🦉🎯 GUR snipers are working!

❗️"Our goal is to bring everyone home. We start with a thousand," said Rustem Umerov, Ukraine’s Minister of Defense, ahead of a Coordination Council meeting on prisoners of war.

He emphasized that the priority is to return all captives and political prisoners, including those from Crimea, especially on this Day of the Deportation of the Crimean Tatar people.

🇺🇦🇧🇪 Belgium has announced a €1 billion defense aid package for Ukraine.

🔺100 Unimog vehicles, including an armored sanitary version;
🔺20 upgraded Cerber air defense systems;
🔺5 surface drones;
🔺Leopard tank "with a new turret for testing purposes".
🔺drones, drone detection systems, small arms and more.

‼️€650 million of this €1 billion will go to finance contracts with Belgian defense companies for supplies to Ukraine.

✈️ In addition, the country plans to provide Ukraine with two F-16 fighter jets for spare parts this year, and two more aircraft next year.

+++ 12:37 Kiew: Zivilisten zu töten, ist Russlands Ziel +++

Die stellvertretende ukrainische Ministerpräsidentin Julia Swyrydenko sagt nach dem massiven Drohnenangriff auf die Ukraine, "Russland hat ein klares Ziel - weiterhin Zivilisten zu töten". Der Flugabwehr zufolge hatte Russland die Ukraine zwischen Samstag 16 Uhr und Sonntag 8 Uhr mit 273 Drohnen attackiert. Swyrydenko spricht von einer "Rekord"-Zahl von Drohnen. Das russische Verteidigungsministerium wiederum meldet ukrainische Drohnenangriffe und den Abschuss von 75 Drohnen.

https://www.n-tv.de/politik/12-37-Kiew-Zivilisten-zu-toeten-ist-Russlands-Ziel--article23143824.html

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🤔 New Russian ground-based robotic system.

🇺🇸🇻🇦👀 US Vice President J.D. Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio congratulated Pope Leo XIV.

Ukrainian forces and civilians are building a new defense line in Donetsk region. The General Staff reports a continuous system of anti-tank ditches, dragon’s teeth, and wire barriers.

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni thanked Pope Leo XIV for offering the Vatican as a venue for Ukraine-Russia peace talks. She emphasized the need for a just and lasting peace, with proper security guarantees for Ukraine.

⚡️🇺🇦🇻🇦 Zelensky to hold closed-door meeting with Pope Leo XIV, — Sky News

The Pope already spoke with Zelensky on Monday. The Ukrainian president became the first foreign leader to speak with the new pontiff.

Папа римский Лев 14 , в всвоём выступлении упомянул Украину которая ждёт справедливого мира ...

После инаугурации Зеленский проведёт закрытую встречу с Папой ...

President Zelensky and First Lady Olena Zelenska congratulated Pope Leo XIV on his ascension. According to Sky News, Zelensky will hold a closed-door meeting with the new pontiff. On Monday, the Pope had already spoken with Zelensky — the first foreign leader he contacted.

The Vatican has confirmed that Pope Leo XIV will have a private meeting with Zelensky this afternoon. The Pope, who has vowed to make "every effort" to end the war, has also proposed the Vatican as a potential venue for peace talks.

President Zelensky and First Lady will have a private meeting with Pope Leo XIV at 14:30, according to presidential press secretary Nikiforov.

🇺🇦🙏 "Our goal is to bring everyone home. We start with a thousand," — Umerov

❗️He emphasized that the priority is to return all captives and political prisoners, including those from Crimea, especially on this Day of the Deportation of the Crimean Tatar people.

🇱🇧l🇮🇱 After a photo of our president shaking hands with Sheikh Muwaffaq Tarif, the Druze representative in Israel and a pro-Israel figure, went viral...

...the Office of the President of the Republic said: President Aoun does not know Sheikh Muwaffaq Tarif, and the photo was distributed by official Israeli media for suspicious purposes that will not fool anyone.

✍ Mate, everyone knows him. Please spare us the BS.

"War-weary Ukraine awaits a long and just peace," said Pope Leo XIV during his inauguration ceremony, calling for peace talks in Ukraine.

💀🔥 Destruction of the enemy assault group in the Donetsk region.

+++ 13:02 Grüne kritisieren Merkel scharf wegen russischem Gas +++

Grünen-Politiker üben scharfe Kritik an der früheren schwarz-roten Bundesregierung unter Kanzlerin Angela Merkel wegen der Abhängigkeit Deutschlands von russischem Gas. "Angela Merkel wusste über die Risiken Bescheid und ist sie geflissentlich übergangen. Damit ist sie ihrem Amtseid, Schaden vom Land abzuwenden, nicht gerecht geworden", sagt Michael Kellner, der in der Ampel-Regierung Parlamentarischer Staatssekretär im Wirtschafts- und Energieministerium war, der "Süddeutschen Zeitung". Außerdem erklärt der Grünen-Vorsitzende Felix Banaszak: "Ohne ernsthafte parlamentarische Aufklärung werden die bis heute offenen Fragen nicht zu klären sein." Er spielt damit auf einen Untersuchungsausschuss an. Die "Süddeutsche Zeitung" hatte berichtet, das Kanzleramt habe Warnungen vor einer großen Abhängigkeit Deutschlands von russischem Gas und den beteiligten Unternehmen zwar zur Kenntnis genommen, aber daraus keine Konsequenzen gezogen.

https://www.n-tv.de/politik/13-02-Gruene-kritisieren-Merkel-scharf-wegen-russischem-Gas--article23143824.html

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