The United States is bringing together, on Tuesday, April 26, in Germany, some forty allied countries to further arm Ukraine against Russia. Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin wants “to generate additional capabilities for the Ukrainian forces”. “They can win if they have the right equipment, the right support,” he asserted. Washington announced $700 million in new military aid for Ukraine on Monday. Follow our live.
Negotiations are continuing. Moscow will continue peace talks with kyiv, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Monday, while accusing Ukraine of “to pretend” to discuss and warning of the danger “real” of a third world war.
Civilians prevented from fleeing Azovstal? Russia on Monday night accused Ukrainian authorities of preventing civilians holed up with Ukrainian fighters at the beleaguered Azovstal metallurgical complex in Mariupol, southeastern Ukraine, from leaving, despite the announcement of a ceasefire by the Russian army.
New strikes in the west of the country. At least five people were killed and 18 others injured in Russian strikes on railway installations in the Vinnytsia region in the center of the country, according to local authorities. The explosion of a missile also triggered a fire on Monday morning in Krasne station, near Lviv, according to the regional governor.
Moscow expels German diplomats. Russia has announced the expulsion of 40 German diplomats, in retaliation for a similar measure recently taken by Berlin in response to the Russian offensive in Ukraine. This decision is not “in no way justified”reacted the head of German diplomacy, Annalena Baerbock.