approaching The Russian military operation in Ukraine has completed its 10th monthAnd the operations continue today, Wednesday, as Russian army units are trying to extend full control over the Ukrainian regions, and strike their positions and weapons depots, while Kiev forces continue to resist and try to recapture their lands with material and military support from the West.
According to the latest developments on the ground, an air alert was launched across Ukraine this morning, but so far there has been no news of a new wave of Russian attacks.
And while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky visits the United States of AmericaOn his first trip abroad since the war broke out on Feb. 24, Russian President Vladimir Putin announces the plans Military operation in 2023 During a meeting with the leaders of the Russian army.
In this regard, the US presidential spokeswoman announced that US President Joe Biden will announce a new “major” assistance to Ukraine, which, according to a senior US official, will include the advanced Patriot air defense system.
Presidents Putin and Zelensky
And US media had said that President Biden intended to announce a new weapons package for Kiev, including for the first time “Patriot” missiles, which have demonstrated their capabilities on a large scale in recent years, and are capable of greatly reducing the effectiveness of Russian attacks on Ukraine.
France had recently delivered Crotal missile launchers and missile batteries to Ukraine, which will continue to supply weapons in early 2023, French President Emmanuel Macron said in an interview with “TF1” and “LCI” broadcast on Tuesday.
“In recent days, France has delivered additional weapons, including missile launchers, Crotal missiles and equipment, in addition to what we have supplied,” revealed the French president when he was aboard the aircraft carrier “Charles de Gaulle” off the coast of Egypt.
Meanwhile, German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier on Tuesday urged his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping in a phone call to use his influence with Russia to stop the war in Ukraine, his office said.
On Tuesday, President Zelensky visited Bakhmut, a city that Russian forces have been trying to seize for months and which is currently the hottest spot on the front line in eastern Ukraine, describing the war-ravaged city as the “fortress” of the front in Ukraine. .
Meanwhile, Zelensky told the Ukrainian forces in Bakhmut: “Here in Donbass, you are protecting all of Ukraine… They will do everything they have done here in other cities of our country, because they don’t want anything Ukrainian, I’m sure.” . of that.”
“This is not just Bakhmut, this is Bakhmut Fort,” he added, while honoring the Ukrainian soldiers.
Russia is believed to be relying on mercenaries, prison recruits and newly mobilized soldiers to retake control of the city by launching a series of attacks on Ukrainian positions.
Trench warfare and artillery shelling around Bakhmut, famous for its vineyards and salt mine caves, razed much of the city and its environs.
The visit comes after Vladimir Putin acknowledged on Tuesday that the situation is “very difficult” in the four regions of southern and eastern Ukraine that Moscow has announced annexation without fully controlling.
In September, the Russian president announced the annexation of four Ukrainian regions (Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhia and Kherson) which are partially controlled by the Russian military, after holding local “referendums” denounced by Kiev and the West.
His forces did not fully control either region and were forced to withdraw from the regional capital of the southern region of Kherson last month after months of counterattack by Ukrainian forces.
