The Russian assault on the city of Bakhmout is virtually at a standstill, according to a report drawn up on Saturday by the British Ministry of Defense.
The British Ministry of Defense announced on Saturday March 25 that the Russian assault on the city of Bakhmout, in the Donbass, had practically stopped. For his part, Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened to use depleted uranium shells in Ukraine if kyiv were to receive them from the West.
Franceinfo looks back on the highlights of the day on the war front.
Russian Assault on Bakhmout Virtually Stalled
According to the UK Ministry of Defence, attacks by Russian forces on the city of Bakhmout have all but stopped. “It is probably the result of the extreme exhaustion of the Russian forces”, he said in his latest report on the conflicton Twitter.
Another IAEA visit to the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant planned
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, announced that he would visit next week the Ukrainian power plant in Zaporizhia (southeast) which, according to him, is in a situation “precarious”.
This is Rafael Grossi’s second visit to the plant, the largest in Europe, since Russia invaded Ukraine, in order to“directly assess the seriousness of the nuclear safety and security situation at the site”said the IAEA.
A humanitarian aid delivery point in Kherson bombarded by the Russian army
The head of the military administration of Kherson on Saturday denounced the bombardment by Russian forces of the distribution points of aid to civilians in his city. According to Oleksandr Prokudin, two people were injured in these strikes.
Vladimir Putin threatens to use depleted uranium shells if Ukraine receives them from Westerners
Russian President Vladimir Putin threatened on Saturday to use depleted uranium shells in Ukraine if kyiv were to receive them from Westerners, as recently mentioned by a British official.
“Russia, of course, has something to answer for. We have, without exaggeration, hundreds of thousands of such shells. We are not using them at the moment”said the Russian president during an interview on Russian television.
Russia to deploy ‘tactical’ nuclear weapons in Belarus
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that Moscow would deploy nuclear weapons “tactics” on the territory of its ally, Belarus, a country located at the gates of the European Union.
“There is nothing unusual here: the United States has been doing this for decades. It has long deployed its tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of its allies”said the head of state during an interview broadcast on Russian television. “We agreed to do the same”he added, before detailing: “from April 3, we begin to train crews. And on July 1, we will complete the construction of a special warehouse for tactical nuclear weapons on the territory of Belarus”.