US intelligence warnings should be “taken seriously”
Specialist of Russia, Michel Eltchaninoff indicated this morning on BFMTV / RMC that the warnings of American intelligence were to “take seriously”.
Long before the start of the war, Washington had warned its Western partners of the imminence of a Russian invasion. Paris and Berlin remained skeptical of these statements.
As the threat grows of a full-scale Russian offensive six months into the war, “maybe the Russians will wait a few days… But you have to take this seriously,” said Michel Eltchaninoff.
British intelligence says Russian army lacks ammunition, soldiers and vehicles
In its daily update, the intelligence services of the British Ministry of Defense indicated that the Russian army, six months after the start of the offensive in Ukraine, was experiencing many difficulties.
“The offensive in the Donbass is making minimal progress, and the Russians are expecting a major Ukrainian counter-offensive. Russia is suffering from a lack of ammunition, vehicles and soldiers. many ranks of Moscow’s army, which is significantly degraded. Its diplomatic power has been diminished and the long-term economic prospects are unclear,” it read.
10 Downing Street decorated with blue and yellow flowers in honor of Ukraine’s Independence Day
10 Downing Street, the residence of the British Prime Minister, has been decorated with an installation of blue and yellow flowers in honor of Ukraine’s Independence Day.
“The UK will continue to support our Ukrainian friends now and in the future,” the prime minister’s Twitter account wrote.
Destroyed Russian tanks on display in kyiv for Ukraine’s Independence Day
This Wednesday marks six months since the Russian invasion of Ukraine and also coincides with the anniversary of the country’s independence in 1991.
To mark the anniversary, destroyed Russian tanks are displayed in downtown kyiv. They were recovered during fighting between the Ukrainian army and the Russian army in recent months.
On some, you can even see the name of the cities in which they were recovered.
The United States has begun sending additional military aid to Ukraine
The US Department of Defense released a series of photos showing servicemen loading ammunition packages destined for Ukraine onto planes at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst.
“Our military is working around the clock to ensure that the people of Ukraine have the equipment they need to defend their country,” added US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
The Ukrainian football championship resumed on Tuesday
On the eve of the six months of the Russian invasion, the Ukrainian football championship resumed on Tuesday with a match between Chakhtar Donetsk and Metalist Kharkiv.
A strong symbol for two cities hard hit by the conflict, the first being even today in the hands of Russian forces. In front of an empty stadium, the two teams separated in a 0-0 draw.
Erdogan calls Russia’s annexation of Crimea ‘illegal’
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday reiterated Turkey’s position that Ankara supports Ukraine’s territorial integrity and rejects Russia’s 2014 annexation of Crimea.
“The handover of Crimea to Ukraine is a requirement of international law,” he said.
“Turkey does not recognize the annexation of Crimea and has openly declared since day one that this move is illegitimate and illegal. This is a principled position that has not only legal but also moral foundations,” he said. he declared.
Berlin promises 500 million euros in additional weapons, partly in 2023
Germany will deliver new weapons worth around 500 million euros to Ukraine, part of which in 2023, a German government spokesman said on Tuesday.
Among the deliveries are notably three Iris-T air defense systems, “a dozen recovery tanks, 20 rocket launchers mounted on pick-ups”, as well as “precision ammunition and anti-drone devices”, a- he detailed.
In total, these deliveries will reach an amount of around 500 million euros, according to this spokesperson, specifying that a large part will be delivered in 2023.
Why the date of August 24 is particularly feared by kyiv
This Wednesday, August 24 is a doubly symbolic day, which greatly worries theUkraine. “Russia could strive to do something particularly disgusting, particularly cruel,” Volodymyr Zelensky said in his traditional address on Saturday.
“One of the key objectives of the enemy is to humiliate us”, to “sow despondency, fear and conflict”, but “we must be strong enough to resist any provocation” and “to make the occupiers pay for their terror”, added the Ukrainian president.
Why such fears? This day marks, first of all, the anniversary of Ukraine’s independence from the USSR in 1991. For thirty-one years, the country has been trying “to assert its autonomy from to Russia”, remarks to BFMTV.com Jérôme Pellistrandi, Defense consultant for our antenna. “This is a date already connoted in normal times,” he adds. But this August 24 also represents the six months of the beginning of the conflict with Russiaon February 24.
Washington will provide new military aid of about three billion dollars
The United States will announce roughly $3 billion in new military aid to Ukraine to mark its independence day and six months of conflict, a US official said on Tuesday.
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“The worst scenario is behind us”: the Ukrainian Minister of Defense wants to be reassuring
This Wednesday marks both the anniversary of Ukraine’s independence and the six months of the beginning of the war launched by Russia. Despite the stalemate in the conflict and the loss of thousands of soldiers, the Ukrainian Defense Minister, Oleksiy Reznikov, wants to be reassuring. “The worst-case scenario is behind us”, he said on CNNin an interview conducted on Tuesday.
“We are in a phase of stabilization of the whole battlefield,” he explains.
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