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DIRECT. War in Ukraine: Washington is preparing a new arms delivery to kyiv

2023-02-01T05:35:32.262Z


President Zelensky and those close to him continue to call on Western allies to step up the supply of military equipment, including


The essential

  • France pledged on Tuesday to deliver 12 new Caesar-type howitzers to Ukraine.

  • Paris has also promised to send 150 soldiers to Poland to train Ukrainian soldiers.

  • An EU-Ukraine summit is to be held Friday in Kyiv.

  • Ukraine continues its foot calls to obtain fighter jets, but Joe Biden's refusal has dampened the enthusiasm of Western countries. 

  • Poland, all the same, is open to this prospect, while indicating that it will not act without consulting the NATO allies. 

  • Ukraine has indicated that it expects to initially receive between 120 and 140 heavy tanks from its allies. 

06:25

Washington is preparing another arms shipment

The United States is expected to announce new military aid to Ukraine by the weekend.

Worth more than $2 billion, according to Reuters, it would include long-range rockets for the first time, in addition to support equipment for Patriot air defense systems, precision-guided munitions and Javelin anti-tank weapons.

Washington, however, rejected Ukraine's demands for the ATACMS missile with a range of nearly 300 km.

06:20

An EU-Ukraine summit will be held in Kyiv on Friday

The Ukrainian authorities notably let it be known that they hoped “to expect from the summit a positive interim assessment of our efforts for European integration”. 

06:10

The delivery of fighter jets to kyiv still seems a long way off

Even though Poland says it is ready to deliver F-16s, it will never be able to do so without the agreement of the United States, which produces the aircraft.

However, Joe Biden opposed a firm refusal to any initiative of this type, while the United Kingdom argued that fighter planes were very sophisticated machines, making the idea of ​​​​a delivery particularly delicate.

And if Paris indicates that it does not exclude anything, this can only be done without any risk of escalation. 

06:05

New French deliveries

These are neither Leclerc tanks nor Mirage 2000 planes. The Minister for the Armed Forces Sébastien Lecornu announced yesterday the delivery of 12 new Caesar guns.

Paris will also deploy 150 soldiers to Poland to help train Ukrainian soldiers. 

06:00

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You will be able to follow in this direct the last information relating to the war in Ukraine. 

Source: leparis

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