Jens Stoltenberg in Kyiv has assured Ukraine of NATO’s further support, and Zelenskyy requested weapons. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, who arrived in Ukraine for the first time since the beginning of the war, visited the town of Bucha on the outskirts of the capital. “NATO will continue ... #JensStoltenberg #NATOUkraine #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The supply of ammunition is being hampered by the dispute between Poland and France. In particular, the ambassadors of France and Poland could not resolve a dispute over who should receive joint EU contracts to purchase ammunition for Ukraine, reported Politico. Although EU leaders re... #AmmunitionForUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Brazil refuses to sell arms to Ukraine, hoping for peace talks. Ukraine wants to buy weapons from Brazil, but the Latin American country’s authorities refuse to sell and insist on peace negotiations. As the NYT writes, Brazil refused to transfer unused anti-... #ArmsOfBrazil #LulaDaSilva #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The Pentagon believes in significant progress toward a Ukrainian counteroffensive. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin believes that in the spring Ukraine will have a good opportunity to succeed with a new counteroffensive, taking advantage of the Russian army’s exhaustion and new mil... #LloydAustin #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
Europe believes in a non-military path to Ukraine’s victory through prospects for EU membership. The President of Serbia, Aleksandr Vucic, believes it will be almost impossible for Ukraine to defeat Russia in a military capacity. Therefore, he thinks Ukraine’s optimal path is through gaining mome... #AleksandrVucic #AssociationwithEU #UrmasReinsalu #WarinUkraine
NATO says Ukraine already has enough weapons for a counteroffensive, but analysts disagree. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg made a corresponding statement, stressing the continuing need for tanks, combat vehicles, and fighter-bomber jets. However, as Newsweek writes, the success of t... #JensStoltenberg #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukrainian intelligence has summarized the results of the latest Russian offensive. According to the deputy head of intelligence, Vadym Skibitskyi, Russian troops are unable to simultaneously attack in several directions. “And the general bravado of the enemy’s army is more bas... #RussianOffensive #VadymSkibitsky #WarinUkraine
The Czech Republic has given all its available weapons to Ukraine and predicts a decrease in support next year. According to Czech President Petr Pavel, Prague has only a few options left for further military support for Kyiv. He claims that the Czech Republic has already sent all the weapons it could to Ukrain... #CzechMilitaryAid #PetrPavel #WarinUkraine
Ukraine will win the war, believe 97% of Ukrainians. According to a survey by the International Republican Institute (IRI), 91% of Ukrainians support the performance of President Zelenskyy, 97% believe they will win the war against Russia, and 74% belie... #SociologicalSurvey #UkrainiansSupportNATO #WarinUkraine
Scholz is preparing the world community for a long recovery after the end of the war. According to German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, there will be no quick end to the war that the Russian Federation started against Ukraine. Therefore, he urged the international community to be prepared be... #OlafScholz #UkraineRecovery #WarinUkraine
Russia cannot capture Bakhmut in the Donetsk region or facilities in the Zaporizhzhia region. The Russian occupying forces cannot complete the operation to capture the city of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region, said Serhiy Cherevaty, the spokesman for the Eastern Group of the Armed Forces of Ukrai... #DefenseOfBakhmut #WarinUkraine
Russia has reduced its offensive pace and is preparing for a defense in Crimea. The overall speed of Russian operations on the front in Ukraine has decreased compared to previous weeks, the ISW reported. According to Oleksiy Dmytrashkivskyi, the spokesman for the Defense Forces o... #RussianOffensive #RussianTroops #WarinUkraine
Washington is in a hurry to prepare Kyiv for a spring counteroffensive. According to Politico, on Wednesday after the meeting of the multilateral national contact group on the defense of Ukraine, Defense Minister Lloyd Austin said that “Ukraine cannot waste timeR... #LloydAustin #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
The two highest-polling potential GOP nominees mean bad news for Ukraine. Russia might be bogged down in its vicious onslaught on Ukraine, but President Vladimir Putin is winning in the Republican presidential primary, reported CNN. The two highest-polling potential GOP no... #DonaldTrump #RonDeSantis #USelections #WarinUkraine
The Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces explains that the operation in Bakhmut is crucial to the stability of the entire front’s defense. Valery Zaluzhnyi said that the defense of Bakhmut in the Donetsk region is strategically important for containing the Russian Federation. Therefore, despite the statement of Western analysts about the... #DefenseOfBakhmut #ValeryZaluzhny #WarinUkraine
Russian media believes that the attachment of Russian troops to offensive operations in Bakhmut increases Ukraine’s offensive capabilities. According to the Russian military bloggers, Ukrainian forces will prioritize attacking Berdyansk-Melitopol in the Zaporizhzhia region or Mariupol-Volnovakha in the Donetsk region in the south. Some ex... #DefenseOfBakhmut #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
