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Yahoo
10-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Ukraine counting on new German arms supplies as leaders meet in Kiev
Ukraine's ambassador to Germany, Oleksii Makeiev, expects Chancellor Friedrich Merz to commit to sending new German arms shipments to the embattled country during his visit to Kiev on Saturday. "I am sure of it," said the ambassador in response to a question after Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk arrived in Ukraine's capital. He did not elaborate. The new conservative-led government in Berlin intends to keep German arms deliveries to Ukraine largely secret, according to informed circles. The main aim is to "deny military advantages to the aggressor in the Ukraine war," a government source said on Friday evening. Merz, Macron, Starmer and Tusk met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday morning to underscore their support for Kiev and push for an unconditional 30-day ceasefire in the conflict with Russia. Makeiev reiterated that unlike Moscow, Kiev was ready for such a pause in fighting, which was initially proposed by US President Donald Trump. "We very much hope that we will enter into these negotiations from a position of strength," he said, expressing confidence that German-Ukrainian relations would be further expanded. "I sense that the German-Ukrainian partnership with the federal government, the new federal government, will be raised to a whole new level." During their stay in Kiev, the European leaders are also set to commemorate the victims of the full-scale Russian invasion that began in February 2022.
South China Morning Post
08-05-2025
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
India-Pakistan clash: ‘far from neutral' Russia and China step in with arms
Recent arms shipments from Russia to India and China to Pakistan in the days leading to renewed cross-border hostilities between the two South Asian rivals have prompted scrutiny of whether Moscow and Beijing are neutral actors in the conflict. Advertisement India has received a consignment of Igla-S air defence missiles from Russia, according to reports by Indian media outlets, following the April 22 militant attack near Pahalgam in India-administered Jammu and Kashmir that killed 26 non-Muslim tourists. Capable of intercepting low-flying aircraft and drones, the missiles were reportedly deployed to forward border areas and believed to have been procured under Delhi's emergency powers. The US$3 million Igla-S man-portable air defence systems (MANPADS) supplied by Russia are expected to strengthen India's tactical air defence capabilities, particularly along the disputed border in Jammu and Kashmir. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has offered to help resolve tensions between Pakistan and India over Kashmir, according to the Russian foreign ministry. Advertisement The developments came amid ongoing sanctions imposed by the United States and the European Union on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.
