قبل از اعلام خبر، اگر کسب و کار دارید پیشنهاد میکنیم روی کلمه تبلیغات کسب و کار کلیک کنید تا بتوانید باعث دیده شدن کسب و کارتان بشوید،
به گفته ژنرال آمریکایی
ژنرال مارک میلی،رئیس ستاد مشترک ارتش آمریکا، گفته است که روسیه “از نظر استراتژیک، عملیاتی و تاکتیکی” شکست خورده است و آنها “بهای هنگفتی می پردازند”. میدان جنگ» در اوکراین.
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دولت بریتانیا اعلام کرد یک تبعه بریتانیایی در اوکراین درگذشت. هنوز هویت این فرد مشخص نیست اما به خانواده آنها اطلاع داده شده است. اعتقاد بر این است که آنها هشتمین تبعه بریتانیا که از زمان آغاز جنگ در اوکراین
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بر اساس گزارشها، نیروهای اوکراینی پلی را در نزدیکی شهر باخموت در شرق این کشور منفجر کردهاند، به این نشانه که احتمالاً قصد دارند از منطقه عقبنشینی کنند. اوکراین، علیرغم شش ماه درگیری شدید و کاهش ذخایر ذخایر، انکار می کند که قصد ترک باخموت را دارد. تصرف باخموت به روسیه در آستانه اولین سالگرد جنگ رونق نمادین قابل توجهی خواهد داد.
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یوگنی پریگوژین، رئیس گروه واگنر که مزدورانش ماهها برای تصرف شهر باخموت در شرق میجنگند، گفته است که نبرد هنوز به پایان نرسیده است. در یک پست تلگرامی، پریگوژین گفت اوکراین با 500 رزمنده جدید در روز تقویت می شد. باخموت فردا گرفته نمی شود، چون مقاومت و آسیاب زیاد است، چرخ گوشت کار می کند و در آینده نزدیک جشن نخواهیم گرفت.
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نیروهای روسی در یکی دو روز گذشته پیشرفت فزاینده ای در حمله به شهر باکموت اوکراین داشته اند، اما مشخص نیست که آیا سقوط خواهد کرد، کاخ سفید اعلام کرده است. گفت. جان کربی، سخنگوی شورای امنیت ملی ایالات متحده، افزود که اگر باخموت روس ها سقوط نمی کرد تأثیر استراتژیک بر جنگ کلی».
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نیروهای گروه واگنر تقریباً به طور قطع در سه روز گذشته در اطراف حومه شمالی باخموت به دستاوردهای کوچک دیگری دست یافته اند. /strong> از جمله به روستای کراسنا هورا، وزارت دفاع بریتانیا گفته است. با این حال، دفاع سازمان یافته اوکراین در این منطقه ادامه دارد و پیشروی تاکتیکی روسیه به سمت جنوب شهر احتمالاً پیشرفت کمی داشته است. /14/وزرای دفاع-جنگ-ناتو-روسیه-اوکراین-در-بروکسل-باخموت-under-heavy-fire-live-live?page=with:block-63eb2f988f08393915cbe5ef#block-63eb2f959ef158 آخرین اخبار بریتانیایی گزارش اضافه می کند.
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یک کارگر اوکراینی در روزهای اخیر در تلاش برای تعمیر شبکه برقکشته و بسیاری زخمی شده اند. حملات هوایی روسیه، طبق گفته وزیر انرژی آلمان گالوشچنکو. روسیه روز جمعه یک موج اضطراری هوایی از زیرساخت های انرژی را هدف قرار داد. قدرت تو برای میلیون ها نفر در بیانیه ای، گالوشچنکو و اپراتور شبکه اوکراین Ukrenergy گفتند که این کشور انرژی کافی برای رفع نیازهای مصرف کنندگان تولید می کند.
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وزیر دفاع اوکراین، الکسی رزنیکوف، گفته است. در مذاکرات وزیران ناتو در بروکسل شرکت کرد. رزنیکوف گفت هدف او شامل حفاظت از آسمان اوکراین، حفاظت از امنیت کافی،محافظت از آسمان اوکراین بود. آموزش برای ارتش اوکراین و لجستیک پایدار، تعمیر و نگهداری و تعمیر تسلیحات. نشست گروه تماس دفاعی اوکراین، یک ابتکار ایالات متحده که بیش از 50 کشور حامی کیف در دفاع از آن در برابر تجاوز روسیه را تشکیل می دهد، پیش از مذاکرات وزیران ناتو در بروکسل تشکیل شد.
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لوید آستین، وزیر دفاع ایالات متحده، گفته است که انتظار دارد اوکراین در بهار حمله ای علیه روسیه انجام دهد. آستین در یک کنفرانس خبری پس از نشست گروه تماس دفاعی اوکراین گفت که روسیه در حال معرفی تعدادی از نیروهای جدید به میدان نبرد است اما بسیاری از آنها بد آموزش و مجهز نیستند. او گفت که روسیه “یک سال تراژدی و ترور” را به همسایه خود اوکراین تحمیل کرده است.
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روسیه “از نظر استراتژیک، عملیاتی و” شکست خورده است. ژنرال مارک میلی، رئیس ستاد مشترک ارتش آمریکا گفته است. مایلی در یک کنفرانس خبری مشترک با لوید آستین گفت: در حال جنگیدن در میدان جنگ بودند”> > در اوکراین.
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دبیر کل ناتو از اعضای ائتلاف نظامی فراآتلانتیک خواسته است تا تولید مهمات برای اوکراین را افزایش دهند. ینس استولتنبرگ هشدار داد که ولادیمیر پوتین در حال آماده شدن برای حملات و حملات جدید است، و اینکه سوال تامین جت های جنگنده به اوکراین در دستور کار بود، اما “فعلا فوری ترین موضوع نیست”.
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نروژ اعلام کرده است که هشت تانک جنگی لئوپارد 2 و سایر تجهیزات ساخت آلمان را به اوکراین می فرستد. نخست وزیر نروژیوناس گار استوره در بیانیه ای گفت که حمایت از مبارزه اوکراین برای آزادی «بیش از همیشه ضروری است». این اعلامیه یک روز پس از صحبت استور با ولدیمیر زلنسکی با ولدیمیر زلنسکی منتشر می شود. اوکراین.
