Zelenskyj appeals to humanity
“No matter what happens and what you think about, absolutely support each other,” Selenskyj asked in his daily video address on Wednesday night. “Please take the time to say kind words to your loved ones.” He called on Ukrainians to help each other in times of need. “If you know that someone is expecting a son or daughter from the war, please pay attention: say hello, listen, help,” the Ukrainian leader said. “Hug your family more often.” Kind words to colleagues or friends are also appropriate. It is also important not to lose contact with friends and family.
At the end of his speech, Zelenskyj got a little political: “Protect Ukraine, appreciate each other and do everything you can to help our soldiers.”
The current developments about the war in the live ticker:
New drone strikes in southern and eastern Ukraine
Russian soldiers launched a new wave of attacks with so-called kamikaze drones against Ukraine on Wednesday evening, according to Ukrainian information. The drones were aimed at various targets in the south and east of the country, the command center of the Ukrainian air defense south reports on Facebook. Five drones were shot down in the Dnipro region.
The arrival of several groups of drones from Donetsk, Zaporizhia and Kharkiv region was also reported. Observers also reported flights towards Odessa. According to reports from the Unian agency, numerous unmanned aerial vehicles have been shot down. Recently, the Russian military used so-called kamikaze drones, made in Iran, against Ukraine’s energy infrastructure. The supply of water and electricity across the country was severely affected.
The Russian Foreign Minister expects deliveries to Kiev to be interrupted
According to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the supply routes for arms and ammunition for the Ukrainian army from abroad will soon be interrupted. “We see that Ukraine is getting more and better Western weapons,” Lavrov said on Russian television. Therefore, there are demands among military experts to interrupt these supply routes. “Railways, bridges and tunnels” are being considered, Lavrov said. “I expect them to make professional decisions about how to make these deliveries more difficult or, ideally, stop them altogether.”
Some work is already underway on attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure. If the energy grid is interrupted, the supply of new weapons is already made more difficult. Ukraine has been defending itself against a Russian offensive war for more than a decade.
Merz demands yes from Scholz on the delivery of tanks to Ukraine
German politician Friedrich Merz pushes for delivery of modern Leopard II main battle tanks to Ukraine. “Supporting Ukraine with infantry fighting vehicles and battle tanks would not prolong this war, but shorten it,” said the CDU chairman of the German press office in Berlin. “Germany and other European countries should have provided Ukraine with infantry fighting vehicles and main battle tanks of Western design long ago.”
Ukrainian ambassador: “Peace does not fall from the sky”
Ukraine’s ambassador to Germany, Oleksii Makeiev, reiterated his country’s demands for further support in the war against Russia. “Peace does not fall from the sky. It must be fought for. And we Ukrainians do that on behalf of all Europeans,” Makeiev told the newspapers of media group Funke on Thursday. The Ukrainians wanted “more courage and determination from our allies and partners”.
As goals for 2023, Makeiev listed the “complete liberation of our country from the Russian occupiers, the restoration of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, the return of our compatriots to their homes, the reconstruction of our country and further progress in integration into the EU and NATO.”.
Habeck: Russia is heading for defeat in Ukraine
German Economics Minister Robert Habeck sees Russia heading for military defeat. “No one imagined that the year 2022 would end like this,” said the green politician of the German news agency in Berlin. “Putin is losing this war on the battlefield,” he said. The Ukrainian army takes weapons from Europe, NATO countries and the US and uses these weapons “skillfully and strategically, smartly and heroically”. “I am in favor of Germany, together with the Allies, supporting Ukraine in such a way that it can win this war.”
What can be important on Thursday
In Ukraine, bitter fighting continues for the frontline city of Bakhmut in the east of the country. (sda/dpa)
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