10 April 2024 - Ukraine Special Weapons News

Odesa, Kharkiv Endure Deadly Strikes As Ukraine Hits Russia's Kursk Region RFE/RL 10 Apr 2024 -- A Russian missile attack on the Odesa region on April 10 killed four people, including one child, the regional governor said, after Russian troops resumed the shelling of Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, killing a teenager and wounding two others.

Russia Uses Pay, Perks To Promote Labor Migration To Occupied Areas In Ukraine RFE/RL 10 Apr 2024 -- Promising signing bonuses, plump salaries, and living expenses, the Russian state is encouraging Russian doctors, judges, police officers, social workers, engineers, and others to work in Russian-occupied parts of Ukraine in what critics call a systematic attempt to Russify regions from which many residents have fled or been forcibly transferred.
Comment by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova on yet another attack on Russian journalists by the Armed Forces of Ukraine Russia Ministry of Foreign Affairs 10 Apr 2024

Support to Ukraine Also Serves U.S. Interests, Wallander Tells Congress DoD News 10 Apr 2024 -- Ukraine is battling for its life as Russia continues its unprovoked war on the nation, and it is in U.S. international interests that Russia does not succeed, Celeste Wallander, the assistant secretary of defense for international security affairs, told the House Armed Services Committee today.
Top U.S. General Tells Congress Ukraine 'Cannot Sustain Fight Against Russia Alone' RFE/RL 10 Apr 2024 -- The top U.S. general in Europe has warned that Ukraine cannot sustain its fight against Russia alone as a major spending bill languishes in the House of Representatives, blocked by a small number of Republicans who believe domestic matters should take priority.

Deputy Secretary General: We will continue to build a bridge for Ukraine to join NATO NATO 10 Apr 2024 -- Speaking at the NATO Open Door Conference in Helsinki on Wednesday (10 April 2024), NATO Deputy Secretary General Mircea Geoană welcomed Ukraine's readiness to join NATO and said that "NATO's door remains open" and "no violence or intimidation can stop that."

Multi-agency Donor Coordination Platform for Ukraine meets in Kyiv, confirms unwavering support to Ukraine's recovery and reconstruction European Commission 10 Apr 2024 -- Today, the Steering Committee Members and Participants of the Multi-agency Donor Coordination Platform for Ukraine met for the first time in Kyiv, showcasing unwavering support for Ukraine and to continue efforts to help Ukraine meet its immediate and long-term financing needs.

Federal Council to support recovery in Ukraine with CHF 5 billion by 2036 Federal Council - Swiss Government 10 Apr 2024 -- Switzerland has been providing humanitarian aid and supporting the economic development and longer-term reconstruction of Ukraine since the war broke out in February 2022. This support builds on the existing cooperation with the country and is to be intensified over the next twelve years, as decided by the Federal Council at its meeting of 10 April 2024. It plans to allocate a total of CHF 5 billion to this end by 2036. As a first step, around CHF 1.5 billion is to be drawn from the international cooperation budget by 2028. This amount clearly demonstrates Switzerland's solidarity with the people affected by the war in Ukraine and will increase stability on the European continent.

War in Ukraine - The arms and military equipment Germany is sending to Ukraine Germany - Federal Government 10 Apr 2024 -- Germany provides support for Ukraine by supplying equipment and weapons, these come from supplies of the Federal Arms Forces and from deliveries from industry financed from the Federal Government's funds for security capacity building. An overview.
Federal Cabinet resolution - 15 measures for the reconstruction of Ukraine Germany - Federal Government 10 Apr 2024 -- The Federal Government aims to provide support for companies and other private-sector actors who wish to participate in the reconstruction of Ukraine. The Federal Cabinet has now adopted a key issues paper to this effect.

Foreign Minister Tsahkna at the meeting of Nordic and Baltic foreign ministers: The continued security of our region requires Ukraine's victory over Russia Estonia MFA 10 Apr 2024 -- Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna was in Gotland, Sweden, on 9 and 10 April to meet with his colleagues in the Nordic-Baltic cooperation format (NB8).

Unique Nordic-Baltic cooperation to support Ukraine's closer ties to the EU Government Offices of Sweden 10 Apr 2024 -- Minister for Foreign Affairs Tobias Billström is launching a high-level group that will provide expert support to Ukraine's Government during its EU accession process.

Landsbergis in Gotland: "Any scenario other than Ukraine's victory would seriously affect European security" Lithuania MFA 10 Apr 2024 -- On April 9-10, Lithuania's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gabrielius Landsbergis, participated in the Nordic-Baltic Eight (NB8) Foreign Ministers' meeting in Visby, Sweden.
Minister of National Defence L. Kasčiūnas met with President of Ukraine V.Zelenksyy in Kyiv Lithuania MND 10 Apr 2024 -- Minister of National Defence Laurynas Kasčiūnas is on a visit in Kyiv. He met with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy with whom he discussed the challenge's Ukraine was facing on the battlefield, in energy and economy sectors.
The President: We need to mobilize and rebuild Ukraine's transport and communications sector President of the Republic of Lithuania 10 Apr 2024 -- On Wednesday in Trakai, President Gitanas Nausėda addressed a High-Level Dialogue of the International Transport Forum (ITF), currently presided over by Lithuania, on support for Ukraine.

UK and Ukraine sign new defence pact UK MOD 10 Apr 2024 -- The UK and Ukraine sign a new defence agreement to encourage cooperation on defence and industrial issues.

Igor Girkin, Imprisoned Russian Nationalist, Plans To Join Troops Invading Ukraine RFE/RL 10 Apr 2024 -- Russian nationalist Igor Girkin (aka Strelkov), who was sentenced to four years in prison in January on a charge of making public calls for extremist activities, will apply to join Russian troops invading Ukraine, his lawyer told the RBK news agency on April 10.

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