Ukraine war in the live ticker: +++ 00:55 Great Britain supplies Ukraine with further artillery systems +++

September 27, 2024

Ukraine war in the live ticker
+++ 00:55 Great Britain supplies Ukraine with additional artillery systems +++

Britain will deliver another batch of AS90 self-propelled artillery systems to the Ukrainian Defense Forces. A total of 10 of these systems have already been delivered to Ukraine, and six more will follow in the next few weeks, the British Ministry of Defense said.

+++ 23:33 UN lacks money to support Ukrainians in winter +++
According to its own statements, the United Nations has significantly too little money to help the people of Ukraine in the upcoming winter. “The funding level of organizations like ours is far too low for this time of year,” says Karolina Lindholm Billing, the Ukraine representative for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR). The UNHCR currently has only 47 percent of the resources it needs to support the millions of Ukrainians who have been displaced or affected by the war in their country. This time last year, UNHCR was 70 percent funded.

+++ 22:13 Biden: USA will push for Ukraine aid +++
According to President Joe Biden, the USA will enforce its aid to Ukraine in his last term in office. This will strengthen the negotiating position of the government in Kiev, said Biden before a meeting with his Ukrainian colleague Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington. Biden’s term runs until January. He could be replaced by either his Vice President Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Trump. It is expected that this US commitment to Ukraine would be significantly reduced.

+++ 21:34 Ukraine: Russia is preparing to intensify attacks near Zaporizhia +++
According to Ukrainian intelligence information, Russian troops are expected to soon increase their offensive activities in the Zaporizhzhia region. “In recent days there has been a tendency to escalate the situation in the section of the combat zone in the Zaporizhzhia region,” a spokesman for the troops stationed in southern Ukraine said on national television. “There have been five in the last 24 hours [russische] attacks, and we can say that this number could increase as our information suggests that the enemy is attacking groups near the [Siedlung] “Pryiutne concentrated.” Light off-road vehicles were also received on the Russian side, said the spokesman. “This means they are preparing offensive operations.”

+++ 9:00 p.m. Biden at meeting with Zelensky: Russia will not gain the upper hand +++
At the start of their meeting in Washington, US President Joe Biden assured Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyj that the United States would continue to support him. “Russia will not gain the upper hand, Ukraine will die,” said Biden when welcoming his foreign colleagues in the Oval Office in the White House: “And we will continue to stand by you every step of the way.”

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