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Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky says investigators are examining several possible causes for Wednesday’s deadly helicopter crash near Kyiv in which the country’s interior minister and 13 others were killed. The deadly incident comes as Western countries are under pressure to deliver more weapons to Ukrainian forces battling Russia’s invasion, with the US and Germany at loggerheads over the supplying of tanks to Kyiv. Follow our live blog for the latest updates on the war in Ukraine. All times are Paris time (GMT+1).
8:40am: Zelensky says ‘several theories’ investigated after helicopter crash
Ukrainian investigators are exploring several hypotheses to explain the helicopter crash that killed the country’s interior minister and 13 others in a suburb of Kyiv on Wednesday, President Volodymyr Zelensky has said.
“The investigation is ongoing. There are several theories and I’m not authorised to talk about any of them until the investigation is finished,” Zelensky said in a video address to the World Economic Forum in Davos.
The Ukrainian leader said his country aimed to liberate all territories occupied by Russia, including the Crimean peninsula, as he called on his Western partners to provide him with more weaponry.
“Our objective is to liberate all of our territories,” he said, speaking in Ukrainian. “Crimea is our land, our territory, our sea, and our mountains. Give us your weapons and we will bring our land back.”
7:15am: US, German defence ministers meet amid differences over tanks for Ukraine
US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin will press Germany’s new Defence Minister Boris Pistorius to allow for the transfer of German-made tanks to Ukraine when they meet for talks later today – with the two countries still at loggerheads over the issue.
Germany will allow German-made tanks to be sent…
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