Cover photo: A woman shows part of a rocket planted in the ground in the liberated village of Ruski Tyshky, Ukraine, March 27, 2023. Andrii Marienko/AP
- The Ukrainian Air Force said it shot down 12 of the 13 Iranian-made Shahed 136-131 drones sent by Russia overnight, as well as one reconnaissance drone. Separately, the military says Russian fighters also hit the Kherson region with two guided bombs.
- The first British Challenger tanks have arrived in Ukraine, Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov announced on Monday evening. “British challengers, American Strykers and Cougars, and German Marders have been added to the Ukrainian units,” he said.
- The UN Security Council on Monday rejected a Russian resolution calling for the establishment of an “independent international commission of inquiry”. about the sabotage of the Nord Stream gas pipelines in September 2022
- Russia said Monday it would not change its plans to station “tactical” nuclear weapons in Belarus, despite numerous criticisms from Western countries. “Of course, such a reaction cannot affect Russia’s plans,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
- France will supply Ukraine with a SAMP/T surface-to-air anti-aircraft system “very soon” said French Armed Forces Minister Sébastien Lecornu. in an interview with Le Figaro published Monday night. He added that France will also “double” the supply of 155mm shells “to increase them to 2,000 per month from the end of March”.
- Emmanuel Macron will gather defense industrialists at the Elysee Palace on Tuesday afternoon to take stock of the transition to a “war economy”. The aim is to produce faster and faster, also to prepare the French army for a major conflict.
- Hungary’s parliament, dominated by nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s party, ratified Finland’s NATO membership on Monday, bringing the Nordic country closer to the Atlantic alliance. The situation is more difficult with the Swedish neighbor, who is still confronted with objections from Ankara.
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