Germany will send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine if the US agrees to do the same, a government source in Berlin told Reuters, as the NATO partners disagree on the best way to arm Ukraine. The United States is not yet ready to satisfy Kyiv’s request for M1 Abrams tanks, Pentagon Chief Policy Advisor Colin Kahl said after returning from a trip to Ukraine.

The latest on the war in Ukraine, day 330:

07:07 Prime Minister of Spain Pedro Sanchez said that he is in favor of negotiations with Vladimir Putin

01:11NYT: Washington is beginning to show willingness to help Ukraine attack the Russians in Crimea

00:25Germany will allow German-made Leopard 2 tanks to be sent to Ukraine if the United States agrees to send Abrams battle tanks in return, a government source told Reuters.

A brief summary of recent events:

• In a video speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Zelensky said that Western supplies of tanks and air defense equipment should arrive as soon as possible before Russia strikes again with missiles and armored vehicles.
• Canada has summoned Russia’s ambassador to Ottawa over an attack on civilians in the city of Dnipro that killed at least 45 people, including several children.
• The White House sharply criticized Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov for the United States forming a coalition of European countries to solve the “Russian problem” just as Adolf Hitler was seeking a “final solution” to uproot the Jews from Europe. .
• “The situation on the front line remains difficult, and Donbas is the epicenter of the fiercest and principled battles,” Zelenskyy said.
• Ukrainian military analyst Oleg Zhdanov said that Ukrainian army units remained in Soledar, with heavy fighting in the western districts, despite Russia saying for more than a week that it now controls the city.
• Putin, who visited an air defense factory in St. Petersburg, said Russia’s military-industrial might means “victory is assured, I have no doubt about that.”
• Ukraine’s interior minister and a child are among at least 14 people who died when a helicopter crashed into a kindergarten in the suburbs of the capital, Kyiv. It is currently unknown what caused the helicopter to crash. Zelensky called for an investigation. Perhaps the last repair was done in Romania
• The Biden administration is beginning to soften its stance on the war in Ukraine and is heeding Kyiv’s argument that it needs more powerful weapons to strike the Crimean peninsula.
• The Swedish government may approve the transfer of Archer self-propelled guns to Ukraine on Thursday, January 19.
• The United States is preparing to announce a major new arms package for Ukraine on Friday as top military leaders from around the world gather in Germany to discuss how to help Kiev.
• Volodymyr Zelensky wrote a letter to his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping with an invitation to a “dialogue”, his wife Olena Zelenska reported on Wednesday.
• Polish President Andrzej Duda said on Wednesday that he fears that Russia is preparing a new offensive against Ukraine for several months.
• Last spring, the Ukrainian army was on the verge of running out of fuel and ammunition for its Soviet weapons, but salvation came from an unexpected place: Bulgaria, writes Die Welt in a major investigation.
• German Chancellor Olaf Scholz on Wednesday reportedly dodged a direct question about sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and said a war between Russia and NATO should be avoided.
• Workers of Russia’s military industry may be exempted from the draft planned for spring, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday.
• Canadian Defense Minister Anita Anand announced during her visit to Kyiv that her country will supply 200 Senator armored personnel carriers to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
• Evgeny Prigozhin sharply criticized the Kremlin: “Some employees of the presidential administration only think about the Americans coming and regulating us as soon as possible.”
• ANALYSIS: The offensive on Ukraine’s front lines in recent months has demonstrated the different strategies adopted by military leaders in Kyiv and Moscow, as well as President Vladimir Putin’s desperate desire to achieve victory before the anniversary of the start of the “special military operation.”

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• The events surrounding the 329th Day War were broadcast live on HotNews.ro