01/05/2023
Ukraine war in the live ticker
+++ 00:59 USA are considering delivery of armored personnel carriers to Ukraine +++
The US government is considering supplying Bradley infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine. According to the US military, the armored tracked vehicles usually have a cannon, a machine gun and armor-piercing missiles. US President Biden affirmed a reporter’s question as to whether the delivery of the armored personnel carriers would be considered. However, he does not give any details and so it remains unclear which model variant of the “Bradley” would be suitable for Kyiv.
+++ 23:29 Selenskyj: France’s tank delivery has signal character +++
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj sees the announced delivery of French reconnaissance tanks as an important signal to other Western countries as well. “France is taking defense support to Ukraine to a new level and I thank President Macron for this leadership,” said Zelenskyy in his evening video address. “This sends a clear signal to all our partners: there is no rational reason why western-style tanks have not yet been delivered to Ukraine.”
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+++ 21:53 Kyiv: Dozens of Russians killed in Zaporizhia region +++
The Ukrainian military reports a successful attack on Russia’s army. According to the General Staff in Kyiv, 80 Russian soldiers were killed or injured in an attack in the occupied city of Tokmak in the southern Ukrainian region of Zaporizhia. The information cannot be independently verified. A spokesman for the Russian occupation administration of Zaporizhia Vladimir Rogov claims that the Ukrainian attack was aimed at the Tokmak district hospital. A military doctor and several patients were killed.
+++ 21:16 New Ukrainian church uses famous cave monastery for Christmas service +++
In the Ukrainian church dispute, the new Orthodox Church of Ukraine will hold its Christmas mass in the famous Kiev Cave Monastery for the first time. Metropolitan Epiphany has received permission to celebrate the Christmas service in the Assumption Cathedral, the church reports. According to the calendar of the Orthodox Churches, the service will take place next Saturday. Previously, the rival Ukrainian Orthodox Church’s lease on the cathedral had not been renewed at the end of the year. This church, which was originally associated with the Moscow Patriarchate, had already been given the monastery grounds for use before the collapse of the Soviet Union. The cave monastery is state-owned and is considered the largest sanctuary of the Eastern European Orthodox Churches.
+++ 20:17 secret service: partisans have stopped military trains in Krasnoyarsk +++
According to Ukrainian intelligence, partisans stopped military convoys on the Trans-Siberian Railway in the Krasnoyarsk region of Russia. This is at least the sixth case of rail sabotage in Russia this year, the intelligence agency said. The Ukrainian military believes this indicates a growing resistance movement in the country.
+++ 19:34 head of intelligence: Ukraine is planning a major offensive in the spring +++
According to the head of the Ukrainian military intelligence service, Kyrylo Budanov, Kyiv is planning a major counter-offensive in the spring. “By that time we will see the liberation of areas and inflict the final defeats on the Russian Federation,” Budanov said in an interview with the Channel ABC News. “This will happen across Ukraine, from Crimea to the Donbas.” The goal is a return to the 1991 borders, “just as Ukraine was recognized by all subjects of international law,” says Budanov.
You can read earlier developments in the Ukraine war here.