World war 3 news now7/19/2023 ![]() “Certainly, they need more preparation,” Borrell said at a defense and security conference in Brussels. Ukraine’s Western allies have sent the country 65 billion euros ($70 billion) in military aid to help thwart the Kremlin’s ambitions, and with no peace negotiations on the horizon the alliance is gearing up to send more.Įuropean Union Foreign policy chief Josep Borrell said the possible need to delay a counteroffensive was a sign that the West must step up its military support for Ukraine. Military analysts have warned that Putin is hoping that the West’s costly support for Kyiv will begin to fray. He ruled out surrendering territory to Russia in return for a peace deal. ![]() Zelenskyy said Russian President Vladimir Putin is counting on reducing the war to a so-called frozen conflict, with neither side able to dislodge the other, according to the BBC. ![]() Moscow has repeatedly explained its lack of advances on the battlefield as an effort to protect civilians, but those claims have been proven false. Russia is “acting slow” in Ukraine because it wants to preserve infrastructure and save lives there, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov claimed in an interview with the Bosnian Serb channel ATV broadcast Wednesday night. Kyiv’s counteroffensive would likely face minefields, anti-tank ditches and other obstacles. The Kremlin’s forces are deeply entrenched in eastern areas of Ukraine with layered defensive lines reportedly up to 20 kilometers (12 miles) deep. But Serhii Cherevatyi, spokesman for Ukraine’s Operational Command East, told The Associated Press that the attack was not the “grand counteroffensive, but it’s a harbinger showing that there will be more such attacks in the future.”
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