03/10/2023
Ukraine war in the live ticker
+++ 01:41 Selenskyj calls for new sanctions against Russia +++
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy calls for further sanctions against Moscow after Russia’s new missile attacks on energy infrastructure. There must be more pressure on Russia, says Zelenskyj in his video message every evening. He also criticized the fact that the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, which was occupied by Russia, was again temporarily cut off from the power grid due to a rocket attack. “This is a critical situation,” he says. Russia can therefore no longer be a reliable partner in the nuclear sphere. “This means the faster Russia’s nuclear industry is targeted by sanctions, the safer the world will be.”
+++ 22:29 Slovakia wants to deliver MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine +++
Slovakia, together with Poland, wants to provide Ukraine with Soviet MiG-29 fighter jets. Defense Minister Jaroslav Nad announced this on Facebook. Nad referred to a meeting with Poland’s Defense Minister Mariusz Blaszczak on Wednesday in Stockholm. He adds: “I confirm that Poland has officially agreed that we will jointly deliver the MiGs to Ukraine.” Nad does not name a specific timetable. Poland’s President Andrej Duda had previously declared his country’s readiness in principle.
+++ 21:53 Merz: Must protect freedom, peace and tolerance +++
CDU leader Friedrich Merz calls for people to work more passionately for democracy and freedom – especially with regard to Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Of course, in politics you have to wrestle, argue and discuss issues. “But please let us never lose sight of the fact that it is also – and above all – about protecting peace, freedom, openness, liberality, tolerance in our country and throughout Europe from all these challenges that we are facing today exposed,” said Merz at a regional conference for party members and interested parties in Pforzheim. “When, if not now? And who, if not us?” calls Merz.
+++ 20:58 Scholz currently sees no willingness to negotiate with Putin +++
According to a media report, Chancellor Olaf Scholz does not expect the war in Ukraine to end quickly. He sees “unfortunately no willingness at the moment” on the part of Russian President Vladimir Putin for negotiations,” the partner newspapers of the Neue Berliner Redaktionsgesellschaft quote the chancellor as saying. But he remains “in talks with Russia.” Ukraine, in turn, must “decide for itself what terms it is willing to accept for peace”.
+++ 20:27 High number of casualties in operations: Paramedics rescue injured people from Bachmut under continuous fire +++
Russian troops advance further around Bakhmut and encircle the embattled city. For the paramedics, their rescue missions become a deadly trap, as the evacuation routes are under constant Russian fire. The casualties among the rescue workers are high.
You can read earlier developments in the Ukraine war here.