The chancellor in front of a tank: Scholz visits a military training area on the Baltic Sea and confirms further arms aid for Ukraine. News ticker on war diplomacy.
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Update from August 25, 8:05 p.m.: Six months after the start of Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine, US President Joe Biden has pledged further support to his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Biden wrote on Twitter Thursday that he spoke to Zelenskyy on the phone and made it clear “that the United States will continue to support Ukraine and her people in the fight to defend their sovereignty.”
Zelenskyj spoke on Twitter of a great conversation and thanked the USA for their “unwavering support”. The two spoke about further steps in the fight against Russia and how important it is to hold Russia accountable for war crimes, the Ukrainian president continued.
Update from August 25, 6:02 p.m.: In Latvia, the Soviet victory monument in the capital Riga has been razed to the ground. On the instructions of the city authorities, two excavators brought down the 79-meter-high obelisk with the Soviet star on top on Thursday.
In Latvia, all objects that glorify totalitarian regimes must be dismantled by November 15, following a parliamentary decision taken in response to the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. The regulation specifically targets the demolition of the Soviet Victory Monument. “This memorial was a constant reminder of our occupation, the fate of many people associated with it – deportations, repressions and so on. We don’t need such a memorial,” said President Egils Levits on Latvian television, which broadcast the demolition live.
Latvia was alternately occupied by Germany and the Soviet Union during World War II. After the end of the war, the Baltic state was an involuntary part of the Soviet Union until 1991. Russia protested sharply against the dismantling of the monument.
Scholz visits soldiers from Ukraine and poses on Cheetah tanks: “Efficient and effective”
First report:
Kyiv/Putlos – Germany also supplies the Kyiv with weapons during the Ukraine war. This includes the cheetah tank. The training of Ukrainian soldiers on the Gepard anti-aircraft gun tank lasts six weeks before they go to war. The Putlos military training area is located in Schleswig-Holstein.
Chancellor Scholz visits the military training area: photo with a cheetah tank
Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) has now visited them during tank training in Germany – and promised Ukraine further military support in the Russian war of aggression. Scholz also inspected one of the Gepard tanks himself and had his picture taken on it. During the visit, Scholz also spoke to the industrial trainers from the manufacturing company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann.
What is the anti-aircraft gun tank Gepard?
The cheetah is no longer used by the German armed forces. According to the Bundeswehr, it was primarily developed to protect the Panzer and Panzergrenadier troops from attacking aircraft and helicopters at low altitudes. The cheetah is also suitable for stationary protection against attacks from the air, for example from bridges or buildings.
Russia’s war of aggression: Scholz pays respect to soldiers from Ukraine
According to the government, the training is part of the German-financed delivery of 30 Gepard tanks to Ukraine. They are part of the heavy weapons that the traffic light coalition had not wanted to deliver for a long time. This line was corrected under the impression of the Russian attacks.
During his visit, Scholz expressed his “admiration” for the “courage” of the Ukrainian soldiers. He thanked the Bundeswehr for their commitment to tank training. He was also impressed by the capabilities of the Gepard tank. He saw “how efficient and effective he is when it comes to organizing defense against air attacks”.
German arms deliveries to Ukraine: Scholz promises Selenskyj more
On August 24, Scholz promised Ukraine with President Volodymyr Zelenskyj more arms deliveries worth more than 500 million euros. Among other things, it is about three additional air defense systems of the type Iris-T, a dozen armored recovery vehicles, 20 rocket launchers mounted on pick-up vehicles, as well as anti-drone devices and precision ammunition. (AFP/dpa/frs)
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