Day 627 of the Invasion of Ukraine: Do the Ukrainians have Enough Energy Resources to Get Through the Winter?

Day 627 of the invasion of Ukraine. Summary of key events in the last 24 hours:

• Germany is about to double its military aid to Ukraine to 8 billion euros
• Ukraine has enough energy resources to get through the winter
• Ukrainian President Zelensky honored the memory of those who died in Kherson, thanked Poland
• Russia bombed a library in Kherson

Germany is about to double its military aid to Ukraine to 8 billion euros

The governing coalition in Germany has decided to double the country's military aid to Ukraine for the next year 2024, so that it reaches 8 billion euros, Bloomberg reported.

Bloomberg, in turn, cited unnamed knowledgeable sources.

If this amount is approved by parliament, in which Chancellor Olaf Scholz's ruling coalition has a majority, then Germany's defense spending would exceed the two percent of gross domestic product (GDP) required by NATO.

MPs from Chancellor Scholz's Social Democratic Party of Germany, the Free Democratic Party and the Greens reached an agreement this week on the proposed federal budget for 2024.

For the moment, there is no comment on the subject from the Ministry of Defense of Germany, headed by Boris Pistorius.

Ukraine has enough energy resources to get through the winter

Ukraine has enough energy resources to get through the winter, Ukrainian Energy Minister German Galushchenko said, Reuters reported. However, he warned that Russian attacks could damage electricity supply networks.

"We have enough energy resources, in this respect we feel calm. The question is how much future attacks can affect supplies,...