BERLIN: Germany’s defense minister on Sunday announced Berlin would double its 2024 military aid for war-torn Ukraine, which is struggling to oust occupying Russian troops, to 8 billion euros ($8.5 billion). “This is a strong signal to Ukraine, showing we are not giving up on it” when international attention is focused on the Israel-Hamas war, Boris Pistorius told television channel.
KYIV: President Volodymyr Zelensky warned Ukrainians on Sunday to prepare for new waves of Russian attacks on infrastructure as winter approached and said troops were anticipating an onslaught in the eastern theater of the war. A military spokesman said Russian attacks on the shattered eastern town of Avdiivka had eased in the past day, but were likely to intensify in.
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia’s King Salman received a written message from Mali’s Interim President Col. Assimi Goita regarding relations between their two countries and ways to strengthen joint cooperation, the Saudi Press Agency reported on Saturday. The message was received by Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Faisal bin Farhan during a meeting with his Malian counterpart Abdoulaye Diop in Riyadh, where they.