NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg sees an ammunition shortage.
Germany wants to ramp up production of cheetah ammunition again.
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Two countries are backing away from
Leopard 2 promises
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Putin spokesman
complains about
"hostility" from NATO
: Dmitri Peskov has again raised serious allegations against the military alliance.
Stoltenberg
alarmed by
NATO
's
ammunition bottleneck
: The NATO Secretary General called on the member states to conclude new supply contracts.
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Update from February 15, 9:51 a.m .
: The Russian Federation Council wants to meet unscheduled on February 22 and discuss the budget.
The date was originally scheduled for March 1st.
This is reported by the state news agency Ria Novosti, citing Senator Vyacheslav Timchenko.
It's about the country's budget.
The meduza.io
portal, which is officially "undesirable" in Russia, reports that it should also be about the legally anchored "integration" of the Ukrainian territories annexed by Russia
.
Update from February 15, 7:54 a.m
.: The defense ministers of the 30 NATO countries are discussing plans this Wednesday (February 15) to strengthen the alliance’s deterrence and defense capabilities.
In view of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, there are plans to increase the number of troops on high alert from 40,000 to 300,000.
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Two Leopard 2 A6s of the Bundeswehr's 203rd tank battalion drive on a military training area.
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Ukraine-News: Zelenskyj urges speed in military aid
Update from February 15, 6:27 a.m
.: Shortly before the first anniversary of the Russian invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insisted on speeding up military aid for his attacked country (see previous update).
He thanked for more weapons pledges at a NATO meeting a few hours earlier in Brussels.
A possible delivery of Western F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, meanwhile, remains open even after the recent meeting of the international contact group for the coordination of military aid.
"I have no announcements to make about this," US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin said after deliberations by the so-called Ramstein Group.
He wanted to leave it at that.
Selenskyj insists on military aid
Update from February 14, 11:04 p.m .:
Shortly before the first anniversary of the Russian invasion, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy insisted on speeding up military aid for his attacked country.
"We see that the Kremlin is trying to squeeze any potential for aggression out of Russia," said Zelenskyy in his evening video message on Tuesday.
"They are in a hurry, because they know that the world is stronger in the end, but that it needs time to unfold its power." That's why quick help is now important.
Ukraine war: problems with tank plans?
Two countries are backing away from Leopard 2 promises.
Update from February 14, 9:18 p.m .:
According to a report by the
world
, two other countries should now not want to deliver Leopard 2 tanks to the Ukraine war: the Netherlands and Denmark.
Initially, it was planned to provide Ukraine with tanks for two battalions, 31 tanks each of the older Leopard 2A4 type and the newer 2A6 type.
Things are looking good for the Type 2A4, the desired battalion strength should come together.
With the Type 2A6, on the other hand, there is a problem.
In the past, the Netherlands spoke of being able to provide 18 Leopard 2s leased from Germany, but the government has now refrained from doing so.
And Denmark also announced that it did not want to participate in the tank alliance.
Ukraine war: Pistorius complains about tank coalition - "Not quite so exciting"
Update from February 14, 5:20 p.m .:
Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius has “little understanding” for countries that have recently put pressure on Germany with tank deliveries, but now have delivery problems for the Ukraine war themselves.
He said this before deliberations of the international contact group for arms deliveries to Ukraine, which preceded a NATO meeting.
Ukraine-News: US government increases pressure on Kiev
Update from February 14, 4:22 p.m .:
According to a media report, the US government is increasing the pressure on Ukraine to show military successes on the battlefield in view of new deliveries of weapons.
The
Washington Post
reported .
According to the report, US officials are said to have made it clear to Kiev that the current aid packages and arms deliveries represent the best chance of decisively changing the course of the war.
Putin spokesman complains about 'hostility' from NATO - 'proving it every day'
Update from February 14, 1:40 p.m .:
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has not ruled out separate accession of Finland and Sweden to the military alliance.
"The most important question is not whether the accession of Finland and Sweden will be ratified together," said Stoltenberg in Brussels on Tuesday.
It is important that both are successful "as soon as possible".
He is confident that this will be the case soon.
"We're working hard on it," said the Norwegian.
Pistorius sees delay in main battle tank delivery - doesn't look quite so exciting
Update from February 14, 12:25 p.m .:
There are apparently delays in the delivery of Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine.
At least that's what Defense Minister Boris Pistorius admitted on Tuesday.
It doesn't look "quite so exciting - to put it mildly," said the SPD politician on the sidelines of a meeting of the international contact group for arms deliveries to Ukraine.
Putin spokesman complains about 'hostility' from NATO - 'proving it every day'
Update from February 14, 11:40 a.m .:
The Kremlin has again criticized NATO for supporting Ukraine in the war against Russia.
"NATO is a hostile organization that demonstrates this hostility every day," said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, according to the Reuters news agency.
"She is trying her best to make her involvement in the conflict over Ukraine as clear as possible," President Vladimir Putin's spokesman said.
In recent weeks, various representatives of the Russian government have repeatedly accused NATO of direct participation in the war.
