The largest Dutch shipbuilder is seeking compensation from the government for damage caused by the sanctions on Russia, which have prevented it from honoring a number of contracts. The ongoing legal battle, which started in May with a suit filed by Damen Shipyards Group at the district court in Rotterdam, …
Read More »Moscow warns of fallout from F-16 deliveries to Kiev
If Western countries decide to send F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, it could backfire on them, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Aleksandr Grushko warned on Saturday. Speaking to TASS news agency, Grushko noted the West’s continual “movement up the escalation ladder,” following reports by several US media outlets that Washington would …
Read More »Germany reveals stance on Leopard tank deliveries to Ukraine
Berlin has no immediate plans to send German-made Leopard main battle tanks to Ukraine, Lars Klingbeil, co-leader of the Social Democratic Party (SPD), which is part of Germany’s ruling coalition, has said. Despite announcing the delivery of 40 Marder infantry fighting vehicles and a US-made Patriot air defense battery to …
Read More »Ukraine chides Germany over tank deliveries
Germany has been reluctant to supply Ukraine with Leopard 2 main battle tanks, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba said on Sunday. He added that Kiev does not understand Berlin’s hesitancy about the deliveries, given the military support already heading Ukraine’s way. Speaking to the Tagesschau news program, Kuleba claimed that Germany had …
Read More »US expands weapons deliveries by sea to Ukraine – WaPo
The US has significantly expanded deliveries of weapons to Ukraine by sea amid the conflict with Russia, Pentagon officials have told The Washington Post on Saturday. The Pentagon mainly relied on cargo planes to send ‘lethal aid’ to the Ukrainian government at the start of the Russian military operation in …
Read More »US considers doubling rocket launcher deliveries for Ukraine – Politico
The Pentagon is considering whether to send four additional M142 HIMARS rocket launcher systems to Ukraine, Politico reported on Saturday. The US has already pledged four such systems to Kiev’s military, but Ukrainian officials want far more. The US announced at the beginning of June that it would send four …
Read More »Japanese manufacturing giant resumes deliveries to Ukraine
Komatsu, Japan’s largest construction and mining equipment manufacturer, has resumed deliveries to Ukraine, halted after the launch of Russia’s military offensive, the Nikkei newspaper reported on Sunday, citing the company’s president Hiroyuki Ogawa. “Ukraine has a thriving mining industry for iron ore and other natural resources. The machines were still …
Read More »Putting on a brave face? Amid row on vaccine deliveries & shortages, EU commissioner says bloc has ‘no need’ of Russia’s Sputnik V
The bold remarks regarding the Russian-made vaccine were delivered by EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton on Sunday as he spoke to France’s TF1 TV. “We have absolutely no need of Sputnik V,” the official, who leads the EU executive’s vaccine task force, stated. “Today, we clearly have the capacity …
Read More »Vaccine nationalism? We can be accused of vaccine INTERNATIONALISM, EU commissioner says amid row over deliveries
The BBC’s Andrew Marr asked European Commissioner for Financial Stability Mairead McGuinness whether Brussels is serious in its threats to block vaccine exports to Britain. “European Union, as I heard from your contributors, are being accused of vaccine nationalism. In fact, we could be accused of vaccine internationalism,” McGuinness replied, …
Read More »Covid-19 vaccine deliveries slow in April but will speed up in May, says UK minister, despite drug company rebuttal
“We have less supply than we might have hoped for the coming weeks, but we expect it to increase again later through the course of April,” British housing Robert Jenrick told the BBC on Thursday. “We have every reason to believe that supply will increase in the months of May, …
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