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آلمان قراردادهایی را با راین متال برای از سرگیری تولید مهمات برای توپ های ضد هوایی Gepard که به کیف تحویل داده است، امضا کرده است بوریس پیستوریوس، وزیر دفاع آلمان گفته است. ما به سرعت تولید مهمات Gepard خود را در راین متال آغاز خواهیم کرد. من بسیار خوشحالم که توانسته ایم تحویل این بخش مهم دفاع هوایی را تضمین کنیم.» eaist قبل از ملاقاتaist” با حضور وزرای ناتو در بروکسل.
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بر اساس یک گزارش، ایالات متحده به اوکراین گفته است که موشک های دوربرد ارسال نخواهد کرد، زیرا موشک های کمی برای ذخیره دارد. مقامات ایالات متحده گفته اند که انتقال سامانه های موشکی تاکتیکی ارتش (ATACMS) به میدان نبرد در اوکراینو به آمادگی خود برای هرگونه مبارزه در آینده آسیب برساند، منابع می گویند قدیمی Politico.
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یک دادگاه کره جنوبی به دو روس که از کشورشان فرار کرده بودند تا از سربازی برای جنگ در اوکراین فرار کنند، حق درخواست وضعیت پناهندگی را اعطا کرد. دو مردی که از اکتبر گذشته در فرودگاه بینالمللی اینچئون در نزدیکی سئول سرگردان شدهاند، میتوانند ساختمان ترمینال را ترک کرده و وارد کشور شوند، دادگاه گفت. دادگاه درخواست مشابهی از سوی شهروند سوم روسیه را رد کرد، بدون اینکه دلایل این تصمیم را ذکر کند.
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دو جنگنده هلندی F-35 برای رهگیری سه فروند درهم شکسته شدند. به گفته وزارت دفاع هلند، هواپیماهای نظامی روسیه در نزدیکی لهستان. وزارت دفاع لهستان تأیید کرد که سه جت جنگنده هلندی F-35 روز دوشنبه در هواپیماهای روسی رهگیری شدند. این سازمان اعلام کرد که جنگندههای F-35 بر فراز آبهای بینالمللی عملیات میکردند و حریم هوایی لهستان نقض نشد.
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بریتانیا میگوید اولین سالگرد جنگ روسیه را جشن خواهد گرفت. تهاجم به اوکراین با یک لحظه سکوت ملی. نخست وزیر ریشی سوناک، یک دقیقه سکوت در G400 در ساعت 1 فوریه1> همبستگی با اوکراین.
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یوگنی پریگوژین، رئیس گروه مزدور واگنر روسیه، اعتراف کرده است که شرکتی را تأسیس کرده و تأمین مالی کرده است که ایالات متحده آن را به عنوان یک شرکت توصیف کرده است. مزرعه ترول روسی»که در انتخابات ریاست جمهوری 2016 مداخله کرد. اظهارات پریگوژین پیوندهای خاص او را با آژانس تحقیقات اینترنتی (IRA) نشان می دهد که مقامات اطلاعاتی ایالات متحده در سنت پیترز می گویند. در تلاشهای روسیه برای تحت تأثیر قرار دادن انتخابات ریاستجمهوری 2016 نقش اساسی داشت.
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روسیه حداقل 6000 کودک اوکراینی را در خود جای داده است. در سایتهایی که به نظر میرسد هدف اصلی آنها بازآموزی سیاسی باشد، گزارشی با حمایت ایالات متحده گفته است.
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محققان دانشگاه ییل حداقل 43 کمپ و سایر امکانات را در کریمه و روسیه تحت کنترل روسیه شناسایی کردند، جایی که کودکان اوکراینی به عنوان بخشی از آنها نگهداری می شدند. یک “شبکه سیستماتیک در مقیاس بزرگ” که توسط روسیه از زمان تهاجم به اوکراین آمده است.
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برخی از کودکان از طریق این سیستم منتقل شدند و توسط خانوادههای روسی به فرزندی پذیرفته شدند، یا به سرپرستی در روسیه منتقل شدند.
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کوچکترین فرزند شناسایی شده فقط چهار ماهه بود، و برخی از اردوگاه ها به کودکان 14 ساله آموزش نظامی می دادند.
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ناتانیل ریموند، یکی از محققان، در یک جلسه توجیهی گفت:
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آنچه در این گزارش مستند شده است نقض آشکار کنوانسیون 4 ژنو است.
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او گفت این نیز می تواند دلیلی بر روسیه باشد در طول جنگ خود در اوکراین مرتکب نسلکشی شده است، زیرا انتقال کودکان به منظور تغییر، تغییر یا حذف هویت ملی میتواند جزئی از جنایت نسلکشی باشد.
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یک تبعه بریتانیایی در اوکراین، دولت بریتانیا گفته است.
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سخنگوی دفتر امور خارجه، مشترک المنافع و توسعه گفت:
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ما از خانواده پشتیبانی می کنیم یک تبعه بریتانیایی که در اوکراین درگذشت و با مقامات محلی در تماس است.
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در یک پست تلگرام، پریگوژین گفت اوکراین با 500 جنگنده جدید در روز تقویت می شد.
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طبق سرویس مطبوعاتی خود، پریگوژین گفت:
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او افزود: “ما در آینده نزدیک جشن نخواهیم گرفت.”
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نظرات او به عنوان به نشانهای که ممکن است در حال برنامهریزی برای عقبنشینی از منطقه باشند. {“_type”:”model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.TextBlockElement”,”html”:”
بر اساس یک سایت خبری منطقه دونتسک، سربازان روز دوشنبه پل را منفجر کردند. اوکراین با وجود شش ماه درگیری شدید و گزارشها در حال کاهش ذخایر، قصد ترک باخموت را رد میکند.
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ساعت 6 بعدازظهر در کیف است. این جایی است که ما ایستاده ایم:
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نیروهای اوکراینی بنا به گزارشها پلی را در نزدیکی شهر باخموت در شرق منفجر کردهاند که نشانه آن است که احتمالاً قصد عقبنشینی از منطقه را دارند. اوکراین، علیرغم شش ماه درگیری شدید و کاهش ذخایر ذخایر، انکار می کند که قصد ترک باخموت را دارد. تصرف باخموت به روسیه در آستانه اولین سالگرد جنگ رونق نمادین قابل توجهی خواهد داد.
