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10:58 am: It was a pleasure to take a tour of the first Ukrainian Challenger 2 main battle tank. Such tanks supplied by the UK have recently arrived in our country. These fantastic machines will soon begin their combat missions. Thank you @RishiSunak, @BWallaceMP and the 🇬🇧 people. https://t.co/zoCRmKdBnN
10:57: Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov, who announced the arrival of British Challenger tanks yesterday, takes the stage at the wheel of one of these vehicles in a video posted this morning. The UK “has shown in practice that it is a true friend of Ukraine,” writes the minister, who affirms that the challengers “will soon begin their combat missions.”
10:27: Japan responds to Russia’s announcement of a missile test near its sovereign waters: “We will continue to closely monitor the movements of the Russian army,” says Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi.
10:24 a.m.: Belarus confirms it will host Russian nuclear weapons, as announced by Vladimir Putin on Saturday. The Belarusian Foreign Ministry speaks of a “reaction measure” to “unprecedented” Western “pressure”. And adds that Belarus will not have control over these weapons.
10:02 am: Yesterday the Hungarian parliament ratified Finland’s accession to NATO. To join the alliance, all it needs is the approval of Turkey, where a vote is expected shortly after Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s green light. Finland has given up its joint application with Sweden, the latter being blocked by a dispute with Ankara over Kurdish refugees.
09:59: According to the Office of the Prosecutor General of Ukraine on Telegram, “residential areas” of Kherson were subjected to “mortar and artillery attacks” by Russian forces overnight. “Enemy shells hit the building of the Kherson clinical hospital (…) and the city post office. Residential buildings, a kindergarten, farm buildings and residents’ cars were also damaged,” the same source said.
09:34: The Russian Navy has conducted anti-ship missile tests on a dummy target in the Sea of ​​Japan, the Russian Defense Ministry says. These drills come a week after Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s visit to Ukraine saw two Russian bombers fly over international waters of the Sea of ​​Japan.
06:48: Recall that Russia has repeatedly indicated that it suspects the United States of being responsible for the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines. Recently, the New York Times, based on information from American intelligence, confirmed that a “pro-Ukrainian group” was behind this action, an idea that was swept away by Kiev and Moscow alike. Germany searched a ship suspected of commando duty in January.
07:27: The UN Security Council yesterday rejected a Russian resolution calling for the establishment of an “independent international commission of inquiry” into the sabotage of the Nord Stream subsea gas pipelines last September. Only Russia, China and Brazil voted in favor of the text. Moscow expresses doubts about the “objectivity and transparency” of the investigations in Denmark, Sweden and Germany, the neighboring countries of the explosion sites.
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