“Germany on Tuesday night refused to join an international coalition in sending heavy weaponry to Ukraine as the country entered a new phase of the war against Russia,” The Telegraph reports.

“Chancellor Olaf Scholz said that while Germany was willing to give financial aid, he was not prepared to export tanks and armored personnel carriers to Kyiv.”

“Almost eight weeks after Vladimir Putin sent troops into Ukraine, with military losses mounting and Russia facing unprecedented international isolation, a small but growing number of senior Kremlin insiders are quietly questioning his decision to go to war,” Bloomberg reports.

“The ranks of the critics at the pinnacle of power remain ‘limited,’ spread across high-level posts in government and state-run business. They believe the invasion was a catastrophic mistake that will set the country back for years.”

“All spoke on condition of anonymity, too fearful of retribution to comment publicly. So far, these people see no chance the Russian president will change course and no prospect of any challenge to him at home. More and more reliant on a narrowing circle of hardline advisers, Putin has dismissed attempts by other officials to warn him of the crippling economic and political cost.”

“President Biden told reporters Tuesday that he doesn’t know if he will visit Ukraine as other NATO leaders make the trip in a show of support for President Volodymyr Zelesnky against Russia’s invasion,” the New York Post reports.