► The Russian army advances in the North-East
The Russian army claimed on Wednesday January 22 the capture of the village of Zapadné, in the Kharkiv region (north-east), a new advance on the western bank of the Oskil River and a sign of kyiv’s difficulties in containing enemy troops .
“Units of the Western troop grouping liberated the settlement of Zapadne in the Kharkiv region”indicated the Russian Ministry of Defense, whose forces are advancing in several sectors of this area and the Eastern Front.
► The EU must do more on defense and Ukraine
US President Donald Trump “is right” to say that the European Union is not spending enough on defense, said the head of European diplomacy Kaja Kallas, adding that the United States was “the strongest ally” of the EU and should remain so.
“Last year, Member States as a whole spent on average 1.9% of their GDP on defense. Russia spends 9% on it »she insisted, saying she was convinced that the bloc could do more to help Ukraine in the face of the Russian invasion.
“Europe’s inability to invest in its military capabilities also sends a dangerous signal to the aggressor”she insisted.
-► Trump talks about sanctions if Russia does not negotiate
Donald Trump, judged Tuesday «probable» new sanctions against Russia if Moscow does not negotiate an end to the war against Ukraine. The American president once again assured that “the war would never have happened if I had been president” at the time.
He further indicated that the United States would “lean” on the continuation of military aid to kyiv, which amounts to tens of billions of dollars since the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. “We are talking to (Ukrainian President Volodymyr) Zelensky”he said. “We are going to talk very soon with (Russian) President Vladimir Putin, and we will see what happens”.
President Trump, who promised during the election campaign to end the war in 24 hours, once again took the European Union to task, which “should pay a lot more than she does now”.
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