Ukraine war in the live ticker: +++ 06:22 Bolsonaro in line with Putin – sanctions against Russia “did not work” +++

07/08/2022

Ukraine war in the live ticker
+++ 06:22 Bolsonaro on line with Putin – sanctions against Russia “did not work” +++

According to Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, the sanctions imposed because of the Russian war of aggression have failed to have any effect. “The economic barriers of the United States and Europe against Russia have not worked,” says Bolsonaro, according to Brazilian media. He is thus in line with Russia’s head of state Vladimir Putin, who declared the sanctions to have failed. In addition, Bolsonaro defends his line of “balance” in the Ukraine war. This attitude made it possible to buy fertilizers from Russia. At the end of June, Putin promised Brazil that it would continue to supply fertilizers.

+++ 05:53 In protest against Russia’s war: Japan’s foreign minister stays away from the G20 reception +++
Japan’s Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is staying away from a G20 reception in Indonesia. He wants to send a signal that Japan is against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Hayashi is attending a G20 foreign ministers’ meeting in Bali, which is also attended by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.

+++ 04:36 G20 talks: Lavrov arrives in Bali +++
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov arrives in Bali for the G20 foreign ministers’ talks, amid a large media crowd. Upon his arrival at the luxury hotel Mulia in the seaside resort of Nusa Dua, he is greeted politely but reservedly by the Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi. Loud shouts can be heard from the bystanders: “Stop the war!” and “When are you going to end this war”? Indonesia, which currently holds the G20 presidency, had offered to mediate between Moscow and Kyiv. Lavrov’s presence is seen as a test for Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin’s possible participation in the upcoming G20 summit in mid-November, which is also taking place in Bali.

+++ 03:47 Canada will probably deliver turbine for Nord Stream 1 +++
Canada is apparently willing to deliver a Siemens Energy turbine serviced there for the Nord Stream 1 pipeline. Reuters news agency learned from an official at Ukraine’s Energy Ministry that they have information that Canada intends to hand over the turbine to Gazprom. The issue is considered difficult because the delivery could violate sanctions against Russia, even if the EU has not imposed a gas embargo on Russia. The German government argues that the Russian government should not be given an excuse to cut gas supplies to Europe by pointing to the missing turbine.

+++ 02:25 Scholz believes in long-term solidarity with Ukraine in Germany +++
Chancellor Olaf Scholz is convinced that Germany can maintain its solidarity with Ukraine for a long time. He acted very carefully on the subject, says Scholz on ZDF. Perhaps this is the basis for maintaining acceptance among the population when the situation becomes more difficult, he added when asked about the consequences of high energy prices for the mood of the population.

+++ 01:04 Bundestag rejects delivery of 200 Fuchs tanks +++
The demand by the CDU and CSU to deliver 200 Fuchs armored personnel carriers to Ukraine in the short term did not find a majority in the Bundestag. Parliament voted against a corresponding motion for a resolution by the Union faction during the night. Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht had already warned in the run-up to the vote against “looting” the Bundeswehr. “We support Ukraine with everything that is possible and responsible. But we have to guarantee Germany’s ability to defend itself,” said the SPD politician.

+++ 00:19 Zelenskyj highlights Britain’s role in arms deliveries +++
In his evening video message, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy emphatically called on the West to continue supplying arms. “The greater the defense aid to Ukraine now, the sooner the war will end with our victory and the less the losses of all countries in the world will be,” Zelenskyy said. Against the background of Boris Johnson’s announced resignation as British Prime Minister, he emphasized Britain’s role as an arms supplier. London has given Kyiv air defense and anti-tank systems, among other things, but also artillery, ammunition and armored vehicles. “Britain’s role in protecting liberty is truly global.”

+++ 23:12 Canada announces delivery of 39 armored vehicles +++
The Canadian government wants to supply Ukraine with 39 armored vehicles in the summer. The vehicles from Canadian manufacturer General Dynamics could be used as ambulances, maintenance and recovery vehicles or to transport troops, says Defense Minister Anita Anand. The shipment is part of a CAD$500 million military support package for Ukraine.

+++ 22:22 dead and injured in shelling in eastern Ukraine +++
Several people were again injured or killed in the shelling of locations in eastern Ukraine. In the Kharkiv region, authorities say three people were killed and five wounded by Russian attacks. “The enemy is sneaky, targeting residential areas and civilian infrastructure,” said regional commander Oleh Synyehubov. According to the authorities, two people died and eight were injured in the towns of Kramatorsk and Avdiivka in the Donetsk region. Russian attacks only hit civilian targets, explains Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko. The pro-Russian separatists in the Donetsk region speak of one dead and eleven wounded by Ukrainian shelling. The reports from the battlefields cannot be independently verified.

+++ 21:35 Scholz promises solidarity with Ukraine “as long as necessary” +++
Chancellor Olaf Scholz wants to maintain Germany’s solidarity with Ukraine for as long as necessary, despite growing economic problems in his own country. “I believe that you can only act with the support of the citizens,” said the SPD politician on ZDF. “But I believe that this will be possible for a very long time and that we can maintain solidarity with Ukraine from Germany for as long as it is necessary.” Germany is also obliged to show this solidarity for its own sake, because democracy and the rule of law are being defended in Ukraine against the Russian attackers.

+++ 20:53 After criticism of the war: Russian politician should be imprisoned for seven years +++
According to the public prosecutor’s office, a Moscow local politician is to be jailed for seven years for spreading alleged false information about the Russian army in Ukraine. The prosecutor is demanding a seven-year sentence in a penal colony for 60-year-old city councilor Alexei Gorinov, who publicly criticized the Russian offensive in Ukraine. At the hearing, the prosecutor accused Gorinov of “spreading false information about the army” and thereby “misleading a large number of people”. According to the prosecutor, the opposition politician’s motive was “political hatred”.

You can read earlier developments of the Ukraine war here.