The aid comes off the back of NATO's Washington summit, which produced numerous pledges of military aid for Ukraine. Berlin has now delivered eight more Leopard 1A5 main battle tanks to Ukraine in a joint initiative with Denmark, figures updated by the German government on Monday show.

Russian leader Vladimir Putin has raised sharply the one-time payment to Russian residents and foreigners for signing a contract with the Russian military ministry to be sent to war against Ukraine. The payment will increase to 400 thousand rubles (about $4.