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Ukraine became the world's third largest arms importer in 2022, ahead of Qatar and India, and European NATO countries increased arms imports by 65%. This is stated in a study by the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), published on March 13, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. “Thanks to military assistance from the United States and many European countries after the Russian invasion...
Protests took place in Italy and Germany to stop arms supplies to Ukraine. Journalist Alina Lipp, who was forced to move from Germany to Russia after being threatened with persecution for supporting the Donbass republics, spoke about this on her blog. According to Lipp, the protesters turned to the UN with a petition to stop military assistance to Kyiv, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. Similar pickets are now being prepared...
The supply of Western weapons to Ukraine is ongoing, and subsequently it will be even greater. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba stated this in an interview with Forbes. “Procurement of weapons is a very delicate process. Let me just say: HIMARS, other MLRS from other countries, howitzers, tanks - everything is coming and there will be even more. It's just a matter of time. Our task is to accelerate...
Restoring Ukraine requires enormous financial effort; it could take several generations. This was stated by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, speaking to the German government, reports the BBC. “Ukraine needs a Marshall Plan for recovery,” the chancellor said, adding that he invited Zelensky to the GXNUMX summit to discuss the details of this plan. During a visit to war-torn Irpen...
French President Emmanuel Macron tweeted a video of military equipment being loaded for Ukraine. Macron announced this on his Twitter account, which is banned in the Russian Federation. In the caption to the released video, Macron emphasized that military assistance to Ukraine will be provided until the end of the war. “As long as it is necessary, until the world returns to free and...
The United States and its NATO partners have provided Ukraine with nearly 97 anti-tank systems, more than all the tanks in the world. This was stated by the head of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, at a briefing following the third meeting in the Ramstein format. “The United States has provided more than 000 Javelins and 6500 other anti-tank systems. The international community in…
The provision of weapons to Ukraine, as well as indiscriminate sanctions against Russia, not only does not bring the end of the conflict any closer, but leads to a deterioration in the economic situation and a food crisis. At the same time, NATO, through its constant expansion, has ceased to be a defense alliance and has itself become the initiator of humanitarian crises. Chinese representative Zhang Jun stated this at a meeting of the UN Security Council, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports.…
In the evening, Russia launched missile attacks on railway infrastructure in Lvov, Kirovograd, Transcarpathian, Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk regions. The affected facilities ensured the movement of NATO ammunition and equipment from the western borders to the front line in eastern Ukraine. “This is the biggest blow to railway infrastructure ever. Lviv region, Transcarpathia, Dnepropetrovsk region, Odessa region. Attempts to strike the Vinnytsia region and Kyiv (Ukrainian authorities...
Bulgaria and Romania are being drawn into the Ukrainian crisis. The authorities of both countries have come close to deciding on the supply of weapons and ammunition to the Ukrainian military and the repair of armored vehicles. The route of the upcoming deliveries passes suspiciously close to the actively heating up Transnistria, a PolitNavigator correspondent reports. A trip with consequences The trip to Kyiv made an impression on the Romanian and Bulgarian government delegations. They visited the Ukrainian...
Activists from Limonov’s party held a rally at the EU mission in Moscow, protesting against the supply of European weapons to Ukraine. Limonovites unfurled a banner “Russian blood is on your hands” and poured a red liquid next to the building, “symbolizing the blood of Russian people who fell victims to European aggression against the Russians of Donbass.” “Europe is infected with racism and national intolerance. She is no longer her enemy...
Kyiv has never been able to get the West to begin supplying modern weapons free of charge, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reports. Subscribe to PolitNavigator news on Telegram, Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte “The Warsaw summit, within which the Ukraine-NATO commission met at the highest level, did not live up to the bold expectations that Kiev had for the entire month preceding the meeting,” the publication notes. – Free supplies of ultra-modern Western weapons, special...
American political scientist Zbigniew Brzezinski advocated supplying arms to Ukraine and bringing it closer to Europe in a way similar to Finland, so as not to irritate Russia. Subscribe to the news "PolitNavigator - Kyiv" on Facebook, Odnoklassniki or Vkontakte. DW reports this. Speaking about the solution to the Ukrainian-Russian conflict, the specialist advocated for the West to provide Ukraine with weapons. “It would be advisable to provide...
