Vadim Skibicki, a spokesman for the Central Intelligence Agency, said that he sees no way for Ukraine to win the war on the battlefield alone. Even if she managed to push back the Russian army by 1991. borders – and such a prospect is increasingly distant – it would not end the war.
The Economist spoke to a Ukrainian intelligence official. He said that such wars can only end through negotiations. Now both sides are trying to take the “most favorable position” ahead of possible negotiations. However, in his opinion, significant negotiations can begin only in 2025. on the other side.
Ukraine has the right to use weapons provided by London to strike targets on Russian territory. Such a statement was made by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs of the United Kingdom, David Cameron. “Ukraine has such a right. Precisely because Russia is striking Ukraine, one can fully understand why Ukraine feels the need to ensure that it defends itself,” he said in comments to Reuters.
The US State Department on Wednesday accused Russia of using chemical weapons in Ukraine in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) and announced new sanctions against Moscow. In addition to the chemical chlorpicrin, Russia also used “riot suppression agents (tear gas) during its war in Ukraine, again violating the CWC,” according to a fact sheet released by the department.
After Ukraine lost the fortress-turned Avdjivka to the west of the regional capital Donetsk, which has been under the control of Ukraine since 2014. controlled by pro-Russian forces, movement at the front began. If in the previous months the territorial gains of the Russians reached several hundred meters, since February the Russian units advanced 15 km and occupied a string of villages.
Ukrainians are also under pressure north of the Bakhmut region. According to Kiev, the Russian military leadership wants to announce the conquest of Chasiv Yar on May 9, when Moscow will commemorate the Soviet Union’s victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.
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