The Russian attack on the town of Bakhmout has come to a virtual standstill, according to a British Defense Ministry report released on Saturday.
The British Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday, March 25, that the Russian attack on the Donbass town of Bachmout was virtually over. For his part, Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to use depleted uranium shells in Ukraine if Kiev receives them from the West.
Franceinfo looks back at the highlights of the day on the war front.
Russian attack on Bakhmout virtually stalled
According to the British Ministry of Defense, attacks by Russian forces on the town of Bakhmout have all but stopped. “It is probably the result of the extreme exhaustion of the Russian armed forces”, he said in his latest report on the conflicton twitter.
Another IAEA visit to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant is planned
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, announced that next week he will visit Ukraine’s power plant in Zaporizhia (southeast), which he says is in a precarious situation.
This is Rafael Grossi’s second visit to the facility, the largest in Europe since Russia invaded Ukraine, to “directly assess the seriousness of the situation in terms of security measures at the site,” the IAEA said.
A humanitarian aid delivery point in Kherson bombed by the Russian army
The head of Kherson’s military administration on Saturday denounced the bombing by Russian forces of distribution centers for aid supplies to civilians in his city. According to Oleksandr Prokudin, two people were injured during these strikes.
Vladimir Putin threatens to use depleted uranium shells if Ukraine receives them from Westerners
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday threatened to use depleted uranium shells in Ukraine if Kiev received them from Westerners, a British official recently pointed out.
“Russia, of course, has something to answer for. We have, without exaggeration, hundreds of thousands of such grenades. We are not using them at the moment,” the Russian president said in an interview with Russian television.
Russia deploys “tactical” nuclear weapons in Belarus
Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that Moscow would deploy “tactical” nuclear weapons on the territory of its ally Belarus, a country just outside the European Union.
“There is nothing unusual here: the United States has been doing this for decades. It has long stationed its tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of its allies,” said the head of state in an interview broadcast on Russian television. “We have agreed to do the same,” he added, before further elaborating: “From April 3rd we will start training the crews. And on July 1st we will start the construction of a special storage facility for tactical nuclear weapons on the complete the territory of Belarus.” .