Cover photo: Mortar shell casings in Bakhmout (Donetsk), February 15, 2023. YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP
- In the night from Wednesday February 15th to Thursday February 16th Russian forces took off a massive missile attack on Ukraine, according to the Ukrainian Air Force and several regional officials. Russia fired “thirty-two cruise missiles,” of which 16 were reportedly destroyed. “Some unfortunately achieved their goals and hit critical infrastructure,” the staff added.
- Emmanuel Macron and the head of Chinese diplomacy, Wang Yiexpressed Wednesday, February 15, during a meeting in Paris, “the same goal, to contribute to peace” in Ukraine “in accordance with international law,” declared the Elysée. The head of state and Wang Yi “addressed Russia’s war against Ukraine and its implications for the most vulnerable countries, particularly in terms of food security and financing capacity,” according to the French presidency.
- 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.
- Germany sends “half a battalion” of Leopard tanks to Kiev and criticizes Switzerland’s refusal to supply ammunition. Those fifteen tanks “will be delivered in the last week of March,” the German defense minister assured, while NATO is struggling to assemble the tanks promised in Kiev.
- 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.
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