UPDATE ON THE SITUATION – While the Russians advance in the east, the ammunition consumption of the Ukraine exceeds the production of the NATO countries, warns the secretary general of the alliance.
By Le Figaro with AFP
Published 2/13/2023 at 1:15 PM, updated 2/13/2023 at 3:28 PM
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A Ukrainian soldier at a post in Bakhmout on February 9, 2023 amid a bombardment. YASUYOSHI CHIBA / AFP
‘Complicated’ situation for Ukraine north of Bakhmout, Moldova denounces Moscow’s ‘alleged plans’ to overthrow Chisinau, UN warnings of Kiev using arms… .
Jens Stoltenberg warns that Kiev uses more ammunition than NATO produces
The Ukrainian armed forces are consuming ammunition far in excess of what NATO allies are producing, which urgently need to increase their capacities, the Alliance Secretary General, Jens Stoltenberg, warned this Monday, February 13.
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“Ukraine’s current ammunition consumption is much higher than our current production rate,” he said during a press conference on the eve of a NATO defense ministers’ meeting. “It puts pressure on our defense industry,” he added.
The situation north of Bakhmout is “complicated,” Kiev acknowledges
The Ukrainian Presidency reported a “complicated” situation north of the town of Bakhmout, the most disputed region in eastern Ukraine, the day after it took a settlement in the area claimed by the Russian group Wagner.
“The situation near Soledar is complicated: the village of Paraskoviïvka is facing heavy shelling and attacks,” the presidency said in its daily report.
Moldova warns of the risk of a coup from Russia
“Violent attacks” and “hostage-taking”: On Monday, Moldovan President Maia Sandu explained Moscow’s alleged plans to overthrow the pro-European power in Chisinau and announced that security measures would be tightened.
“The plan involves attacks on government buildings and kidnappings by plainclothes saboteurs with a military background,” Maia Sandu told the press. This information, mentioned by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Brussels last week, comes from documents intercepted by the Ukrainian intelligence services.
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The Wagner group, a formidable opponent
The group of Russian mercenaries Wagner, stationed in several African countries and on the front in Ukraine, is “a formidable opponent” and a model that will “evolve”, estimates General Pierre Schill, head of state and major in the French army .
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Wagner fighters at the entrance to the village of Krasna Hora near the besieged town of Bakhmout, Ukraine, in this February 12, 2023 handout photo. CONCORD PRESS SERVICE/ Portal
Wagner has established himself as a key aid to the Russian Army in Ukraine in recent months, notably on the front lines at the Battle of Bachmout (East). “A year ago I insisted on the hybrid war on the verge of conflictuality (…) of the influence of the message sent (…). Wagner and this type of tool used by the Russians is precisely a tool of this threshold that will inevitably develop,” General Schill pointed out.