Weapons

FILED - 09 December 2021, Belgium, Brussels: High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell and German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock hold a joint press conference after their meeting. Any provocation or aggression against Ukraine would have serious consequences, Borrell said in a message to Moscow ahead of a meeting with Ukrainian officials on Wednesday. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa.

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EU announces further €500 million to buy weapons for Ukraine

The Nomad Today/dpa 5/13/22

The announcement brings the EU's total financial assistance to Ukraine to €2 billion

29 April 2022, Japan, Tokyo: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (C) inspects the hydrogen plant of Chiyoda Corporation. Photo: Kay Nietfeld/dpa.

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Open letter to Scholz warns weapons deliveries could cause WWIII

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/29/22

Well-known feminist Alice Schwarzer, author Martin Walser and science journalist Ranga Yogeshwar are among the 28 signatories of the letter, which calls on Scholz not to give Vladimir Putin a motive…

08/04/2022 The President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyi addressed the parliamentarians via video link in the Parliamentary Chamber on April 8, 2022. The President Matti Vanhanen welcomed the participants and gave a short speech, followed by a speech by President Zelensky. The President of the Republic Sauli Niinistö and the German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, who is on a working visit, followed President Zelensky's speech in Parliament. The event was also attended by e.g. Ambassadors of EU countries.Photo: Hanne Salonen/Eduskunta.

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Zelensky condemns Kramatorsk rocket attack in address to Finnish Parliament

The Nomad Today/dpa 4/8/22

The Ukrainian president also complained about the long wait for weapon delivers from the West

24 March 2022, Belgium, Brussels: NATO heads of state and government pose for a family photo at the NATO headquarters before the start of a special meeting of NATO Leaders to discuss Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Photo: Michael Kappeler/dpa.

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NATO activates nuclear defences as West tightens screws on Russia

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/24/22

Zelensky told NATO leaders that Russia had used phosphorus bombs in Ukraine

02.03.2022 Pedro Sanchez
Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, before the plenary session of the Congress of Deputies, to report on the situation in Ukraine. Photo: Eva Ercolanese.

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Sanchez backtracks and announces arms shipments to Ukraine

The Nomad Today 3/3/22

The head of the Madrid government said that the weapons would be handed over to the "Ukrainian resistance"

HANDOUT - 24 February 2022, Belgium, Brussels: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban arrives to attend the Special meeting of the European Council on the situation in Ukraine. Photo: Alexandros Michailidis/EU Council/dpa - ATTENTION: editorial use only and only if the credit mentioned above is referenced in full.

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No weapons deliveries to Ukraine via Hungary, says President Orban

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/1/22

"It's in the interests of the Hungarian people that Hungary stay out of this war," said the president of Hungary

Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin (R) and Minister of Defense Antti Kaikkonen. Photo: Lauri Heikkinen/Vnk.

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Finland and Norway to send anti-tank weapons to Ukraine

The Nomad Today/dpa 3/1/22

Finland is providing Ukraine with anti-tank weapons, assault rifles, cartridges and field rations: "This is a historic decision for Finland," said Prime Minister Sanna Marin

02/25/2022. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, has participated, by videoconference, in the meeting of Heads of State and Government of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) to address the situation in Ukraine.

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Sanchez says Spain will not send offensive weapons to Ukraine

The Nomad Today 3/1/22

The prime minister avoided responding to the most difficult questions related to the disagreements within the leftists coalition partners from Unidas Podemos (Left), a party that is being very…