Day 623 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Ukrainian Armor and Brigades Transferred to the Left Bank of the Dnieper

Day 623 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

• Slovakia has suspended state arms aid to Ukraine "so that the warehouses are not emptied"
• Zelensky: There will be tens of millions of refugees in NATO countries if Russia defeats Ukraine
• The EC recommends starting negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova for EU membership
• A pro-Russian MP of the LPR was killed in a car bomb explosion
• The Ukrainian Armed Forces transferred armored vehicles to the left bank of the Dnieper
• G-7 with firm support for Ukraine against the Russian invasion
• The US is preparing to use blocked Russian assets for Ukraine
• Russia has declared the judge who ordered Putin's arrest as wanted

Slovakia has suspended state arms aid to Ukraine "so that the warehouses are not emptied"

The new Slovak government rejected a draft of the previous cabinet for state arms aid to Ukraine worth just over 40 million euros. According to Prime Minister Robert Fico, who said in his campaign that he would not send a single cartridge to the Ukrainian front, the support was unanimous from the three governing parties.

This time it is about 140 KUB missiles for anti-aircraft systems, over 5 thousand 125 mm caliber shells, 4 million 7.62 mm cartridges, eight heavy mortars and 1200 mines.

Peter Pellegrini, a former party mate of Fico and leader of HLAS (one of the three parties in the coalition), commented that the aim was not to empty the warehouses of the Slovak army, not to stop all aid. The cabinet discussed sending demining...