Lambrecht visits Ukraine
Defense Minister Lambrecht paid a surprise visit to Ukraine. It is his first trip to the country since the start of the war. In the port city of Odessa, Lambrecht was received by the Ukrainian Defense Minister Resnikov. The SPD politician announced the first delivery of the Iris-T ground air defense system for the next few days. It should be able to protect a medium-sized city from airstrikes. Germany initially wants to supply Ukraine with four of these air defense systems, each costing 140 million euros. Lambrecht said Ukraine is currently experiencing an astonishing number of air strikes. That is why it is so important that Germany supports the country even more in terms of air defense. | 01/10/2022 23:05
Keep fighting in Lyman
Fighting continues in the strategically important city of Lyman in eastern Ukraine. President Zelenskyy said in his daily video message that the Ukrainian flag is already in Lyman. The fighting there continued. The Russian Defense Ministry said its troops would be withdrawn from the city to avoid encirclement. A spokesman for the Ukrainian army had previously claimed that around 5,000 Russian soldiers had been surrounded in Lyman. The city is located in the Donetsk region, which Russia had announced it would annex. | 01/10/2022 23:05
Nord Stream 2: interrupted gas leak
Gas no longer escapes from the damaged Nord Stream 2 pipeline. As a spokesman for the operating company announced, the pressure in the line has now dropped to the same level as the water pressure in the Baltic Sea. This means that no more gas can escape. Federal Minister of the Interior Faeser announced in “Bild am Sonntag” that Denmark and Sweden would jointly investigate the damage to the Nord Stream 1 and 2 pipelines. According to Prime Minister Michel, the EU wants to discuss better infrastructure protection at a summit next week. | 01/10/2022 23:05
Latvia: ruling party leading the parliamentary elections
Overshadowed by concerns over the Russian war against Ukraine and rising energy costs, Latvia elected a new parliament. According to forecasts, a victory for Prime Minister Karins’s “New Unity” party is on the horizon. It can therefore count on more than 22 percent of the votes. A total of eight parties could enter the parliament of the EU and the NATO country. Latvia borders Russia. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a large part of the population fears that the Baltic country may also be attacked 01/10/2022 23:05
Demonstrations in Germany against Iran. regime
In Germany, thousands of people took to the streets against the Iranian government and discrimination against women. Police spoke of a total of nearly 5,000 demonstrators in Berlin, around 4,000 in Hamburg and nearly 3,000 in Frankfurt am Main. The trigger is the death of a young woman. She was arrested by the Iranian moral police for wearing the veil incorrectly, then she fell into a coma under mysterious circumstances and died. | 01/10/2022 23:05
Stacking A1
In a mass crash on the A1 near Elsdorf in the Rotenburg district, eleven cars collided. According to the police, 24 people were injured. A spokesman said the cause of the accident would have been pouring rain. The highway was completely closed for several hours. | 01/10/2022 23:05
Football: Bremen beat Gladbach
Werder Bremen celebrated a clear home victory in the Bundesliga in the evening. Bremen beat Borussia Mönchengladbach 5-1. He also played: Wolfsburg – Stuttgart 3: 2, Frankfurt – Union Berlin 2: 0, Cologne – Dortmund 3: 2, Freiburg – Mainz 2: 1 and Leipzig – Bochum 4: 0. Second Bundesliga results: St. Pauli – Heidenheim 0: 0, Kiel – Rostock 1: 1, Düsseldorf – Bielefeld 4: 1 and Sandhausen – Fürth 1: 1. | 01/10/2022 23:05
The weather in northern Germany
There will be regional rainfall between 12 and 8 degrees. Tomorrow many clouds, occasional showers or thunderstorms, but also clear between 15 and 18 degrees. Windy, stormy on the coasts. The further prospects: changeable Monday, isolated thunderstorms at 14-18 degrees. Lots of clouds and some showers on Tuesday, more friendly in Lower Saxony between 14 and 19 degrees. | 01/10/2022 23:05