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The British Ministry of Defense shared photos showing Ukrainian military personnel training on the Challenger 2 main battle tank
Photo: Ministry of Defense UK / twitter
What has happened in the past few hours
According to the mayor of
Kharkiv ,
two Russian rockets
have landed in the center of the Ukrainian city.
A rocket hit a residential building, Mayor Ihor Terekhov wrote on Telegram on Sunday morning.
According to Terekhov, one person is said to have been injured – the governor of the Kharkiv region, Oleh Sinehubov, on the other hand, reported three injured on Telegram.
Work is continuing in
Odessa
to
restore supplies
following the widespread
blackout on Saturday morning
.
A third of private consumers have electricity again, Energy Minister Herman Halushchenko said on Saturday evening.
Critical infrastructure can already be supplied again.
In support, 31 high-power generators would be brought into the city.
Fierce fighting appears to be continuing
in the
eastern Ukrainian city of
Bakhmut
.
This was stated by the head of the private Russian mercenary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, on social networks on Sunday.
The mercenaries fought "for every street, every house, every stairwell" against Ukrainian troops who were not retreating, he wrote.
How the battle tank deliveries to Kyiv are doing
Meanwhile, in
Britain
, Ukrainian military personnel are already being
trained on British Challenger 2 main battle tanks
, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said in a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Saturday afternoon.
The training started this week, according to London.
Their Ministry of Defense published pictures of the training at a military training area.
Canada
has started
loading and shipping Leopard 2 tanks for Ukraine
, Defense Minister Anita Anand said on Twitter on Saturday evening.
She also released a video showing the tank being loaded onto the plane and the machine taking off.
Ottawa has promised Kyiv four main battle tanks of the type.
Meanwhile, Poland
says it has already started
training Ukrainian soldiers
to use
Leopard tanks
.
Polish Defense Minister Mariusz Błaszczak said according to a report by the news portal TVP.info.
That says Kyiv
President Zelenskyy welcomed the
start of training for Ukrainian crews on the Challenger 2
.
"It's a good vehicle and will be a serious reinforcement on the battlefield," Zelenskyy said in his daily video address on Saturday night.
He thanked Great Britain for military aid.
He described the
situation at the front
as
difficult
, but said he was confident of victory.
"During the 346 days of this war, I have often said that the situation at the front is difficult and that it is getting more and more difficult," said Zelenskyy.
“The enemy is always throwing in new forces to break through our defenses.
Now it's very hard in
Bakhmut
, in
Wuhledar
and in the direction of
Lyman
.' Nevertheless, he was confident that the 'steadfastness' of the Ukrainians would ultimately bring about victory and thwart Russia's plans for conquest.
Zelenskyy also announced that
several former pro-Russian politicians
in the country had had their Ukrainian
citizenship revoked
.
He did not name names, but said that those affected also have Russian citizenship.
According to Ukrinform, these are top officials who held posts under former pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych.
Since February last year, Ukraine has already revoked a number of people's Ukrainian citizenship.
International reactions
With regard to the delivery of battle tanks to Ukraine,
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has countered fears that this could drag Germany into the war
.
He told the "Bild am Sonntag": "We carefully weighed every delivery of arms, closely coordinated with our allies, above all with America.
This joint approach prevents the war from escalating.«
In telephone calls, he made it "very clear" to Russian President Vladimir Putin that Russia alone was responsible for the war.
Putin did not threaten him, Scholz, or Germany.
What will be important on Sunday
On the battlefield, events continue to take place primarily in
eastern Ukraine
.
The city of Bachmut
in particular
is being fought with all its might (read a current report on the situation in the city here - and the last undertakers who continue to work despite attacks).
Economically, the West is opening a new front against Russia:
the new oil sanctions will come into force on Sunday
.
The European Union will then no
longer
purchase Russian oil products such as
diesel, petrol or lubricants
.
In addition, a regulation is effective immediately that is intended to force Russia to sell oil products below the market price to buyers in other countries.
This is intended to reduce the Kremlin's income for further warfare.
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