“Germany is preparing for a war with Russia.” This is what Dmitri Medvedev says about the affair surrounding the Bundeswehr’s audio recording of the possible use of Taurus missiles, which Chancellor Olaf Scholz is against. For the German Defense Minister, the case of Russian wiretapping is a “war of disinformation” to destabilize Germany. Two children aged 8 and 10 died in a Russian attack in Odessa. Zelensky returns and calls on the West to speed up the supply of more weapons to Russia, blaming the “political games” of US allies that, according to the Ukrainian president, are undermining Kiev's defenses.
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08:13
Moscow summons German ambassador for secret talks
08:20
Bomb damages railway bridge in southern Russia, stopping trains
An explosion caused by a bomb damaged a pillar of a railway bridge in the southern Russian region of Samara and brought rail traffic to a standstill, writes the Tass agency, citing local sources.
08:13
Moscow summons German ambassador for secret talks
The Russian Foreign Ministry has summoned the German ambassador in Moscow, Alexander Lambsdorff, over the affair Secret conversation between German soldiers intercepted, which discussed possible attacks on the Russian bridge in Crimea. This is what the Tass agency writes, citing a source.
03:11
Zelensky: 15 Russian military aircraft have been shot down since February
Since February this year, the Kiev army has shot down 15 Russian military aircraft, including seven in the last week. This was quoted by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in an interview with local media. “This week alone we managed to shoot down seven Russian military aircraft. The very ones who drop bombs and kill. Since the beginning of February, Russia has lost 15 military aircraft: this is the correct dynamics of their losses,” Zelensky said last night. “We can shoot down more planes and destroy more Russian logistics in our occupied territory – the only question is what sufficient weapons our partners have and how they can be transferred to Ukraine,” the president added. The aircraft shot down by Kiev's forces were mainly Su-34 and Su-35 fighters, but in February the Russian army also lost an A-50 reconnaissance aircraft flying over the Sea of Azov.