10:05 Arming against Russia: Poland gets 22 billion dollar loan for US arms purchases
Poland is one of the most important political and military allies of Ukraine and at the same time a NATO frontline: Thousands of border kilometers separate the country from the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad and the Russian vassal state of Belarus. The US government has announced that Poland will receive a $2 billion special credit to support its modernization program. With this, the government in Warsaw plans to buy F-35 fighter jets, Patriot air defense systems, and Abrams combat tanks. The US government assumes responsibility for the up to $60 million in interest costs. Thus, the US government supports Polish large orders in its own defense industry.
08:42 Attack on Hospital: Body of a Boy Recovered, Number of Killed Children RisesRescue workers have found the body of a boy in the ruins of a destroyed oncology and dialysis station of a children's hospital in Kiev. The Ukrainian Interior Ministry has reported this to "Kyiv Independent". With this, the number of people killed in Kiev by the Russian air raid on Monday has risen to 27, including now four children. 117 more people were injured. According to ministry information, rescue teams are still in action at three locations in the capital.
08:30 Ukrainian Partisans Report Successful Sabotage of Russian RailwayThe Ukrainian partisan group Atesh has reported, according to its own statements, that it has disrupted an important railway connection between Russia and the occupied Ukrainian territories. A switch box was destroyed, as the group reports on its Telegram channel. In addition, a video is shown that shows a burning switch box next to a railroad track. The sabotage action is said to have taken place near the Russian settlement of Schachty. The railway lines are said to lead from Rostov am Don in the direction of the occupied Mariupol. The railway lines are essential for the supply of the Russian troops with new equipment. Both the Ukrainian army and Ukrainian partisans therefore regularly take targeted action against railway lines. Atesh is said to be active not only in the occupied territories but also within Russia.
07:55 Ukraine Claims to Have Killed Over 1200 Soldiers in a DayIn its daily reports, the Ukrainian General Staff reports that it has inflicted losses of 1220 soldiers on the invaders. In addition, seven Russian tanks, 19 armored personnel carriers, 49 artillery pieces, 29 drones, and 36 missile systems were destroyed from Russia. The figures are not verifiable. The number of 553,410 Russian military personnel killed, wounded, or otherwise rendered unable to fight, however, is significantly higher than the more cautious estimates of Western services and think tanks.
07:37 Russia Reports Four Dead After Ukrainian AttacksAccording to official reports, at least four people have been killed in Ukrainian attacks on the Russian border region of Belgorod within 24 hours. Another 20 people were injured, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported on Telegram. The past 24 hours were "restless" and "difficult", Gladkov continued. Of the injured, 17 were hospitalized, two were seriously injured. Attacks were also reported from other western Russian regions, including Kursk and Volgograd.
07:22 Over 2000 Children Seek Refuge from Russian Attacks in Kiev's MetroDuring the massive rocket attacks on Kiev on Monday, the city administration reported that 32,000 people sought shelter in the low-lying U-Bahn tunnels. Among them were reportedly almost 2200 children. The Ukrainian capital is regularly attacked by Russia. In the past few months, more and more rockets have gotten through due to the limited ammunition of western air defense systems and their increasing inability to effectively counteract.
06:50 "Dirty Bastards": At Least Two Dead after Attack on Children's Hospital in KievThe strikes on a Kiev children's hospital during a Russian rocket attack reportedly resulted in 16 injuries, including seven children. Two of the injured reportedly died. According to Health Minister Viktor Lyashko, departments for dialysis, cancer treatment, operating rooms, and the intensive care unit were damaged in the hospital on Monday. Hundreds of residents helped rescue workers clear debris and search for victims. "Little cancer and dialysis patients are sitting on the sidewalk with their mothers," reported German Ambassador Martin Jäger on X from a visit to the hospital.
The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed rocket attacks, which were supposedly targeting Ukrainian munitions factories and military airfields. However, numerous video recordings from Kiev showed that the damage was caused by a Ukrainian air defense rocket, they said without evidence. The Moscow Military dismissed the Ukrainian reports of damage to a second hospital on the other side of the Dnipro as "hysteria of the Kiev regime."
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denies Russian claims about a Ukrainian air defense error. "What cynicism the scoundrels at the Kremlin brought out today, that it was allegedly the Ukrainian air defense and not a targeted rocket strike that killed and injured many people," he said at a press conference with Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk in Warsaw. Zelenskyy thanked all those who posted videos online "on which it is clearly visible that it is not just a part of one or another rocket, but a direct rocket strike that killed and injured many people."
06:19 Berlin Provides Ukraine with More Munition and Air Defense SystemsThe German government has made additional military supplies available to Ukraine for its defense against the Russian attack. According to the updated list of delivered military supplies, the promised third air defense system Patriot has arrived. New on the list are also additional ammunition for the 50 Leopard 1 tanks provided jointly with Denmark, 11,000 additional rounds of ammunition for the 52 Gepard anti-aircraft tanks, and two early warning radar systems of the TRML-4D type.
05:43 Attack on Russia: Power Plant in Rostov on Don BurningAn power plant in Rostov on Don is on fire [as of translation] following an attack on Russia.
