The Secretary General of NATO warned Monday of a possible lack of ammunition for kyiv, at a time when the threat of a new Russian offensive weighs. For Jens Stoltenberg, “the current rate of ammunition use by Ukraine is much higher than our current rate of production”.
The situation is “complicated” in the village of Paraskoviïvka (Ukraine) north of Bakhmout, which “faced intense bombardment and assault” Russian forces, recognized the Ukrainian presidency on Monday 13 February. At the same time, the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, warned of the fact that “the current rate of ammunition use by Ukraine is much higher than our current rate of production”.
Franceinfo looks back on the main information of the day on the war front in Ukraine.
A “complicated” situation north of Bakhmout
Ukraine recognized on Monday a situation “complicated” north of Bakhmout, the epicenter of the fighting in the east of the country. The Ukrainian Presidency referred “intense shelling and assaults” from the Russian forces in the village of Paraskoviïvka, south of Soledar and about ten kilometers north of the center of Bakhmout.
According to the Ukrainian Defense Ministry, “the adversary is constantly changing tactics”. “Sometimes he attacks in small assault groups, then he uses dozens of people mobilized for an assault. Sometimes he multiplies night bombardments, systematically hits rear cities with missiles”he detailed.
The Russian army for its part claimed the capture of the village of Krasna Hora, in the immediate vicinity of Paraskoviïvka. The capture of this locality had been claimed on Sunday by the boss of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, Evguéni Prigojine.
NATO warns of the risk of a lack of ammunition for kyiv
The Secretary General of NATO warned Monday of a possible lack of ammunition for kyiv, at a time when the threat of a new Russian offensive weighs. For Jens Stoltenberg, “the current rate of ammunition use by Ukraine is much higher than our current rate of production”. “It puts our defense industries under pressure (…) Yes, we have a problem, yes, it is a challenge”he warned.
kyiv needs “thousands of generators”
The mayor of kyiv, Vitali Klitschko, said on Monday that he needed “thousands” additional generators, three days after another massive Russian attack targeting energy sites in Ukraine. “We need more, thousands more. We received almost a thousand but we have 500 daycares, 500 schools” in the Ukrainian capital, he said in an interview with AFP. According to Vitali Klitschko, kyiv today is “better prepared against Russian attacks, against Russian missiles and drones than a few months ago”but he says “always worried about electricity and heating” in the city.
Ukrainian soldiers trained on Leopard tanks in Poland
In Poland, 105 Ukrainian soldiers were undergoing intensive training on Monday on Leopard tanks, under the watchful eye of Polish, Canadian and Norwegian instructors. “They are very experienced tankers, who came here straight from the front” in Ukraine, said Polish President Andrzej Duda, who visited them on Monday in Swietoszow in southwestern Poland.