'This is a decisive moment for Ukraine, and a decisive decade for the world'. US defence secretary Lloyd Austin says NATO will support Ukraine's self-defence for 'as long as it takes'. 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602, Freeview 233 and YouTube
Germany showing"unacceptable weakness"
"So absolutely not. Germany must demonstrate strength and not weakness, because the Russians will only respect strength. Russian forces claim control of Klishchiivka near Bakhmut The White House has already announced that it will be delivering 50 of its Bradley fighting vehicles to Ukraine as well as 500 of the anti-tank missiles they can fire.
He wants France's military strategy to strengthen the country's role as an independent global power. As pressure mounts on Germany to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, the country appears reluctant. Thomas Jaeger, a political scientist at Cologne University, told the Los Angeles Times:"Scholz and his political party still believe in the old Cold War slogan 'Waffen bringen kein Frieden' , so sending weapons to Ukraine has been anathema for them and still is."Berlin has also argued that sending Soviet era tanks would be more effective as Ukrainians are already trained on them.
In total, the US has committed more than $27.4bn security assistance to Ukraine since Russia invaded in February last year.The UK's Ministry of Defence has released its latest intelligence report on the crisis in Ukraine. While the group traditionally has an"opaque profile", the registration continues its"remarkably rapid development".
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