And Kiev is making “progress” on the battlefield, thanks to the “courage and commitment” of its armed forces, as well as thanks to “the support of NATO allies.” On the eve of the NATO ministerial meeting, the Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, confirmed the new steps taken by Ukraine in its counter-offensive. Kiev forces say they have advanced from 200 meters to 1.4 kilometers in different sectors of the front in the past three days, clearing an area of about 3 square kilometers. Even if Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Hanna Malyar remained cautious, he spoke of “partial success” for the Kiev army, which is facing “extremely fierce fighting” and “enemy air and artillery superiority.”
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But Stoltenberg is also looking ahead to the occupied country’s future, announcing that the ministerial meeting will discuss “a multi-year support package with substantial funding to ensure that Ukraine can defend itself in the long term” because “we must ensure that, when this war ends, they are in fact agreements with Credibility for the security of Ukraine. NATO is also following the development of the situation in Belarus, where the first Russian nuclear weapons arrived. “We received missiles and bombs from Russia – says the President of Belarus, Alexander Lukashenko – a bomb three times more powerful than Hiroshima and Nagasaki.” By detonating these bombs, the Minsk leader continues, “about a million people will die instantly. God forbid that he use this weapon. But Stoltenberg warns: “We made it clear to President Putin that a nuclear war cannot be fought or won. The Russians know that the use of tactical nuclear weapons will lead to dire consequences.” .
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The nuclear nightmare also looms over the Zaporizhia power plant, whose property may have been endangered by the destruction of the Nova Kakhovka Dam. But the agency’s director general, Rafael Grossi’s visit to the station was delayed due to safety issues during the flight. Criticism was also leveled at the facade of the agreement to export grain through the Black Sea, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov explained. “In the absence of reciprocity and the desire of the West to fulfill part of the agreements relating to Russia,” he warns, “our goodwill cannot be unlimited.” As for the goals of the invasion, Peskov made it clear that there are no changes in the situation on the horizon but that “the special operation is underway and continues.” Therefore, Moscow is moving forward and continuing to strike. Three deaths were recorded in Russian raids on Odessa, and three victims in attacks on Kramatorsk and Kostyantynivka in Donetsk, while the number of civilian deaths in the bombing of Kryvyi Rih, Zelensky’s hometown, rose to 12. Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolak denounced: “All the recent missiles launched by Russia They were produced in the spring of 2023. And in general, without exception, we find Western-made precision electronic components that private companies supplied to Russia through third countries, bypassing sanctions restrictions.
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