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نیروهای گروه واگنر تقریباً به طور قطع در سه روز گذشته دستاوردهای کوچک بیشتری در اطراف حومه شمالی باخموت، از جمله در روستای کراسنا هورا به دست آوردهاند. ،وزارت دفاع بریتانیا گفته است. با این حال، دفاع سازمان یافته اوکراین در این منطقه ادامه دارد و پیشروی تاکتیکی روسیه به سمت جنوب شهر احتمالاً پیشرفت کمی داشته است. /14/وزرای دفاع-جنگ-ناتو-روسیه-اوکراین-در-بروکسل-باخموت-under-heavy-fire-live-live?page=with:block-63eb2f988f08393915cbe5ef#block-63eb2f959ef158 آخرین اخبار بریتانیایی گزارش
اضافه می کند.
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یک کارگر اوکراینی در روزهای اخیر در تلاش برای تعمیر شبکه برقکشته و بسیاری زخمی شده اند. حملات هوایی روسیه، طبق گفته وزیر انرژی آلمان گالوشچنکو. روسیه روز جمعه یک موج اضطراری هوایی از زیرساخت های انرژی را هدف قرار داد. قدرت تو برای میلیون ها نفر در بیانیه ای، گالوشچنکو و اپراتور شبکه اوکراین Ukrenergy گفتند که این کشور انرژی کافی برای رفع نیازهای مصرف کنندگان تولید می کند.
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دبیر کل ناتو از اعضای سازمان خواسته است. اتحاد نظامی فراآتلانتیک برای افزایش تولید مهمات برای اوکراین. ینس استولتنبرگ هشدار داد که ولادیمیر پوتین در حال آماده شدن برای حملات و حملات جدید است، و اینکه سوال تامین جت های جنگنده به اوکراین در دستور کار بود، اما “فعلا فوری ترین موضوع نیست”.
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وزیر دفاع اوکراین، الکسی رزنیکوف، در مذاکرات وزیران ناتو که اواخر روز سه شنبه آغاز می شود، شرکت می کند. رزنیکوف گفت هدف او شامل حفاظت از آسمان اوکراین، حفاظت از امنیت کافی،محافظت از آسمان اوکراین بود. آموزش برای ارتش اوکراین و تدارکات پایدار، تعمیر و نگهداری و تعمیر تسلیحات.
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نشست گروه تماس دفاعی اوکراین، ابتکار ایالات متحده که بیشتر تشکیل می دهد. بیش از 50 کشور حامی کیف در دفاع از آن در برابر تجاوز روسیه، پیش از مذاکرات وزیران ناتو در بروکسل دیدار کرده اند.
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وزیر دفاع ایالات متحده لوید آستین گفته است که انتظار دارد اوکراین در بهار حمله ای علیه روسیه انجام دهد. آستین در یک کنفرانس خبری پس از نشست گروه تماس دفاعی اوکراین گفت که روسیه در حال معرفی تعدادی از نیروهای جدید به میدان نبرد است اما بسیاری از آنها بد آموزش و مجهز نیستند. Russia has “inflicted a year of tragedy and terror” on its neighbour Ukraine, he said.
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Russia has lost “strategically, operationally and tactically”, Gen Mark Milley, chairman of America’s joint chiefs of staff, has said. Speaking at a joint news conference with Lloyd Austin, Milley said Russians were “paying an enormous price on the battlefield” in Ukraine.
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Norway has announced it will send eight German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks and other equipment to Ukraine. In a statement, Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre said it was “more crucial than ever to support Ukraine’s fight for freedom”. The announcement comes a day after Støre spoke with Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a phone call, where the pair discussed Norway’s five-year pledge for Ukraine.
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Germany has signed contracts with Rheinmetall to restart the production of ammunition for the Gepard anti-aircraft guns it has delivered to Kyiv, the German defence minister, Boris Pistorius, has said. “We will quickly start our own production of Gepard ammunition at Rheinmetall. I am very happy we have been able to guarantee the delivery of this important part of air defence,” Pistorius said before a meeting with Nato ministers in Brussels.
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The US has told Ukraine it will not send long-range missiles because it has too few to spare, according to a report. US officials have said transferring Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to the battlefield in Ukraine would risk a shortage of its own stockpiles and damage its own readiness for any fight in the future, sources have t old Politico.
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The Kremlin has again criticised Nato over its stance towards the war in Ukraine, saying the military alliance was becoming more and more involved in the conflict in Ukraine. “Nato is an organisation which is hostile to us and which proves this hostility every day,” the Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters.
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Two Dutch F-35 fighters were scrambled to intercept three Russian military aircraft near Poland, according to the Netherlands’ defence ministry. Poland’s defence ministry confirmed that Dutch F-35 fighter jets were scrambled on Monday to intercept three Russian aircraft. The F-35 fighters were operating over international waters and Polish airspace was not violated, it said.
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The UK says it will mark the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with a national moment of silence. Prime minister Rishi Sunak will lead a one-minute silence at 1100 GMT on 24 February, in an expression of solidarity with Ukraine.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, has admitted that he founded and financed a company the US has described as a “Russian troll farm” which meddled in the 2016 presidential election. Prigozhin’s statement outlined his specific links to the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a St Petersburg-based company that US intelligence officials say was central to Russian efforts to sway the 2016 presidential election.
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Good afternoon from London. I’m Léonie Chao-Fong and I’m here to bring you all the latest developments from the war in Ukraine. Feel free to get in touch on Twitter or via email.
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General Mark Milley, chairman of America’s joint chiefs of staff, has said Russia has lost “strategically, operationally and tactically” and that they are “paying an enormous price on the battlefield” in Ukraine.
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Milley, speaking at a joint news conference with US defence secretary Lloyd Austin, said President Vladimir Putin believed he could defeat Ukraine quickly when he ordered his troops to invade almost a year ago.
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[Putin] was wrong. Ukraine remains free. They remain independent. Nato and its coalition has never been stronger.
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Now, Russia is a global pariah and the world remains inspired by Ukrainian bravery and resilience. In short, Russia has lost – they’ve lost strategically, operationally and tactically and they are paying an enormous price on the battlefield.
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The US secretary of defence, Lloyd Austin, has been speaking at a news conference in Brussels, following a meeting of the Ukraine defence contact group, a US-initiative that convenes more than 50 countries supporting Kyiv in its defence against Russian aggression.
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The world will mark a “grim milestone” next week during the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, he says. Moscow has “inflicted a year of tragedy and terror” on its neighbour, he says.
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He said he expected Ukraine to conduct an offensive against Russia in spring. He said:
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“Ukraine wants to create momentum … We expect to see them conduct an offensive sometime in the spring.
