Armored vehicles Mastiff, Kramatorsk and Austria: highlights for April 8

WAR

1. The Czech Republic supplied Ukraine with tanks, multiple rocket launchers, howitzers and infantry fighting vehicles to fight the Russian invasion.

2. Britain will send the armored car "Mastiff" to Ukraine.

3. US Army General Mark Milley, head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the United States and its allies have delivered 60,000 anti-tank systems to Ukraine.

4. Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Geger announced the provision of the S-300 air defense system, which was in service with his country, to Ukraine.

Key: U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Russian President Vladimir Putin "probably gave up" on trying to take over Kiev as the Russian Federation shifted its focus to eastern and southern Ukraine.

SANCTIONS

1. Montenegro on Friday imposed sanctions against Russia because of the military invasion of Ukraine.

2. About 30 billion euros of assets of Russian and Belarusian oligarchs and organizations have been frozen by EU member states due to Russia's war against Ukraine.

3. New UK sanctions were directed against the daughters of Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

4. The EU approved the fifth package of sanctions against the Russian Federation: the embargo on coal will take effect from August

The main thing: The head of the European Council, Charles Michel, after the Russian strike on Kramatorsk, announced the need for greater sanctions against Russia and more weapons for Ukraine.

POLITICS

1. The expulsion by European diplomats of hundreds of employees of Russian embassies can temporarily, if not permanently, seriously disrupt the work of Russian intelligence.

2. The head of European diplomacy, Josep Borrell, condemned the Russian missile attack on the railway station in Kramatorsk, which claimed dozens of lives.

3. US President Joe Biden has vowed to work with responsible governments around the world to hold Russia accountable for the atrocities committed in Ukraine.

4. Lithuania calls on states to call Russia's war crimes in Ukraine genocide.

Highlights : European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, EU High Representative Josep Borrell and Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Geger visited Bucha, where hundreds of civilians were killed.

SOLIDARITY

1. Austria has lifted all restrictions for Ukrainian carriers and now all cargo transportation through the country can be carried out without any permits.

2. Several dozen activists held a rally near the Russian embassy in London, having come there with things that are often seen among the "trophies" of the Russian military looted in the homes of civilians.

3. Ukrainians who seek protection in Sweden should work as quickly as possible.

4. The Government of Canada has submitted a new budget for 2022-23 to Parliament, which provides funding for the purchase of weapons and new loans for Ukraine.

The main thing: The EU proposed to allocate another 500 million euros in military support to Ukraine.