To make it even more difficult for Volodimir Zelenski’s negotiating power in view of new talks on Saudi Arabia next week, it seems that the Russians are seeking. Their troops seem to exploit in the field the interruption of the exchange of information on the US and Ukraine intelligence, launching a fierce attack on Kursk. There, the Russian military forces are fighting for the expulsion of the Ukrainians from last August, when Kiev forces conducted a sudden invasion of the border, occupying a strip of Russian territory.
“In all the directions of the front in Kursk, all units have launched a large -scale attack,” Lieuram Athti Alaundinov, a trivial unit fighting for Russia in Kursk, said via the Telegram. “The enemy leaves his positions,” he added. The pro -war blogger Two Majors said today that Russian troops began an attack on the shooter, a city about 9.5 kilometers from the border with Ukraine, and that the situation for Ukrainian troops is “approaching critical”. Lieutenant General Alaudinov said that Russian airborne brigades, rifle -based motorized battalions and Special Ahmat forces take part in “fierce battles” and “ours are promoted very well”.
Today, all day long, work continued in the city of Dobropillya, the Donetsk region, following a Russian strike. It was one of the most brutal attacks, a combined strike carefully planned to cause maximum damage. Missiles, along with Shahed drones, targeted the central part of the…
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Critical the exchange of information
The Trump government’s decision to suspend the provision of information to Ukraine has raised strong concern to the allies and Kiev as it is likely to determine the result in the battlefield. Ukraine’s European allies are rushing to fill the gap left by the Trump government’s decision to suspend the exchange of information with Kiev, but a move that has difficulty ,.
“I’m not sure that European countries can really cover this gap,” a European official said. “The interruption of information exchange is the most detrimental and hostile decision,” said Camille Grand, a former NATO secretary -general for investment in defense. “The cuts in the supply of weapons will take a few months to have a significant impact and can be partially mitigated by Europeans. If the interruption of information is not temporary, it will have consequences in the short term, “he added.
NATO allies are discussing how to manage the US withdrawal. According to Politico sources, NATO members are not prohibited from sharing some US information with Ukraine, although this may be done in a limited number, as allies do not want to endanger their relationship with Washington or each other.
NATO official stressed that the US has informed the allies that the US suspension of weapons and information displacement in Ukraine is a temporary measure until Washington has been seeing progress in talks on ending war.
Ukraine ‘fully committed’ to dialogue with US
Ukraine is “fully committed” to the constructive dialogue with the US delegation in Saudi Arabia next week and hopes to agree on the necessary decisions and steps, Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski said today.
“Ukraine seeks peace from the first second of this war. Realistic sentences are on the table. The key is to move quickly and effectively, “Zelenski said in a post on social media.
Today, a highly productive meeting took place in Kyiv between the diplomatic teams of Ukraine and the UK.
We discussed our joint steps that could bring us closer to peace and accelerate diplomatic efforts. I’m grateful for the support. Ukraine is determined to do everything to…
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“For our part, we are fully committed to constructive dialogue and hope to discuss and agree on the necessary decisions and steps,” he added.
Volodimir Zelenski said he would visit Saudi Arabia next week and after meeting with Prince successor Monday, Ukrainian diplomatic and military representatives will remain for a meeting on Tuesday with the US mission.
What attitude will Europe and Russia take?
By the time, the week seemed to be another one where all the pressure was exerted on Ukraine, giving Russia a little reason to limit its aggressive moods, he said. The suspension of US military and secret support is one of the biggest defeats for Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion of full scale and, at the same time, a huge enhancement of Russian potential. The deadly attacks that followed throughout Ukraine show that Moscow continues the war, without any sign of retreat.
Russia continues to insist that the initial objectives of the “Special Military Operation” must be achieved, by occupying more Ukrainian territories. At the same time, it has rejected every attempt by Ukraine supporters to relieve pressure on Kiev, either through a truce or with the development of peacekeeping power.
French President Emmanuel Macron’s statements this week that Trump’s America may no longer be “on our side” are like music in Vladimir Putin’s ears. It is now in a position where it can watch cracks in the western alliance, which has been trying to achieve for years, if not decades.
Others have suddenly realized that the defensive umbrella on World War II may no longer be there, and proposals for the security of Epirus arrive at an unprecedented pace for European data.
There is wide consensus that Europe must continue to support Ukraine. France and the United Kingdom propose a “alliance of willing” to get involved in the field, provided a peace agreement is reached.
Russia categorically rejects the idea, but Emmanuel Macron will convene the Tuesday meeting of Army Chiefs of Army to draw a plan.
At the same time, there are much larger questions about how Europe can be protected from what the Commission President, Ursula von der Layen, calls “clear and immediate threat”.
“We have to be ready” if the US is not there to help, Macron says. The EU is now discussing a multi -billion euro plan to boost Europe’s defense.
Friedrich Mertz, who is expected to take over German Chancellor, has put France and the United Kingdom expanding their nuclear deterrent power to cover all of Europe.
Macron appears positive in this scenario, although the French nuclear umbrella has its limits, with the final decisions being made in Paris.
And that is exactly the central issue of European defense:
Without the US, can European countries join forces and rely on each other?
For smaller states such as Lithuania, there is no other option.
But the debate has already begun and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk clearly states: “We will be safer if we have our own nuclear arsenal.”
