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Davos 2023: the gossip, the parties and the Zelenskys

As the annual meeting of the World Economic Forum comes to a close, Anne McElvoy shares a behind-the-scenes look at the most in-demand party guests, and what everyone’s really talking about

Evening Standard

Russia claims progress in eastern Ukraine; Kyiv craves tanks

Russia is claiming its forces have captured a village in an intense and monthslong push toward the eastern Ukraine city of Bakhmut

The Independent UK

Davos 2023: Outlook brighter than feared, fraught with risks

The year ahead looks better than feared for the global economy but remains fraught with risks including escalation of the conflict in Ukraine and the emergence of a transatlantic trade war, the World Economic Forum's final panel concluded.

Reuters

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Factbox-Ukraine's military supplies: What ground vehicles are Kyiv's allies sending?

The United States and its allies have been ramping up supplies of armoured vehicles being sent to Ukraine amid their concerns about a Russian spring offensive.

Reuters

Leopard 2 tanks: what are they and why does Ukraine want them?

The German-manufactured tank first came into service in 1979 and has been in wide service in Europe

The Guardian - UK

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

The Standard View: Ukraine needs western unity – and that means tanks

War is contingent on many things. Outcomes rest on a multiplicity of factors, decisions and inputs. Some are out of anyone’s control while others, such as arms supplies from allies, are not.

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Russian politician poses with sledgehammer in tribute to Wagner mercenaries

A senior Russian politician on Friday published a picture of himself clutching a sledgehammer given to him by the Wagner mercenary group, a tool it has adopted as a symbol of vengeance since one was used to murder a Wagner defector last year.

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.

Reuters

Germany signals it hasn't ruled out sending Leopard tanks to Ukraine

Western defense officials are meeting to coordinate military assistance to Ukraine. Germany has resisted their efforts to persuade the country to export its Leopard 2 tanks, or allow others to do so.

WEKU

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

The Guardian - UK

Yellen says Russian oil price cap could save African countries $6 billion annually

Russia's war in Ukraine is hitting Africans particularly hard by exacerbating food insecurity and putting an unnecessary drag on the continent's economy, U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in Senegal's capital Dakar on Friday.

Reuters

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen shames Russia and China in Africa speech

She cited the war in Ukraine as the leading cause of African misery.

Axios

First U.N. aid convoy reaches sites near Ukraine's frontline

A U.N. spokesperson said a three-truck convoy brought aid to around 800 people close to Soledar in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region on Friday, the first such delivery to the area by the global body as it seeks to step up front-line aid in the war.

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Mapping the battle for Ukraine’s Bakhmut

Al Jazeera charts six months of assaults on Bakhmut as fighting against Russian forces intensifies.

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.

Reuters

UK joins international push to hold Russia accountable for Ukraine invasion

Britain said on Friday it had joined a group of international partners pursuing criminal accountability for Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

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

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First Thing: Nikki Haley accuses Pompeo of lies after VP plot claim

Former UN ambassador hits back at ex-secretary of state as jockeying for Republican presidential primary hots up. Plus, the radical power of hanging out

France 24

Davos 2023: How is funding for Ukraine being spent?

The international community has contributed billions of dollars to the war effort in Ukraine. But where is that money going? And can the country look ahead to reconstruction? Business Editor Kate Moody speaks to Beata Javorcik, Chief Economist at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, on the sidelines of…

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.

The Independent UK

Germany has wavered on sending Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine. Why does it matter?

Nato allies – including Poland and the Baltic nations who fear the spread of Russian aggression – have been pressuring Germany to allow tanks to be sent to Ukraine to defend itself

Reuters

Russia's war on Ukraine latest: Battle around Bakhmut goes on in the mud

Russian forces are trying to close their circle around the small mining city of Bakhmut, while rain and an early spring thaw turned eastern Ukraine's battlefields to mud which could hamper both sides as they push for an initiative.

Reuters

Ramstein summit fails to agree Leopard tanks deal for Ukraine

The United States and its allies failed during talks in Germany to convince Berlin to provide its Leopard battle tanks to Ukraine, a key demand from Kyiv as it tries to breath new momentum into its fight against Russian forces.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Macron Boosts French Military Spending by over a Third to ‘Transform’ Army

France will boost military spending by more than a third in coming years, President Emmanuel Macron said on Friday, as he unveiled ambitions to transform the French army to deal with the great "perils" of this century. Acknowledging the end of the "peace dividend" of the post-Cold War era, Macron…

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