Ukraine war in the live ticker: +++ 02:45 BKA counts more than 200 anti-Russian and anti-Ukrainian crimes +++

Ukraine war in the live ticker
+++ 02:45 BKA counts more than 200 anti-Russian and anti-Ukrainian crimes +++

Against the background of the Ukraine war, the Federal Criminal Police Office (BKA) in Germany is recording hundreds of anti-Russian or anti-Ukrainian crimes. “There are crimes against both Russian-born and Ukrainian-born members of our society,” BKA President Holger Münch told the editorial network Germany (RND). “We are currently counting a good 200 such crimes a week – the majority of which are anti-Russian.” These offenses ranged from insults and threats to physical assaults. “There is also damage to property, such as graffiti with the corresponding content.”

+++ 02:10 London: Russia continues to block Ukrainian Black Sea coast +++
From the British government’s point of view, Russia is maintaining its blockade of Ukraine’s Black Sea coast, effectively isolating Ukraine from international maritime trade. In addition, there are still sporadic missile attacks by the Russian naval forces on targets in Ukraine, according to an update from the British Ministry of Defense, citing intelligence information. However, the destruction of the Russian landing ship “Saratov” in the port of Berdyansk is likely to make the Russian Navy reluctant to conduct future missions close to the Ukrainian coast.

+++ 01:35 Lauterbach wants to close vaccination gaps among refugees +++
According to the Federal Health Minister Karl Lauterbach, the health care and vaccination status of the war refugees from Ukraine are causing considerable concern. Lauterbach announces on Bild TV that the conference of health ministers will deal with the topic on Monday: “We will talk about how we can present the health care of the people who have fled to us from Ukraine. This also includes vaccinations . We will examine what role the vaccination centers can play in this.” According to the minister, there are “huge vaccination gaps” among the refugees not only for Corona, but also for measles.

+++ 00:59 1100 people are evacuated from contested areas +++
According to Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, 1,100 people were evacuated from contested areas on Sunday.

+++ 00:35 Ukraine calls for UN protection zone for Chernobyl +++
Ukraine is asking the United Nations Security Council to set up a special protection zone for the Chernobyl nuclear power plant. According to Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk, a special UN mission should take control there. “In terms of nuclear safety, the irresponsible and unprofessional actions of the Russian military pose a serious threat not only to Ukraine, but also to hundreds of millions of Europeans,” she said, according to Ukrajinska Pravda.

+++ 00:17 Kyiv accuses Russia of “inhumane tactics” in airstrikes +++
Several Ukrainian cities were again the target of Russian airstrikes on Sunday evening. According to Ukrainian media reports, several heavy explosions shook the capital Kyiv, as well as Lutsk, Rivne and Kharkiv. A fuel depot was hit in Lutsk in north-western Ukraine in the evening. Air alerts had previously been raised in all regions of the country. Meanwhile, the Ukrainian leadership accuses the Russian military of “inhumane tactics.” These included the “partial or total blockade of humanitarian corridors, blockade of besieged cities,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s adviser Mykhailo Podoliak wrote on Twitter in the evening.

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+++ 00:17 Ukraine insists on its territorial sovereignty +++ in negotiations
Ukraine wants to insist on its territorial integrity and sovereignty in the next round of peace talks with Russia. That’s what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a video message. Talks are scheduled for next week in Turkey. Effective safety guarantees are a must. Ukraine’s goal is peace and a return to normal life in its own country as soon as possible.

+++ 23:55 Scholz rejects tax increases because of the war +++
Chancellor Olaf Scholz rejects tax increases to finance the consequences of the Ukraine war and at the same time sticks to the debt brake. He refers to the agreements of the traffic light parties in their coalition agreement. “We have reached an agreement in the coalition between the three parties on the issues of both the debt brake and the issue of tax increases. And all three will ultimately stick to them.”

+++ 23:34 Scholz warns Putin against attacking NATO countries: “Don’t you dare” +++
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has announced that the NATO countries and Germany will be significantly upgraded in order to protect themselves against possible attacks by Russia. “We make ourselves so strong that no one dares to attack us,” he said in the evening on the ARD program “Anne Will”. That is also the message to Russian President Vladimir Putin: “Don’t you dare”. Scholz emphasizes that all NATO partners in Eastern Europe can rely on the obligation to provide assistance and that the USA and Germany play a special role in this. “An attack … would be an attack on ourselves,” he said of a possible threat to Poland or the Baltic states from Russia.

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+++ 23:22 Scholz is considering buying a new anti-missile shield for Germany +++
According to Chancellor Olaf Scholz, the federal government is considering buying a missile defense system. “That’s definitely one of the things we advise, and for good reason,” says Scholz on ARD. Earlier, politicians in the traffic light coalition had brought up the purchase of an Israeli missile defense system for Germany. The SPD politician is also committed to the two percent of the NATO countries.

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+++ 23:10 Scholz on arms deliveries: “We do everything in our power” +++
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has denied allegations that Germany was too hesitant to deliver arms to Ukraine. “We do everything in our power,” says Scholz in the evening on the ARD program “Anne Will”. Deliveries of anti-tank and anti-aircraft weapons by Germany and its partners have already resulted in Ukraine achieving “considerable successes”. Scholz pointed out that the EU states had agreed to make one billion euros available for arms purchases by Ukraine. “This results in massive support for Ukraine’s military activities,” says the Chancellor.

+++ 23:00 Scholz: Neither NATO nor Biden intend to overthrow Putin +++
Chancellor Olaf Scholz has stressed that neither NATO nor US President Joe Biden are aiming for a change of government. “That’s not the goal,” he says on ARD. “We are both completely in agreement that ‘regime change’ is not an object or goal of the policies that we pursue together,” added the SPD politician to a comment by Biden. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken made it clear that Biden did not mean Putin’s fall, says Scholz.

+++ 22:46 Scholz: There is a risk of an economic crisis if the import of Russian gas is stopped +++
According to Chancellor Olaf Scholz, an immediate end to Russian gas imports would jeopardize “an incredible number of jobs” in Germany. “We would trigger a major economic crisis if we did that.” Countries like Italy or in Eastern Europe could not find an alternative so quickly, he says in the ARD on the demand for an energy embargo. Nevertheless, attempts are being made to become independent of Russian gas imports as quickly as possible, he says.

+++ 22:22 Selenskyj accuses Putin of delaying the peace negotiations +++
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin of delaying the peace talks. In an interview with Russian journalists, he once again called for Russian troops to be withdrawn from Ukrainian territory. Only then can there be security guarantees for Ukraine, which in turn are the basis for the NATO renunciation demanded by Ukraine. Zelenskyy also renewed his announcement that ultimately only the Ukrainian citizens could decide on a possible neutral status of Ukraine in a referendum.

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