© Reuters. U.S. Secretary of Protection Lloyd Austin, Ukraine’s Protection Minister Oleksiy Reznikov, Iceland’s Minister of International Affairs Thordis Kolbrun Reykfjord Gylfadottir and NATO Secretary Basic Jens Stoltenberg, meet to debate the best way to assist Ukraine defend itself
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(Reuters) – Russia elevated shelling of Ukraine’s jap areas exterior the primary entrance line within the Donbas industrial space, officers from the Zaporizhzhia and Sumy areas mentioned on Saturday.
* A senior adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy urged Kyiv’s allies to “assume sooner” about stepping up their army help, a day after they didn’t agree on sending battle tanks coveted by Kyiv.
* A tearful Zelenskiy attended a memorial service to commemorate seven senior Inside Ministry officers killed in a helicopter crash, a recent blow to a nation already grieving its many conflict useless.
WEAPONRY
* Germany’s new defence minister Boris Pistorius plans to go to Ukraine quickly, he instructed a German newspaper, as Berlin faces stress to permit the cargo of German-made tanks to Ukraine.
* Senior U.S. officers are advising Ukraine to carry off on launching a significant offensive in opposition to Russian forces till the newest provide of U.S. weaponry is in place and coaching has been supplied, a senior Biden administration official mentioned.
WAGNER GROUP
* The US will impose further sanctions subsequent week in opposition to Russian personal army firm the Wagner Group, which U.S. officers say has been serving to Russia’s army within the Ukraine conflict, the White Home mentioned.
* The top of Wagner, Yevgeny Prigozhin, revealed a brief letter to the White Home asking what crime his firm was accused of, after Washington introduced the brand new sanctions.
* Wagner plans to ship the our bodies of Ukrainian troopers killed in combating within the captured city of Soledar to territory held by Ukraine, a web site linked to founder Prigozhin reported.
ECONOMY
* Western nations are working to construction worth caps on Russian refined petroleum merchandise to make sure continued movement of Russian diesel, however the markets are sophisticated and there’s a probability issues don’t go to plan, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen mentioned.
