Closing summary
Hungary will block the disbursement of the next tranche of military aid to Ukraine under the European Peace Facility until Kyiv provides “guarantees” that OTP bank or other Hungarian firms will not be blacklisted as “international sponsors of war”, the country’s foreign minister said.
Russian shelling on Monday damaged a hospital and homes in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson, killing three people and injuring at least 12, local governor Oleksandr Prokudin said.
Germany’s aid for Ukraine will be “massively expanded” next year, the country’s foreign minister, Annalena Baerbock, has said. She said: “We will not only continue our support for Ukraine, we will continue to expand and increase it, especially on the part of the Federal Republic of Germany, not only with a view to the winter defence for the coming weeks and months, when it is clear that the Russian president will once again exploit the needs of the people in the cold winter. “Our support will also be massively expanded, especially for the coming year.”
At least three Russian officers were killed in the Moscow-controlled Ukrainian city of Melitopol in a blast Ukraine’s intelligence said was an “act of revenge” by local resistance groups.
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Ukraine’s defence minister, Rustem Umerov, has said he had a “productive call” with his Australian counterpart, Richard Marles, in which they discussed Ukraine’s needs for winter, including air defence systems, artillery and more ammunition.
Held a productive call with my 🇦🇺 colleague @RichardMarlesMP.
— Rustem Umerov (@rustem_umerov) November 13, 2023
We discussed Ukraine’s critical needs for winter, mainly air defence systems, artillery and more ammo.
We paid attention to another crucial point – anti-UAV systems.
Grateful to Australia for the constant…
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