2023-10-01 07:15:37
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Great Britain holds out the prospect of stationing its own soldiers in Ukraine
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Kyiv reports progress on counteroffensive
Kiev reports again successes in the counteroffensive. However, Moscow correspondent Christoph Wanner does not think that a “significant breakthrough” has been achieved so far.
NATO is facing another U-turn: Britain’s defense minister is currently holding talks about relocating training missions to Ukraine. This would be the first time that NATO soldiers would be deployed in the country. More in the live ticker.
Great Britain’s Defense Secretary Grand Shapps has announced that British soldiers could also be deployed to Ukraine for the first time. In an interview with the newspaper „The Telegraph“ Shapps said he had spoken to army leadership about it.
The talks were about the relocation of an official, British-led training mission for Ukrainian soldiers to Ukraine. So far, these trainings have taken place in the United Kingdom and at other locations in NATO countries, including Germany.
After a visit to Kiev last week, Shapps also said he had discussed with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky what role the British Navy could play in protecting cargo ships in the Black Sea. Russia canceled an agreement to export Ukrainian grain under the control of Turkey and the UN in July and threatened attacks.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg had previously ruled out relocating NATO troops to Ukraine. With Britain’s plans, the defense alliance would move away from this position.
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8:20 a.m. – Russian drone attack on central Ukraine
Ukraine says it shot down 16 of around 30 Russian drones during the night. The authorities said the attack targeted the central Ukrainian region of Cherkassy. Unfortunately, there were hits on industrial infrastructure in the city of Uman, said provincial governor Ihor Taburez on the Telegram news platform. Fire broke out in grain warehouses.
04:48 a.m. – Fire at oil pipeline in western Ukraine
A large-scale fire has broken out on an oil pipeline in western Ukraine. According to authorities, the fire occurred on Saturday near the village of Strymba in the Ivano-Frankivsk region when a pipe burst at one point. According to the local governor, nine people were injured in the fire, which was later extinguished.
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Footage shared on online networks showed thick clouds of black smoke over a village. It was initially unclear how the fire started. Local media reported a strong explosion. The fire caused oil to leak over an area of 100 square meters.
The site of the fire is hundreds of kilometers away from the fighting between Russian and Ukrainian troops in the eastern part of the country.
3:26 a.m. – Biden: US support for Ukraine must not be interrupted
US President Joe Biden quickly called for further support for Ukraine after the US Congress voted to avert a government shutdown. The Democrat said the agreement was “good news” for the people in the country. “Under no circumstances can we allow American support for Ukraine to be interrupted,” he warned. After the Republican-dominated House of Representatives, the Democratic-dominated Senate had previously approved an interim budget, which, however, does not provide for any further aid to Ukraine.
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12:09 a.m. – US House of Representatives votes for interim budget – without aid to Ukraine
A few hours before an impending budget freeze, the US House of Representatives voted for an interim budget with a surprisingly large majority of Democrats. However, this budget does not contain any further aid for Ukraine. On Saturday, 335 members voted for the draft introduced by the Republican leader of the House, Kevin McCarthy, and 91 voted no. The bill must also be passed in the Democratic-controlled Senate to avert a budget deadlock.
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