“It is necessary to tell the American Congress that if it does not help Ukraine, Ukraine will lose the war”: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said this during a video meeting of the United24 fundraising platform organized by Kiev.
“The air defense is running out, if the Russians continue to hit Ukraine every day as they have done for the last month, we could run out of missiles, and our partners know it,” Zelensky said on national TV last night, launching the most dramatic warning after weeks of incessant attacks by the Kremlin army. The Ukrainian president added that it is necessary to mobilize 300 thousand people by June 1st, but he is not sure that it will be possible to do so. “President Erdogan wants to mediate, but Turkey alone is not enough as a mediator,” he added.
Ukrainian soldiers “are attacked massively and I would even say routinely by guided aerial bombs (Russian, ed.) that wipe out our positions”: Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba told the Financial Times. According to defense officials in Kiev, Russian forces have launched about 3,500 guided aerial bombs against the country since the beginning of the year, a 16-fold increase compared to the whole of 2023. In the third week of March alone, Russia “has launched over 700 guided aerial bombs”, President Volodymyr Zelensky recently stated.
“Russian guided aerial bombs are very simple in essence, so you can’t block them, you can’t hide from them, the only way to protect yourself is to shoot down the bomber carrying them,” Kuleba said, stressing that to achieve this objective, Ukraine needs significantly more modern air defense systems.
Kiev expects another Russian offensive by the end of May: the head of Ukrainian military intelligence (GUR), Kyrylo Budanov, said this in an exclusive interview with the German broadcaster Ard, adding that the situation at the front is ” difficult, but under control.” “They will move a little closer to Khaziv Yar. They will move in the strategic direction of Pokrovsk,” which is located about 70 kilometers northwest of Donetsk in eastern Ukraine, he specified. Budanov does not expect major changes on the front until the Russian offensive begins. “The situation is quite difficult, but it is under control”, he assures. Ukraine currently urgently needs “additional quantities of artillery systems, additional quantities of ammunition”, Budanov emphasizes, adding that the expected artillery shells – linked to the initiative of the Czech Republic supported by several EU countries, including Germany – they haven’t arrived yet. Without lasting support, things will be “catastrophically difficult” for Ukraine, he adds, confident that the EU will make up for the lack of US aid. The Gur director also reiterates Kiev’s hopes for the delivery of Taurus cruise missiles from Germany, commenting that this “would certainly make our life easier”, since “to hit command centers, to hit some very important targets, It’s an excellent weapon.”
Moscow, ‘Kiev drones attacked the Zaporizhzhia power plant’
“Ukrainian drones attacked the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, “damaging a truck parked near the canteen”: Interfax reports, citing the plant authorities.
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