Volodymyr Zelensky continues his European tour. After Rome, Berlin and Paris this weekend, the Ukrainian president is expected in London on Monday May 15 to meet British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. “The UK is a leader in expanding our capabilities on the ground and in the air. This cooperation will continue today”wrote the Ukrainian head of state on Twitter. Follow our live.
ITo France will supply “tens” of armored vehicles and light tanks to kyiv. “In the coming weeks”Paris “will train and equip several battalions [ukrainiens] with dozens of armored vehicles and light tanks”, announced the French and Ukrainian presidents after a working dinner between the two heads of state on Sunday. Emmanuel Macron and Volodymyr Zelensky also called for increased “pressure” on Russia with “new penalties”
No aircraft deliveries on the horizon. Regarding the Ukrainian request for fighter planes, France has not yet responded. “It does not in any case correspond to the most urgent needs”estimated the deputy Thomas Gassilloud, the president of the defense committee at the National Assembly, questioned on franceinfo. “It’s extremely long in terms of training, with extremely heavy ground maintenance”judged the elected Renaissance.
kyiv claims a “first success” in Bakhmout. “The advance of our troops in the Bakhmout area is the first success of the offensive” aimed at defending this city in the east of the country that the Russians have been trying to take since last summer, the commander of Ukrainian ground troops, Oleksandr Syrsky, said on Monday. The day before, kyiv had claimed to have resumed “more than 10 positions” Russians in the suburb of Bakhmout.