for maneuvers at the Gaiziunai military training area near the Rukla military base.

There they should practice together with Lithuanian troops, local media reported. 

A German advance commando was scheduled to fly to Lithuania on Tuesday.

This was confirmed by a Bundeswehr spokesman for the German Press Agency.

More exercise troops and about 70 military vehicles were due to arrive by ferry on Wednesday, he said.

After the deployment of the forces, the exercise is scheduled to begin on October 7th. 

After the Russian attack on Ukraine, NATO decided to increase protection on the eastern flank.

Germany is to lead a combat troops brigade with 3,000 to 5,000 soldiers for Lithuania.

The German concept envisages stationing weapons, ammunition and a command staff on site.

Most of the soldiers are kept ready in Germany.

Update from October 4, 1:55 p.m .:

Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock has rejected attempts by Putin to blackmail him with the threat of using nuclear weapons.

One would "not be deterred by such threats," said the Green politician at a meeting with the Polish foreign minister in Warsaw.

Germany and Poland would "continue to support Ukraine in its right to self-defense".

By decree: Selenskyj forbids negotiations with Putin - Moscow reacts

Update from October 4, 1:30 p.m .:

Negotiations with Putin have been banned in Ukraine.

A corresponding decree by the Ukrainian President Zelenskyj was published on his website on Tuesday.

This was preceded by a decision by the Ukrainian Security Council.

He was reacting to the Russian annexation of four Ukrainian territories in southern and eastern Ukraine, which was internationally criticized as a breach of international law.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has banned negotiations with Putin.

© -/Ukrainian Presidential Press Office/AP/dpa

There has already been a reaction from Russia to the Ukrainian decree: "Now we are either waiting for the current president to change his position or we are waiting for the future president of Ukraine, who will change his positions in the interests of the Ukrainian people," said Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov according to the Interfax news agency.

In the first weeks of the war, there were talks between Ukraine and Russia, mainly at negotiator level.

After the increasing successes of the Ukrainian army, Kyiv has practically ruled out negotiations before the complete withdrawal of Russian troops from Ukrainian territory.

Germany already a war party against Putin?

Lauterbach rows back after a sensational tweet

Update from October 4, 10:55 a.m

.: Health Minister Karl Lauterbach has qualified his statement that Germany is “at war” with Vladimir Putin.

The Federal Republic is "of course not a war party", but "nevertheless fully supports the Ukrainians," said the SPD politician in the RTL / ntv program "Frühstart".

This also included arms deliveries.

"We are not at war, but we support Ukraine to the best of our ability," Lauterbach said.

Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht (SPD) contradicted Lauterbach the day before in the ARD "Report from Berlin": "It is very clear - both for the German government and for the entire NATO: We will not become a war party.

That has guided us from the start.

And nothing has changed about that either.” In an interview with RTL/ntv, Lauterbach said: “Of course we are not a war party, Mrs. Lambrecht is absolutely right.”

"What on earth drives the health minister to be the first member of the federal government to declare war on Putin?"

Munich Merkur

editor Sebastian Horsch commented on Lauterbach's war statements.

Karl Lauterbach sees Germany at "war" with Putin.

© Emmanuele Contini/Imago

Tesla founder on the Ukraine war: Elon Musk outlines a peace scenario

Update from October 4th, 7.18 a.m .:

Elon Musk's peace scenario for Ukraine (see update from October 3rd, 8.30 p.m.) caused the outgoing Ukrainian ambassador in Berlin to react harshly.

"Fuck off is my very diplomatic reply to you Elon Musk," Andriy Melnyk wrote on Twitter.

“Now no Ukrainian will ever buy your fucking Tesla shit.

So good luck.” Melnyk had previously failed with his less than diplomatic language, for example when he called Chancellor Olaf Scholz an “offended liverwurst”.

On Friday, Russian head of state Vladimir Putin signed agreements to annex the Ukrainian regions of Luhansk, Donetsk, Cherson and Zaporizhia.

This was preceded by votes in the regions controlled in whole or in part by Russian or pro-Russian troops on annexation to Russia, which the West condemned as “sham referendums”.

Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.

This is not recognized internationally.

Zelenskyj governs on Elon Musk's peace scenario

Update from October 3, 10:05 p.m .:

The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj interfered in the Twitter debate about a peace scenario for Ukraine by US billionaire Elon Musk.

"Which Elon Musk do you like more?

