A person performs violin on the sidelines of a spiritual service held by native residents in entrance of an house constructing within the Ukrainian metropolis of Dnipro on Sunday. The constructing was destroyed by a Russian missile strike on Jan. 14.

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A person performs violin on the sidelines of a spiritual service held by native residents in entrance of an house constructing within the Ukrainian metropolis of Dnipro on Sunday. The constructing was destroyed by a Russian missile strike on Jan. 14.

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Here’s a glance forward and a roundup of key developments from the previous week.

What to observe

Attention continues to be fastened on Germany because it weighs whether or not to ship Ukraine its Leopard 2 battle tanks. The nation has come below rising criticism for therefore far declining calls to ship its tanks. On Tuesday, the German protection minister is due for talks with NATO’s secretary-general in Berlin.

Meanwhile, Poland is raring to ship its Leopard tanks to Ukraine and is awaiting a response from Berlin, which wants to provide permission for different international locations to switch the German-made tanks. Germany’s overseas minister stated in an interview with French tv Sunday that Germany wouldn’t object.

Russia expelled Estonia’s ambassador and downgraded relations with the NATO-member Baltic state. The transfer got here after Estonia expelled Russian diplomats and supplied weapons to Ukraine. Estonia is predicted to observe swimsuit by expelling Russia’s ambassador.

What occurred final week

Ukrainians mourn the residents killed when a Russian missile struck an apartment building within the southeastern metropolis of Dnipro final week. It was one of many deadliest current assaults on civilians of the warfare, with greater than 40 folks useless and 80 wounded.

Russia claimed to take control of the jap Ukrainian city of Soledar final week, however Ukrainian and U.S. officials have disputed the declare.

Britain pledged to ship Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine final Tuesday, calling it the “most modern tank at Ukraine’s disposal.”

Ukrainian Interior Minister Denys Monastyrsky and over a dozen other people died final Wednesday when a helicopter crashed right into a kindergarten constructing in a suburb of Kyiv. One baby was killed and 11 youngsters had been amongst greater than two dozen injured.

The U.S. and different NATO international locations pledged to ship a huge package of heavy weapons to Ukraine. The U.S. half is price $2.5 billion. But Germany and the U.S. declined to deliver one factor Ukraine desires: tanks.

The White House stated the administration will designate the Wagner Group a major transnational criminal organization and impose stronger sanctions on the Russian non-public navy firm final Friday over its function within the Ukraine warfare.

In-depth

Ukraine reels from a devastating week.

A tradition of plunging in an icy river persists in Ukraine, regardless of the warfare.

The U.S. and different NATO international locations announce a massive weapons package for Ukraine.

Funerals start for dozens of individuals killed in an attack on a Dnipro apartment complex.

Amid the rubble in Dnipro, Ukraine, a frantic search grows increasingly desperate.

Russia is touting a uncommon navy victory, but Ukraine disputes that claim.

Special report

Russia’s warfare in Ukraine is altering the world: See its ripple effects in all corners of the globe.

Earlier developments

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