after leaving the vice presidency in 2017. by the says he's cooperating with the investigation in which there's been no let up in the fighting to control the eastern ukrainian town of solar r. t of says its troops are holding on in the face of a heavy rushing bombardment conference. so it are, is considered a spring board for in circling the nearby city of buck mood, which russia has been trying to capture for months. the europe's largest known to positive rare earth elements has been found near the swedish mining city of corona, mining company in charge said the newly discovered per year deposit contains more than a 1000000 tons of the minerals. their essential for many technologies considered vital to the green transition. europe currently relies heavily on chinese imports of rare earth says dw news from berlin. you can find much more on our website. that's d, w dot com aah! time and again, the west has vowed to support ukraine for as long as it takes and to do everything and its power to help it fend off rushes attacks. but since the war started, everything has proven to be a rather fluid concept for germany. it started with $5000.00 helmets, 11 months later, berlin is providing infantry fighting vehicles and air defense systems. but so far, germany's everything does not include battle tanks, poland, the nato country, wedged between hesitant germany and war torn ukraine has now offered to provide key with german made lepper to tanks. but only if others do so too. while germany has left pondering its options, poland wants to get things moving, and that's no wonder, really ukraine's neighbor fears it may otherwise be. next on putin's list.