US Readies New Military Aid To Ukraine, NATO Chief Warns Against Putin Win, Germany s Tank Condition

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said Western supplies of weapons must outpace Russia s attacks. Speaking at the WEF in Davos, the Ukrainian President also alleged that the Kyiv helicopter crash was not an accident. Ukrainian military expert Petro Chernyk claims that Russia’s Wagner group has lost some 40,000 troops in the war. The Russian police detained four people at an improvised memorial for Dnipro attack victims, the OVDInfo rights group said. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has reportedly told his US counterpart Joe Biden that Berlin is ready to send leopard tanks to Ukraine. The US is set to finalise a huge military aid package for Ukraine totaling approximately 2.5 billion worth of weaponry. NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg said that Ukraine needs a significant increase in weapons at a pivotal moment in the war. Russia s envoy to the US has claimed that Moscow will destroy any weapon that the West sends to Ukraine.