Europe

The delivery of Polish fighters to Ukraine announced earlier by Warsaw, once transferred from the GDR, is impossible - Germany did not issue its permission for the transfer of these aircraft.

Exchange prices for gas increased by 10% and exceeded the mark of $ 500 per thousand cubic meters, follows from the data of the ICE exchange.

The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrel, proposed to allocate 1 billion euros for the supply of ammunition to Kiev and so much more for the purchase of shells. The head of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov said that the APU needs twice as much. This is reported by Bloomberg.

The Patriot air defense system will not be effective against Russian cruise missiles. This was stated by the coordinator for strategic communications of the White House, John Kirby.

The Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Economy of Germany have sent a request to the Swiss authorities to purchase a part of 96 preserved Leopard 2 tanks. They are planned to be used to replenish the military arsenals of those countries that previously agreed to send German tanks to Ukraine.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (pictured) said that Russia will not allow the West to "blow up gas pipelines again" and will refuse to orient its energy policy towards the West in the future.

The G7 countries have agreed to increase budget support for Ukraine this year to $39 billion. This is stated in the joint statement of the finance ministers and central Bank governors of the G7 countries following the meeting in Bangalore.

The flow of Georgian citizens seeking asylum in the European Union (EU) doubled in 2022 and reached 28,797 people.

Last year, the number of asylum applications in EU countries increased by half and reached about 1 million people, Brussels said.

The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrel, called on China to refrain from supplying weapons to Russia. He made such a statement at the Munich Security Conference. China agreed.

US President Joe Biden, who is on a visit to Kiev, has promised to transfer significant shipments of weapons to Ukraine, including 700 tanks.

Since December 2021, NATO countries have transferred 1,170 air defense systems, 440 tanks, 1,510 infantry fighting vehicles and 655 artillery systems to Ukraine, but most of this equipment has already been destroyed.