The Ukraine supporter or the Russia supporter,” asked the head of state on Twitter.

Within a short time, several hundred thousand people took part in the survey.

Over 90 percent preferred the Ukraine-supporting Musk.

A heated argument had previously broken out over Musk's scenario for the end of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.

The US billionaire had designed a neutral status for Ukraine, the renunciation of the Crimean Peninsula and referenda under UN supervision on the state affiliation of the Russian-occupied territories as an image.

Elon Musk outlines a possible end to the Ukraine war and starts a Twitter poll - Kyiv reacts

Update from October 3, 8:30 p.m .:

Kiev responded to the possible end of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine outlined by US billionaire Elon Musk with a counter-offer.

"There is a better proposal," Presidential Office Advisor Mykhailo Podoliak wrote on Twitter on Monday.

Accordingly, Ukraine will completely liberate its territory, including the "annexed Crimea".

Russia will then be completely demilitarized, will have to give up its nuclear weapons and "can no longer threaten anyone".

The Russian war crimes are brought before an international tribunal.

Musk had previously called a supposed solution for the end of the Russian-Ukrainian war on Twitter.

Accordingly, in the four areas now annexed by the Kremlin in southern and eastern Ukraine, Cherson, Donetsk, Luhansk and Zaporizhia will be reconciled under the supervision of the United Nations.

Russia must leave the territories if the people want it.

Ukraine becomes neutral.

The Crimean Peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014, is to be added to Moscow.

At the same time, Crimea's water supply would be guaranteed through the canal from the Dnipro River.

In contrast to a nuclear war, the scenario is “very likely”.

The richest man in the world had it voted on, and by 8:30 p.m. German time, over a million people had already taken part in the survey.

The majority voted against Musk's proposal.

Ukraine will receive another five billion euros from the European Union

According to information from Kyiv, the European Union has signed a declaration of intent for new financial aid amounting to five billion euros for war-torn Ukraine.

"This is another gesture by the EU that it is willing to help Ukraine win this war, rebuild and strive for a European future," Prime Minister Denys Schmyhal wrote on Twitter on Monday.

Head of Ukraine's Zaporizhia nuclear power plant released

Update from October 3, 6:01 p.m .:

According to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the head of the Russian-controlled Ukrainian nuclear power plant Zaporizhia has been released.

He had received confirmation that Ihor Murashov had "returned home safely," said IAEA boss Rafael Grossi on Twitter on Monday.

The IAEA has several experts on site.

Murashov was arrested by a Russian patrol on Friday, according to Ukrainian sources.

According to the state Ukrainian nuclear power plant operator Energoatom, the nuclear power plant boss was stopped by the patrol and taken away on the way from the nuclear power plant to the city of Enerhodar.

According to Energoatom, Murashov is responsible for the nuclear safety of the plant in Zaporizhia at his post.

European Union summons top Russian diplomats to Brussels

Update from October 3, 4:38 p.m .:

After the annexation of four Ukrainian regions by Russia, the European Union summoned its highest-ranking diplomats to Brussels.

"This is an EU-wide approach coordinated by the EU," spokesman for foreign policy chief Josep Borrell told the AFP news agency on Monday.

In response to the annexation on Friday, the EU partners had begun summoning the Russian ambassadors to their respective countries.

Germany also ordered the Russian ambassador, according to the Foreign Office.

Italy and Austria took the same step on Monday, Belgium ordered the Russian ambassador on Friday.

The leaders said they would "never recognize this illegal annexation". In addition, the EU is preparing new sanctions against Russia.

Among other things, it is about an upper price limit for oil sold worldwide from Russia.

The USA also announced new sanctions.

British defense secretary sees no political way out of war for Vladimir Putin

Update from October 3, 12:53 p.m

.: British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace has rejected a political way out for Vladimir Putin from the Ukraine war.

"If you offered him a gold bridge tomorrow morning, he would ram it on purpose," Wallace said on the sidelines of the Tory party conference in Birmingham. 

Putin failed to take advantage of several opportunities to make political offers himself.

Instead, Russia always fights with the greatest brutality, its troops committing atrocities.

Giving in to Putin would only motivate other tyrants to pursue their goals with similar brutality, Wallace said.

"He is an ethnic nationalist living out the fantasy of uniting a so-called ancient people," said the conservative politician.

But Putin is not trying to improve the living conditions of his own people, but the Kremlin chief is only trying to increase Russia's strength by weakening his opponents.

