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Germany's Defence Minister Boris Pistorius says he believes the EU member will manage to send a first battalion of tanks to war-torn Ukraine by April. "I think we could deliver at least one battalion in the first four months of this year. Three months maybe. And then we have to proceed as fast as possible of course," he tells reporters while on a visit to Warsaw. SOUNDBITE
President Joe Biden has authorized the United States to impose sanctions on the Russian Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline project in retaliation for Moscow's military pressure against Ukraine, State Department spokesperson Ned Price says at a briefing. "We have now taken complementary actions, using our own authorities to ensure that Nord Stream 2 is off the table, just as we said it would be," Price says. SOUNDBITE
The United States is confident Germany will not open the Nord Stream 2 pipeline with Russia if Moscow invades Ukraine, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland says at a State Department briefing. "If Russia invades Ukraine, one way or another, Nord Stream 2 will not move forward," Nuland, the State Department's number three official, tells reporters. SOUNDBITE
Welcome to the Normandy Military Museum in Catz, France. The museum opened three years ago and is going bankrupt, so all the old military gear is up for sale.
Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin promises that the "United States will not let Ukraine fail" at the opening of a meeting of Ukraine's international supporters in Germany, even as further aid remains stalled in Congress and Kyiv's forces face shortages of munitions. SOUNDBITE
Hundreds gather outside the Russian embassy in Berlin to protest against Russia's invasion in Ukraine on the last day of a presidential election guaranteed to see Vladimir Putin win another six-year term. IMAGES
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