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Germany faces criticism for dithering on decision to send tanks to Ukraine

Generals meeting for five hours at a US air base in Germany failed to resolve divisions over providing advanced battle tanks to Ukraine.

Evening Standard

A resurgence of alliances is an echo of past wars

Alliances are as old as civilisation. Older, actually: almost every hunter-gatherer band that anthropologists have studied, from the New Guinea highlanders to the Yanomamo in the Amazon, made alliances with other groups to try to protect themselves.

Bangkok Post

No Leopard tanks for Ukraine as NATO allies fail to agree

Failure to provide German battle tanks at meeting may signal growing divisions within NATO over supplying such weapons.

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UN says Taliban divided on appeal to restore women's rights

A delegation led by the highest-ranking woman at the United Nations has urged the Taliban during a four-day visit to Afghanistan to reverse their crackdown on women and girls

The Independent UK

Germany drags feet on decision to send tanks Ukraine desperately craves

‘The war started by Russia does not allow delays... terror does not allow for discussion,’ President Zelensky says

The Independent UK

What happened in the Russia-Ukraine war this week? Catch up with the must-read news and analysis

Kyiv hopes western tanks could provide tactical breakthrough; dozens die in Dnipro attack; Germany gets a new defence minister

The Guardian - AU

Analysis-Western military aid girds Kyiv for counterattacks despite tank deadlock

Billions of dollars in new Western military aid, including infantry fighting vehicles - though no German tanks - will gird Ukraine for counterattacks to foil Moscow's efforts to revive its faltering invasion.

Reuters

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Turkey summons Swedish envoy over permission for protest -source

Turkey's Foreign Ministry summoned Sweden's ambassador on Friday over authorities' permission of a protest near the Turkish Embassy in Stockholm scheduled to be held on Saturday, a source from the Foreign Ministry said.

Reuters

Italy forcibly returning asylum seekers to Greece: Investigation

Expose finds evidence of aslyum seekers being detained on commercial ferries to facilitate illegal pushbacks.

Al Jazeera

NATO's Bauer: countries must make their own decision on giving Ukraine tanks

Germany and other countries supporting Ukraine in its efforts to fend off Russia's invasion have to decide individually on whether to supply it with tanks, the head of NATO's Military Committee, Admiral Rob Bauer, said on Friday.

Reuters

No decision on more tanks for Ukraine, despite pleas from Zelensky

Kyiv is seeking Western battle tanks to enable its forces to mount a counter-offensive against Russia.

The Independent UK

Social media report anti-aircraft systems placed in Moscow

Social media posts say air-defense systems have been installed in several spots in Moscow

The Independent UK

Russia warns ‘delusional’ West will ‘regret’ sending military aid to Ukraine

The Ukraine conflict is “developing in an upward spiral”, a Kremlin spokesperson has said

The Independent UK

No Deal on Tanks for Ukraine, But Hope Remains, Says Polish Minister

No decision on supplying Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine was reached at a meeting of allies at Germany's Ramstein Air Base, Poland's defense minister said on Friday, though he remained optimistic that efforts to provide them would end in success. "Hope comes from the fact that...defense ministers of 15 countries…

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Reuters

Davos 2023: Key takeaways from the World Economic Forum

Global leaders and business executives departed a freezing World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting on Friday after a frank exchange of views over how the world will tackle its biggest issues in 2023.

France 24

Sweden readies for tense anti-Turkey protests amid NATO 'terrorists' row

Sweden is bracing for demonstrations Saturday that could complicate its efforts to persuade Turkey to approve its NATO accession.

WEKU

U.S., NATO countries announce massive weapons package for Ukraine

Western countries will send what looks to be the largest tranche of military hardware so far to help Ukraine prepare for an expected offensive against Russian forces in the near future.

Los Angeles Times

Fighter jets, NATO, Congress and Ukraine: Complex issues roil US-Turkey relations

WASHINGTON — The United States is locked in a delicate dance with Turkey, one of its most problematic allies, that involves fighter jets, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Congress and, ultimately, the war in Ukraine.

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Reuters

Need to focus on ammunition, maintaining weapons to Ukraine- NATO chief

NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said on Friday that countries backing Ukraine needed to focus not only on sending new weapons to Kyiv, but looking at ammunition for older systems and helping maintain them.

Reuters

EU's Borrell: Europe prepared to provide heavy tanks to Ukraine

The European Union's foreign policy said on Friday some European countries are prepared to send heavy tanks to Ukraine and he hoped a decision to provide them will be made at defence ministers' talks at Ramstein Air Base in Germany.

The Guardian - UK

Ukraine frustrated as Germany holds back decision on supply of tanks

Poland says lives will be lost because of Berlin’s inaction, as summit breaks up without progress over Leopard 2s

France 24

Macron unveils major boost in French military spending amid Ukraine war

French President Emmanuel Macron unveiled his vision for modernising the military in his nuclear-armed country on Friday, saying 413 billion euros ($446 billion) would be assigned to the army in 2024-2030 – up from 295 billion euros in the previous budget.

The Independent UK

What are Leopard 2 tanks and why would they help Ukraine?

Supplies of the one of the West’s best tanks would help Ukraine make up some of the difference in artillery firepower between themselves and Russia

The Independent UK

Zelensky urges western allies to send tanks to defeat the Russian invader

The Ukrainian president’s call intensifies the pressure on Germany to release its Leopard 2 battle tanks.

Reuters

Kremlin tells 'deluded' West that tanks for Ukraine will change nothing

The Kremlin said on Friday that Western countries supplying additional tanks to Ukraine would not change the course of the conflict and the West would regret its "delusion" that Ukraine could win on the battlefield.

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