Cover photo: German Vice-Chancellor Robert Habeck said in an interview published on Wednesday that he “didn’t understand” Switzerland’s refusal to supply Swiss ammunition for Guepard anti-aircraft tanks that Germany had shipped to Ukraine to defend against the Russian invasion. . ECKEHARD SCHULZ / AP
- Members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), who met in Brussels during the week, started a logistics race on Tuesday 14 February Accelerate arms and ammunition supplies to Ukraine. “The priority, the urgency, is to deliver the weapons promised to the Ukrainians in order to maintain their defense capability,” emphasized Jens Stoltenberg, Secretary General of the Alliance.
- The possible delivery of fighter jets claimed by Kiev remains a matter of debate. This is “not the most urgent question, but a discussion is underway,” assured Jens Stoltenberg.
- The United States announced on Tuesday that it had placed an arms order for over $0.5 billion for the manufacture of 155mm shells to be delivered to Kiev from March.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy reported on Tuesday that the situation in eastern Ukraine was “extremely difficult”: Russian troops were gaining ground, especially near Bakhmout. In the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, “it’s literally a fight for every meter of Ukrainian land,” Zelenskyy said in his evening video address.
- Russia on Tuesday denied any “plan to destabilize Moldova”. Moldovan President Maia Sandu, who the day before accused Moscow of preparing “violent attacks” in her country, a pro-Western neighbor of Ukraine.
- Emmanuel Macron will receive the head of Chinese diplomacy, Wang Yi, in Paris on Wednesday to discuss the war in Ukraine and cooperation in the face of the climate crisis, at a time when tensions between China and the United States are rising again.
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