Russia / Ukraine War - 2023 News and Issues

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https://www.reuters.com/investigates...ny-influencers

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Last year, Lambrecht provoked international outcry after announcing Germany’s offer to supply Ukraine with 5,000 helmets, at a time when President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s administration was calling for heavy weapons to defend itself against Russian forces.

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko dismissed the offer as “a joke” at the time, telling the German newspaper Bild that the gesture had left him “speechless.”

German Defense Minister Christine Lambrecht resigns amid Ukraine war backlash

https://www.cnbc.com/2023/01/16/germ...ndroidappshare

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Letterman interviews Volodymyr Zelenskyy in the Kiev metro - 3 weeks ago

https://youtu.be/liooTXAF5Xo

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Interesting spin on the German tank topic...

Mr. Scholz’s real concern, they suspect, is that he does not believe the world is ready to see German tanks near the borders of Russia, a reminder of the Nazi invasion in World War II. One senior American official said this week that if Mr. Scholz and the German public are worried about that, in these circumstances “they are the only ones who are.”

While Germany did not say yes to sending Leopard tanks this week, it didn’t say no, either — at least not yet. But Ukraine has a very narrow window of time in which to launch a potentially decisive spring offensive before the Russians do, and the tanks are a key part of that effort.

https://dnyuz.com/2023/01/20/the-nat...-are-emerging/