Ukraine fights off fresh assault on Bakhmut; Olaf Scholz says western-supplied weapons will not be used to attack Russian territory
Ukrainian soldiers fire an anti-aircraft gun near Bakhmut. Kyiv says its forces have repelled a fresh Russian assault on the embattled eastern city.Ukrainian soldiers fire an anti-aircraft gun near Bakhmut. Kyiv says its forces have repelled a fresh Russian assault on the embattled eastern city.Ukraine announced it had fought off a fresh Russian assault on the embattled eastern city of Bakhmut
“There is a consensus on this point,” Scholz told Bild am Sonntag. Scholz rejected Vladimir Putin’s comparison of the intervention of the west with Russia’s struggle during the second world war as “absurd”. “We have carefully weighed each delivery of weapons, in close coordination with our allies, starting with America,” he said, adding that such a consensus-based approach “avoids an escalation”., the prime minister, António Costa, said.
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