News in the morning – News of April 16, 2022 – Politics

war in Ukraine

Selenskij: So far around 2500 to 3000 of our own soldiers have died. According to information from Kyiv, 2,500 to 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers have been killed so far. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in an interview. Go to Article

Moscow threatens, Berlin quarrels. The federal government is increasing arms aid for Ukraine. But the question of whether Germany should deliver heavy weapons remains. Russia announces “unpredictable consequences” if the West continues to arm Kyiv. To the article (SZ Plus)

The Abandoned Elders. Men go to war. Women and children flee west. Older Ukrainians in particular remain behind, for whom it is too difficult to flee. To the article (SZ Plus)

What is important today

Seven-day incidence falls below 1000. The Robert Koch Institute gives the current value as 876.5. It also reports fewer new infections than a week ago. Go to Article

Sexual assaults are said to have occurred in Hessischer Linker. This is reported by “Der Spiegel”. The board of directors takes the allegations “very seriously”. The federal chairwoman Janine Wissler, then leader of the parliamentary group in Hesse, rejects allegations. Go to Article

Mercedes boss: Don’t help Ukraine if we weaken ourselves. Ola Källenius believes that the federal government’s course of not currently imposing an embargo on Russian gas, oil and raw materials is the right one. “At the moment it is right not to stop the energy supplies,” he told the SZ. To the article (SZ Plus)

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