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Minister of Defense of Ukraine Oleksiy Reznikov
The anti-Kremlin coalition is getting stronger; Tanks Ukraine must transfer eight countries: Germany, Poland, Canada, Portugal, Spain, Norway, Denmark, the Netherlands. Perild.com highlights the main events of yesterday.
Reznikov summed up the results of the meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine
The head of the Defense Ministry pointed out that 54 representatives of world countries participated in Ramstein-9, which indicates that “the anti-Kremlin coalition is growing.” Reznikov noted that all participating countries expressed their readiness to support Ukraine until victory.
According to him, the partner countries understand that the victory of Russia will mean the triumph of evil, therefore, for the sake of the future peace and the global security structure, they intend to help Ukraine win this war. The minister noted that the “key word” that sounded during the meeting was “the unity of all around Ukraine for the sake of Ukraine’s victory” and Jens Stoltenberg’s quote “speed saves lives.”
Eight countries will give Ukraine Leopard
Eight countries will supply Ukraine with German-made Leopard tanks. Several other countries are working on the supply of ammunition. The United States, Germany, the Netherlands will supply Ukraine with American-made Patriot air defense systems. France and Italy pledged to provide French-Italian SAMP / T air defense systems.
Partner countries will help Ukraine go on the offensive
Western partner countries will continue to support Ukraine in the war with Russia and help launch a counteroffensive this spring. This was stated by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, opening a meeting of the Contact Group on Defense of Ukraine in the Ramstein format.
The head of the Pentagon recalled that at the beginning of the month, the United States announced regular military assistance to Ukraine, including the allocation of HIMARS systems and ammunition, anti-tank shells. In addition, $1.75 billion was allocated to strengthen the defense capability of Ukraine. Austin also said that the members of the Contact Group decided to provide Ukraine with Bradley and Abrams from the USA, Challenger tanks from the UK, also modernized tanks from the USA, the Netherlands and the Czech Republic, and T-72 tanks from Poland.
Personnel appointments were made in the Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Internal Affairs
The Cabinet of Ministers appointed Oleksandr Pavliuk as Deputy Defense Minister Aleksey Reznikov. Also today, the government appointed deputy ministers of internal affairs and state secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. In particular, the Hero of Ukraine, Lieutenant General Pavlyuk, was appointed to the post of First Deputy Minister of Defense. Igor Klimenko has five deputies. Inna Yashchuk has been appointed State Secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs.
Death toll rises in Turkey
The death toll in southeast Turkey due to two earthquakes on February 6 was 35,418, the number of injured was 105,505. Erdogan noted that the search and rescue operation after the earthquakes in Turkey will continue until the last survivor is rescued.
About 8,000 people rescued from rubble in Turkey
Rescuers pulled more than 8,000 people alive from the rubble in a region of Turkey hit by a devastating earthquake. A significant part of those who were hospitalized have already been discharged from hospitals. Most of the 81 thousand victims have been discharged from hospitals, some continue treatment.
The United Nations is about to be rejuvenated
Guterres intends to prepare an analytical note on the vision of the UN 2.0. In it, he promises to provide proposals on digital technologies, innovation, foresight and the behavioral sciences, which should help support UN member states more effectively in the coming years. The UN Secretary General acknowledged that now the collective mechanisms for solving global problems do not meet the scale of the challenges.
Forbes has compiled a ranking of the highest paid artists
The American magazine Forbes summed up the results of 2022 and presented the ranking of the most paid artists. We are talking about ten celebrities who last year earned from 88 to 230 million dollars. This year, only one woman made the list – singer Taylor Swift.
There was a malfunction in the work of New mail
Large-scale failure occurred in the work of New mail. The Ukrainians could neither receive nor send their parcels. At the same time, there are problems in the operation of the mobile application “Nova Poshta”. When trying to open the “My packages” tab, a message appeared: “Sorry, your request could not be processed. Please try again.” By evening, the work of the company resumed.
Moldova closed airspace for air travel for three hours “for security reasons”
The airspace of Moldova was temporarily closed due to an unknown aircraft that looked like a weather balloon. Given the weather conditions and the impossibility of monitoring and identifying the object and its flight path, in order to ensure the safety of citizens, the interdepartmental commission on the use of airspace decided to temporarily close the airspace.
European Parliament approves zero carbon emissions for new cars and trucks by 2035
The European Parliament in its plenary session voted on the goal of zero CO2 emissions for new cars and light trucks until 2035, the agency said. The decision was made as part of the Fit for 55 plan – reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 from 1990 levels. The agreement also includes intermediate emission reduction targets for 2030 of 55% for passenger cars and 50% for light trucks.
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