war | Zelenskyj puts pressure on allies to deliver arms

Day 328 since the beginning of the war: The Ukrainian President is expecting key decisions from the allies at an upcoming meeting in Ramstein. All information in the news blog.

12:30 a.m.: According to the Ukrainian Air Force, the Russian attack pattern shows that Moscow has only a small supply of ballistic missiles. Russia is increasingly using the S-300 and S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems to carry out attacks on ground targets, a spokesman for the Ukrainian Air Force says, citing information from the domestic intelligence service. Russia is running out of ammunition for Iskander missiles.

12:01 a.m.: According to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the recent Russian attack on the city of Dnipro underlines the need for better and faster coordinated decisions on arms deliveries.

Ukraine is expecting important decisions from its partners at the Ramstein meeting, the President said in his evening video speech. The states that support Ukraine in the war against Russia will meet at the US air base in Rhineland-Palatinate on Friday.

“What happened in Dnipro, the fact that Russia is preparing new attempts to take the initiative in the war, the fact that the nature of military action at the front requires new decisions on arms supplies – this only underlines how important it is to all Coordinate coalition efforts in defense of Ukraine and freedom. And speed up decision-making.”

8:04 p.m.: UN Secretary-General António Guterres has condemned the deadly attack on a residential building in the eastern Ukrainian city of Dnipro. Guterres said it was “another example of an alleged violation of martial law,” his spokeswoman Stephanie Tremblay said on Monday. The attack on a residential building in Dnipro on Saturday night was one of the deadliest attacks in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion, she added.

The UN coordinator for Ukraine, Denise Brown, has called for an “investigation into suspected war crimes and the prosecution of the suspects,” said Tremblay. So far, 40 dead and 75 injured have been registered in Dnipro. According to Tremblay, the numbers are likely to increase during the rescue work.

6.40 p.m.: Britain is urging Germany, as a manufacturing country, to authorize the supply of Leopard main battle tanks to Ukraine. “It has been reported that Poland is obviously keen to give up some Leopards, as is Finland,” British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace told Parliament in London. “All of this currently depends on the decisions of the federal government – not just whether the Germans will supply their own Leopard tanks, but whether or not they will give permission to others. I would urge my German colleagues to do so.”

Finland and Poland are ready to take part in Leopard deliveries to Ukraine. However, you are dependent on the approval of the manufacturer country Germany. Chancellor Olaf Scholz recently opposed calls for quick decisions on Leopard deliveries. He also rejects Germany going it alone. Wallace says, “I know there were concerns in German politics that they don’t want to go it alone. Well, they’re not alone.”

Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki also pushed for a German OK in Berlin on Monday. Over the years, investments have been made in heavy war equipment and tanks, which should not remain in warehouses but must be placed in the hands of the defenders of Europe. The reason for Morawiecki’s trip was a ceremony for the CDU politician Wolfgang Schäuble, who has been a member of the Bundestag for 50 years.

5.30 p.m.: According to the Defense Ministry in Moscow, a Russian fighter jet intercepted a German naval aircraft that was on patrol flight over the Baltic Sea. The German P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft approached the territory of the Russian Federation, but did not violate the border. After the Russian Su-27 fighter jet took off and approached, the German aircraft turned away, the ministry said. The Su-27 then returned to its base. Read more here.