France’s Foreign Ministry urged compatriots in Belarus to leave the country “immediately”. The war in Ukraine is heating up and soon they may not be able to get out. «Use cars, trains, buses because Minsk’s airspace is closed. Leave without delay by road through Lithuania, Poland and Latvia», advise the staff of the Quai d’Orsay. “Putin is not preparing for peace and is launching new offensives, so we must continue to provide Ukraine with what it needs to win,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on the eve of a meeting of allied defense ministers. . An opportunity, he added, to address Kiev’s urgent needs for logistics, ammunition, fuel and spare parts for military vehicles “which must arrive before Moscow takes action on the ground”. “I am absolutely confident that Italy will continue to be a strong supporter of NATO’s commitment to Ukraine”, underlined the Secretary General of NATO. Especially because “Italy understands, as well as the other allies, that it is also a question of our security”. Italy, recalled Stoltenberg, “provided significant support to Ukraine.”
The Secretary General also specified that he “positively welcomes” the cooperation between Italy and France to deliver the Samp-T air defense systems to Ukraine. NATO defense ministers will also discuss how to increase support for Bosnia-Herzegovina, Georgia and Moldova, “three valued NATO partners facing Russian threats”. Meanwhile, Ukraine yesterday disputed Moscow’s claim that the Red Army had captured the village of Krasna Hora, near Bakhmut. “It’s not true – said Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesman for the Kiev armed forces – There are battles going on, it’s under our control”.
The Russians conducted 85 attacks on Bakhmut and there were 33 clashes between the two armies. The Ministry of Defense assured that “the battle for Bakhmut continues”. While Germany does not intend to send military jets to Ukraine. German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock reiterated this in the evening. “There is no debate on this matter,” he said after meeting his Finnish counterpart, Pekka Olavi Haavisto. Meanwhile, NATO has already increased its military presence in Poland, Romania, Slovakia and other Eastern European countries to prevent an escalation of the conflict beyond Ukraine.
Source: IL Tempo
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