Putin tycks verkligen vara inbilsk. Samtidigt visar Rybars senaste karta att ryska trupper har omringats i Lyman - efter att ha blivit beordrade att stanna där.Bloomberg skrev:Some people close to the Kremlin think Russia will ultimately be able to regain the initiative and drive further into Ukraine, possibly taking key cities including Kharkiv and Odesa that it hasn’t been able to seize so far. That would leave Ukraine only a rump of its pre-war self, the people said. While that seems far-fetched given Kyiv’s recent successes on the battlefield, Russian officials are confident their forces can fight Ukraine to a standstill and force some kind of a settlement that confirms at least some of their gains.
There’s little sign the 300,000 mobilized troops, poorly trained and motivated, will be able to turn things around on the battlefield. Military analysts say they are likely to be enough only to further slow Ukraine’s advances. Kyiv has called for more weapons from its allies, including tanks, longer-range missiles and combat aircraft, but the US and Europe so far have been cautious about expanding the range of arms supplied.
New $1.1 bln U.S. arms package for Ukraine in process -U.S. officials
Ukraina får äntligen fler Himars-enheter. I skrivande stund har Ukraina fått åtminstone 16 Himars-enheter från USA samt 11 M270-enheter från Europa.Reuters skrev:The package will include HIMARS launcher systems, accompanying munitions, various types of counter drone systems and radar systems, along with spares, training and technical support, a source briefed on the plan said.
Även Frankrike trappar upp det militära stödet:
Kuleba: Ukraine, France take step forward in new Caesar self-propelled howitzer deliveries
France plans to train Ukrainian soldiers in PolandUkrinform skrev:"We feel the daily effective support of France both at the political level and at the level of providing security assistance to Ukraine. In this regard, we have taken another step forward in solving the issue of supplying Ukraine with new Caesar howitzers which have already demonstrated high efficiency on the battlefield," Kuleba said at a joint briefing with Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs of France Catherine Colonna in Kyiv, an Ukrinform correspondent reports.
Le Monde skrev:This is a significant step in France's support for Ukraine, which is sometimes considered too timid, especially by countries on Europe's eastern flank. The Ministry of the Armed Forces is said to have chosen to support the training mission for Ukrainian soldiers decided on this summer by the European Union (EU) and has set the main principles of its participation. French military personnel are expected to set up in Poland, where they will provide five weeks of training in dedicated army camps. The general staff has allegedly indicated its desire to move quickly and be operational before the end of 2022. Questioned by Le Monde, the ministry said that "consultations are still underway."