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He also said that Russia is introducing a number of new troops to the battlefield but that many are ill-trained and ill-equipped.
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He added that the Ukraine defence contract group represents a rejection of Vladimir Putin’s “vision of the worl d – a world of chaos” that will support Ukraine’s self-defence for the long haul,.
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Members of the group have given Kyiv more than eight combat brigades, which includes major contributions from the US of Bradleys and Abrams tanks, and a donation of Challenger 2 tanks from the UK, he says.
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Austin says it is a priority for him and his colleagues to ensure that western donations to Ukraine will be used “as intended” and that there is a “proactive move to prevent arms proliferation”.
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Norway has announced it will send eight German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks and other equipment to Ukraine.
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In a statement, Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre said it was “more crucial than ever to support Ukraine’s fight for freedom”.
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The announcement comes a day after Støre spoke with Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a phone call, where the pair discussed Norway’s five-year pledge for Ukraine.
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Had a phone call with 🇳🇴 PM @jonasgahrstore. Thanked for the new defense package that will strengthen us on land, in the sky & at sea. I’m also grateful for a significant 5-year aid package being prepared for approval in 🇳🇴. We discussed further cooperation. Victorious together!
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) February 13, 2023
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In addition to the eight Leopards, Norway said it will also send four special purpose tanks from its armoured engineering and bridge layer category, with the exact selection depending on what Ukraine needs the most.
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It will also set aside funds for ammunition and spare parts, the Norwegian defence ministry said.
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Norway, which shares a border with Russia in the Arctic, has 36 Leopard 2 tanks in total.
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Ukrainian forces blew up a bridge near the eastern town of Bakhmut on Mo nday, according to a local Donetsk region news site, in a sign that Ukraine may be planning to retreat.
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The blown-up bridge is reportedly located between Bakhmut and Konstantivka, the next major town under Ukrainian control, according to Eastern Edition, a local news Telegram channel, which posted videos from the area.
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Ukrainian forces, for now, deny they intend to leave the town, despite six months of heavy fighting and reportedly dwindling stockpiles.
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Aside from the blown-up bridge, the Donetsk region regional administration announced new measures restricting journalists’ access to Bakhmut on Monday, citing the danger of Russian reconnaissance groups attempting to penetrate the town.
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The Russian assault on Bakhmut has been led by Wagner, a private Russian military formation with a reputation for ruthlessness. Wagner’s sponsor, Russian Yevheny Prigozhin, recruited thousands of Russian prisoners to bulk up the force in the autumn, offering them the promise of freedom after six months if they fight in Ukraine.
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Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in early February that Ukraine was determined to hold Bakhmut, describing it as “Fortress Bakhmut”.
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But, according to the Washington Post, US officials have tried to persuade Zelenskiy to prioritise preparations for a counteroffensive to take back what the US considers more important territory. US officials emphasised that time was of the essence as the level of US support cannot be guaranteed.
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Nato’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg said on Tuesday it was more important that Finland and Sweden’s applications to join the alliance were ratified quickly than together. The two countries applied to join Nato following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and their membership bids have been ratified by all allies except Hungary and Turkey. Turkey is widely seen as the main hold-up. Ankara has demanded that both countries take a tougher line against the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK), which is considered a terrorist group by Turkey and the European Union.
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Ukraine has urgent requirements in terms of more military aid, said US secretary of defence Lloyd Austin on Tuesday, as he also reaffirmed that the United States and Nato allies in general were there to support Ukraine over the long haul. “That shared resolve will sustain Ukraine’s momentum in the weeks ahead,” said Austin at a Nato meeting in Brussels. “The Kremlin is still betting that it can wait us out.”
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Russia has again criticised Nato over its stance towards the war in Ukraine. “Nato is an organisation which is hostile to us and which proves this hostility every day,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters. “It is trying its best to make its involvement in the conflict around Ukraine as clear as possible.”
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Germany has signed contracts with Rheinmetall to restart the production of ammunition for the Gepard anti-aircraft guns it has delivered to Kyiv, German defence minister Boris Pistorius said on Tuesday.
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Shipping and coastal communities around Ukraine’s major seaport hub of Odesa received a warning from military officials on Tuesday over the high risk of naval mines drifting along the coast and washing ashore. Ukraine and Russia have accused each other of using mines off the Ukrainian coast, which prevents safe navigation in the region. The Soviet-made mines were anchored, but in a storm some of them could come loose and be carried by the current.
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Ukrainian defenders who have held out for months are braced for new ground attacks, Ukrainian military officials have said. The eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is facing heavy artillery fire, according to local officials. “The city, the city’s suburbs, the entire perimeter, and essentially the entire Bakhmut direction and Kostyantynivka are under crazy, chaotic shelling,” said Volodymyr Nazarenko, deputy commander of Ukraine’s Svoboda battalion, on Monday. The Ukrainian military reported 16 settlements had been bombarded near Bakhmut.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy thanked Ukrainian soldiers for “preventing the occupiers from encircling Bakhmut”. The capture of Bakhmut would give Russia a new foothold in the Donetsk region and constitute a rare victory after months of setbacks.
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In the last three days, Wagner Group forces have almost certainly made further small gains around the northern outskirts of Bakhmut, including into the village of Krasna Hora, the UK Ministry of Defence said Tuesday. However, organised Ukrainian defence continues in the area and the tactical Russian advance to the south of the town has likely made little progress, the latest British intelligence report adds.
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Nato secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, said on Tuesday it was more important that Finland and Sweden’s applicat ions to join the alliance were ratified quickly rather than together.
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The two countries applied to join Nato following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February last year and their membership bids have been ratified by all allies except Hungary and Turkey.
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Turkey is widely seen as the main hold-up and the Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has indicated his country could ratify Finland’s application while not going ahead with Sweden’s.
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Reuters reports western officials have said they would prefe r both countries to join Nato together, partly because it would be easier to integrate them at the same time into Nato’s military structures.
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But Stoltenberg, speaking before a meeting of Nato defence ministers at alliance headquarters in Brussels, suggested that was a secondary consideration.
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“The main question is not whether Finland and Sweden are ratified together. The main question is that they are both ratified as full members as soon as possible,” he told reporters.
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“I’m confident that both will be full members and I’m working hard to get both ratified as soon as possible.”
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Ankara has demanded that both countries take a tougher line against the Kurdistan Workers’ party (PKK), which is considered a terrorist group by Turkey and the European Union.
