The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, thanked Germany for their support but stressed the importance of German aid next year and its need to remain unchanged.
Zelensky met with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz for the third time this fall as part of a wider European tour, during which he sought to increase support for Ukraine and their five-step plan.
Zelensky thanked the international community for its assistance to Ukraine.
Scholz announced during a joint news conference that Germany had sent an aid package to Ukraine in the amount of 600 million euros. The package included a fifth IRIS T medium-range air defence system, armored cars, tanks, howitzers and ammunition.
Scholz said that “by the end of the calendar year, we will deliver another package to Ukraine worth 1.4 billion Euros ($1.5 billion), with the help of partners – Belgium, Denmark, Norway.” The package will include IRIS, Skynex and Gepard antiaircraft weaponry as well as artillery and armored vehicles. It will also include drones, radars and ammunition.
Zelensky visited Germany after his visits to the U.K. and France. He met with leaders in these countries to present the five-step plan for victory of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian head of state hopes that the proposal will be a success, as Kyiv describes it as a way to a just and lasting peace.
The situation for the besieged nation is getting worse as Russian forces continue to advance in the east and the population faces an energy shortage in the coming winter. Meanwhile, Donald Trump’s potential return to the White House has prompted fears of weakened U.S. backing.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, thanked Germany for their support but stressed the importance of German aid next year and its need to remain unchanged.
Several months back, these infantrymen served their sentences in prison. They are now part of the 1st Separate Assault Battalion (also known as “Da Vinci”).
In a statement released on October 11, the spokesperson for the European Union’s External Service said that it was “appalled by” Victoria Roshchyna‘s death and demanded an “independent and thorough” investigation into her death.
Defense Minister Rustem umerov had planned to merge Defense Procurement Agency and State Rear Operator into one agency, but changed his mind when a NATO announcement said that the agencies should remain separate and that two separate supervisory bodies should be established.
Operational Command South reported on October 11 that since the beginning of the week, Ukraine has repelled 29 Russian assaults in the oblasts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
“We are working together actively in the international arena, and our assessments of what is happening in the world are very similar,” Russian President Vladimir Putin stated of the meeting.
Scholz revealed at a joint news conference that Germany had already provided a package of assistance for Ukraine in the amount of 600 million euros ($660 millions).
Sources told Reuters that the funding would come from the U.S.A., Japan and Canada. They added that it would be backed up by interest generated from Russian assets frozen.
Media Initiative for Human Rights reported on October 11 that Viktoria Roshchyna was a Ukrainian journalist held in Russian detention centres where torture is used to punish prisoners.
“Looking to a future of prosperity and peace also means looking at the reconstruction. I am pleased to announce that the “Ukraine Recovery Conference” will be held in Rome, Italy on 10 and 11, July 2025,” Italian Premier Giorgia Mello said.
A Ukrainian official stated that “the Russian plan in Kursk Oblast was thwarted thus far” due to Russian forces suffering losses.
In Steven Seagal’s latest documentary, “In the Name of Justice”, which was shared by the Russian state-run platform Smotrim, the actor is shown visiting various occupied areas of Ukraine, including Mariupol.
During a 35-minute meeting, the pope presented Ukraine’s president with a bronze relief with a flower, and an inscription that read, “Peace, a fragile flower.”
On Oct. 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Turkmenistan and spoke at an international conference attended by Central Asian leaders, including the president of Iran.
The alleged attempts to pressurize the media outlet “are nothing less than anti-democratic, given the essential role that the newsroom plays in upholding the core national value of freedom the press,” Gulnoza Saied, the Committee to Protect Journalists‘ Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator said.
Vasyl Chynchyk, the head of administration in the town, said that approximately 1,150 people still live there.
Regional authorities reported early on October 11 that Russian attacks in Ukraine have killed six people and injured 27 others over the past 24 hours.
Maksym Kozoytskyi, the Lviv Oblast Governor, confirmed that the passenger bus, which carried the logo of popular transport company FlixBus was travelling from Warsaw to Odesa.
The General Staff has not provided any further details on how the helicopter was destroyed.
In a documentary broadcast on national television, Commander-in Chief Oleksandr Sryskyi stated that “we know about approximately 50,000 soldiers who were transferred from other sectors to the Kursk directions.”
Oleh Kiper, the Governor of Odesa, reported that Russia launched a missile attack on the district of Odesa, killing at least 4 people, including a girl aged 16 years old.
This includes 1,140 casualties that Russian forces have suffered in the last day.
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