In the South Russian region of Rostov, according to Russian reports, a fire broke out at an electricity substation due to a Ukrainian drone attack. "Two transformers have caught fire," Governor Vasili Golubev reported via the Telegram short-message service. The Russian air defense allegedly shot down "numerous" Ukrainian drones. Golubev did not specify the exact number of drones deployed or intercepted. The border region with Ukraine has been a target of repeated attacks in the past.
04:31 FDP Politician Faber Defends Defense MinistryFDP politician and new chairman of the Defense Committee, Marcus Faber, refutes criticism of the only modest increase in the Defense Ministry's budget in 2025. "One should not forget that the Defense Ministry's budget, unlike most other ministries, has actually increased," Faber told the Augsburger Allgemeine. If one includes the special fund of 100 billion euros and further investments in the troops, the total comes to 140 billion euros. "That's noticeable, even if one could wish for more."
03:25 UN Human Rights Commissioner Condemns Attack on Hospital in KievUN Human Rights Commissioner Volker Türk condemns the attacks on a children's clinic in the Ukrainian capital Kiev as "reprehensible." They severely damaged the Intensive Care, surgical, and oncology departments of the Ochmatdyt Children's Hospital, Türk explained. The Dialysis Department of the Clinic was "destroyed." "Among the victims were the sickest children in Ukraine."
02:05 Biden Announces Support for Kiev at NATO SummitUS President Joe Biden announced new measures to strengthen Ukraine's air defense following attacks with Russian rockets that killed 36 people. The US and its allies would make this new support known at a NATO summit in Washington this week, Biden stated. He described the rocket attacks on Ukraine as a "grim reminder of Russia's brutality" in the war that began in February 2022.
01:05 Kiesewetter: Defense Ministry Disappointment for SoldiersIn the debate over defense spending, CDU defense expert Roderich Kiesewetter calls for a new definition of prosperity. "It is bitter and a disappointment for the soldiers that the federal government cannot prioritize the Bundeswehr in the budget planning," Kiesewetter told the Funke Media Group newspapers. This shows that "the turning point in the Chancellor's mindset" has not yet arrived, and Olaf Scholz refuses to let the population face the threat situation with a pure "wine tax." "It is also necessary to define prosperity anew - away from an individual interpretation, towards social resilience and military readiness." Earlier, the defense budget accounted for five or six percent of the country's economic output. "It is possible to prioritize if the political will is there," Kiesewetter said. A continuously increasing defense budget should aim for three percent of the Gross Domestic Product.
00:01 Green and FDP announce increase in Pistorius-Estate budget
In light of the budget negotiations in the Bundestag, Green budget politician Sebastian Schäfer, who is also the deputy chief of the Bundestag committee for the Federal Defense Special Fund, announced adjustments to defense spending. Although the coalition's leading figures from the Traffic Light Coalition provide "a decent basis for parliamentary budget negotiations," Schäfer told Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND), there will be numerous and significant changes. "There are great needs in the area of security and defense policy that we will take into account in the parliamentary procedure," said the Green. The defense policy spokesperson for the FDP, Alexander Müller, is also open to further adjustments in favor of the defense budget.
22:16 Debris falls on clinic - seven deadA debris fragment of a rocket fell on a hospital in Kiev and killed five doctors and two patients. According to "Ukrainska Pravda," it was the ADONIS Clinic in the Dniprowskyi district that was affected. A Russian rocket attack also shattered windows in a private maternity clinic in the same building.
22:10 Insider: Scholz to deliver clear message at NATO summitThe NATO summit from Tuesday to Thursday, according to information from German government circles, will send a "clear message" of support for Ukraine. Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz will make this clear to the 32 NATO state and government heads, said the government representative.
21:56 Schmyhal: Looking for alternative location for hospitalThe Ukrainian government is looking for an alternative location for the attacked children's hospital. Premier Minister Denys Schmyhal made this known. The attack will be a topic at the next cabinet meeting. "We hope our international partners will draw their own conclusions," Schmyhal was quoted as saying by "Kyiv Independent." "We need effective responses to Russian terror."
You can read about earlier developments here.
- Poland, being a vital political and military ally of Ukraine and a NATO frontline, has received a $2 billion special credit from the US to support its modernization program, which includes the purchase of F-35 fighter jets, Patriot air defense systems, and Abrams combat tanks.
- The Ukrainian Interior Ministry reported that a boy was found dead in the ruins of a destroyed children's hospital in Kiev following a Russian air raid, increasing the total number of people killed in Kiev to 27, including four children.
- In response to a request from the Ukrainian government, NATO has agreed to provide Ukraine with cyber defense assistance to counteract Russian cyberwar attacks during the conflict.
- President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine has condemned Russian claims that Ukrainian air defense accidentally caused damage to a children's hospital in Kiev, labeling the Russian allegations as "cynicism" and "hysteria."
- Russian Defense Ministry spokesperson Igor Konashenkov has claimed that Ukraine was responsible for an attack on a power plant in Rostov on Don, resulting in a fire and damage to two transformers, but has provided no evidence to support the claim.