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In the last three days, Wagner Group forces have almost certainly made further small gains around the northern outskirts of the contested Donbas town of Bakhmut, including into the village of Krasna Hora, the UK Ministry of Defence has said.
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However, organised Ukrainian defence continues in the area and the tactical Russian advance to the south of the town has likely made little progress, the latest British intelligence report adds.
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In the north, in Kremina-Svatove sector of Ukraine’s eastern Luhansk region, Russian forces are making “continuous offensive efforts” though each local attack “remains on too small a scale to achieve a significant breakthrough”.
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Overall, the current operational picture suggests that Russian forces are being given orders to advance in most sectors, but that they have not massed sufficient offensive combat power on any one axis to achieve a decisive effect.”
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Latest Defence Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 14 Februar y 2023
Find out more about the UK government’s response: https://t.co/twjoin3xm1
🇺🇦 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/RgIBKAGUOO
— Ministry of Defence 🇬🇧 (@DefenceHQ) February 14, 2023
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A major new Russian offensive has begun in Ukraine, Nato’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, has said.
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Speaking ahead of today’s meeting of Nato defence ministers in Brussels, Stoltenberg said Russia was “sending more troops, more weapons, more capabilities”.
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I think the reality [is] that we’re seeing the start already, because we’re seeing what Russia is just now, what President Putin do now, is sending thousands and thousands of more troops, accepting a very high rate of casualty, taking big losses, but putting pressure on the Ukrainians. And what Russia lacks in quality, they try to compensate in quantity, meaning that the leadership, the logistics, the equipment, the training, don’t have the same level as the Ukrainian forces, but they have more forces.”
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Ukrainian defenders who have held out for months are bracing for new ground attacks, Ukrainian military officials have said.
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“The city, the city’s suburbs, the entire perimeter, and essentially the entire Bakhmut direction and Kostyantynivka are under crazy, chaotic shelling,” said Volodymyr Nazarenko, deputy commander of Ukraine’s Svoboda battalion.
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The Ukrainian military also reported 16 settlements had been bombarded near Bakhmut.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy thanked Ukrainian soldiers for “preventing the occupiers from encircling Bakhmut”. The capture of Bakhmut would give Russia a new foothold in the Donetsk region and constitute a rare victory after months of setbacks.
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“Then air defence has been a main focus and now heavy weaponry; Strykers, Bradleys, infantry fighting vehicles, mortars from Germany, and also main battle tanks,” he said.
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Referring to the contentious discussion of providing jets, he said:
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What is needed now is urgent support for Ukraine. So my top priority is to ensure that the pledges Allies have made for infantry fighting vehicles, for armour, for battle tanks, that are delivered as soon as possible because every day counts.”
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Defence ministers from several Nato countries allied to Kyiv will meet in Brussels later today to discuss possible further military aid.
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Nato’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, said Nato planned to increase its ammunition stockpile targets as Kyiv is burning through shells much faster than western countries are able to produce.
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In a statement published ahead of the summit, he said:
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It is clear that we are in a race of logistics.
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Key capabilities li ke ammunition, fuel, and spare parts must reach Ukraine before Russia can seize the initiative on the battlefield.
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Stoltenberg said Nato partners needed to ramp up production and invest in production capacity.
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The war in Ukraine i s consuming an enormous amount of munitions, and depleting Allied stockpiles.
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The current rate of Ukraine’s ammunition expenditure is many times higher than our current rate of production. This puts our defence industries under strain.
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We need to ramp up production. And invest in our production capacity.”
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He also said he expected the issue of aircraft to be discussed, but stressed that Ukraine needed urgent support on the ground now.
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Hello and welcome back to the Guardian’s live coverage of the war in Ukraine. I’m Samantha Lock and I’ll be bringing you all the latest developments as they unfold.
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The eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is facing heavy artillery fire from Russia’s forces, according to local officials. The Ukrainian military earlier reported that 16 nearby settlements had been bombarded.
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A two-day meeting of Nato defence ministers is set to begin today in Brussels where leaders will discuss possible further military aid for Ukraine.
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Nato’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, said he expected the issue of aircraft to be discussed, but stressed that Ukraine needed urgent support on the ground now.
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He also said Nato planned to increase its ammunition stockpile targets as Kyiv is burning throu gh shells much faster than western countries are able to produce.
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It’s 7.30am in Kyiv. Here’s where we stand:
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A major new Russian offensive has begun, Nato’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, has said. Speaking ahead of a two-day meeting of Nato defence ministers in Brussels, Stoltenberg said Russia was “sending more troops, more weapons, more capabilities”. Nato planned to increase its ammunition stockpile targets and he expected possible supply of aircraft to Ukraine to be discussed. Stoltenberg said Ukraine’s use of ammunition was “many times higher than our current rate of production”.
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Ukrainian defenders who have held out for months are braced for new ground attacks, Ukrainian military officials have said. The eastern Ukrainian city of Bakhmut is facing heavy artillery fire, according to local officials. “The city, the city’s suburbs, the entire perimeter, and essentially the entire Bakhmut direction and Kostyantynivka are under crazy, chaotic shelling,” said Volodymyr Nazarenko, deputy commander of Ukraine’s Svoboda battalion. The Ukrainian military reported 16 settlements had been bombarded near Bakhmut.
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President Volodymyr Zelenskiy thanked Ukrainian soldiers for “preventing the occupiers from encircling Bakhmut”. The capture of Bakhmut would give Russia a new foothold in the Donetsk region and constitute a rare victory after months of setbacks.
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Ukraine’s top general and the top US army commander in Europe have discussed further military aid for Kyiv. Valeriy Zaluzhnyi from Ukraine talked to the commander in chief of Europe’s combined Nato forces, US General Christopher Cavoli, ahead of the Nato defence ministers’ meeting. “We discussed the issue of supplying international military aid to Ukraine and training our units on the territory of partner countries,” Ukraine’s defence ministry quoted Zaluzhnyi as saying.
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Ukraine’s allies have begun training Ukrainian troops on the Leopard 2 and other modern battle tanks. Germany started training Ukrainian soldiers on the Leopards on Monday at an army base in the northern town of Munster. Ukrainian troops are also being trained by Polish, Canadian and Norwegian instructors at a military base in Swietoszow, south-west Poland.
