Ukraine deplores one death and nine injured after Russian strikes that occurred overnight in the Dnipropetrovsk region. Furthermore, the CIA announced that Ukraine could lose the war this year if the aid stopped...
Le Figaro
takes stock of the situation this Friday, April 19.
One dead and nine injured in Ukraine after Russian strikes
At least one person was killed and nine others injured in Russian strikes overnight from Thursday to Friday in the Dnipropetrovsk region in southern Ukraine, according to authorities. A woman was killed in the Sinelnykivskyi district, southeast of the city of Dnipro, regional governor Serguii Lysak wrote on Telegram, without providing further details.
“A five-story building is on fire in Dnipro. It is partially destroyed. There could be people under the rubble
,” wrote Sergiï Lysak, who also reported damage in the Kryvyi Rig district, southwest of Dnipro.
According to the mayor of Dnipro, Borys Filatov, this attack in the city center left nine people injured. In Russia, the governor of the Belgorod region, Vyacheslav Gladkov, announced that 25 projectiles had been shot down as they headed towards this town near the Ukrainian border. No injuries were reported, Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram, but several buildings suffered damage such as fires or broken windows.
CIA says without new aid, Ukraine may lose war within year
The head of the CIA warned on Thursday that Ukraine could lose the war against Russia by the end of 2024 unless the United States provides it with more military aid. The warning from US intelligence chief Bill Burns comes two days before a vote, scheduled for Saturday, in the US House of Representatives on a package of $61 billion in aid to Ukraine, mainly military, after months political blockage.
“With the momentum – both practical and psychological – that military aid would provide, I think the Ukrainians are fully capable of holding their own in 2024
,” Bill Burns said in a speech at the George W. Bush Center .
“Without additional help, the situation is much more dire
,” he said.
“The risk is very real that the Ukrainians will lose on the battlefield by the end of 2024, or at least that (Russian President Vladimir) Putin will be in a position to dictate the terms of a political settlement,”
he said. he added, without detailing what he meant by
“losing”
the war.
To illustrate the Ukrainian army's lack of ammunition, he also claimed that two brigades - units of more than 2,000 soldiers - had only
"15 artillery shells per day"
and a total of
"42 shells per day".
of mortar
. Faced with Western aid that is running out of steam, Ukraine is faced with a growing lack of resources and is urging its partners to deliver more weapons and air defense systems.