The Kremlin is supporting radical right-wing and left-wing forces in the West in order to sow mistrust.

Picture from September 30: Putin at a gala in Moscow to mark Russia's annexations in Ukraine © Ramil Sitdikov/Imago

German politicians worried: "Ukraine war endangers the successes of the reconstruction of the East"

Update from October 3, 11:48 a.m

.: The Ukraine war also has consequences for the relationship between East and West Germany - several politicians have warned of this on the occasion of German Unity Day.

Saxony-Anhalt's Prime Minister Reiner Haseloff (CDU) told the

Rheinische Post

that the war "endangers the success of the reconstruction of the East and also has concrete effects on our everyday life".

Brandenburg's Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) told the newspaper that many were afraid "that everything they have painstakingly built up over three decades will break away".

Many East Germans "still have very clear memories of the major structural breaks with mass unemployment in the 1990s." Saxony's Prime Minister Michael Kretschmer (CDU) was also convinced that the Ukraine war would change the relationship between Germans in East and West.

Brandenburg Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke (SPD) © Fabian Sommer/dpa

Selenskyj scoffs at Putin's annexation "farce": "Soon meaningless"

Update from October 2, 11:35 p.m .:

In view of the recent successes of the Ukrainian army, Volodymyr Zelenskyj described the annexations of Russia as meaningless.

"As soon as the Ukrainian flag has returned, no one remembers the Russian farce with any papers and any annexations," Zelenskyj said in his daily video speech on Monday night.

A few hours earlier he had said that following the withdrawal of the Russians, Ukrainian troops had regained full control of the strategically important small town of Lyman in the eastern region of Donetsk.

According to a report by

Bild

, there was great destruction in Lyman, which has now been liberated, after the Russians left.

Several dead Russian soldiers are still lying on the streets of the city, the newspaper writes, citing a local reporter.

Ukraine war: USA are apparently planning a gigantic aid package – and are demanding more money from Europe

Update from October 2, 10:40 p.m .:

The USA is apparently planning a gigantic financial package to support Ukraine and its economy: 1.5 billion dollars per month are planned, reports the portal

bloomberg.com

– until the end of the war.

At the same time, there seems to be dissatisfaction with the commitment of the Europeans: Washington wants to push for aid of a similar amount, the medium reports, citing circles familiar with the topic.

Update from October 2nd, 5.30 p.m .:

Germany summoned the Russian ambassador.

Ambassador Sergej Neschajew was "promptly summoned to the Foreign Office," Annalena Baerbock's ministry told dpa when asked.

The German government is thus reacting to the further escalation of the Russian war in Ukraine and the annexation of four Ukrainian regions by Russia.

In Italy, too, the ambassador there was summoned for Monday, in Belgium this happened on Friday.

Pope addresses Putin directly for the first time – and appeals to Zelenskyj

Update from October 2, 3:51 p.m

.: Pope Francis asked Vladimir Putin to stop the “spiral of violence” in Ukraine.

During Sunday prayers in St. Peter's Square in Rome, he deplored the annexation of the four Ukrainian regions by Moscow.

It was the first time since the beginning of the Ukraine war that the Argentine pope addressed the Kremlin chief in a speech.

The situation that has arisen in the past few days increases the risk of a nuclear escalation and gives rise to fears of "uncontrollable and catastrophic consequences worldwide," the Pope said.

That mankind is again confronted with a "nuclear threat" is "absurd".

The head of the Catholic Church appealed to the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to be open to "serious peace negotiations".

"I am deeply saddened by the torrents of blood and tears that have been shed over these months.

I am saddened by the thousands of victims, especially children, and the widespread destruction that has left many people and families homeless and threatens large areas with cold and hunger.

Such actions are never justifiable, never!” said Francis.

Since the beginning of the Ukraine war, the Vatican has been walking a tightrope, condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine on the one hand, and trying to keep the possibility of a dialogue with Moscow open at the same time.

Pope Francis praying the Angelus on Sunday.

© IMAGO/VATICAN MEDIA / ipa-agency.net

Ukraine-News: Germany appoints Russian ambassador

Update from October 2, 3:48 p.m

.: Like Italy and several European countries, Germany has also summoned the Russian ambassador.

At the request of the dpa news agency, the Foreign Office said that the Ambassador Sergei Nechayev had been “summoned to the Foreign Office promptly”. 

Annexations in Ukraine: Italy summons Russian ambassador

Update from October 2, 3:28 p.m

.: Italy has summoned the Russian ambassador for Monday (October 3).

