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04/13/2024April 13, 2024
Zelenskyy thanks Germany for new Patriot missile system
Ukrainian President thanked his German counterpart for committing to supply another Patriot air defense system and missiles.
“I am grateful to the chancellor for the decision to supply another additional Patriot system to and missiles to the existing air defense systems. Thanks, Olaf, for your leadership!” Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram.
The Ukrainian leader described the move as “a real manifestation of support for Ukraine at a critical time for us.”
He called on other allies to follow Germany’s example.
Ukraine says it needs additional air defense systems from the West to ward off an increase in ‘s missile and drone strikes in recent weeks.
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04/13/2024April 13, 2024
Russia claims it seized village near Avdiivka
Moscow said it had captured a village near the eastern Ukrainian town of Avdiivka.
The Russian Defense Ministry said troops had “liberated” the village of Pervomaiske in the Donetsk region.
Pervomaiske lies to the south of the largely destroyed industrial town of Avdiivka, which fully captured in the middle of February.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine denied the Russian claims while acknowledging fierce fighting in the area.
“Enemy assault groups reached outside the outskirts of the place at night. Bohdanivka is now under the control of the defense forces,” Kyiv said.
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Skip next section Eastern front has ‘deteriorated significantly,’ Ukraine says
04/13/2024April 13, 2024
Eastern front has ‘deteriorated significantly,’ Ukraine says
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine warned on Saturday that the had “deteriorated significantly” in recent days.
The comments come after began to make inroads in Ukraine’s eastern region of Donetsk this year as Kyiv’s forces are dogged by manpower and ammunition shortages, amid delays in Western aid.
“The enemy is actively attacking our positions in the Lyman and Bakhmut sectors with assault groups supported by armored vehicles. In the Pokrovsk sector, they are trying to break through our defense using dozens of tanks and armored personnel carriers,” the commander-in-chief said.
Ukraine has said the situation around the eastern frontline city of Chasiv Yar is “difficult and tense” with the area under “constant fire.” Chasiv Yar lies 20 kilometers (12 miles) west of Bakhmut, which was flattened by months of artillery fire before being seized by Moscow’s forces last May.
Syrskyi took over as commander-in-chief in February after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy fired his popular predecessor, Valery Zaluzhny.
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04/13/2024April 13, 2024
Germany announces new Patriot missile system to Ukraine
will send an additional Patriot air defense system to , the German Federal Ministry of Defense said Saturday.
“Due to the increase in Russian airstrikes against Ukraine, the German government has decided to further strengthen Ukrainian air defense,” a statement from the ministry said.
Ukraine has received several air defense systems during the , including the US-made Patriot system to help defend against Russian drone and cruise missile attacks.
Kyiv says it needs 25 Patriot units total to cover the country — and at least seven urgently, according to Ukrainian President .
On Friday, the US said it would sell Ukraine up to $138 million (€129.3 million) of equipment to maintain and upgrade its HAWK air defense systems.
Washington began shipping HAWK interceptor missiles to Ukraine in 2022 as an upgrade to the shoulder-launched Stinger air defense missile systems — a smaller, shorter-range system.
mm/wd (Reuters, AP, AFP, dpa)
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