The Secretary General of NATO, visiting Kiev, and the Ukrainian president insisted on Monday on the need to deliver more Western weapons to Ukraine, Russian soldiers taking advantage of the failures of Western assistance to advance on the forehead.
“Significant delays in support have serious consequences on the battlefield,” admitted Jens Stoltenberg. “But it is not too late for Ukraine to win,” assured the NATO official, stressing that “more aid is on the way” and that new aid announcements are expected for ” Soon “.
Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, visited Kiev on Monday, London announced, marking the first visit by a member of the British royal family to the country since the Russian invasion.
According to the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office, she met survivors of sexual violence and torture, who shared their stories, as well as women displaced by the fighting and children deported to Russia before being returned to Russia. ‘Ukraine. She also paid tribute to the civilians executed in Boutcha, near kyiv, two years after the brief and bloody occupation of this city by the Russian army in spring 2022.
The Duchess also met with President Volodymyr Zelensky and his wife, Olena Zelenska, to discuss support for survivors of sexual violence.
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For kyiv, the situation is increasingly precarious vis-à-vis Russia. On Sunday, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, Oleksandr Syrsky, recognized that the situation on the front had “deteriorated”, the Russian troops, superior in number and weapons, having achieved “tactical successes” in several areas. Ukrainian military intelligence chief Kyrylo Budanov predicted last week that the situation would worsen around mid-May and early June, which will be a “difficult period” for Ukraine.