The government in Rome is reacting to the annexation of four Ukrainian regions by Russia.

As a spokesman for the Foreign Ministry in Rome told the German Press Agency on Sunday, this process has been coordinated with the other EU countries and the European External Action Service (EEAS).

Demnach sei vorgesehen, dass auch in den anderen Hauptstädten die jeweiligen russischen Botschafter einbestellt werden, in Belgien geschah das beispielsweise schon am Freitag.

Waffenlieferungen nach Kiew: Deutschland beteiligt sich an Finanzierung von 16 Haubitzen

Update vom 2. Oktober, 14.44 Uhr: Deutschland, Dänemark und Norwegen finanzieren gemeinsam die Produktion von 16 slowakischen Haubitzen für die Ukraine. Wie das Bundesverteidigungsministerium mitteilte, hat das Projekt einen Gesamtwert von 92 Millionen Euro. Die drei finanzierenden Länder teilen sich die Kosten demnach zu gleichen Teilen.

Beschafft werden den Angaben zufolge 16 Radpanzerhaubitzen vom Typ Zuzana 2 aus slowakischer Produktion. „Mit der Lieferung an die Ukraine wird im Jahr 2023 begonnen“, hieß es weiter. Das Vorhaben geht laut Bundesverteidigungsministerium auf Vereinbarungen auf der Kopenhagener Geberkonferenz für die Ukraine im August zurück.

Ukraine-News: Annexionen laut russischem Gericht rechtens

Update vom 2. Oktober, 12.46 Uhr: Russlands Verfassungsgericht sieht in der international nicht anerkannten Annexion von vier ukrainischen Gebieten keinen Verstoß gegen russische Gesetze. Die Aufnahme der Gebiete Luhansk, Donezk, Cherson und Saporischschja in die Russische Föderation stehe im Einklang mit der Verfassung, teilte das Gericht in St. Petersburg der Staatsagentur Tass zufolge mit.

Lauterbach zum eskalierten Ukraine-Konflikt: „Wir sind im Krieg mit Putin“

Update vom 2. Oktober, 11.19 Uhr: Als erster Bundesminister hat Gesundheitsressortchef Karl Lauterbach davon gesprochen, dass sich Deutschland mit Wladimir Putin „im Krieg“ befinde. Der SPD-Politiker benutzte die Formulierung auf Twitter in einer Reaktion auf den Vorschlag, einzelne Nato-Staaten sollten Russland garantieren, dass eine Aufnahme der Ukraine in die Nato nicht stattfinde, um so den Boden für Verhandlungen zwischen Russland und der Ukraine zu bereiten.

Lauterbach twitterte dazu konkret Folgendes:

Der völkerrechtliche Begriff „Krieg“ im klassischen Sinne ist nach Darlegung des Wissenschaftlichen Diensts des Bundestags gekennzeichnet durch: einen bewaffneten Kampf zwischen Staaten oder Staatengruppen und eine Kriegserklärung oder ein Ultimatum. Es wird darauf hingewiesen, dass manche Völkerrechtler auf das letztere Merkmal verzichten und Krieg als Gewaltmaßnahme unter Abbruch der diplomatischen Beziehungen definieren.

Before Lauterbach, Finance Minister Christian Lindner (FDP) had already spoken of an “energy war” when he also tweeted for the continued use of nuclear energy.

Lauterbach received both approval and opposition on Twitter.

The suggestion of a veto against joining NATO as a concession to Putin was made by the author Richard David Precht (here more about his recent appearance on "Markus Lanz" on ZDF) in the podcast "Geyer + Niesmann" of the editorial network Germany (RND). .

Karl Lauterbach sees Germany at "war" with Putin.

© Emmanuele Contini/Imago

Update vom 1. Oktober, 22.25 Uhr: Nach der russischen Annexion besetzter Gebiete hat der ukrainische Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj die Rückeroberung der strategisch wichtigen Stadt Lyman im Osten des Landes gefeiert. „Die ukrainische Flagge weht bereits in Lyman im Gebiet Donezk“, erklärte Selenskyj in seiner täglichen Videoansprache. In der Stadt werde zwar immer noch gekämpft, doch von dem „Pseudoreferendum“ sei dort keine Spur mehr, sagte er.

