“This is a decision for justice, for truth,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said in his daily video address on Wednesday night. “And this is a very important signal to many other countries in the world that Russian revanchism will fail to rewrite history.”
The MPs in Berlin voted with a large majority on Wednesday to a joint motion by the traffic light coalition and the Union faction, which refers to an “inhuman crime”. Under the responsibility of the Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, in the years 1932 and 1933 in the Ukraine alone, up to four million people fell victim to the so-called Holodomor (“Murder by Hunger”).
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Selenski’s adviser Mykhailo Podoljak also welcomed the Bundestag’s decision. “Germany, 2022. Openly names Russia as the murderer waging the war in Europe, recognizes the Holodomor of 1932-33 as a genocide against the Ukrainian people, speaks of the impossibility of an “unjust peace” on Russian terms,” Podoljak tweeted in German in the evening. “We thank you for this strong German leadership position and hope for Leos.” In doing so, he confirmed Ukraine’s desire to receive German Leopard-type main battle tanks. In the Ukrainian version of his tweet, he also expressed hope for missile defense systems.
Selenski hopes for patriots from Germany
The Ukrainian head of state continues to rely on the transfer of Patriot air defense systems from Germany. Such a decision by Berlin would be “historic,” Selenski said Wednesday evening. “Generations of Ukrainians” would thank Chancellor Olaf Scholz for that. So far, the chancellor has only offered Patriot anti-aircraft systems to neighboring Poland to secure its airspace. However, Warsaw thinks it makes more sense to be stationed on Ukrainian territory.
Kiev: Russia is preparing new attacks during “missile breakout”.
According to the Ukrainian armed forces, the Russian army has taken a “missile break” after heavy attacks in recent weeks. However, the Russian military is using this interruption to prepare new massive attacks, Vadim Skibizki, a representative of Ukraine’s military intelligence, said Wednesday. On the one hand, the Russian side checks which targets will be attacked, and on the other hand, the effect of previous attacks is evaluated.
In addition, new missiles are being prepared for use, Skibizki said. “This takes time.” Because Russia has used up a large part of its combat-ready missiles, projectiles that were still being built during the Soviet era are now being removed from the arsenals and processed. Yet Russia also uses some modern missiles from the strategic reserve. The information could not be verified.
The Russian armed forces have been targeting energy infrastructure objects for quite some time to put pressure on the Ukrainian population with the loss of electricity and water supplies.
Zelensky: Six million Ukrainians are still without electricity
Despite feverish repairs to the power grid, about six million people in Ukraine are still without electricity. “Mechanics and utilities are doing everything they can to stabilize the system and give people more energy for longer,” Selenski said in the evening. But: “The situation in the capital and in the areas of Vinnytsia, Lviv, Odessa, Khmelnytskyi and Cherkassy remains very difficult.”
The US government hopes to release more billions in spending
The US government hopes that Congress will soon approve billions in additional spending to support Ukraine. National Security Council communications director John Kirby said Wednesday that the administration will explain to members of Congress what the money will be used for. The government has asked Congress for an additional $37.7 billion (36.5 billion euros) to help Ukraine fight the aggressor Russia.
Washington has mobilized huge sums of money in recent months to support Ukraine. In May, the US Congress approved funds totaling nearly $40 billion, which were gradually distributed to Kiev in several packages. The US also supplied weapons and ammunition from its own military stockpiles, which now need to be increased.
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