The US and Ukraine are losing unity on issues of war. After a year of full-scale war, Washington and Kyiv are increasingly at odds over the war’s goals and how and when the conflict will end, reported Politico. First, the US worries that Ukraine is wasti... #UkraineandUS #USsupportsUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukraine supports the liberation of Crimea, even at the cost of aid reduction. Most Ukrainians consider any territorial concessions to achieve peace unacceptable. According to a survey of KIIS, only 9% are generally ready for concessions, although 87% of Ukrainians are against i... #CrimeaLiberation #SociologicalSurvey #WarinUkraine
The EU has no more options for new sanctions against Russia. Therefore, the bloc should focus on financial and military support for Ukraine, EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell said in Stockholm. Over the past year, the EU has approved ten rounds of sanctions again... #JosepBorrell #SanctionsAgainstRussia #WarinUkraine
Despite their victorious claims, the Russian forces have not made any progress in Bakhmut. According to the ISW, despite Russian troops and units from the paramilitary Wagner Group launching continued ground attacks in the city, there is no evidence that they have made any progress. “... #DefenseOfBakhmut #WagnerGroup #WarinUkraine
The enemy launched 84 missiles, including six Kh-47M2 Kinzhal rockets, at Ukraine. During the nighttime missile strike, Ukrainian air defenses destroyed 34 cruise missiles out of 48 missiles of this type that were launched by the invaders. Among these missiles were the X-101, X-555,... #MissileAttackOnUkraine #UkraineENergySystem #WarinUkraine
EU proposes €1B in artillery ammunition, but Ukraine needs €4B. According to Ukraine Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov, Ukraine needs one million rounds of ammunition as soon as possible to deter Russian forces and launch a counteroffensive. Ukraine urgently needs... #AmmunitionForUkraine #OleksiyReznikov #WarinUkraine
The West has doubled the supply of weapons to Ukraine on the eve of a possible counteroffensive. Since December 9, 2022, the Pentagon has sent more than $8B in military aid to Ukraine. According to The Economist, this is 40% of all promised weapons to Ukraine since the start of a full-scale war. ... #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The war against Ukraine will destroy Russia’s economy, said IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva. “If you take our forecasts for the medium term, they mean that the Russian economy will shrink by at least 7%”, she clarified. In addition, the Russian economy will eventually suffer in the long... #KristalinaGeorgieva #RussianEconomy #WarinUkraine
Ukraine has asked the US for MK-20 cluster bombs for drone strikes. Ukraine expanded its request to the US for cluster munitions, which are banned in more than 120 countries, but not the US or Ukraine, due to the potential threat to civilians and indiscriminate collat... #ClusterBombs #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Reznikov will meet with EU Defense ministers in Stockholm on March 7-8 to discuss further help for Ukraine. According to the schedule, in the first meeting, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov will inform the EU ministers of the latest developments on the ground and the most critical priorities and ... #EUmilitaryAid #OleksiyReznikov #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Ukraine eyes an end to the fighting for Bakhmut and a window for its counteroffensive. The ISW believes that the Bakhmut defense remains strategically sound, as the Ukrainian Army continues to destroy Russian forces without suffering excessive casualties. In their opinion, the departure... #DefenseOfBakhmut #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
Russia is repairing their T-62 and BTR-50 tanks due to an armored vehicle shortage on the battlefield. According to British intelligence, the Russian army is recommissioning and deploying 60-year-old T-62 main battle tanks to compensate for their loss of armored vehicles. Since the summer of 2022, appr... #Russianweapons #T62 #WarinUkraine
Ukraine and its partners are working on an international compensatory mechanism for reparations. It should be based on an international agreement, with compensation paid utilizing sanctioned Russian assets, said PM Denys Shmyhal during the United for Justice conference in Lviv. According to him, ... #DenysShmyhal #ReparationsForUkraine #WarDamage #WarinUkraine
A new $400M US military aid package includes HIMARS missiles and ammunition. According to US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, the new military aid package includes more ammunition for US-provided HIMARS and howitzers and ammunition for Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, ar... #AnthonyBlinken #HimarsForUkraine #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
The G20 negotiations ended without a common position on the Russian war against Ukraine. The G20 foreign ministers ended their meeting in New Delhi without a consensus on the war in Ukraine because of their “differences of opinion,” Indian Foreign Minister Subrahmanyam Jaishan... #G20Summit #SubrahmanyamJaishankar #WarinUkraine
Ukrainians are convinced that Russia is running out of resources to continue the war. 67% of Ukrainians believe that Russia is exhausting its resources, and it is realistic for Ukraine to win, together with its partners, in the not-too-distant future, according to a survey by the Kyiv ... #SociologicalSurvey #WarinUkraine
The Pentagon will not predict the exact date for the war’s end. US Deputy Defense Minister Colin Kahl states that it is difficult to determine the future course of Russia’s war against Ukraine. The hostilities may end in a few months or three years. He notes that ... #ColinKahl #WarinUkraine