„Übrigens haben sie dort schon angefangen, sich gegenseitig zu beißen: Sie suchen nach den Schuldigen, beschuldigen einige Generäle des Versagens“, kommentierte Selenskyj die verärgerten Reaktionen aus Moskau auf den Rückzug in Lyman. Es sei nur der erste Warnschuss für alle diejenigen, die sich am Krieg von Präsident Wladimir Putin beteiligten. Bis sie nicht das Problem mit dem einen lösten, „der diesen für Russland sinnlosen Krieg gegen die Ukraine begonnen hat, werden Sie einer nach dem anderen getötet und zu Sündenböcken gemacht“, prophezeite der 44-Jährige.

Lambrecht besucht Ukraine - Ministerin muss nach Luftalarm in den Bunker in Odessa

Update vom 1. Oktober, 20.20 Uhr: Verteidigungsministerin Christine Lambrecht besucht erstmals seit Kriegsbeginn die Ukraine. Dabei musste sie wegen eines Luftalarms zeitweise in einem Bunker Schutz suchen. Der Alarm in Odessa dauerte etwa 45 Minuten. Der ukrainische Verteidigungsminister Olexij Resnikow sagte, die Russen hätten eine Kalibr-Rakete abgeschossen, höchstwahrscheinlich von einem Schiff aus. Im Bunker warb er für die Lieferung von Anti-Schiffs-Raketen.

Die SPD-Politikerin sagte, die Situation mache deutlich, wie wichtig die rasche Lieferung einer ersten versprochenen Einheit des bodengestützten Luftabwehrsystems IRIS-T SLM sei. Lambrecht sprach von einer Lieferung in ein paar Tagen und lobte die ukrainische Mannschaft des Systems, die sie bei der Ausbildung in Deutschland getroffen habe. „Die Ukraine erlebt zurzeit unfassbar viele Luftangriffe, und deswegen ist es so wichtig, dass wir in Bezug auf Luftverteidigung noch mehr unterstützen“, sagte Lambrecht. „Sie kann sich da auf uns verlassen.“ Zudem besuchte sie in Odessa auch eine Gepard-Stellung.

Die Ministerin zeigte Verständnis für den Antrag der Ukraine, rasch in die Nato aufgenommen zu werden. Für ein solches Verfahren müssten aber bestimmte Voraussetzungen erfüllt werden. „Und ganz wichtig ist: Die Nato hat sich klar positioniert, wir werden keine Kriegspartei. Das haben wir schon zu Beginn dieses Konfliktes deutlich gemacht, und daran werden wir auch festhalten.“

Ukraine-News: Nato-Beitritt der Ukraine - Diplomat rechnet mit Mitgliedschaft erst nach Krieg

Update vom 1. Oktober, 18 Uhr: Nach Angaben der Delegation des ukrainischen Parlaments in der Parlamentarischen Versammlung der Nato wird die Ukraine dem Bündnis höchstwahrscheinlich erst nach dem Ende des Krieges beitreten. „Während dem Krieg ist diese Möglichkeit sehr gering“, zitierte die ukrainische Nachrichtenagentur Unian den Delegationsleiter Yegor Schernev mit Blick auf eine Mitgliedschaft der Ukraine. Dennoch würden sich nun einige Prozesse sowie Regeln ändern, betonte er. Daher gebe es zwar durchaus Chancen zum Beitritt während des Krieges, doch eine Mitgliedschaft nach dem Krieg sei wahrscheinlicher.

Ukraine-News: Dänemark und Großbritannien versprechen weiterhin Unterstützung

Update vom 1. Oktober, 14.00 Uhr: Dänemark und Großbritannien haben der Ukraine ihre weitere Unterstützung zugesagt. „Großbritannien und Dänemark unterstützen die Ukraine sehr stark und wir werden das auch weiterhin tun und zusammenarbeiten“, sagte die dänische Ministerpräsidentin Mette Frederiksen nach einem Treffen mit ihrer britischen Amtskollegin Liz Truss.

Beide Regierungschefs werteten die Lecks an den Nord Stream Pipelines erneut als Sabotage. „Es ist mir sehr wichtig zu betonen, dass die dänischen Behörden der Meinung sind, dass es kein Unfall war. Das ist Sabotage von kritischer Infrastruktur. Also ist es eine sehr ernste Situation“, so Frederiksen. Die IAEA forderte indes von Russland die Freilassung des entführten Chefs des Atomkraftwerks Saporischschja.

