THE ESSENTIAL
• Kyiv’s allies will meet in Germany this Friday to coordinate their military aid to Ukraine. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky expects “strong decisions” and new arms deliveries to combat the Russian army. read the article
• On Thursday, the United States announced a new round of military aid totaling $2.5 billion, notably sending 59 Bradley armored vehicles but no Abrams heavy tanks. read the article
• Ukrainian security services said on Friday that they had arrested “seven Russian agents”, suspected of spying, in the Dnipro region in the east of the country. read the abstract
Ukraine claims to have detained seven ‘Russian agents’ near Dnipro
The Ukrainian security services (SBU) claim to have arrested “seven Russian agents” in the Dnipro region of eastern Ukraine.
According to the SBU, “the detainees gave the Russians the coordinates of the critical infrastructure” in Ukraine and “gathered intelligence about (…) the movements of units of the (Kyiv) forces in the region” before communicating them to the russians. army.
His “possible participation in the attack on an apartment building in Dnipro on January 14”, in which at least 45 people, including six children, were killed, is “being verified”, the Ukrainian security services also indicated. According to the service, they had started “reconnaissance activities” as early as “October 2022”.
Russia says these deliveries will create ‘new problems’
The Kremlin said on Friday that the delivery of Western tanks to Ukraine “would not change anything” on the ground, ahead of a major meeting of Kyiv’s allies in Germany aimed at boosting military support.
“Such (tank) deliveries cannot fundamentally change anything, they will create new problems for Ukraine,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said, adding that Western countries maintained the “illusion” of a possible Ukrainian victory “on the battlefield “.
UK, Sweden and Denmark do the same
The United States is not alone in announcing new military aid for Ukraine. The UK has pledged to send an additional 600 Brimstone missiles, Denmark 19 French-made Caesar guns and Archer self-propelled guns from Sweden.
Systems that all have a range of several tens of kilometers, less than what the Ukrainians claim.
US promises new arms deliveries
On Thursday, a few hours before this meeting at the US base in Ramstein, Washington, he announced new military aid of 2.5 billion dollars, including 59 Bradley armored vehicles, which will be added to the 50 light armored vehicles of this type promised on 6 from January. , and 90 Stryker armored personnel carriers, according to the Pentagon.
The US Army will also deliver to Ukraine 53 mine-protection armored vehicles (MRAPs) and 350 M998 transport vehicles, the famous Humvee. This new delivery brings total US military aid to Ukraine to $26.7 billion since the start of the Russian invasion on February 24.
Volodymyr Zelensky thanked his American ally for this new “important help against the aggressor.”
Kyiv’s allies met at a military base in Germany
Hello everyone and welcome to this live dedicated to the situation in Ukraine. The conflict began 330 days ago on Friday. The day is marked by the meeting of kyiv’s allies in Ramstein, Germany.
The meeting in Germany is presented as crucial. Volodymyr Zelensky said he was waiting for “strong decisions”, such as sending heavy armored vehicles, to help his country in the crucial upcoming battles against Russia.
This meeting is the third in this format called “Ramstein” since the beginning of the conflict. Defense Ministers and senior military commanders from some fifty countries gather around the US Secretary of State for Defence, Lloyd Austin.
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Source: BFM TV
