DECRYPTION – These Western-supplied missiles are used by Ukraine to slow down the Russian offensive, causing significant material and human losses.
Black smoke rises behind the cemetery, and a mushroom forms at the site of impact. Seconds before, a missile hits the helicopter’s face and causes it to fall. The authenticity of this video, shared by a journalist from the Kyiv Independent, cannot be verified, but it describes a phenomenon reported by several observers: Russia’s military superiority is not yet complete.
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According to the Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday (February 2), about 60 Russian tanks and more than 355 vehicles were destroyed. To slow down the invasion of Ukraine, the West is supplying it with weapons. Germany, in a historic decision, sent 500 Stinger missiles last week and announced it would send 2,700 more missiles. “These supplies will certainly not be enough to change the overall balance of power, but they will be able to compensate for some Ukrainian shortcomings,” Jean-Sylvestre Montgrenier, a researcher at the Institute, assured Le Figaro…
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