Potential 'tank alliance' positions itself against Russia - attacks on despite Putin's 'ceasefire'

Created: 07/01/2023Updated: 07/01/2023 21:31

By: Victoria Krumbeck

Putin ordered a ceasefire for the Orthodox Christmas.

Nevertheless, there were dead and injured after Russian shelling in the Ukraine war.

• Putin's

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  Ukraine:

  Russia attacks Kherson region

• Ukrainian army

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  Russian base

  : 100 wounded soldiers

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  : Ukrainian drone shot down over Sevastopol

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Update from January 7th, 9:00 p.m.:

If it is up to Ukraine, it should not stop with the promised delivery of Marder tanks.

Calls for Leopard 2 main battle tanks for the Ukraine war are also apparently getting louder.

Former ambassador Andriy Melnyk had already dropped a possible "tank alliance" against Russia shortly before Christmas.

The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, also spoke on Saturday, in addition to showing solidarity with the Iran protests when attending 

state group retreat in Seeon, that she was in favor of the required delivery of Leopard tanks to Ukraine in the war against Russia.

A demand that the CSU, among others, but also other parties had already expressed.

Ukraine war: “Panzer Alliance” against Putin and Russia could form

Germany is currently reluctant to supply Leopards for the Ukraine war.

However,

claims to have learned that the signals are said to be increasing that several EU countries are showing a certain willingness to join a possible initiative.

Furthermore, "Forbes" reports that some NATO countries see themselves in a position to part with the main battle tanks without losing their ability to defend themselves.

Poland, Finland and also Denmark explicitly seem to see themselves in a position to provide further support for the Ukraine war if such a tank alliance against Russia's war of aggression should really come about.

Ukraine war: Putin's Christmas truce failed

Update from January 7, 5:34 p.m .:

After the initially announced call to arms from Russia on Friday probably failed, there were deaths in the fighting during the Orthodox Christmas season in Ukraine.

The Ukrainian Prosecutor General's Office announced on Saturday that two civilians were killed and 13 others injured by Russian fire in Bakhmut in the Donetsk region on Friday.

Putin's ceasefire in Ukraine war: Russia returns fire

Update from January 7, 2:25 p.m .:

Despite the ceasefire, the Russian army is fighting back in Ukraine, as the Russian Ministry of Defense announced.

"All positions of the Ukrainian army from which the shelling was fired were crushed by Russian forces returning fire," Russian Defense Ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said on Saturday.

There were combat operations in the Donetsk, Cherson and Zaporizhia regions.

According to Konashenkov, Russia is itself adhering to the imposed ceasefire, which ends at 10:00 p.m. CET on Saturday evening.

From the start, many international observers doubted that the Russian arms would really remain silent.

No ceasefire in Ukraine: Russia attacks Kherson region

Update from January 7, 11:41 a.m .:

Despite Russia’s unilateral ceasefire, both warring parties are said to have continued fighting at a “routine level”.

The British Ministry of Defense wrote on Twitter.

The most intense fighting took place in the city of Kremina in the Oblast region.

For three weeks the fighting around Kremina has been going on in the wooded area.

Both sides are "most likely having difficulty stopping artillery fire," the ministry said.

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The "ceasefire" announced by Putin is also not lasting in other parts of Ukraine.

Attacks on civilians have been reported in at least seven regions of Ukraine in the past 24 hours,

reported.

At least three people were killed and 14 people injured.

On Friday alone, Russian troops are said to have shelled the southern region of Kherson 39 times, as Governor Yaroslav Yanushevich said on Saturday.

"They attacked the peaceful settlements in the region with artillery, rocket launchers, mortars and tanks," Yanushevich said.

Ukraine attacks Russia despite Putin's 'ceasefire' - Previously 100 Russian soldiers wounded

First report from January 7th:

Kiev/Moscow – Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a ceasefire for the Orthodox Christmas celebrations.

A 36-hour ceasefire is in effect from Friday (January 6) at 10:00 a.m. to Saturday (January 7) at 10:00 p.m. Central European Time.

But for Ukraine it is just a hypocritical red herring.

An air alert was sounded in Ukraine on Friday and the Ukrainian army attacked the Russian army.

On the night of Saturday, the Russian air defense shot down a drone over Sevastopol.

Ukrainian soldiers hit Russian army base - 100 wounded

Even before the ceasefire ordered by Vladimir Putin, there were skirmishes between Russia and Ukraine.

According to the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces, up to 100 Russian soldiers were wounded in an attack on January 5.

A base of the Russian army was hit in the village of Havrylivka Druha in the Cherson region near Crimea, the general staff said in its situation report on Facebook on Friday.

In Cherson, a local resident walks past a burning house.

(Iconic image) © Libkos/dpa

“Up to 100 wounded military personnel were admitted to local hospitals.

The information on the killed occupiers is being checked,” the report said, as the Ukrainian news platform Ukrinform wrote.

Ukrainian attacks despite Putin's 'ceasefire' - drone shot down near Sevastopol

During the ceasefire, the Russian side reported a drone attack on the Crimean peninsula annexed by Russia.

The unmanned aerial vehicle was shot down early on Saturday morning over a pier near Sevastopol, the naval base of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, as the city's governor, Mikhail Rasvozhayev, wrote in his Telegram channel, according to the Tass state agency.

"Even a holy Christmas cannot stop these inhuman beings from attacking our hero city," Razvozhayev further commented.