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Ukraine: NATO announces heavier weapons, Putin speaks of “positive dynamics” on the front
On Sunday, NATO said Ukraine could expect to receive “new heavy weapons from the West in the near future,” while Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke of “positive dynamics” for his frontline troops. In eastern Ukraine, the number of dead in the ruins of a building in Dnieper has reached 30. Dozens of people are still missing. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Sunday that Vladimir Putin overestimated the strength of his troops by invading Ukraine. He told Germany’s Handelsblatt newspaper: “We see their missteps, their lack of morale, their command problems, their poor equipment, as well as their ‘heavy losses.’ “It’s also important that we provide Ukraine with the weapons it needs to win,” he added earlier. “Recent pledges of heavy weapons have been significant — and I expect more in the near future,” he said. Western countries providing aid to Ukraine at the American base in Ramstein, Germany. Western countries have long been reluctant to deliver heavier weapons to Ukraine, fearing that they would be drawn into the war or provoke Russia. But earlier this month, France, Germany and the US finally pledged to send armored infantry or reconnaissance tanks – 40 German Marders, 50 American Bradleys and France’s AMX-10 RCs. – “On schedule” – Britain announced on Saturday that it will deliver 14 Challenger 2 tanks to Ukraine “in the coming weeks”, becoming the first country to supply Kiev with Western-made heavy tanks. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky thanked London for its “not only, but only” decisions. it will strengthen us on the battlefield and send the right signal to other partners.” It is set to deliver 14 German-designed Leopard 2 heavy tanks on Wednesday, subject to Berlin’s approval. While his army appears to be struggling against Western-backed Ukrainian forces, Vladimir Putin has assured that “everything is going according to plan”. In an interview with Russian state television on Sunday: “The dynamics are positive and everything is going according to the plans of the Ministry of Defense and the General Staff. I hope that our fighters will still please us several times with their military results”, he said after the question of the journalist of the channel “Rossia-1” about the “news from Soledar” claimed by the Russian army. Must Conquer Friday.- Dozens Missing – The capture of this small Ukrainian city was presented to Moscow as a success after several months of Russian failures, especially the retreat in the fall of the Kharkov region (northeast). Greater Kherson (southern) city faces Ukrainian counter-offensive. Moscow says the capture of Soledar is an important step towards encircling the neighboring city of Bakhmout, which the Russian army and the Wagner paramilitary group have been trying to capture for months. On Saturday, Pavlo Kirilenko, the governor of Donetsk Oblast (east), assured that Soledar was still “under the control of Ukraine” and that “fighting continues in the city and outside”. On Saturday and Sunday, a number of cities and facilities in Ukraine were bombed, including a residential building in Dnieper on Saturday: “Until now, the attack of the enemy has already killed 30 people. 30-40 people are still under the rubble,” Nataliya Babachenko, adviser to the head of the military administration of Dnepropetrovsk region, told national television on Sunday. According to the military, more than 70 people were injured, 10 of them seriously. In a video released by Ukrainian emergency services, rescuers It was reflected that they searched through the ruins of the building, which was divided into two at night, and were able to remove about forty survivors from there. People of Ukraine”. The spokesman of the National Security Council assured that they will “continue to provide Ukraine with everything it needs to defend itself.” – “Russian terrorism” – one person died and one person was injured in Kryvyi Rih in the south. According to the official report, the destruction of multi-apartment buildings on Saturday, and the destruction of Russian forces on Sunday. According to regional governor Yaroslav Yanushevich, the NT bombed Kherson heavily again, affecting infrastructure and Red Cross buildings and injuring seven people, including one seriously. Vladimir Zelensky condemned “Russian terrorism” and said, “The world must stop this evil.” The headquarters of the Ukrainian army said that on Saturday, in total, “the enemy launched three air strikes and about fifty rockets during the day.” On the other hand, the Russian Ministry of Defense said on Sunday that a day before, it had achieved its goal by launching “missile fire” at the “Ukrainian military command system and related energy infrastructures”. Ukrainian authorities. Neighboring Moldova claimed to have found rocket remains on its territory, near the village of Larga in the north. bur-mba/thm.
