Ukraine continues to suffer heavy losses in the Donbass region. Selenskyj is campaigning for EU membership: the news ticker on Tuesday, June 7th.
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+++ 08.00 a.m.: Since the night, Russian troops have been shooting at the area around the city of Dnipro with rocket launchers. This is reported by the news portal Kyiv Independent with reference to statements by the governor, Valentyn Reznichenko. There was therefore at least one injured. The information cannot be independently verified.
First report from Tuesday, June 7th, 6.30 a.m.: Kyiv – The situation in Ukraine war comes to a head: At the diplomatic level, the Ukrainian President is calling for a rapid EU-Joins his country and sends a special envoy to Berlin for talks. On a military level, Ukraine is under enormous pressure in the east of the country and is likely to lose a town with a historic monastery to Russia.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has insistently demanded EU candidate status after more than 100 days of valiant struggle against the Russian invasion. “I mean, this will be a decision not only for Ukraine, but for the entire European project,” the head of state said in his daily video message on Monday (June 6). That will also decide whether the EU has a future or not, Zelenskyj said.
War in Ukraine: Special envoy campaigns in Berlin for Ukraine to join the EU
The EU Commission wants to decide in June how to proceed with the EU ambitions of von Russia attacked country continues. The federal government has not yet taken a position on this issue. Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) but made it clear that there should be no shortcuts for Ukraine on the way to the EU. The Ukraine, which above all has to do with massive corruption, sees its fight against Russia as a sufficient qualification.
Selenskyj has sent a special envoy to Berlin to hold talks with the federal government about the prospect of joining the EU. The Minister for Regional Development, Oleksiy Tschernyschow, wants to meet with Chancellor Wolfgang Schmidt (SPD) and several ministers on Tuesday and Wednesday. “The European Union should embrace Ukraine,” Chernyshev told dpa in advance. But he also emphasized that his country did not want to be given preferential treatment.
Ukraine War: Russia captures town with historic monastery
Meanwhile, the fights go on in Ukraine conflict further. “On the 103rd day, Ukrainian Donbass is holding strong,” said Zelenskyy, referring to the situation in the east of the country. In addition, everything is being done to ensure that the front in the Zaporizhia and Mykolaiv areas holds out. Heavy fighting continues, among other things, around Sievjerodonetsk and Lysychansk. The armed forces have to accept heavy losses.
The Russian military and those of Moscow Supported separatists are now completing the capture of the Ukrainian city of Sviatohirsk with its historic monastery, according to their own statements. There is the arch monastery of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary, which was also recently shot at, which is one of the most important sanctuaries of Russian Orthodoxy. Moscow Patriarch Kirill, who supports the war of aggression against Ukraine, has long had a reputation for wanting to keep Ukraine’s ancient religious sites for the Russian Orthodox Church under his influence.
Ukraine War: Spain wants to deliver German Leopard tanks
the Ukraine For weeks, the West has been demanding the delivery of heavy weapons, not only to stop and push back the Russian armed forces, but also to liberate occupied locations. Spain, for example, wants to deliver German-made battle tanks to Ukraine.
The usually well-informed Spanish newspaper El País, citing Defense Ministry sources, reported that Spain was preparing to deliver about 40 Leopard 2 A4 main battle tanks and ground-launched anti-aircraft missiles. Minister Margarita Robles did not want to confirm or deny this on Monday. This is an “extremely delicate topic” and requires “the greatest discretion.”
Ukraine War: Claudia Roth visits Odessa
Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth (Green) arrived in the Ukrainian port city of Odessa on Monday afternoon for a two-day visit. She traveled to the Black Sea at the invitation of her Ukrainian counterpart. “We want to show that we are there,” said the Green politician at the start of the trip, “we want to show how culture is being attacked,” she said in advance. Offers of humanitarian aid are still rarely mentioned in the debates.
For the first time since the beginning of the Ukraine war, Chancellor Scholz is visiting Lithuania on Tuesday Nato-Country that borders Russia and feels particularly threatened by nuclear power. In the capital, Vilnius, he will meet Nauseda and the heads of government of all three Baltic states – in addition to Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia are also included. The Chancellor then visits the Bundeswehr soldiers who are stationed in Lithuania to secure NATO’s eastern flank. (jf/tu with AFP/dpa)
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