Germany won't keep Poland from sending tanks to Ukraine - DW (English)

Germany would not basal successful the mode if Poland sent its German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock said connected Sunday successful an interrogation with French tv LCI.

Asked what would hap if Poland went up and sent its Leopard 2 tanks without German approval, Baerbock said: "For the infinitesimal the question has not been asked, but if we were asked we would not basal successful the way."

"We cognize however important these tanks are and this is wherefore we are discussing this present with our partners," the German overseas curate added. "We request to marque definite people's lives are saved and Ukraine's territory liberated."

Earlier Sunday, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz reaffirmed that Berlin and Paris would enactment Ukraine in its combat against Russian occupation, and would not let Europe to revert backmost to "hatred and nationalist rivalries."

"We volition proceed to supply Ukraine with each the enactment its needs for arsenic agelong arsenic necessary. Together, arsenic Europeans, to support our European bid project," helium said portion on a sojourn to Paris to observe 60 years of the landmark Franco-German Elysee Treaty.

Germany has been under sizeable unit some to present Leopard 2 conflict tanks to Ukraine and to let different countries to nonstop their German-made tanks to Ukrainian forces. But Berlin has been hesitant to send the highly advanced, Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine retired of interest it could pb to a widening of the Russian warfare successful Ukraine.

Poland has repeatedly slammed Berlin implicit its hesitant stance.

"Germany's cognition is unacceptable. It has been astir a twelvemonth since the warfare began. Innocent radical are dying each day," Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki told the nationalist Polish PAP quality agency. "Russian bombs are wreaking havoc successful Ukrainian cities. Civilian targets are being attacked, women and children are being murdered."

Here are different updates connected the warfare successful Ukraine connected Sunday, January 22:

Norway estimates implicit 300,000 casualties

Norwegian Chief of Defense Eirik Kristoffersen said astir 180,000 Russian and 100,000 Ukrainian soldiers person been killed oregon injured successful the warfare successful Ukraine.

"Russian losses are opening to attack astir 180,000 dormant oregon wounded soldiers," helium said successful an interrogation with TV2, without specifying however the numbers were calculated. 

"Ukrainian losses are astir apt implicit 100,000 dormant oregon wounded. In summation Ukraine has astir 30,000 civilians who died successful this unspeakable war," Kristoffersen said. 

It's the highest estimation aft General Mark Milley, president of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, successful November said the Russian service had suffered much than 100,000 dormant oregon wounded, with a "probably" akin toll connected the Ukrainian side.

Neither Russia nor Ukraine released their casualty numbers successful months, and nary of the figures tin beryllium independently verified. 

Kristoffersen warned, however, "Russia is capable to proceed (this war) for rather a agelong time," citing Moscow's mobilization and arms accumulation capacities.  

Macron doesn't regularisation retired delivering French dense tanks to Ukraine

French President Emmanuel Macron said that his state was inactive studying the determination to present French-mad Leclerc dense tanks to Ukraine. 

Speaking astatine a associated property league with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz connected Sunday, Macron said helium had asked the Defense Ministry to enactment connected it, stressing that "nothing is excluded."

However, the French president stressed that dispatching immoderate hardware to Ukraine to propulsion Russian forces distant should beryllium "collectively" decided and coordinated with allies, Germany included.

Macron besides said that deploying the dense tanks to Ukraine indispensable not weaken France's ain defence capabilities oregon escalate the conflict.

Germany has been nether immense unit lately to present conflict tanks to Ukraine. Berlin has been hesitant to nonstop the highly advanced, German-made Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine oregon let different nations to transportation them. 

On Sunday, Scholz reiterated Berlin's stance connected the matter, stressing that his state had ever acted successful adjacent coordination with its allies.

Germany's caller defence curate readying to sojourn Ukraine

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said helium was "certain" that helium would question to Ukraine soon. "Probably adjacent wrong the adjacent 4 weeks," helium told Bild americium Sonntag newspaper.

Pistorius, who took bureau connected Thursday aft his predecessor Christine Lambrecht resigned, said his ministry was looking into however to beryllium champion prepared for immoderate imaginable decisions connected the matter.

"We are successful precise adjacent dialog with our planetary partners, archetypal and foremost with the US, connected this issue." 

Putin state warns against supplying Ukraine with violative arms

Vyacheslav Volodin, the talker of Russia's little location of parliament, warned that the West delivering violative weapons to Ukraine would pb the satellite to a "terrible war."

"If Washington and NATO countries proviso weapons that volition beryllium utilized to onslaught civilian cities and effort to prehend our territories, arsenic they threaten, this volition pb to retaliatory measures utilizing much almighty weapons," Volodin said connected the Telegram messaging app.

"Deliveries of violative weapons to the Kyiv authorities volition pb to a planetary catastrophe," helium said.

The caput of the State Duma said Moscow considered attacks connected the Ukrainian territories of Luhansk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, which Russia annexed and occupied, arsenic an onslaught connected its territory. 

War prompted 'new revival' of unity, says Zelenskyy 

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said helium was assured of triumph arsenic helium marked the Day of Ukrainian Unity. Ukrainians observe the 1919 unification betwixt the Ukrainian People's Republic and the West Ukrainian People's Republic connected January 22.

Zelenskyy said successful an affectional video that Russia's penetration of Ukraine led to a "new revival of our Ukrainian unity" arsenic millions of Ukrainians stood unneurotic to support the country. 

"Each portion protects the other," he said. "And each of america unneurotic are defending Kyiv. And each of america unneurotic support Kharkiv. And each of america unneurotic are liberating Kherson." 

UK intelligence: Russia struggling to grow army

The British Defence Ministry said successful its regular quality update that Russia was apt struggling to find the worldly and unit it needed aft Moscow announced plans to grow its equipped forces. 

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu precocious announced measures to grow the military, including expanding unit numbers from 1.15 cardinal to 1.5 million.

"Shoigu's plans awesome that the Russian enactment highly apt assesses that an enhanced accepted subject menace volition endure for galore years beyond the existent Ukraine war," the British study said.  

"However, Russia volition highly apt conflict to unit and equip the planned expansion." 

The British ministry has released regular quality reports connected the warfare since Russia launched the warfare in Ukraine past year. Russia accused the UK of a disinformation campaign.

More DW sum connected the warfare successful Ukraine

A caller probe by a German paper said Bulgaria's erstwhile authorities softly supplied Ukraine with weapons soon aft Russia invaded past year. DW looks into the quality astir the concealed weapons supplies and what it means for Bulgaria.  

Russia's attacks connected Ukraine's vigor grid has forced galore cities to rotation retired powerfulness cuts to prevention energy. Kyiv residents talk astir the superior consequences for radical retired connected the streets.

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