It is day 357 of the war in Ukraine. Follow the latest news about the war and all its aftermath in this live blog.
Russian parliaments meet on February 22
07:10 | The lower and upper houses of Russia’s parliament will hold an extraordinary session on February 22, RIA Novosti news agency said on Wednesday, quoting a senior member of parliament.
The head of a Federation Council committee, Vyacheslav Timchenko, told RIA that the meetings would focus on adopting laws on the integration of four regions in the Russian Federation.
Last year, Moscow annexed Ukraine’s Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions, a move condemned as illegal by most countries in the United Nations.
RIA quoted a source as saying that the Duma, a lower house, will meet on the morning of February 22, while the session of the Federation Council will start at 12:00 GMT.
On February 21, President Vladimir Putin will deliver his annual address to the Federal Assembly, a joint meeting of the two houses of the Russian parliament.
NATO members gather for the last day of the summit conference
07:00 | NATO defense ministers are meeting today in Brussels, where Jens Stoltenberg, head of the alliance, urged Western countries to step up supplies to Ukraine. Yesterday Stoltenberg urged members of the transatlantic military alliance to increase the production of munitions for Ukraine, warning that Vladimir Putin is preparing new offensives and attacks.
“We see no sign that President Putin is preparing for peace. What we see is the opposite, it is preparing for more war, for new offensives and new attacks,” Stoltenberg said. Stoltenberg said that the issue of supplying fighter jets to Ukraine is on the agenda, but ” It’s not the most pressing issue right now.”
Situation on Wednesday 15 January
Russia he lost “strategic, operational and tactical,” says General Mark Milley, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff. Speaking at a joint press conference with US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, Milley said the Russians in Ukraine “are paying a huge price on the battlefield”.
Lloyd Austin he said he expects Ukraine to launch an offensive against Russia in the spring. Speaking at a press conference following a meeting of the Ukrainian Defense Contact Group, Austin said Russia is sending fresh troops to the battlefield, but many are poorly trained and ill-equipped.
German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said on Tuesday that the delivery of fighter planes to Ukraine is not currently on the agenda, but will definitely be talked about. Securing Ukrainian airspace is a priority, he told German ARD television.
Ukrainian troops it reportedly blew up a bridge near the eastern town of Bachmoet, a sign they intend to withdraw from the area. Ukraine denies leaving Bachmut despite six months of heavy fighting.
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the head of the Wagner Group whose mercenaries have been fighting for months to take the eastern city of Bachmoet, said the battle was far from over. In a Telegram post, Prigozhin said that Ukraine is strengthening itself with up to 500 new fighters a day.
Russian troops They’ve made incremental progress in their attack on the Ukrainian city of Bachmut over the past two days, but it’s unclear whether it will fall, the White House said. j
According to British government a British citizen died in Ukraine. The person’s identity has not yet been released, but his family have been informed. He would be the eighth Briton killed in Ukraine since the war began in February last year.
According to Ukrainian minister of Energie, the German Galushchenko, a Ukrainian worker was killed and many injured in an attempt to repair the electricity grid after the Russian air attacks in recent days.
Defense Minister of Ukraine Oleksii Reznikov attended the NATO talks In Brussels. Reznikov said his goals included protecting Ukrainian airspace, “strengthening the tank coalition,” ensuring sufficient ammunition, increasing training for the Ukrainian military, and stable logistics, weapons maintenance and repairs.
The NATO secretary general has summoned the members of the transatlantic military alliance the production of ammunition for Ukraine. Jens Stoltenberg warned that Vladimir Putin is preparing new offensives and attacks and that the question of supplying fighter jets to Ukraine is on the agenda, but “it is not the most pressing issue at the moment”.
Norway announced that it will send eight German-made Leopard 2 main battle tanks and other equipment to Ukraine.
Source: BNR
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