Ukraine has tested new missiles that it manufactured itself, Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Tuesday. The Ukrainian president said on Telegram messaging that he had been informed of this test by the army. “ We are accelerating production,” he said.
In his evening video, the Ukrainian president indicated that “The Donetsk leadership requires significant strengthening, especially with the weapons of our partners. We work with our partners and strive to develop our own production. Ukraine’s defense industry is booming and our long-range capabilities will soon increase. »
The head of Ukrainian diplomacy Andriï Sybiga demanded Tuesday in Brussels that NATO allies provide him with 20 new anti-aircraft defense systems, to counter Russian missile strikes.
“This will help us avoid the blackout”the minister told the press at NATO headquarters, while Russian strikes have been working for weeks to destroy Ukraine’s energy infrastructure.
Ukrainian army says it stopped Russians from crossing river in east
Ukraine said on Tuesday it had prevented the Russians from crossing the Oskil River near the town of Kupiansk in the east of the country, a natural barrier which acts as a demarcation in this area, at a time when Moscow’s forces are gaining ground. at other places on the front.
“As a result of a successful operation, the enemy was destroyed. The right bank of the Oskil River is under the control of the forces » Ukrainians, said the General Staff of the Ukrainian army in a press release.
According to the army, the Russian troops, more numerous, “have crossed” the river in the Kharkiv region (north-east) and tried to create “a bridgehead” on its eastern bank near the village of Novomlynsk, near Kupiansk, before being pushed back by the Ukrainians. Russia has not commented on these statements.
Ukraine puts pressure on to be invited to join NATO
Less than two months before Donald Trump returns to the White House, Ukraine on Tuesday put pressure on NATO countries to be invited to join them, but without concrete results following a dinner of work between the foreign ministers of the Alliance and Ukraine.
“There has been no progress”recognized the head of Lithuanian diplomacy Gabrielius Landsbergis, interviewed by several journalists after this dinner attended by the ministers of the 32 NATO countries and the head of Ukrainian diplomacy Andriï Sybiga.
The latter, however, insisted upon his arrival in Brussels on the need to move forward on the path to his country’s accession to NATO, “only true” security guarantee against Russia, according to kyiv.
Very cautious, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte contented himself before this dinner with reiterating the principled position of the Alliance. The process leading to Ukraine’s accession is “ irreversible “, he recalled to the press, without however mentioning a timetable.
Ukraine wants to approach a possible peace negotiation with Russia from a position of strength and with sufficient security guarantees. “The only effective security guarantee is NATO membership for Ukraine,” assured the head of Estonian diplomacy, Margus Tsahkna, on this point.
Syria: Russia accuses Ukraine of supporting the Islamist group leading the rebellion
The Russian ambassador to the UN on Tuesday accused Ukraine of militarily supporting fighters from the radical Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) who are leading an offensive against Syrian forces in north-west Syria.
“We want to draw particular attention to the identifiable traces pointing to the main Ukrainian intelligence directorate, the GUR, in the organization of hostilities and in the supply of weapons to fighters in north-west Syria,” Vasily Nebenzia said during a Security Council meeting on the escalation of hostilities in Syria.
“We are referring to the identification in the province of Ukrainian military instructors […] who trained HTS fighters for combat operations”, he added. “The HTS fighters not only do not hide the fact that they are supported by Ukraine, but they flaunt it,” he said, accusing Ukraine of having provided them with drones in particular.
A coalition of rebels dominated by the radical Islamist group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS), the former Syrian branch of Al-Qaeda, launched a dazzling offensive in north-west Syria on November 27, seizing dozens of localities and a large part of Aleppo, the country’s second city, before continuing its progression towards the south.
