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The deployment led to Russia having a sizable troop buildup along the Russo-Ukrainian border by mid-April. [150] [151] [152] A Ukrainian estimate placed the deployment at approximately 40,000 Russian forces in occupied Crimea and the eastern portion of the Russo-Ukrainian border. The German government subsequently condemned the deployment as an ...
Germany recently pledged a third U.S.-made Patriot battery for Ukraine, but Kyiv officials say they are still facing an alarming shortfall of air defenses against the Russian onslaught. The Kremlin's forces have used their advantage in the skies to debilitate Ukraine's power grid, hoping to sap Ukrainian morale and disrupt its defense industry.
Trudeau was the first non-European leader to visit Ukraine during the invasion. [8] June 10, 2023 [9] February 24, 2024 [6] February 24, 2025 Trudeau opened a summit on peace and security, and pledged military and monetary aid to Ukraine. [10] Croatia Andrej Plenković: May 8, 2022 [11] March 31, 2023 [12] Czech Republic Petr Fiala: March 15 ...
In 1991, Germany opposed Ukrainian independence and the dissolution of the Soviet Union, according to archived German Foreign Ministry files released in 2022. [7] In November 1991, facing the imminent dissolution of the Soviet Union, German Chancellor Helmut Kohl offered Russia to "exert influence on the Ukrainian leadership" for it to join a proposed confederation with Russia. [7]
A backlash had been building in Germany ever since it took in more than a million people mostly fleeing war-torn countries such as Syria during the 2015/2016 migrant crisis, migration experts say.
This latest crisis follows years of aggression from Moscow toward Kyiv. In early 2014, Russian special forces stealthily invaded Ukraine’s strategically positioned Crimean Peninsula.
Ukraine seeks to bolster its defences as Russia aims strikes in cities
On 6 November 2023, several dozen owners of Polish transport companies blocked three major Poland–Ukraine border crossings to protest claimed unfair competition from Ukrainian transport companies. The protesters said so far during 2023, Ukrainian trucks had crossed the border about 900,000 times compared to about 180,000 times in previous years.