kyiv is impatiently awaiting help from Europe and the United States…

Definitely very talkative this Wednesday, Dmytro Kouleba also regrets the “confused” situation in the United States, where Congress has been unable for months to vote on a crucial aid package for kyiv in the face of the Russian invasion.

“Last night, I received from Washington a final report on possible scenarios, and some of them are worthy of thrillers,” declared Dmytro Kouleba. “Everything is very confusing, depends on many factors and can go right or left or straight,” he added

The head of Ukrainian diplomacy, Dmytro Kouleba, on Wednesday urged the European Union to quickly “increase” deliveries of artillery shells, kyiv having a great need for ammunition to counter Russian assaults.

The minister, who received the EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borell, notably asked the Twenty-Seven to “sign long-term contracts with Ukrainian defense companies”, “reorient existing contracts for the delivery of shells to Ukraine” and “increase imports of ammunition from third countries”.

The Ukrainian parliament voted this Wednesday at first reading in favor of a controversial bill on military mobilization to allow the army to replenish its ranks after two years of war with Russia, deputies announced.

A total of 243 elected officials voted in favor of this document against a required minimum of 226, several parliamentarians wrote on social networks. To be adopted, however, the text must still be the subject of parliamentary debates, proposed amendments and a vote on second reading, a procedure which can take weeks.

This “massive attack” by Russia comes during a visit by the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell. Present in kyiv since the day before, Josep Borrell had to take refuge in an air raid shelter, noted an AFP journalist.

At least five people were killed on Wednesday in Ukraine, including four in a residential building in the capital after a new “massive” air attack by Russia, during a visit by the head of European diplomacy Josep Borrell.

“Yet another massive attack against our state. Six regions were targeted by the enemy,” President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Telegram.

According to the Ukrainian army

Russian missile attacks in Ukraine killed a man in Mykolaiv (South) on Wednesday and injured at least six people in kyiv. Russia launched a cruise missile attack on Ukraine around 4 a.m., targeting kyiv and other areas, the air force said. The end of the attack was reported just before 7 a.m. Loud explosions were heard in kyiv by AFP journalists.

Mykolaiv Mayor Oleksandr Sienkevich said one man died from serious injuries after the attack which tore the roofs off 20 houses and damaged gas and water pipes in the port city.

kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko announced that six people were injured in the capital. Fires were raging in an 18-story residential building in the south of the city where three people were hospitalized, according to him.

This cut would follow an explosion, according to the city’s mayor. Two high-voltage lines were damaged on the eastern bank of the Dnieper River.

Joe Biden attacked Donald Trump head-on on Tuesday, whom he accused of “instrumentalizing” the Republican Party to block any reform of migration policy and any new aid to Ukraine.

The American president requested around 60 billion dollars for Ukraine, and 14 billion for Israel. He will only have them if the Senate, then the House of Representatives, which together make up Congress, vote in this direction.

American presenter Tucker Carlson, close to Donald Trump, struck a major blow on Tuesday by announcing that he would soon interview Vladimir Putin. “We are here to interview the president of Russia, Vladimir Putin,” the conservative star said from Moscow, in a video published on X.

Tucker Carlson is a controversial but very famous journalist in the United States, recently fired from the Fox News channel, very popular among conservatives. He has since hosted a show, rebroadcast on X. At the head of Tucker Carlson Tonight between 2016 and 2023, the fifty-year-old had become one of the most influential voices in conservative America, accused of popularizing conspiracy and racist theories.

The announcement of the interview caused a stir in the United States where many journalists discussed the fate of their American colleague from Wall Street Journal Evan Gershkovich and their Russian-American colleague from Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) Alsu Kurmasheva, both arrested in 2023 in Russia and detained since.

Hello everyone. On this Wednesday, February 7, the editorial staff of 20 minutes is once again mobilized to give you all the information on the conflict in Ukraine. Support for kyiv continues to ignite the United States. In the middle of the presidential campaign, the White House sees Donald Trump’s hand in blocking the American Congress from approving a new financial package for Ukraine.