"Crimean Platform", a loud statement by Erdogan and sanctions against the Russian Federation: Main News for August 23

Representatives of about 60 countries and international organizations will take part in it: including NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg and Polish President Duda, who came to Kiev in the morning. For security reasons, the Ukrainian authorities did not publish the time of the event or an accurate list of its participants the day before. Slovakia will send 30 infantry fighting vehicles to Ukraine, the Minister of Defense Yaroslav Nady said.

According to the official, the transfer can take place in the next few weeks. Instead of the BMP sent to Ukraine, Slovakia will receive 15 LEOPARD 2A4 tanks with ammunition and spare parts. In the coming weeks, German authorities will put new Iris-T air defense systems to Ukraine. This was stated during the press conference by the Chairman of the German Foreign Ministry Annalen Berb. Iris-T is in service with 10 countries.

Magdalen Anderson, the head of Sweden Magdalen, has announced the preparation of the "additional comprehensive package" of assistance to Ukraine. "We need to guarantee the continuation of the coordinated reaction of the international community to stop Russian aggression and provide responsible for all those responsible for Russian aggression . . . My government will soon announce an additional comprehensive package the second summit of the Crimean platform.

Turkish President Erdogan has stated that Ukraine should be returned to Ukraine under international law. The Head of State stated that Ankara did not recognize the annexation of Crimea and considers this step illegal. As a sign of support and in honor of Ukraine's Independence Day, the United States will send an unscheduled military assistance package of $ 3 billion.

It is expected that the package will be announced on Wednesday, on the day when the war will reach a six -month mark, and Ukraine will celebrate its Independence Day. Canada continues to support Ukraine. The country imposes sanctions against 62 Russian individuals. The restrictions will also be imposed on the organization of the defense sector.

On Tuesday, August 23, the center of the temporarily occupied Donetsk was struck, a direct hit in the "administration" of the leader of the pro -Russian fighters "DNR" Denis Pushilin. The so -called "mayor" of Donetsk has declared the Kremlin media that the city has undergone such shelling in recent months, which have not been in the last 8 years. In Riga, the dismantling of the monument to the Soviet soldiers-liberators of Riga began in accordance with the decision of the authorities.

The demolition of the object was opposed by 50 demonstrators, some of them were detained by police. The Kremlin turned a farewell ceremony with Darya Dugina into a propaganda show, in the process of which guests demonstrated their allegiance to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin and threatened to destroy Ukraine. The chief ideologist of the "Russian world" Alexander Dugin reported that his daughter "died on the front", defending the allegedly ordinary Russians.