02/10/2024
Ukraine war in the live ticker
+++ 02:47 Munich Security Conference: Kamala Harris leads US delegation +++
As in previous years, US Vice President Kamala Harris will lead her country’s delegation to the Munich Security Conference. US President Joe Biden’s deputy will give a keynote speech on foreign policy and hold a series of bilateral talks at the international meeting next week, the White House said. Harris will emphasize the importance of the US’s international leadership role. The central topics this year are likely to be the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine and the war between Israel and the Islamist Palestinian organization Hamas. New US aid for Ukraine and Israel is currently stuck in the US Congress.
+++ 01:33 Podoljak: Of a million mobilized, only 300,000 are deployed in war +++
The Ukrainian presidential adviser, Mykhailo Podolyak, says on Ukrainian television that the new commander-in-chief, Oleksandr Syrskyj, needs to take stock because out of a million soldiers mobilized for the war, only around 300,000 were deployed. It must be clarified who is deployed where. Only then can it be said how many recruits are still needed, says Podoljak. Many soldiers are therefore far removed from war. It also needs to be clarified how those who have already been in combat operations for almost 24 months can be replaced by rotation.
+++ 00:32 Air strikes on Kharkiv +++
According to Ukrainian information, Kharkiv is being attacked with drones. Media reports of explosions in the country’s second largest city. Governor Oleh Synehubow writes in the short message service Telegram that the Nemyschlianskyj district was hit. There was also an attack in a café in Velykjy Burluk, east of Kharkiv.
+++ 23:23 Biden: Congressional resistance to Ukraine aid “criminally negligent” +++
US President Joe Biden calls on the US Congress at a meeting with Chancellor Olaf Scholz to finally release billions in US military aid for Ukraine. It is outrageous that Congress is still refusing to do this, says Biden in Washington. “The failure of the United States Congress to support Ukraine amounts to criminal negligence. This is outrageous,” criticizes the US President.
+++ 22:00 “Shoot everyone!”: Drone video supposedly shows killing of Ukrainian prisoners +++
According to Ukrainian sources, Russian soldiers are said to have murdered two surrendering Ukrainian soldiers in a village near Bakhmut. A video is being circulated on social media that… according to the prosecutor’s office of the Donetsk region is intended to show Russian soldiers first shooting an unarmed prisoner and then killing another with a grenade. In the drone video you can hear how the commander, who sees that Ukrainian soldiers are surrendering, gives the order to shoot them. “Take no prisoners! Shoot everyone!” a male voice is said to say. It is unclear when the video was made. The Donetsk Region Prosecutor’s Office opened a criminal investigation into violations of martial law and premeditated murder.
+++ 21:20 Zelensky appoints new chief of general staff +++
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has appointed Major General Anatoly Barhilevich as the new Chief of the General Staff. He understands the tasks of this war and the Ukrainian goals, says Zelenskyj in his evening video speech. The appointment was made on the recommendation of Olexsandr Syrskyj, whom the Ukrainian president appointed as the new army chief on Thursday.
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