2023-07-01 12:46:57
► The head of the Ukrainian army calls for more weapons
The Ukrainian army is limited in its counter-offensive by a lack of armament, in particular combat planes, estimates its commander-in-chief Valery Zalouzhny in an interview published Friday by the Washington Post. ” It annoys me “he says about Westerners who complain about kyiv’s slow progress against the Russians, when he would like them to deliver weapons to them more quickly.
To compete with Russian air power, Ukraine needs the promised F-16 fighter jets as soon as possible, insists the general-in-chief. “We don’t need 120 planes. I’m not going to threaten the entire planet. A small number will be enough., he said again in the columns of the American daily. He also complains of a lack of artillery in the face of the deluge of Russian fire.
If Valery Zaloujny says he is in permanent contact with his Western partners, like the American Chief of Staff Mark Milley, it is not they who make the decisions, he regrets.
► Volodymyr Zelensky accuse ” some “ western countries to drag their feet
The Ukrainian president on Saturday accused ” some “ Western partners to drag their feet on plans to train Ukrainian pilots to fly combat aircraft.
“Do they have any idea when Ukraine will be able to get F-16s? »Volodymyr Zelensky told reporters alongside Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez, referring to the West. “There is no training mission schedule. I think some partners are dragging their feet. Why do they do it? I do not know. »
► Pedro Sanchez in kyiv, on the first day of the Spanish EU Presidency
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced that he had arrived in kyiv on Saturday morning to meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on the first day of his country’s rotating presidency of the European Union. “Already in kyiv. I wanted the first act of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union to be in Ukraine” with Volodymyr Zelensky, wrote Pedro Sanchez on his Twitter account, saying that he would transmit “all the solidarity of Europe”.
“We will continue to help the Ukrainian people until peace returns to Europe”, added Pedro Sanchez. He had announced the visit on Thursday during the EU summit, explaining that his aim was to show “unwavering support” of the EU in Kyiv in its fight against the Russian invasion.
Ya en Kyiv.
I wanted the first act of the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the EU to be in Ukraine together with @ZelenskyyUa.
I will transfer to your Government and Parliament all the European solidarity.
We will maintain our support for the Ukrainian people until peace returns to Europe. pic.twitter.com/bPcvnYxNZZ
— Pedro Sánchez (@sanchezcastejon) July 1, 2023
► The head of the CIA would have gone secretly to kyiv
CIA Director William Burns recently visited Ukraine where he met with intelligence officials and President Volodymyr Zelensky, a US official confirmed to AFP on Friday. This trip, which had not been made public until then, took place as Ukrainian forces continued their counter-offensive launched in June in the east and south of the country against Russian forces.
According to the American daily The Washington Postthe first to report on the trip, Ukrainian leaders presented plans to retake territories occupied by Russian forces and begin ceasefire negotiations by the end of the year.
The trip took place before the 24-hour rebellion led on June 24 by the boss of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigojine. Most major American media reported on Friday that Williams Burns had telephoned Russian Foreign Intelligence (SVR) boss Sergei Naryshkin after the rebellion to assure him that the United States was not involved.
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