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Two Dutch F-35 fighters have intercepted a formation of three Russian military aircraft near Poland and escorted them out. The Netherlands’ defence ministry said: “The then unknown aircraft approached the Polish Nato area of responsibility from Kaliningrad,” according to a Reuters translation of the ministry’s statement. “After identification, it turned out to be three aircraft: a Russian IL-20M Coot-A that was escorted by two Su-27 Flankers. The Dutch F-35s escorted the formation from a distance and handed over the escort to Nato partners.”
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Moldova’s president, Maia Sandu, has accused Russia of planning to use foreign saboteurs to overthrow her country’s government, prevent it from joining the EU and use it in the war against Ukraine. Sandu’s comments on Monday came after Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, said his country had intercepted plans by Russian secret services “for the destruction of Moldova” – this was later backed up by Moldovan intelligence officials.
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An unverified video is being circulated on social media that appears to show the murder with a sledgehammer of a former Russian mercenary who fled the Wagner group while fighting in Ukraine. The clip is similar to one that showed the killing of another Wagner fighter, Yevgeny Nuzhin, in November last year. Wagner’s founder declined to say whether the apparent victim had been killed or not.
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The UN human rights office said it had recorded 7,199 civilian deaths and 11,756 wounded since Russia’s February invasion, mostly from shelling, missiles and airstrikes. However, it believed the actual figure was far higher.
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Key events
Closing summary
It’s nearly 9pm in Kyiv. Here’s where we stand:
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A British national has died in Ukraine, the UK government has said. The identity of the individual is not yet known, but their family has been informed. They are believed to be the eighth British national to have died in Ukraine since the war began last February.
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Ukrainian forces have reportedly blown up a bridge near the eastern city of Bakhmut, in a sign they may be planning to retreat from the area. Ukraine denies it intends to leave Bakhmut, despite six months of heavy fighting and reportedly dwindling stockpiles. The capture of Bakhmut would give Russia a significant symbolic boost ahead of the first anniversary of the war.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner group whose mercenaries have been fighting for months to take the eastern city of Bakhmut, has said the battle is far from over. In a Telegram post, Prigozhin said Ukraine was reinforcing with up to 500 new fighters a day. “Bakhmut will not be taken tomorrow, because there is heavy resistance and grinding, the meat grinder is working,” he said, adding “We will not be celebrating in the near future.”
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Russian forces have made incremental progress in the last day or two in their assault on the Ukrainian city of Bahkmut but it is unclear if it will fall, the White House has said. John Kirby, the US national security council spokesperson, added that if Bakhmut were to fall to the Russians “it would not have a strategic impact on the overall war”.
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Wagner Group forces have almost certainly made further small gains over the last three days around the northern outskirts of Bakhmut, including into the village of Krasna Hora, the UK Ministry of Defence has said. However, organised Ukrainian defence continues in the area and the tactical Russian advance to the south of the town has likely made little progress, the latest British intelligence report adds.
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One Ukrainian worker was killed and many have been hurt in recent days trying to repair the power network following Russian airstrikes, according to energy minister German Galushchenko. Russian unleashed a wave of airstrikes on Friday, targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and causing emergency power outages for millions of people. In a statement, Galushchenko and Ukraine’s grid operator Ukrenergy said the country was producing enough energy to meet consumers’ needs.
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Ukraine’s defence minister, Oleksii Reznikov, has taken part in the Nato ministerial talks in Brussels. Reznikov said his goals included protecting Ukraine’s skies, “strengthening the tank coalition”, securing sufficient ammunition, ensuring more training for the Ukrainian army and stable logistics, maintenance and repair of weapons. A meeting of the Ukraine defence contact group, a US-initiative that convenes more than 50 countries supporting Kyiv in its defence against Russian aggression, met in Brussels ahead of Nato ministerial talks.
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The US secretary of defence, Lloyd Austin, has said he expects Ukraine to conduct an offensive against Russia in spring. Speaking at a news conference following a meeting of the Ukraine defence contact group, Austin said Russia is introducing a number of new troops to the battlefield but that many are ill-trained and ill-equipped. Russia has “inflicted a year of tragedy and terror” on its neighbour Ukraine, he said.
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Russia has lost “strategically, operationally and tactically”, Gen Mark Milley, chairman of America’s joint chiefs of staff, has said. Speaking at a joint news conference with Lloyd Austin, Milley said Russians were “paying an enormous price on the battlefield” in Ukraine.
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The Nato secretary general has urged members of the transatlantic military alliance to ramp up ammunition production for Ukraine. Jens Stoltenberg warned Vladimir Putin was preparing for new offensives and attacks, and that the question of supplying fighter jets to Ukraine was on the agenda but “not the most urgent issue now”.
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Norway has announced it will send eight German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks and other equipment to Ukraine. In a statement, Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre said it was “more crucial than ever to support Ukraine’s fight for freedom”. The announcement comes a day after Støre spoke with Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a phone call, where the pair discussed Norway’s five-year pledge for Ukraine.
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Germany has signed contracts with Rheinmetall to restart the production of ammunition for the Gepard anti-aircraft guns it has delivered to Kyiv, the German defence minister, Boris Pistorius, has said. “We will quickly start our own production of Gepard ammunition at Rheinmetall. I am very happy we have been able to guarantee the delivery of this important part of air defence,” Pistorius said before a meeting with Nato ministers in Brussels.
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The US has told Ukraine it will not send long-range missiles because it has too few to spare, according to a report. US officials have said transferring Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to the battlefield in Ukraine would risk a shortage of its own stockpiles and damage its own readiness for any fight in the future, sources have told Politico.
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A South Korean court has granted two Russians who fled their country to avoid being drafted to fight in Ukraine the right to apply for refugee status. The two men, who have been stranded at Incheon International Airport, near Seoul, since last October, will be able to leave the terminal building and enter the country, the court said. The court denied a similar request from a third Russian citizen, without detailing the reasons for the decision.
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Two Dutch F-35 fighters were scrambled to intercept three Russian military aircraft near Poland, according to the Netherlands’ defence ministry. Poland’s defence ministry confirmed that Dutch F-35 fighter jets were scrambled on Monday to intercept three Russian aircraft. The F-35 fighters were operating over international waters and Polish airspace was not violated, it said.
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The UK says it will mark the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with a national moment of silence. Prime minister Rishi Sunak will lead a one-minute silence at 1100 GMT on 24 February, in an expression of solidarity with Ukraine.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, has admitted that he founded and financed a company the US has described as a “Russian troll farm” which meddled in the 2016 presidential election. Prigozhin’s statement outlined his specific links to the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a St Petersburg-based company that US intelligence officials say was central to Russian efforts to sway the 2016 presidential election.
