Saturday 15 October 2022
Islamabad (Urdu Point. DW Urdu. October 15, 2022) The United States has announced an additional $725 million in military aid to Ukraine. The aid has been approved at a time when Russian forces have launched a series of ferocious missile attacks in Ukraine. In order to avoid these rocket attacks, Ukraine is trying to provide it with a strong missile defense system.
The Washington government has announced $18.3 billion in military aid to Ukraine since the start of the Ukraine war. The Western Defense Alliance has warned that Russia has become a "direct threat" to the entire Western alliance as a result of the attack in Ukraine.
In this context, the United States, the United Kingdom, and the European Union have joined forces to counter Russia's powerful military and are training the Ukrainian soldiers in addition to providing them with modern military equipment.
NATO says the war triggered by Russian aggression will prove protracted.
Rain of missiles
Calling the explosion on the bridge connecting Crimea with the central part of Russia an act of Ukrainian terrorism, the Russian president has launched missile attacks across Ukraine. Meanwhile, other urban areas including Kiev are also being targeted.
US Secretary of State Anthony Blanken has claimed to have found evidence that shows Russian forces have committed atrocities during their operations in the Ukraine war.
Meanwhile, Russian forces claim to have approached the industrial city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region. According to the Ukrainian army, a strong response is being given to the Russian military aggression on this front.
Narrative of Holy War
Cardinal Reinhard Marx of the German city of Munich has expressed serious concerns over the Russian aggression being called a 'holy war' by the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patrick Karel.
Condemning this war for giving it a religious color, he said that Karel's view of 'holy war' is very different from that of other Christians.
In an interview with the German newspaper Welt im Sonntag, Christian religious leader Marx also discussed the divided opinion of Germans on the provision of military equipment to Ukraine. He said that military assistance to Ukraine at the moment is actually a lesser evil compared to the greater evil, adding that this is the only viable option in the current situation.
Iran didn't send arms to Russia
Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian has rejected reports that the Tehran government is sending arms to Russia.
In a telephone conversation with EU foreign affairs chief Joseph Borrell, he made it clear that his government is not providing military support to any side of the Ukraine war.
The Iranian foreign minister added that Iran wants a peaceful solution to this armed conflict. It should be noted that the Kiev government has alleged that Russian forces are also using drones made in Iran.
After this accusation, Ukraine has started to show coldness in diplomatic relations with Iran.
'No regrets', Putin maintains his stance
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he is taking the right steps during the Ukraine war. Russian forces have been pushed back at several points in the war since February 24, but Putin says they have been successful in their military strategy.
Putin says that there will be no more large-scale attacks in Ukraine because he does not want to destroy this neighboring country. However, there are reports that Russian forces are not hesitating to target civilian areas in Ukraine.
The Russian president has also criticized Germany for canceling the Nord Stream 2 gas project.
The project was canceled by the Berlin government due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
However, Putin said that Germany made a 'mistake' by siding with NATO in the Ukraine war. Talking to journalists in Kazakhstan's capital Astana, he added that it was Germany's mistake to prioritize NATO and European security over national interest.
AB/ABA (News Agency)
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