War in Ukraine: Zelenskyy calls on West to supply heavy weapons | DW News

The US promised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy hundreds of millions of dollars in new aid. The announcement came after US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv on Sunday.

Russia's Foreign Ministry says it has declared 40 employees of German diplomatic institutions in Russia "persona non grata." In a statement, the ministry said it had summoned Germany's ambassador in Moscow and handed him a note. The ministry said it was "a symmetrical response" to the German government's decision to expel 40 Russian diplomats from Germany on April 4.

Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has told DW that her country expects Germany to show strong leadership and deter Russian aggression. The comments come with the German government facing criticism over its reluctance to ban Russian oil and send heavy weapons such as tanks to Ukraine. "Our neighbors' problems today are our problems tomorrow," said Kallas. "If we don't help our neighbors when their house is on fire, the fire will also catch your house."

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[jackiebaron]

They can't even string a sentence together without a "uh" between each word.

[Mr.Isquierdo]

Look at all that money that's gone to war. Always money for that

[danielcervantes]

Yes us thanks for your help to Ukrainians don't be afraid of Russia God bless America

[suddenlysolo]

Give them the capability to hit targets inside Russia.

[borneandayak]

Russia said *"this is unfair, because the West make the war fair for Ukraine"*

[adam_shmadam]

I don’t think he messed up when he said “we” and quickly switched it to they idk maybe just me

[g.b.miller]

Defensive weapons are nice but offensive weapons are what's needed by Ukraine 🇺🇦

[mattblom]

This DW newscaster is my favourite. His facial expression seems to display compelling curiosity.

[RorySeanWainer]

Kaja Kallas is 100% correct ... our neighbour's problems today are our problems tomorrow

[shahjadafahim]

This joker will destroy himself and whole world 🤣🤣

[willw]

The USA and UK did not underestimate anything. The USA was the first country to give Ukraine weapons as far back as 2017.
Now that the Russians started the war, it is Ukraine's duty to win it, and the USA will continue to help Ukraine do that. It is very simple: Ukraine wins and Russia loses. The sooner Russia understands that it will lose then the better.
The sanctions against Russia will never be lifted as long as Putin is in power and Russian troops are on Ukrainian soil.

[Kitiwake]

Yeah, good move.
Who's going to have to pay for the weapons for the next 100 years do you think?

[madar]

Who is making money behind USD 700 Millions weapons

[simontemplar]

Sad to see Germany so weak and obviously compromised by our enemies. Germany has lost a huge amount of respect and leadership because of this.

[kemron]

Constantly comparing the US to Russia is really ridiculous. The US is a vastly bigger and more powerful country in every way. This is my observation from Canada.

[ericlindal]

And big profits for Defense Contractors and shareholders. I’m sure everyone in Office owns plenty of Raytheon and Lockheed stock.

[Reggaebeatman]

This is a good reporter, he is pressing some most interesting important questions, best i have so far heard on any news.

[aloh]

Germany.. Errr sorry we can't possibly spear any heavy equipment, to support Ukraine... We need it for ourselves...

But we still expects our allies to send equipment to Germany if we get invaded....

Talk about double standards 😂😂😂

[Erik-rphi]

Germany is venerable to Russia coercion from its total dependency on their oil and gas. Huge mistake that is hurting NATO security.

[psnaris]

Brilliant! Let them fight until they are all dead and let's where those weapons appear next.