Britischer Geheimdienst vermutet russische Munitionsengpässe – Einsatz vor Abwehrraketen

Update vom 1. Oktober, 10.40 Uhr: Der britische Geheimdienst vermutet, dass Russland bei seiner Bodenoffensive in der Ukraine mittlerweile Abwehrraketen einsetzt. Sie seien eigentlich für den Abschuss von Flugzeugen oder anderen Geschossen bestimmt. Bei einem Angriff auf einen Konvoi südöstlich der Stadt Saporischschja am Freitag sei mutmaßlich eine solche Luftabwehrrakete mit großer Reichweite eingesetzt worden. Dabei sind 25 bis 30 Zivilisten gestorben.

Die britischen Geheimdienste werten den Einsatz einer solchen Rakete als Zeichen russischer Munitionsengpässe, da diese Waffen als strategisch wertvoll und nur in begrenzter Zahl vorhanden gelten. Moskau setze mutmaßlich nun auch solche Waffen ein, um sich taktische Vorteile zu verschaffen und nehme dabei hin, dass Zivilisten getötet würden, hieß es im aktuellen Geheimdienstbericht Londons.

Selenskyj-Berater warnt vor Atomwaffeneinsatz: „Das Risiko steigt“

Erstmeldung vom 1. Oktober: Kiew/Moskau - Statistisch gesehen dauert es 15 Monate, bis ein Krieg zwischen zwei Staaten endet. Im Ukraine-Krieg stellt sich derzeit die Frage, wie ein solches Kriegsende herbeigeführt werden soll. Verhandlungen stocken seit Monaten, Russland reagierte auf eine ukrainische Gegenoffensive mit Annexionsreferenden in vier ukrainischen Gebieten. Am Freitag verkündete Wladimir Putin, dass die Regionen Saporischschja, Cherson, Donezk und Luhansk nun offiziell annektiert sind: ein abermaliger Schlüssel- und womöglich auch Wendepunkt in diesem Krieg.

Denn: Gibt es jetzt ukrainische Angriffe auf diese Gebiete, hat Russland einen Kriegsgrund. Der Kreml wird dann wohl damit argumentieren, dass russisches Territorium angegriffen wurde und man sich verteidigen müsse. „Mit allen Mitteln“, wie Putin zuletzt mehrfach drohte. Auch mit Atomwaffen?

Ex-Kanzlerin Angela Merkel sagte jüngst, man müsse Putin ernst nehmen, wenn er sagt: „Ich bluffe nicht.“ Auch die Ukraine scheint besorgt. Mychajlo Podoljak, Berater des ukrainischen Präsidentenbüros, hält es für denkbar, dass Moskau im Krieg gegen die Ukraine auch Atomwaffen einsetzen könnte. „Angesichts der inneren Panik in der Russischen Föderation und der zunehmenden militärischen Niederlagen steigt das Risiko dafür“, sagte der Selenskyj-Berater der Bild.

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Andere Experten sehen derzeit keine unmittelbare Bedrohung für einen Atomwaffeneinsatz. „Natürlich gibt es im Hintergrund immer wieder diese theoretische Option des Einsatzes von chemischen oder atomaren Waffen“, sagte der Militärexperte Carlo Massala dem Portal Business Insider. „Gegenwärtig halte ich das aber für sehr unwahrscheinlich.“

Militärexperte Gustav Gressel sieht es ähnlich. „Das halte ich für relativ unwahrscheinlich“, sagt er im Interview mit unserer Redaktion. „Eine taktische Atomwaffe würde an der Front wenig ändern, schon weil das ukrainische Militär relativ dezentral organisiert ist.“

Peter Neumann von Londoner Kings College meint. „Den Einsatz von Atomwaffen halte ich aktuell für ausgeschlossen.“ Das liege an der dann drohenden Reaktion des Westens, besonders der USA. „Putin ist bewusst, dass die USA in einem solchen Fall sofort aktiv in den Krieg eingreifen würden. Das wäre Putins Ende und das weiß er.”

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Der Kreml selbst beschwichtigte am Freitag. „Leute, die von einer atomaren Eskalation reden, handeln sehr unverantwortlich“, sagte Putins Regierungssprecher Dmitri Peskow am Freitag (30. September). Schaut man sich die Reden von Putin an, fällt auf, dass er nie direkt von „Atomwaffen“ spricht. Es handelt sich lediglich um indirekte Andeutungen, dass man „alle zur Verfügung stehenden Mittel nutzen“ werde.

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Source: merkur

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