live blog
Status: 01/29/2023 01:23 am
Ukraine is asking its allies for long-range missiles and is holding talks. The Thuringian CDU boss Voigt calls for more diplomacy instead of weapons – many people feared a third world war. The developments in the live blog.
1:23 a.m
Talks about requested long-range missiles
Ukraine and its allies are currently holding talks on Kiev’s requests for long-range missiles, according to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s adviser Mykhailo Podolyak. Talks are progressing at a rapid pace, Podoliak told Ukrainian broadcaster Freedom.
Ukraine needs long-range missiles to forestall Russian attacks on Ukrainian settlements and civilians, Zelenskyy stressed in his nightly video message. Ukraine needs US-made ATACMS missiles with a range of 185 miles. Washington had previously refused to supply such weapons to Ukraine.
1:01 am
Zelenskyy for Olympia 2024 without Russian athletes
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy is stepping up his efforts to ban Russian athletes from the 2024 Olympics. Ukraine wants to launch an international campaign to keep Russia out of the Summer Games in Paris, says Zelenskyy. Should Russians take part in the games, it would only be a matter of time before they would justify the Russian attack on Ukraine and use “terror symbols”.
Ukraine has threatened to boycott the summer games if Russian and Belarusian athletes are allowed to compete in the 2024 Olympics.
12:33 a.m
Thuringian CDU boss: Many fear the third world war
Thuringian CDU leader Mario Voigt has spoken out in favor of discussing more about diplomatic solutions to the war in Ukraine and less about weapons. “The war in Ukraine scares people – economically and in terms of their personal security,” Voigt told the editorial network Germany. Many feared a third world war. “We have to take seriously how much people are concerned about this – across all generations.” Germany must once again become the leading diplomatic power in Europe, he demanded.
The great fears, especially in Germany’s Eastern European neighbors, should be the motivation for Chancellor Scholz to “forge a European peace initiative together with France,” said Voigt.
12:17 a.m
Sanctions against Russia supporters
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has imposed sanctions on 185 companies and individuals supporting Russia’s war. Accordingly, companies and entrepreneurs who transport personnel and military technology by train on behalf of the “aggressor state” will be punished, Zelenskyj said in his video message. The confiscated available assets benefit national defense. Belarusian companies that support Russia with transports are also on the list with 182 companies and three people.