FOCUS – The Russian army is preparing to launch a major offensive in the Donbass. To face it, the Ukrainians implore the West to deliver them weapons.
In Luxembourg, business ministers agreed on Monday to increase arms deliveries to Ukraine. “The security of Ukrainians can only be defended with weapons“, assured Annalena Baerbock, at the head of German diplomacy. In kyiv, Ursula von der Leyen had assured the Ukrainian president that the European Union would release 500 million euros in armaments, without specifying the content. While the Russian army will now “focushis efforts in the Donbass, in the east of the country, Volodymyr Zelensky implored the European Union:We need weapons that some of our partners in the European Union have».
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NATO has ameaningful support“, believing”better not to be too specific about the armaments that will be provided“. In Mariupol, the last Ukrainian port on the Sea of Azov, the soldiers of the 36e brigade of the Ukrainian navy warned:Today will probably be the last battle as our ammunition is running out. (…) It will be…