Bombs over Belgorod, Russia. Two dead and six wounded mark the balance of the Ukrainian attack on the border. Explosions in Berdyansk, in the Zaporozhzhia region, occupied by the Moscow army. The war is spreading, but the counter-offensive has not yet begun. “It will be soon,” announced yesterday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. “We have twelve brigades ready, we are going to attack with at least sixty thousand men.” But the president fears that “a large number of soldiers will die” and that is why he has asked countries that support the West for more weapons. Long range missiles to cover advancing troops and fighters. The US pledged $37 billion in military aid to Ukraine, Britain £4.6 billion and Germany €4.2 billion.
Urged by the Wall Street Journal, Zelensky didn’t have the luxury of going into detail: “The counter-offensive will happen and in many ways too, but I can’t say when.” “I hope that any change in the US presidency will not change the helpline for Kiev,” he emphasized. The not-so-hidden reference is to Donald Trump, who announced that he wants to run again in the White House elections scheduled for 2024. “In twenty-four hours, Russians and Ukrainians would have stopped killing each other others. other,” he declared. In recent days, The Donald. The conflict could end very soon, but the raw material is missing: bullets. The Kiev army fires five thousand a day and the European allies are unable to produce them at that rate. Washington’s support therefore becomes strategic. The Kremlin’s shell forces, on the other hand, fire twenty thousand a day. But Russia, a nuclear power and economic giant, can now keep up with this high consumption of war material.
And in the meantime the bombs “invaded” and rained down on Belgorod, also injuring a thirteen-year-old boy and an eleven-year-old girl. If, on the one hand, James Kirby, head of the American National Security Council, reassures Kiev (“We are confident that we have satisfied Ukraine’s needs to launch the counteroffensive”), on the other hand, the US stresses how “the pro- The combatants Ukrainians who last week carried out a cross-border attack in Belgorod, used four tactical vehicles offered by the United States and Poland, two of which were captured by Russian forces; rifles supplied by Belgium and the Czech Republic, and an AT-4 anti-tank gun supplied to the US forces. Raising the issue of “non-compliant” use of NATO-supplied weapons and Kiev’s commitment to keeping them safe. Three of the ambush and mine protection aircraft brought to Russia were supplied by the US and the fourth by Poland .
Meanwhile, French President Emmanuel Macron presents himself as a “peacemaker”. According to Moscow, “Paris is a party to the conflict” and cannot act as a mediator. In any case, the Kremlin added: “President Vladimir Putin is open to any contact that leads to the achievement of Russia’s goals.” In Vilnius, Lithuania, the presidents of all the parliaments of the thirty countries of the Atlantic Alliance discussed “the support to Ukraine for the defense and reconstruction of the country”. With particular emphasis on the construction of civil infrastructure, in which Italy could play a leading role.
Source: IL Tempo
John Cameron is a journalist at The Nation View specializing in world news and current events, particularly in international politics and diplomacy. With expertise in international relations, he covers a range of topics including conflicts, politics and economic trends.
