Eleven months after the invasion began, the United States and Germany are poised to give Ukraine a major boost by deploying heavy battle tanks, sources told Reuters, whose support Russia condemned as a “blatant provocation.” Although there was no official confirmation. from Berlin or Washington by Tuesday night, officials in Kyiv welcomed what they said could turn the tide on the battlefield. The Swiss parliamentary body also proposed to cancel the ban on re-exports, which prevents the shipment of manufactured ammunition from another country to Ukraine. The US supply of tanks to Ukraine would be “another open provocation” against Russia, said Anatoly Antonov, the Russian ambassador in Washington. And former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says he has enough weapons to fight in Ukraine.

The latest on the war in Ukraine, day 336:

07:37 The recent corruption scandals that have led to the biggest reshuffle in the Ukrainian government since the beginning of the invasion do not appear to have involved US military and humanitarian aid to Kyiv, State Department spokesman Ned Price said, The Kyiv Independent reports.

07:24The Russian government plans to create 24 penal colonies in the occupied territories of Ukraine, according to a Kremlin decree published on January 24, cited by the Kyiv Independent.

01:20Volodymyr Zelenskyi in his speech on Tuesday evening: “There is a lot of talk about the modern tanks that we need. A lot of effort, words and promises. We’re still working on it.”

00:59 Medvedev wants to “disappoint opponents”: “Russia has enough weapons”

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that Moscow’s “adversaries” who monitor the country’s arms production will be disappointed because Russia has “enough of everything”.

00:36Abandoning neutrality? Switzerland wants to remove obstacles to the re-export of weapons to Ukraine

A Swiss parliamentary body proposed on Tuesday to lift the ban on the re-export of ammunition produced by it from another country to Ukraine, Reuters reports.

A brief summary of recent events:

• Germany will send Leopard tanks to Kyiv and allow others to do the same – Spiegel. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reportedly decided to send Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine and allow other countries such as Poland to do the same, while the US may supply Abrams tanks, Spiegel reported on Tuesday. A government spokesman declined to comment on the Reuters report. So is the Ministry of Defense.
• Volodymyr Zelenskyi in his speech on Tuesday evening: “There is a lot of talk about the modern tanks that we need. A lot of effort, words and promises. We’re still working on it.”
• The USA is inclined to supply Ukraine with Abrams tanks. The Biden administration is leaning toward sending Abrams tanks to Ukraine and an announcement could be made this week, The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing sources who said the US presidency declined to comment.
• Two more Russian parliamentarians threaten Chisinau: “This has upset us lately” / “The Republic of Moldova may disintegrate if it joins NATO.” “Usually we react to the actions that are taking place. Recently, Moldova has upset us with a number of its decisions,” Svitlana Dzhurova, a member of Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party, first deputy head of the State Duma Committee on Foreign Affairs in Moscow, told Vedomosti, the lower house of parliament. Russian Parliament
• Medvedev wants to “disappoint opponents”: “Russia has enough weapons.” Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday that Moscow’s “adversaries” who monitor the country’s arms production will be disappointed because Russia has “enough of everything”.
• Zaluzhny receives a million dollars as an inheritance and donates it to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny inherited $1 million from an American of Ukrainian origin Hryhoriy Stepants and transferred this money to the Ukrainian military, the New York Times reports.
• The Netherlands can supply Ukraine with 18 Leopard 2 tanks Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte said that the Netherlands is considering the purchase of 18 Leopard 2 main battle tanks, which it leases from Germany, for delivery to Ukraine, Kyiv Independent reports.
• Putin acknowledged the shortage of medicines and rising prices in Russian pharmacies. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that inspections of pharmacies in Russia indicate a shortage of drugs, as well as price increases. “The truth is that recently prices have risen and there has been a certain shortage of some drugs, despite the fact that we have seen an increase in the production of pharmaceuticals,” Putin said, according to TASS.
• The head of mercenaries, Wagner, asks the Russian parliament to ban negative media reports about his people. Yevgeny Prigozhin, the founder of Wagner’s mercenary group fighting on Russia’s side in Ukraine, called on the Moscow parliament to ban negative media coverage of his people by amending the Criminal Code, according to which “discrediting” militants would be punishable by up to five years in prison. prison.

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