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LIVE UPDATES: US May Announce New Military Aid for Ukraine, Anti-Russia Sanctions Within a Week

11:45 GMT 13.02.2023 (Updated: 21:14 GMT 30.03.2023)

Russia launched a special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022, just days after recognizing the independence of the People's Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk and responding to their request for help in defending themselves against Ukrainian attacks.

Russia has been targeting infrastructure which aids the Ukrainian military since October 10, 2022 in retaliation for Ukrainian terrorist attacks, including the bombing on the Crimean Bridge, carried out by Ukrainian intel services.

On February 10, 2023, the Russian Armed Forces conducted a massive strike on Ukrainian energy facilities with the use of missiles and drones.

Over the past months, air raid alerts have been sounded in regions of Ukraine every day, with many parts of the country experiencing power cuts.

Western countries ramped up their military support for Ukraine after Russia launched a special military operation, despite warnings from Moscow that arms deliveries only prolong the conflict, and that Western weapons become a legitimate target for Russia. Recently, the US and its European allies announced new military supplies to Kiev, including battle tanks, armored infantry fighting vehicles and artillery systems.

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00:46 GMT 14.02.2023

US to Announce New Military Aid for Ukraine, Anti-Russia Sanctions Within a Week - Reports

The United States will announce a new military assistance package for Ukraine and additional sanctions against Russia within the next week, The Washington Post reported, citing officials.

The report on Monday said the United States is also working with Congress to approve another $10 billion in direct budget support for Ukraine.

16:05 GMT 13.02.2023

Russia’s 1st Separate Guards Motorized Rifle Brigade Hit Ukrainian Tank Hangar With Grad MLRS

16:04 GMT 13.02.2023

Russia's 122mm D-30 Howitzers Destroy Sheltered Ukrainian Infantry

16:03 GMT 13.02.2023

Russian MoD Releases Video of Russian Paratroopers in Action

14:47 GMT 13.02.2023

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13 February 2023, 14:17 GMT

13:56 GMT 13.02.2023

German Defense Ministry Announces Start of Ukrainian Troops' Training on Leopard 2 Tanks

Ukrainian soldiers have started time-constrained training on the use of German-made Leopard 2 tanks, German Defense Ministry spokeswoman Nadine Krueger said Monday.

"The training started today," Kruger said at a German cabinet briefing. She added that the training will be carried out within a tight time frame, as previously announced.

According to German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius, the first groups of Ukrainian military have already been transferred to Germany from Poland.

The training will take place at a military base near the town of Munster in Lower Saxony, where Ukrainian soldiers are already being trained to handle Marder infantry fighting vehicles, pledged by Berlin to Kiev.

13:09 GMT 13.02.2023

EU Currently Has No Plans to Advise Its Citizens to Leave Russia

There are no discussions at the level of the European Union on advising EU citizens to leave Russia, and it will be up to each member state to decide whether to issue such a warning, EU spokesperson for foreign affairs and security policy Peter Stano said on Monday.

"The councilor affairs advice is a member state competency. This will be a question to the individual member states, there will be no common decision taken at EU level nor has any such discussion taken place at EU level," Stano told a briefing in answer to a question on whether the EU was prompting its citizens to leave Russia.

Earlier in the day, the US Embassy in Moscow called on its citizens, as well as persons with dual citizenship, to refrain from traveling to Russia due to the "unpredictable consequences" of the conflict in Ukraine, and urged those already in the country to leave as a matter of urgency.

12:49 GMT 13.02.2023

Ukraine Using More Munitions Than NATO Producing: Stoltenberg

12:47 GMT 13.02.2023

Russian Defense Ministry Confirms Russian Army Took Control of Krasnya Gora Village in DPR

The Russian Defense Ministry confirmed Monday that the Russian forces took under control the village of Krasnya Gora located near the city of Bakhmut, also known as Artyomovsk, in the Donetsk People's Republic, with the enemy losing over 150 soldiers and equipment on the day of the operation.

"In the Donetsk direction, volunteer assault squads with the fire support of rocket troops and artillery of the Southern group of forces liberated the village of Krasnya Gora of the Donetsk People's Republic. The enemy's losses during the day amounted to over 150 Ukrainian servicemen, four armored combat vehicles, six pickup trucks and two D-30 howitzers," the ministry said in a report.

12:36 GMT 13.02.2023

Jet Supplies to Kiev to Be Discussed at Tuesday Summit, But NATO Priority is Delivery of Military Equipment, Including Armored Vehicles: Stoltenberg

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Monday that the priority of the alliance is to deliver the military equipment that the members have already promised to Ukraine.

"My top priority is to ensure that the pledges allies have made for infantry fighting vehicles, for armor for battle tanks are delivered as soon as possible because every day counts," Stoltenberg said during a press conference in Brussels.

NATO chief added that he expects the issue of the delivery of fighter jets to Ukraine will also be discussed at the meeting of the defense ministers of the member states in Brussels on Tuesday.

12:21 GMT 13.02.2023

Russia's MoD Briefing on Progress of Special Military Operation in Ukraine

12:09 GMT 13.02.2023

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NATO Head Stoltenberg Holds Press Conference Ahead of Defense Ministers' Meeting

13 February 2023, 12:05 GMT

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NATO to Ask Member Countries to Increase Stockpiles of Weapons, Reports Say

13 February 2023, 10:28 GMT

12:08 GMT 13.02.2023

Russian MoD: Russian Forces Liberate Krasnaya Gora in the DPR

12:06 GMT 13.02.2023

Stoltenberg: NATO Defense Ministers to Discuss Ramping Up Arms Supplies to Ukraine During Meeting on February 14-15

11:45 GMT 13.02.2023

Russian Air Defenses Shoot Down 9 Ukrainian Drones, 6 HIMARS Missiles Over Past Day

Russian air defense systems have shot down nine Ukrainian drones and six HIMARS missiles in the past 24 hours, the Russian Defense Ministry's press service said Monday.

A total of 384 Ukrainian military aircraft, 207 helicopters, 3,114 unmanned aerial vehicles, 404 surface-to-air missile systems, 7,852 tanks and other armored combat vehicles, 1,017 multiple rocket launchers, 4,082 field artillery guns and mortars, and 8,363 pieces of special military vehicles have been destroyed since the start of the special military operation.