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Shmyhal said this on the air of the national telethon, Ukrainian News Agency reports."We held very good talks with the German government, as well as with parliamentarians and leaders of the German political forces and said that Germany will increase the allocation for military aid to Ukraine next year. The Finance Minister has promised to increase this from EUR 690 million to more than EUR 2 billion," he said.The Prime Minister noted that the increase in aid was discussed with members of the Bundestag and directly with German Finance Minister Christian Lindner.As Ukrainian News Agency earlier reported, on October 11,...

A leading Ukrainian presidential aide claimed this morning that the explosion which damaged a key bridge in Crimea may have been ordered by one of Vladimir Putin's warring commanders. The 12 mile crossing over the Kerch strait links Crimea to the Russian mainland and is a major artery for Putin's forces that control most of southern Ukraine's Kherson region and for the Russian naval port of Sevastopol. It was damaged in an explosion early Saturday morning which saw chunks of the bridge fall into the sea and a large fire break out. The incident prompted gleeful messages from Ukrainian officials...