Ukraine’s defence minister, Oleksii Reznikov, has appointed three new deputies after a corruption scandal which forced out one of his deputies and put his own position in doubt.
Reznikov, one of Ukraine’s better-known figures internationally, had pledged to tackle graft after it emerged the defence ministry paid twice or three times the supermarket price of food to supply troops on the frontline.
One of his deputies resigned following the allegation, which the ministry has denied. Two others were dismissed on Tuesday.
The Ukrainian government said it had confirmed Lieutenant-General Oleksandr Pavliuk, who briefly served as Kyiv region governor during the early days of Russia’s invasion, as the most senior of his deputies.
Andriy Shevchenko, a former ambassador to Canada, and Vitaliy Deyneha, an IT professional who co-founded an NGO that raises funds for the military, were nominated as junior deputies.
At least 6,000 Ukrainian children held in Russia for ‘re-education’ – report
Russia has held at least 6,000 Ukrainian children, likely many more, in sites whose primary purpose appears to be political re-education, a US-backed report has said.
Researchers from Yale University identified at least 43 camps and other facilities in Russian-held Crimea and Russia, where Ukrainian children have been held as part of a “large-scale systematic network” operated by Russia since its invasion of Ukraine last year, the report said.
The children held in these sites included those with parents or clear familial guardians, those Russia deemed orphans, and other children who were in the care of Ukrainian state institutions before the invasion, it said.
Some of the children were moved through the system and adopted by Russian families, or moved into foster care in Russia, the report said.
The youngest child identified was just four months old, and some camps were giving military training to children as young as 14, it said.
Nathaniel Raymond, one of the researchers, said in a briefing:
What is documented in this report is a clear violation of the 4th Geneva Convention.
He said it could also be evidence that Russia has committed genocide during its war in Ukraine, since the transfer of children for purposes of changing, altering or eliminating national identity can constitute a component act of the crime of genocide.
Russian forces have made incremental progress in the last day or two in their assault on the Ukrainian city of Bahkmut but it is unclear if it will fall, the White House has said.
John Kirby, the US national security council spokesperson, added that if Bakhmut were to fall to the Russians “it would not have a strategic impact on the overall war”.
British national dies in Ukraine, says UK foreign office
A British national has died in Ukraine, the UK government has said.
A Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office spokesperson said:
We are supporting the family of a British national who died in Ukraine, and are in contact with the local authorities.
Here are some of the latest images we have received from Ukraine.
A South Korean court has granted two Russians who fled their country to avoid being drafted to fight in Ukraine the right to apply for refugee status.
The two men, who have been stranded at Incheon International Airport, near Seoul, since last October, will be able to leave the terminal building and enter the country, the court said.
The court denied a similar request from a third Russian citizen, without detailing the reasons for the decision.
The three Russian citizens, whose lawyer requested they not be named out of concern for the safety of their families in Russia, have been living inside the airport since October.
They landed in South Korea with hopes of being granted asylum, but the justice ministry rejected their applications, saying that avoiding military service did not qualify as a valid reason for receiving asylum in South Korea.
“We welcome the court’s decision on the two but it is regrettable that it rejected the other one’s plea,” said Lee Jong-chan, a lawyer representing the three. He added:
They came here trying to avoid killing innocent people and getting themselves killed in a war initiated by their home country. It took them four months just to win the right to apply for refugee status.
The two will now be allowed to end their airport stay and will be settled in South Korea while undergoing the asylum recognition process, which could take years.
The third Russian has the right to appeal his rejection, but he must remain living at the airport in the interim. Lee said returning to Russia was not a viable option for the third man.
Russian convicts have said they are being employed by the country’s defence ministry to fight as “cannon fodder” in Ukraine, according to a report.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Russian Wagner mercenary group, said last week that the recruitment of prisoners by Wagner “has completely stopped”.
Instead, CNN reports that Russia is pursuing a disturbing new strategy of directly employing convicts to fight in Ukraine. In an audio recording obtained by the news channel, a Russian convict who was sent from prison to fight tells his wife:
I am being taken to be shot. I lost a lot of people there. Remember this: do not send more people here. It’s enough, they want to kill us all.
A Ukrainian intelligence official confirmed to the news channel that Russian prisoners recently captured by Ukrainian forces had said they were directly employed by the defence ministry.
The official said this new strategy had “echoes of internal squabbling among the Russian military leadership” including among the defence minister, Sergei Shoigu, and Valery Gerasimov, the overall commander for the war in Ukraine.
The EU will launch an ad hoc group to investigate how billions of dollars in frozen Russian funds, including central bank reserves, can be used for reconstruction work in Ukraine, according to the Swedish government.
Speaking at a news conference in Stockholm, prime minister Ulf Kristersson said:
The mandate is to contribute to mapping which funds have been frozen in the European Union … and secondly how to legally proceed to access those funds.
There is no prior model for how to handle the Russian assets, and the EU must ensure that appropriate legal procedures are established, he said.
He added:
It’s Russian tax payers, not all other tax payers, who must bear the cost of the necessary reconstruction work.
Bakhmut will not be captured ‘in the near future’, says Wagner boss
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner group whose mercenaries have been fighting for months to take the eastern city of Bakhmut, has said the battle is far from over.
In a Telegram post, Prigozhin said Ukraine was reinforcing with up to 500 new fighters a day.
According to his press service, Prigozhin said:
Bakhmut will not be taken tomorrow, because there is heavy resistance and grinding, the meat grinder is working.
“We will not be celebrating in the near future,” he added.
His comments came as Ukrainian forces have reportedly blown up a bridge near Bakhmut, in a sign they may be planning to retreat from the area.
Troops blew up the bridge on Monday, according to a local Donetsk region news site. Ukraine denies it intends to leave Bakhmut, despite six months of heavy fighting and reportedly dwindling stockpiles.
Peter Beaumont
Iran is emerging as a global leader in the production of cheap and lethal drones, according to US officials who say Tehran is using the war in Ukraine as a shop window for its technologies.
Analysts at the Defense Intelligence Agency outlined how Iran had turned from being a regional drone player in the Middle East to becoming Moscow’s most significant military backer in the war.
Countering denials by Iran’s foreign ministry that its drones had been used in deadly attacks in Ukraine, including against civilian energy infrastructure, the officials shared declassified intelligence demonstrating that Iranian drones used in attacks in the Middle East – including one claimed by Iran – were identical in all significant features to drones being used in Ukraine.
