Germany is facing growing pressure to send its Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine or approve the transfer of the tanks by other nations with the German-made system in their inventories. Here’s the latest on the war and its ripple effects across the globe:
Representatives from France and Germany are meeting in Paris on Sunday for talks on Europe’s security and energy.
The meeting is the first in-person government gathering since 2019. Lawmakers are also expected to discuss military support for Ukraine, the Associated PressGerman Defense Minister Boris Pistorius will travel to Ukraine soonhe said in an interview with the German newspaper Bild, probably within the next month. Asked when a decision on Leopard tanks will be made, he said only that Germany is in close dialogue with its international partners about it.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky joined mourners at a memorial in Kyiv for the 14 people killed in a helicopter crash last week. At the Saturday memorial, Zelensky called Monastyrsky a “professional, genuine person." Ukraine’s internal security service said it was investigating possible causesincluding a violation of flight rules, a technical malfunction or sabotage.
and continued offensive operations around the city of Bakhmut in Donbas, as a chorus of Western allies urged Germany to approve the delivery ofRussia is planning to expand its armed forces over the next three years — but will probably “struggle to staff and equip the planned expansion,”The ministry’s warning comes after Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu announced plans for the military expansion last week, saying that Moscow wants to increase troops to about 1.5 million.
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