The American Ambassador in Pretoria, Reuben Bridgety, accused South Africa on Thursday (May 11th) of providing military support to Russia, despite its declared neutrality in the conflict with Ukraine, during a meeting with local media. According to him, the United States is convinced that “weapons and ammunition were loaded” aboard a Russian freighter, moored near Cape Town in early December, “before he leaves for Russia”. This live is now over.
London to supply long-range missiles to Ukraine. The UK will become the first country to supply long-range Storm Shadow missiles to Ukraine in response to “the aggression continues” of Russia, the British Defense Minister announced on Thursday. VScruise missiles have a range of over 250 kilometers, more than all other weapons supplied to kyiv by Western countries. “The donation of these weapons systems gives Ukraine the best chance to defend itself against Russia’s continued brutality”he justified.
For Volodymyr Zelensky, kyiv is not able to counterattack. Dn an interview granted to European public service media members of the EBU on Thursday, the Ukrainian president believes that his army still needs time to prepare a major counter-offensive against Russian forces. He judges that his army would lose “a lot of people” if his troops launched their counterattack now
Washington transfers seized Russian funds and allocates them to the reconstruction of Ukraine. The US Attorney General announced on Wednesday that he had finalized the first transfer of confiscated Russian funds. In February, Merrick Garland authorized the allocation of 5.3 million dollars seized from the accounts of the Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeïev for the reconstruction of Ukraine.