Skip next section US sent seized Iranian weapons to Ukraine
04/09/2024April 9, 2024
US sent seized Iranian weapons to Ukraine
The US military said it has given Ukraine small arms and ammunition that were seized while being sent from Iranian forces to Tehran-backed in Yemen.
“The US government transferred over 5,000 AK-47s, machine guns, sniper rifles, RPG-7s and over 500,000 rounds of 7.62mm ammunition to the Ukrainian armed forces” last week, the US Central Command (CENTCOM) posted on X, formerly Twitter, on Tuesday.
“These weapons will help Ukraine defend against Russia’s invasion” and are enough material to equip a brigade, the post added.
The transfer came as and US Republican lawmakers block new aid, but it does not address Kyiv’s need for key items such as artillery and air defense munitions.
The arms and ammunition were seized between May 2021 and February 2023 from four “stateless vessels” as the supplies were being transferred from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards to Yemen’s Houthi rebels, CENTCOM said.
Washington made a similar transfer to Ukraine in early October, providing 1.1 million rounds of 7.62mm ammunition that was seized from Iranian forces on the way to Yemen.
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Skip next section Germany to deliver another 20 Marder IFVs to Ukraine
04/09/2024April 9, 2024
Germany to deliver another 20 Marder IFVs to Ukraine
German arms manufacturer will deliver another 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) to Ukraine by the end of the year, the company announced Tuesday in Düsseldorf.
The shipment, worth tens of millions of euros and financed by the German government, brings to 120 the number of Marders Rheinmetall has delivered to Ukraine since the Russian invasion.
The tracked IFVs will be taken from Rheinmetall’s inventory and modernized.
“The version of the 1A3 Marder now ordered also features integrated laser rangefinders, which enable efficient and precise target elimination,” Rheinmetall said.
Germany’s Bundeswehr has also transferred 20 Marders from its own inventory to Ukraine. Designed in the 1960s and produced until 1975, the Marder is being replaced in the German military by the Puma.
Meanwhile, Germany, Austria, Sweden and the Netherlands are to supply Ukraine with 157 generators after .
The European Commission organized the deliveries of generators through the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, a platform to coordinate and share emergency resources. The EU executive arm is also sending 10 1-Megawatt power generators to Ukraine, each large enough to power a medium-sized hospital under emergency conditions..
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Skip next section Russia wants to ‘bomb Kharkiv to the ground,’ says German FM
04/09/2024April 9, 2024
Russia wants to ‘bomb Kharkiv to the ground,’ says German FM
German Foreign Minister has called for increased international efforts to provide more air defense systems in the face of the threat of a major in eastern Ukraine.
Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to “bomb Kharkiv to the ground,” warned Baerbock.
“If Russia launches a major offensive there, it would cause immeasurable suffering,” she said.
“Unfortunately, the stocks, especially our own Patriot systems, are now pretty much exhausted,” she said at a meeting with Moldovan Foreign Minister Mihai Popsoi in Berlin.
Baerbock said Patriot air defense systems available in Europe and around the world should be used to help Ukraine.
She added that a fund is being worked on with Ukraine and European partners to purchase air defense systems from other countries around the world and deliver them quickly.
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Skip next section New drone attack reported near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
04/09/2024April 9, 2024
New drone attack reported near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant
Another drone attack has been reported in the area of the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant.
According to the Russian-installed management of the plant, a training center next to the power station was attacked.
The reported explosion is consistent with observations by experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) who are stationed on site, IAEA chief Rafael Grossi posted on X, formerly Twitter.
“No direct threat to nuclear safety this time, but latest incident again underlines extremely serious situation,” Grossi wrote.
On Sunday, the nuclear power plant in three places.
According to an IAEA report, no serious damage was caused.
Ukraine denies attacking Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant and accuses Moscow of spreading “fake” information about the drone attacks.
The Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine, the largest such facility in Europe, has been occupied by Russian forces since the start of Russia’s .
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Skip next section Russia and Ukraine trade airstrikes
04/09/2024April 9, 2024
Russia and Ukraine trade airstrikes
Russia and Ukraine exchanged a series of airstrikes throughout the day on Tuesday.
In Poltava, in the center of the country, an overnight missile attack claimed the lives of at least one person and injured 12, with a two-storey residential building damaged.
Meanwhile, two people were killed in a Ukrainian artillery strike on a Russian village in the Bryansk border region on Tuesday, the local governor said.
Ukraine’s military intelligence struck a main production facility of a Russian aviation factory in Russia’s Voronezh region, a Ukrainian intelligence source said.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said earlier on Tuesday that two drones were downed over the region.
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