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This Monday marks 362 days since the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The foreign ministers of the European Union meet this Monday in Brussels to review the help provided to kyiv for the purchase of weapons. Meanwhile, the situation at the front seems stagnant: Ukraine is betting on the attrition of Russian troops in the east of the country, where the toughest fighting takes place at a high cost in human lives, especially for Moscow. Besides, Warsaw prepares to receive US President Joe Bidenwho will begin an official visit on Tuesday aimed at demonstrating Washington’s strong support for kyiv, on the eve of the anniversary of the war.
Biden surprise visits kyiv to meet with Zelensky
The president of USA, Joe Biden, has just landed in kyiv on a surprise visit in which he will meet with the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelensky. The president plans a visit to Poland this Tuesday, but he had not announced that he would go through Ukraine for security reasons.
⚡️US President Joe Biden in #Kyiv.
To the sounds of air raids, #Biden honored the fallen defenders of #Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/7PQMnc3Mer
—KyivPost (@KyivPost) February 20, 2023
Spain opens to the joint purchase plan of artillery ammunition for Ukraine
He Minister of Foreign Affairs, European Union and Cooperation, José Manuel Albarespointed out this Monday that the plan for the joint purchase of artillery shells proposed by Spain “does not sound bad” to Spain. Estonia to expedite the manufacture of ammunition in Europe and expedite its delivery to Ukraine. From Brussels, where he is participating in the meeting of European foreign ministers, José Manuel Albares has insisted that Spain “study and analyze” the Tallinn initiative. “A priori It doesn’t sound bad at all to us, quite the contrary”, he stated about the plan to mobilize 4,000 million euros to acquire around one million rounds of 155-mm artillery projectiles.
London says Moscow could claim control of Bakhmut on conflict anniversary, even without controlling it
UK Intelligence said on Monday that “it is likely” that Moscow will ensure that it has taken the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut by Friday, when the first anniversary of the start of the invasion, before stressing that this announcement will take place “outside reality on the ground.” In addition, “Russia continues to carry out offensives on several axes in eastern Ukraine,” she said, before specifying that the main ones are those of “Vuhledar, Kreminna and Bakhmut”. Likewise, he has indicated that “it is probable that the Russian forces are under increasing political pressure as the anniversary of the invasion approaches” and has emphasized that “if the Russian spring offensive achieves nothing, tensions within the Russian leadership are likely to rise”according to a series of messages published by the British Ministry of Defense on its account on the social network Twitter.
Latest Defense Intelligence update on the situation in Ukraine – 20 February 2023
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— Ministry of Defense ?? (@DefenceHQ) February 20, 2023
EU foreign ministers meet in Brussels on the eve of the anniversary of the war in Ukraine
The foreign affairs ministers of the European Union have met this Monday in Brussels before the first anniversary of the war in Ukraine, on February 24. In the run-up to the first anniversary of the Russo-Ukrainian conflict, foreign affairs officials are expected to assess new support measures for Ukraine, such as arms shipments or economic sanctions to Moscow. In this sense, the European Commission has proposed a tenth package of sanctions against the Kremlin, focused on export control as well as punishment for evasion of these measures, whose adoption is expected before next Friday.