One official described Tehran as having emerged as a global leader in the production of cheap and very effective drones.
Although the supply of Iranian drones to Moscow for its war in Ukraine has long been treated as fact in much reporting, as well as in multiple US briefings that have sought to describe the increasingly close military cooperation between Iran and Russia, the officials stressed that the point of their briefing was to persuade sceptics in a global audience of the depth of the intelligence the US has amassed on Iran’s drone shipments.
Iran has supplied three models of drone to Russia: Shahed 131 and 136 single-use kamikaze drones, used by Moscow as a cheaper alternative to cruise missiles, and the Mohajer-6 multi-role drone, which can be used for intelligence gathering and to carry a missile payload.
Using in-flight footage and debris of suicide and multi-role drones used in Ukraine, the officials said they sought to prove that Iranian denials that its drones had been used were untrue, as the US seeks wider support for sanctions against Iran over its drone supplies.
Nato’s secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, has been addressing a Nato summit at the military alliance’s headquarters in Brussels.
Stoltenberg begins by welcoming Ukraine’s defence minister, Oleksii Reznikov, to the meeting, and says it has been almost a year since Russia launched its full-fledged invasion of Ukraine.
He describes Russia’s war in Ukraine as having brought “untold suffering to the people of Ukraine, shattered peace in Europe and affected people around the world to the food and energy crisis”.
Vladimir Putin has made “two big strategic mistakes”, Stoltenberg says, by underestimating the “strength and bravery” of Ukraine as well as the “unity and soul” of Nato and partners.
Summary of the day so far
It’s 6pm in Kyiv. Here’s where we stand:
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Ukrainian forces have reportedly blown up a bridge near the eastern city of Bakhmut, in a sign they may be planning to retreat from the area. Ukraine denies it intends to leave Bakhmut, despite six months of heavy fighting and reportedly dwindling stockpiles. The capture of Bakhmut would give Russia a significant symbolic boost ahead of the first anniversary of the war.
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Wagner Group forces have almost certainly made further small gains over the last three days around the northern outskirts of Bakhmut, including into the village of Krasna Hora, the UK Ministry of Defence has said. However, organised Ukrainian defence continues in the area and the tactical Russian advance to the south of the town has likely made little progress, the latest British intelligence report adds.
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One Ukrainian worker was killed and many have been hurt in recent days trying to repair the power network following Russian airstrikes, according to energy minister German Galushchenko. Russian unleashed a wave of airstrikes on Friday, targeting Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and causing emergency power outages for millions of people. In a statement, Galushchenko and Ukraine’s grid operator Ukrenergy said the country was producing enough energy to meet consumers’ needs.
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The Nato secretary general has urged members of the transatlantic military alliance to ramp up ammunition production for Ukraine. Jens Stoltenberg warned Vladimir Putin was preparing for new offensives and attacks, and that the question of supplying fighter jets to Ukraine was on the agenda but “not the most urgent issue now”.
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Ukraine’s defence minister, Oleksii Reznikov, is taking part in the Nato ministerial talks that begin later on Tuesday. Reznikov said his goals included protecting Ukraine’s skies, “strengthening the tank coalition”, securing sufficient ammunition, ensuring more training for the Ukrainian army and stable logistics, maintenance and repair of weapons.
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A meeting of the Ukraine defence contact group, a US-initiative that convenes more than 50 countries supporting Kyiv in its defence against Russian aggression, has met in Brussels ahead of Nato ministerial talks.
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The US secretary of defence, Lloyd Austin, has said he expects Ukraine to conduct an offensive against Russia in spring. Speaking at a news conference following a meeting of the Ukraine defence contact group, Austin said Russia is introducing a number of new troops to the battlefield but that many are ill-trained and ill-equipped. Russia has “inflicted a year of tragedy and terror” on its neighbour Ukraine, he said.
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Russia has lost “strategically, operationally and tactically”, Gen Mark Milley, chairman of America’s joint chiefs of staff, has said. Speaking at a joint news conference with Lloyd Austin, Milley said Russians were “paying an enormous price on the battlefield” in Ukraine.
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Norway has announced it will send eight German-made Leopard 2 battle tanks and other equipment to Ukraine. In a statement, Norwegian prime minister Jonas Gahr Støre said it was “more crucial than ever to support Ukraine’s fight for freedom”. The announcement comes a day after Støre spoke with Volodymyr Zelenskiy in a phone call, where the pair discussed Norway’s five-year pledge for Ukraine.
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Germany has signed contracts with Rheinmetall to restart the production of ammunition for the Gepard anti-aircraft guns it has delivered to Kyiv, the German defence minister, Boris Pistorius, has said. “We will quickly start our own production of Gepard ammunition at Rheinmetall. I am very happy we have been able to guarantee the delivery of this important part of air defence,” Pistorius said before a meeting with Nato ministers in Brussels.
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The US has told Ukraine it will not send long-range missiles because it has too few to spare, according to a report. US officials have said transferring Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) to the battlefield in Ukraine would risk a shortage of its own stockpiles and damage its own readiness for any fight in the future, sources have told Politico.
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The Kremlin has again criticised Nato over its stance towards the war in Ukraine, saying the military alliance was becoming more and more involved in the conflict in Ukraine. “Nato is an organisation which is hostile to us and which proves this hostility every day,” the Kremlin spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, told reporters.
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Two Dutch F-35 fighters were scrambled to intercept three Russian military aircraft near Poland, according to the Netherlands’ defence ministry. Poland’s defence ministry confirmed that Dutch F-35 fighter jets were scrambled on Monday to intercept three Russian aircraft. The F-35 fighters were operating over international waters and Polish airspace was not violated, it said.
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The UK says it will mark the first anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with a national moment of silence. Prime minister Rishi Sunak will lead a one-minute silence at 1100 GMT on 24 February, in an expression of solidarity with Ukraine.
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Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, has admitted that he founded and financed a company the US has described as a “Russian troll farm” which meddled in the 2016 presidential election. Prigozhin’s statement outlined his specific links to the Internet Research Agency (IRA), a St Petersburg-based company that US intelligence officials say was central to Russian efforts to sway the 2016 presidential election.
Good afternoon from London. I’m Léonie Chao-Fong and I’m here to bring you all the latest developments from the war in Ukraine. Feel free to get in touch on Twitter or via email.
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