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12/18/2024December 18, 2024
NATO’s Rutte: Ukraine support center in Germany now operational
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte told reporters in Brussels on Wednesday that a NATO command in Wiesbaden in western Germany set up to assist Ukraine and provide training for its troops was now functional.
“The NATO command in Wiesbaden for security assistance and training for Ukraine is now up and running,” Rutte said.
Wiesbaden is also home to a major US Army base. , just a few months after Russia’s invasion.
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12/18/2024December 18, 2024
Zelenskyy to meet European leaders in Brussels
Ukraine’s President will meet chief Mark Rutte and other key European leaders in Brussels to discuss the “next steps” on Russia’s war, as Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni put it.
The evening’s gathering was expected to involve leaders from Germany, Poland, Italy, Denmark and the EU.
Zelenskyy said the leaders would discuss “how to urgently strengthen Ukraine on the battlefield, politically and geopolitically.” NATO, meanwhile, said the talks would focus on continued support for Ukraine, particularly in terms of air defense.
French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir starmer are set to miss the meeting due to schedule clashes, but said they would send their foreign ministers instead.
The meeting comes just over a month before US President-elect moves into the White House, amid uncertainty on his approach to Ukraine.
Trump has repeatedy said he would bring a swift end to the conflict between Ukraine and Russia, without elaborating on how, prompting concerns he may pull US support from Kyiv to force the country to make concessions to Moscow.
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12/18/2024December 18, 2024
Russia arrests Uzbek suspect in Igor Kirillov killing
Russian authorities said on Wednesday that they had detained an Uzbek citizen after
“A national of Uzbekistan, born in 1995, was arrested on suspicion of having committed the attack that cost the life of the commander of Russian radiological, chemical and biological defense forces, , and his assistant, Ilya Polikarpov,” the Investigative Committee said in a statement.
It claimed that the 29-year-old suspect had admitted being “recruited by Ukrainian special forces,” while Russia’s state TASS news agency said the man had been offered $100,000 and travel to the European Union.
Ukraine has also claimed responsibility for the killing.
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