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Kyiv accuses Berlin of blocking weapons supplies to Ukraine
Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov accused Germany of blocking arms shipments to Ukraine through NATO's Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), even after Berlin had been warned by Washington about a potential Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Reznikov said that Berlin had vetoed Ukraine's purchase of anti-drone weapons and anti-sniper systems through NSPA over the past month.
"They are still building the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline and at the same time blocking our defense weapons. It's …
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Putin: Russia is world leader in advanced weapons production
Russia and the United States have reached parity in nuclear weapons, but Moscow is ahead in advanced weapons development, said Russian President Vladimir Putin on the TV channel "Russia 1".
"And in this sense, we can say with confidence that according to this indicator we are number one in the world today," Putin said, noting that new weapons are already supplied to the Russian army.
In early December, the head of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, Valery Gerasimov, said that …
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Poland: U.S. has softened its position on Nord Stream 2
The White House has repeatedly warned Berlin about the consequences of the commissioning of Nord Stream 2, but its position has softened recently, said Polish Deputy Foreign Minister Pawel Jabłoński in an interview with the Australian Financial Review.
"The United States opposes in words, but when it comes to concrete actions, they become much less persistent. They just retreat in the hope that we will gain ourselves a few months of calm," Jabłoński said. In his opinion, such an approach is naï …
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Kremlin confirms Biden threatened Russia with financial isolation in the event of an attack on Ukraine
US President Joe Biden, in a conversation with Russian leader Vladimir Putin, threatened Russia with financial isolation in the event of an attack on Ukraine, said Putin's press secretary Dmitry Peskov on the TV program "Moscow. Kremlin. Putin" on the TV channel Russia-1.
"Yes, indeed, Biden said that if there is this ephemeral invasion of Ukraine - apparently, the Americans have made themselves believed that this is not fake information, but the real truth - then Russia will be financially …
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Germany blocks delivery of anti-drone jamming guns to Ukraine
The German representative on the supervisory board of the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA) blocked the delivery of anti-drone jamming guns to Ukraine, reports the Ukrainian newspaper Dzerkalo Tyzhnia (the Mirror Weekly), citing its sources.
According to the newspaper, Kyiv has already paid for the shipment of these anti-drone mitigation systems from Lithuania.
The previous German government refused on principle to sell weapons, even defense weapons. According to the newspaper’s …