However, officials of the Western military alliance repeatedly emphasize that they are not acting as a war party.
The NATO countries support Ukraine financially and by supplying war equipment.
Ex-Siko boss Ischinger: NATO countries must clearly define western war goals
Update from February 14, 11:05 a.m .:
The former head of the Munich Security Conference, Wolfgang Ischinger, has asked NATO to take a unified line in the Ukraine war.
"That's why I think we need a political-strategic contact group to define the western war goals so clearly that we all know - together we know - where it's going," he told RBB Inforadio on Tuesday.
One of the current questions is whether NATO should encourage Kiev to recapture Crimea.
“There is a wide range of different opinions,” Ischinger explained.
Pistorius announces new ammunition order - further support for Ukraine
Update from February 14, 10:30 a.m .:
Germany has ordered new ammunition for the Gepard anti-aircraft tank, which is then to be delivered to Ukraine.
Defense Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) confirmed this on Tuesday.
Corresponding contracts with the manufacturers have already been signed.
"This means that we will now immediately resume our own production at Rheinmetall for cheetah ammunition.
It will start immediately," said Pistorius.
Stoltenberg warns about NATO ammunition shortage: "We can't continue like this"
Update from February 14, 8:20 a.m .:
The Ukraine war puts a huge strain on NATO’s ammunition stocks.
Busy ammunition factories therefore also lead to extremely long delivery times.
NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg therefore called on member states to urgently conclude new supply contracts.
Defense companies should expand their manufacturing capacities.
Ukraine News: Selenskyj praises "very intensive" talks with Macron and Scholz
Update from February 14, 7:15 a.m .:
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hopes for a decision on further arms deliveries to his country at the meeting of the so-called Ukraine contact group on Tuesday in Brussels.
"We are working to ensure that all of our negotiations are reflected in the armament decisions of our partners," said Zelenskyy in his evening video address.
Ukraine News: Melnyk urges quick decision on fighter jets
Update from February 14, 6:30 a.m .:
The Ukrainian Deputy Foreign Minister Andriy Melnyk assumes that Germany will deliver fighter jets to his country and calls for a quick decision on this.
"German experts also say that Germany will deliver the fighter jets, it's only a matter of time," he said on Monday evening on the ARD program "Hart aber fair".
But the longer the debate on this lasts, the more difficult it will be for Ukraine to liberate the territories occupied by Russia.
"We hope that the Germans, that the federal government will not draw red lines (...), but will address what is important to us," emphasized Melnyk, adding: "The time factor is crucial."
Ukraine-News: Russia Targets Attacks On Ukrainian Infrastructure
First report from February 13:
Kiev – Kiev's power supply repeatedly comes to a standstill due to Russian shelling.
Kiev's Mayor Vitali Klitschko is now demanding more generators - the ones supplied so far are not enough.
Repeated attacks on infrastructure: Klitschko demands more generators for Kiev
"Thousands" of additional generators are needed to keep the Ukrainian capital powered, Klitschko told
AFP on Monday.
"We received almost a thousand, but we have 500 kindergartens, 500 schools in the capital," the mayor said.
Klitschko sees Kiev better prepared for Russian military attacks with rockets and drones than a few months ago, but he is "still concerned about electricity and heating." estimated.
Ukraine war: "Better without electricity and water than with Russian soldiers"
Since October, Moscow has repeatedly targeted Ukraine's infrastructure with its attacks, causing millions of citizens to repeatedly struggle with power and heating outages in the dead of winter.
According to Ukrainian authorities, the latest massive attack on Friday consisted of a volley of 71 cruise missiles and kamikaze drones targeting Zaporizhia in southern Ukraine, Kharkiv in the northeast and Khmelnytskyi in the west, among others.
According to Klitschko, a total of ten rockets were shot down by Ukrainian forces in the airspace over Kiev, causing "damage to the power grid".
According to the government, the energy supply in the country was largely back on the following Saturday.
Mayor Klitschko praised the work of the affected municipal utilities and the resilience of Ukraine.
"Instead of being depressed, people say: 'Better without electricity and water than with Russian soldiers,'" says Klitschko.
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A Leopard 2A6 main battle tank in the field during a visit by Federal Defense Minister Boris Pistorius to Tank Battalion 203 in Field Marshal Rommel Barracks.
© IMAGO/Christoph Hardt
German main battle tanks for Ukraine: Training on the Leopard has begun
The German Bundeswehr started training Ukrainian soldiers on the Leopard 2A6 main battle tank on Monday.
The training takes place at the Munster military training area in Lower Saxony.
It should be completed by the end of March, according to a spokeswoman for the Federal Ministry of Defense in Berlin.
At the Munster site, Ukrainian units have been training on the Marder infantry fighting vehicle since the end of January.
At the end of January, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) had also promised Ukraine Leopard 2 main battle tanks from Bundeswehr stocks after months of hesitation.
The declared aim of the federal government is now, together with other countries, to quickly provide Kiev with two battalions of Leopard tanks.
The Ukrainian army is to receive a total of 60 tanks, and Germany has promised 14 Leopard 2A6 tanks.
(mlh/afp)
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