Russian casualties in Ukraine have exceeded its losses in all wars since WWII. The average number of Russian deaths in Ukraine each month was 25 times higher than the number of people killed per month during the Russian war in Chechnya and 35 times higher than in Afghanistan, sa... #RussianlossesWar #RussianTroops #WarinUkraine
The EU and the US criticize China’s peace plan as one-sided diplomacy. The EU has criticized China’s proposed action plan to settle the war in Ukraine. Beijing does not appear to distinguish between the aggressor from the victim, putting the parties on the same lev... #ChinaPeacePlan #JakeSullivan #JosepBorrell #WarinUkraine
The war has set Ukraine back 15 years in terms of poverty. As noted by the regional director of the World Bank, Arup Banerjee, the Russian Federation’s invasion into Ukraine is a tragedy with severe human and economic consequences. According to World Bank est... #ArupBanerjee #PovertyInUkraine #WarinUkraine
Crucial battles at the frontline will begin in April and last until the summer. The Russian offensive, which has been much discussed, is already underway, but the main battles, which will be decisive in the war’s outcome, will take place in April-May, said the head of Ukrainian i... #KyryloBudanov #WarinUkraine
The US has built a coalition of 50 countries to support Ukraine, but this has become a real challenge, Joe Biden said at a briefing in Kyiv. According to him, the war against Ukraine has become the largest ground-based armed conflict in the last three-quarters of a... #JoeBiden #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
The UK Prime minister: NATO should develop security guarantees for Ukraine by July. Rishi Sunak, on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, said that the NATO allies should complete work on a security guarantee for Ukraine before the alliance leaders meet at their summit in ... #MunichSecurityConference #NatoMembership #RishiSunak #WarinUkraine
Stoltenberg: Putin’s victory in the war against Ukraine is the greatest risk to the world. “Some worry that our support for Ukraine could lead to the risk of escalation. Let me be clear: there are no risk-free options here, but the biggest risk is if Putin wins,” NATO Secretary ... #JensStoltenberg #MunichSecurityConference #WarinUkraine
The European Parliament calls to provide Ukraine with fighter jets and all weapons without exception. On February 16, members of the European Parliament adopted a resolution in support of Ukraine before the anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion. They called on the international community to supp... #EuropeanParliament #FighterJetsToUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The situation in eastern Ukraine has worsened due to Putin’s order to occupy the entire Donbas by April. According to Andrii Yusov, a representative of Ukraine Intelligence, this explains the Russian military’s largest personnel losses since February 24. However, Yusov emphasized that the situation remai... #AndriyYusov #DefenseOfBakhmut #WarinUkraine
61% of Europeans believe Ukraine will win the war with the Russian Federation. According to a eupinions survey, Poles are the most confident in Ukraine’s victory, with 81% of its citizens. 55% of Germans and 51% of Italians believe in Ukrainian success. Moreover, 68% of responde... #SociologicalSurvey #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukrainian air defense shoots down Russian balloons flying over Kyiv. Objects seen floating in the sky over the region surrounding the Ukrainian capital were Russian military balloons, air defense spokesman Yuriy Ihnat said during an interview. The military said that a ... #RussianMilitaryBalloons #WarinUkraine #YuriyIgnat
The Pentagon and NATO promise to provide an opening for Ukraine to seize the initiative in the war. The US and other NATO countries plan not only to give Ukrainian troops advanced weapons but also to conduct the necessary training on their use and in combat operations. This will provide an opportuni... #LloydAustin #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
The defense of Bakhmut should create favorable conditions for a Ukrainian counteroffensive. Ukraine’s partners are concerned about Ukraine’s determination to keep Bakhmut in the Donetsk region. The ISW refers to the US leadership that believes Ukrainian forces cannot simultaneously def... #DefenseOfBakhmut #JohnKirby #UkraineCounteroffensive #WarinUkraine
The ninth Ramstein promises to provide support for the Ukrainian counteroffensive this spring. US Defense Minister Lloyd Austin said at the beginning of the Contact Group on the Defense of Ukraine meeting, being held in the Ramstein format, that the allied countries will help Ukraine launch a c... #LloydAustin #Ramsteinmeeting #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
The US is preparing a record $10B aid package for Ukraine. It is noted that the next package will include military aid, direct budget support, and new sanctions against Russia. According to WP, the war in the east of Ukraine has been going slowly in recent mo... #JoeBiden #USmilitaryairforUkraine #WarinUkraine
The head of the Munich conference calls for fighter jets for Ukraine. The head of the Munich Security Conference, Christoph Heusgen, said that Ukraine’s partner countries need to stop drawing “red lines” regarding the transfer of the military assistanc... #ChristophHeusgen #FighterJetsToUkraine #WarinUkraine
Here is what awaits Russia on the anniversary of the invasion of Ukraine. According to the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Dmytro Kuleba, more sanctions and a “clear signal” will be delivered to President Vladimir Putin and the Russian Federation before ... #DmytroKuleba #SanctionsAgainstRussia #WarinUkraine
