2024-09-15 13:03:29
10.15 p.m.: According to Ukraine, Russia will probably have to deal with recruitment problems from the middle of next year. In the summer of 2025, the government in Moscow will be faced with a dilemma, said Ukrainian spy chief Kyrylo Budanov at a conference in Kiev: “either declare mobilization or somehow reduce the intensity of hostilities.” This could ultimately be decisive for Russia. There is currently no statement from the government in Moscow.
21:43: The US says it wants to send Ukraine another “substantial” aid package. This should happen by the end of the month, said John Kirby, US government spokesman for national security, via video link at a conference in Kiev. The situation around the city of Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine is currently giving particular cause for concern.
8.15 p.m.: SPD parliamentary group leader Rolf Mützenich is proposing an international contact group to initiate a peace initiative in the Ukraine war. “In my view, it is now time for the Western allies to initiate a contact group to start a process,” Mützenich told the “Rheinische Post”.
“The Federal Chancellor and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Selenskyj agree that now is a good time to intensify efforts for peace talks and that Russia should also be present at the next peace summit.” This also opens up the opportunity for other countries to become more involved in ending the fighting. Read more about the proposal here.
19:24: The foreign ministers of the group of seven leading industrialized nations (G7) condemn the export of ballistic missiles by Iran and their acquisition by Russia. The government in Tehran must immediately “cease all support for Russia’s illegal and unjustified war against Ukraine,” it said in a statement. Such transfers of ballistic missiles, drones and related technology must be stopped. There is currently no statement from Russia or Iran. The G7 includes Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Great Britain and the USA.
18.35: German Chancellor Olaf Scholz accuses Russian President Vladimir Putin of jeopardizing Russia’s future by invading Ukraine. “The war is also extremely stupid from a Russian perspective,” he said at a citizens’ dialogue in Prenzlau, Brandenburg. Putin is inciting hundreds of thousands of Russian soldiers to serious injuries and death for his imperialist dreams and is destroying Russia’s economic relations with many countries around the world.