Prepare for a war that lasts. While many European countries supply military equipment to Ukraine, the European Union plans to organize a mission “training and assistance” to the Ukrainian army which would take place in neighboring countries, announced Monday, August 22, the head of EU diplomacy, Josep Borrell. “We are facing a large-scale war”, “a conventional war” with “extraordinarily large means and hundreds of thousands of soldiers”, he explained. Follow our live.
Nearly 9,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed, according to kyiv. Ukraine acknowledged on Monday that nearly 9,000 of its soldiers had been killed since the start of the Russian invasion six months ago. The previous estimate dates from mid-April, when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned the figure of 3,000 Ukrainian soldiers killed and around 10,000 wounded since the start of the Russian offensive.
kyiv fears a new Russian attack. Ukraine believes that Moscow “do not want a dialogue” of serious peace, but seeks to obtain “an operational break for his army” before throwing “a new offensive”, according Mikhailo Podoliak, adviser to the Ukrainian presidency. kyiv is particularly concerned about Russian bombardments in the coming days as Ukraine celebrates Independence Day.
Russia accuses Ukraine of having killed the daughter of a reputed ideologue close to the Kremlin. The Russian security services (FSB) accused the “special services” Ukrainians of having killed the daughter of a reputed ultra-nationalist ideologue close to the Kremlin, who died in the explosion of his car near Moscow, reported the Russian press agencies. According to the same source, the person who trapped Daria Douguina’s car then fled to Estonia.