NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also sees the target of the North Atlantic military alliance as fulfilled.Image: AP / Matthias Schrader
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The fronts in the Ukraine war have continued to harden. Russia again accuses the West of hegemonic plans. Because of its supremacy, the West poses a threat to Russia. For the Kremlin, the clarification of the Ukraine question is therefore related to the international conflicts. Russia reiterated this on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, fierce fighting continues, including in the east of the country, particularly around the town of Bakhmut. There, Ukrainian and Russian troops have been fighting bitterly for ten months.
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In our news blog you can read all the important news about developments in the Ukraine war.
27. April
1:57 p.m .: Stoltenberg sees Ukraine well equipped for a counter-offensive
According to NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg Ukraine well-prepared to reconquer the areas occupied by Russia in the east of the country, also because of the arms deliveries from the West. The NATO countries had delivered almost all of the promised vehicles for the mission.
The 230 tanks and more than 1,550 armored vehicles that Ukraine has received from NATO countries represent more than 98 percent of the promised deliveries. “This puts Ukraine in a strong position to recapture occupied territory,” said Jens Stoltenberg at a meeting with Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel in Brussels.
8.12 a.m .: Assassination attempt on Putin – Kamikaze drone should kill Kremlin boss
Russian dictator Vladimir Putin was reportedly the target of a Ukrainian kamikaze drone attack. Ukrainian activist Yuriy Romanenko wrote on Twitter on Wednesday that on Sunday a Ukrainian drone loaded with 17 kilograms of explosives was on its way to an industrial site that the Kremlin chief wanted to visit. “Last week our intelligence officers received information about Putins Travel to the industrial park in Rudnevo,” wrote Romanenko.
According to Moscow, the drone crashed about 50 kilometers east of the Russian capital. The plant in Rudnevo is located about 17 kilometers east of Moscow. “Putin, we’re getting closer,” Romaneko announced.
This picture is supposed to show the crashed assassination drone. bild: mash.ru
26. April
3:38 p.m .: Selenskyj phoned Xi – China wants to send special envoys
The Ukrainian and Chinese Presidents spoke to each other on the phone. This was announced by Selenskyj on Wednesday Twitter and wrote about a long and meaningful conversation. Xi then announced that he would send a special envoy to Ukraine to hold talks with all parties to the conflict.
China is considered a close ally of Russia. The great power blames the West for the war. Many experts throw China hypocritical peace efforts in the Ukraine war.
2:23 p.m .: Selensky accuses Russia of “blackmail” because of nuclear power plants
On the anniversary of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky makes serious accusations against Russia. Accordingly, the Kremlin uses nuclear power plants to “blackmail” the world. He is referring, for example, to the incursion of Russian troops into the Chernobyl area. As a result, Russia has once again put the world in danger, he told the Telegram news service on Wednesday. Because: On the first day of the war in Ukraine, Russian troops took over the nuclear power plant in Chernobyl, which had been shut down since 2000, and occupied it for a month.
“We must do everything to prevent the terrorist state from using nuclear power plants to blackmail Ukraine and the world,” Zelensky continued.
7.46 a.m .: Bundeswehr intercepts three Russian military aircraft
Russian military aircraft are repeatedly penetrating NATO airspace, approaching over the Baltic States. Actions like this cause Alliance fighter jets to rise to intercept them.
Russian military aircraft are repeatedly invading NATO airspace.Image: Twitter/Air Force
As the Air Force announced on Twitter, there was another such incident. According to this, German and British Eurofighters were alerted to identify the three Russian military aircraft. The machines apparently flew without a transponder signal, they were two military machines of the type SU-27 and an IL-20. They also published pictures of the Russian planes.
But why did the Bundeswehr fighter jets take off?
Since Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania do not have their own fighter jets, but are members of NATO, the alliance’s partners have been securing the Baltic airspace in north-eastern Europe since 2004.
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(With material from dpa and AFP)
