The Russian invasion

Zelensky and Biden. Evan Vucci/AP  

 

The Russian invasion. The outside world's response  

Biden: We will not leave Ukraine in the lurch  

 

Joe Biden assures the world that US support for Ukraine stands firm, despite the fact that it was completely deleted from the provisional budget that was voted through yesterday to avoid a shutdown of the state apparatus. This is reported by AFP. 

 

- I want to assure our allies, the American people and the Ukrainian people that you can count on our support. We will not back down, he says at a press conference in the White House.  

 

The president hinted that he had made some kind of agreement on Ukraine with Republican Speaker Kevin McCarthy, but did not go into details, writes Reuters. 

 

Kyiv doesn't seem to worry. A shutdown in the US could have affected ongoing aid programs, but the short-term budget that has now been voted through does not affect the billion-dollar aid Washington has already promised, Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Oleh Nikolenko writes in social media according to Sky News.  

 

Saab CEO Micael Johansson. Archive image. Magnus Andersson/TT / TT 

 

News Agency The Russian Invasion|The Development of AI 

 

Saab's CEO: Nasty things must happen before AI is regulated The development of AI will make the future battlefield more dangerous and faster, says Saab CEO Micael Johansson to DI Digital. He calls for a new regulatory framework to deal with the rapid introduction of new technology. 

 

- Unfortunately, I am of the opinion that some nasty things have to happen, not only in the defense segment, before you get hold of the framework, he says to DI.  

 

Josep Borrell Efrem Lukatsky / AP  

 

The Russian invasion. The outside world's response  

The EU increases Ukraine support after the American stoppage  

 

The EU will increase aid to Ukraine after the US temporarily cut it in its new provisional budget, says EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell, according to Reuters.  

 

Ukraine is fighting relentlessly, and if the EU wants it to be successful, "we have to give them better weapons, and bigger ones," he says at a press conference in Kyiv after a meeting with the new Defense Minister Rustem Umerov.  

 

Borrell adds that he hopes member states can reach an agreement on increased support before the end of the year.

British soldier at a training camp for Ukrainians in England. Kin Cheung / AP  

 

The Russian Invasion|The Battles  

Expert: Very unlikely with Brits in Ukraine 

 

It is highly unlikely that the UK will send military instructors to Ukraine in wartime, says Sky News military analyst Sean Bell.  

 

- NATO is very clear about not having any training in Ukraine for fear of putting combatants on the ground, which would be a risk of escalation.  

 

In a high-profile interview with The Telegraph on Sunday, the new British defense secretary, Grant Shapps, opened up about sending British instructors. After a fierce reaction from Russia, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak came out and stated that there are no concrete such plans.

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