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US government wants to increase pressure on Russia at G7 summit +++ Movement in negotiations on Russian grain blockade +++ The news about Russia’s war in Ukraine in star-Ticker.
Day 120 of the Ukraine War: As Ukraine moves towards EU candidate status, Russia is stepping up attacks in the east of the country. The strategically important city of Lysychansk in the Luhansk region is increasingly becoming the target. During the night, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy again called for faster arms deliveries “to stop this diabolical armada and push it out of Ukraine’s borders”. The most important developments in star-Ticker.
8.56 a.m .: Circles – the federal government wants to declare the gas emergency plan at an alarm level
According to dpa information, Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck will announce the alarm level of the gas emergency plan in the morning. As reported from well-informed circles, utility companies should not yet be given the opportunity to increase their gas prices under the Energy Security Act.
5.53 a.m .: EPP boss Weber calls for more arms deliveries to Ukraine before the EU summit
Before the EU summit in Brussels, the leader of the party and parliamentary group of the European Christian Democrats, Manfred Weber (CSU), called for more arms deliveries to Ukraine. “I think more can be done,” Weber told the newspapers of the editorial network Germany (RND) on Thursday. “After a careful examination, we could send some weapons that are intended as a reserve for the country’s defense to Ukraine send. Weapons are needed there that are currently not needed here.”
5.45 a.m .: Ex-Environment Minister Trittin against gas production in the North Sea
Former Federal Environment Minister Jürgen Trittin spoke out against the planned gas production off the North Sea island of Borkum. “I think the project is neither expedient nor relevant,” said the Greens member of the Bundestag of the German Press Agency in Hanover. “The 60 billion cubic meters that are there don’t even cover a year’s requirements in Germany. That doesn’t play a major role in replacing Russian gas.” Trittin said it was more important to him that gas consumption be reduced. “That’s why, for example, a ban on combustion cars and oil and gas heating systems is not just about climate protection, but also about global justice. We can’t buy the rest of the world’s energy,” he said.
4.10 a.m .: Survey – majority sees relationship with Russia as permanently damaged
A majority of Germans consider German-Russian relations to be permanently damaged because of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. In a poll conducted by the opinion research institute Forsa and commissioned by the magazine “Internationale Politik”, more than two-thirds of those questioned (71 percent) consider it impossible that, with Russian President Vladimir Putin, a return to relations between Moscow and Berlin is possible, as she is existed before the start of the war. Just under a quarter (24 percent) believe that relations could go back to the way they were before the war ended.
2:48 a.m.: Movement in negotiations on Russian grain blockade
Negotiations to break the Russian grain blockade in Ukraine appear to be making progress. UN Security Council circles confirmed to the German Press Agency the possibility of a meeting between the conflicting parties together with UN Secretary General António Guterres in Turkey – possibly as early as next week. The talks are at a point where the UN chief would negotiate directly with Russians and Ukrainians to secure a deal. However, diplomats in New York warned against too much optimism: So far there has been no agreement on the export of grain from Ukraine across the Black Sea.
The international community has been demanding that Russia allow the export of Ukrainian grain for weeks. Ukraine complains that its ports in the Black Sea are blocked by the Russian Navy.
0.38 a.m .: Estonia is demanding more help from larger EU countries for Ukraine
Estonia has demanded more military aid to Ukraine in the war against Russia from the larger EU states. Prime Minister Kaja Kallas said her country had “already done a lot for the people of Ukraine and can’t really do much more”. “But I believe there are still opportunities to help them, from the larger member states.” According to government information from Tallinn, the Baltic EU and NATO member has so far provided military aid worth more than 230 million euros.
0.20 a.m .: The US government wants to increase pressure on Russia at the G7 summit
According to the White House, the USA wants to increase the pressure on Russia at the G7 summit in Bavaria because of the war of aggression against Ukraine. A senior US government official said the United States would make “a number of concrete proposals” at the meeting that begins this Sunday. This should also demonstrate the common support for Ukraine. In addition to other topics, the agenda also includes the consequences of the war on price increases and on energy and food security worldwide.
Source: Stern
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