Diplomats from dozens of countries gather in Germany for US-initiated talks to discuss the “critical” phase of the war in Ukraine. ”
Russian Foreign Minister blames NATO in waging an indirect war by providing military assistance to Kyiv. The statement came amid a meeting of representatives of 40 countries in Germany to discuss military aid to Ukraine . At the same time, for the next few weeks, a US general called “very critical,” according to The Guardian. . The statement, according to Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba, shows that Moscow has lost “the last hope to scare the world away from supporting Ukraine.”
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Western officials have been concerned about Moscow's growing attention to its nuclear arsenal as Ukraine's military forces falter due to fierce resistance and its own logistical and technological mistakes.
Heavy weapons (howitzers, drones, maybe ammunition) provided for defense
The talks, organized in Germany by US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, include representatives of more than 40 countries, including NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg. Rammstein Air Force Base southwest of Frankfurt was chosen for the meeting.
General Mark Millie, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the key goal of the talks was to coordinate increased security assistance to Kyiv, including heavy weapons such as howitzers, as well as drones and ammunition.
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” The next few weeks will be very, very important, “Millie said. “They need constant support to succeed on the battlefield. And that is really the goal of this conference. “
Speaking after his trip to Ukraine, Austin said: “They [Ukraine] can win if they have the right equipment, the right support.”
Moscow is deploying ground forces from several directions. But units of the Russian Federation are exhausted, losses are 30%
U.S. officials have spoken out on condition of anonymity, saying Russia will now rely heavily on artillery strikes to strike at Ukrainian positions as Moscow deploys ground forces from several directions to try to surround and destroy much of the Armed Forces. Ukraine's forces.
But the United States also estimates that many Russian units are depleted, and some are operating at a loss of 30%, a level that the US military considers too high to continue hostilities. p>
Killed 15 thousand soldiers, seized 2 thousand units of equipment of the Russian Federation
Britain's Defense Secretary Ben Wallace told parliament on Monday that about 15,000 Russian servicemen had been killed since the February 24 invasion; 2,000 units of Russian armored vehicles were destroyed or seized, including 530 tanks; more than 60 Russian helicopters and fighters were lost.
Ukraine's foreign minister on Monday called on UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres to put pressure on Russia to evacuate the besieged port of Mariupol and criticized his decision to visit Moscow before leaving for Kyiv. p>
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Guterres “should focus primarily on one issue: the evacuation of Mariupol,” Kuleb said of the city, where about 100,000 people were trapped and Ukrainian fighters hiding in a metallurgical plant resisting Russian forces. “It simply came to our notice then. And if he [Guterres] demonstrates political will, character and principle, I hope this will allow us to take another step forward. “
Incomplete control over Mariupol gives Russia a chance to declare the end of “denazification”.
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