Belgium is purchasing fifteen Gepard mobile air defense guns to provide to Ukraine, according to reports from the Belgian newspaper L’Echo. These tanks are intended to help the Ukrainian military intercept and shoot down Russian drones.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed satisfaction with the progress of a 90 billion euro EU support package for Ukraine after Hungary lifted its blockade. Zelensky stated that the development sends the right signal under the current circumstances.
A man approximately 25 years old robbed a store on Breestraat in Beverwijk on Wednesday afternoon, resulting in one person being injured. Police are currently searching for the suspect who fled the scene following the incident.
Lufthansa is cancelling 20,000 short-haul flights through October to mitigate rising fuel costs. The German airline reports that aviation fuel prices have doubled since the start of the conflict in Iran.
Former Moldovan MP and businessman Vladimir Plahotniuc was sentenced to 19 years in prison on Wednesday for his role in a massive bank fraud scheme. He was found guilty of stealing over 850 million euros from the Moldovan banking sector alongside several accomplices.
YouTuber RouandYT has expressed outrage after Dutch justice authorities linked his channel to a fatal double shooting that occurred in Amsterdam on New Year's Day. Investigators claim the 25-year-old suspect, Efe Y., received a phone call from the YouTuber shortly before the attack on two Syrian victims.