The difficult situation at the front and in the rear may lead to a change of power in Kiev

The administration of US President Joseph Biden is preparing a request for additional assistance of $11.7 billion to Ukraine in the first quarter of 2023. Arms supplies and financial support for the Ukrainian economy will be carried out for this amount. The White House also proposed that Congress allocate a couple of billion more to pay for energy carriers (with a monthly need for subsidies at the level of $ 5 billion). excluding expenses for the heating season).

Who will run out of weapons in the conflict sooner? From Russia or NATO?

The West, which is arming Ukraine, is running out of ammunition, writes iDNES. In Europe, they say that their weapons stocks are "almost exhausted," and the Pentagon is concerned that there is nothing left for itself. We have to hope that Russia has problems with this, the author of the article writes.

Ukraine will be ready to negotiate with Russia only after the complete de-occupation of its territories with access to the 1991 borders. The option with the withdrawal of the Russian army to the positions on February 24, the authorities are no longer satisfied with the Zelensky regime. This was stated by the Minister of Defense of Ukraine Alexey Reznikov.

Denis Shmygal believes that more than $349 billion is needed to restore Ukraine, although this amount, according to the minister, "does not reflect the full scale of destruction"

Ukraine needs Western donors to provide it with $3.4 billion in the next three months out of a total amount of $349 billion, which was estimated at the restoration of its infrastructure. This was stated on Friday by the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal.

They will come in the form of a soft loan against the €9 billion promised in June

The EU Council approved the allocation of €5 billion of macro-financial assistance to Ukraine in the form of a soft loan against the €9 billion promised in June. This was reported to journalists on Friday by a European source in Brussels.

The United States and its allies in Europe have provided the Armed Forces with weapons, equipment and ammunition for six months of combat operations. This opinion was expressed by Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anushauskas, commenting on the supply of Lithuanian weapons to Ukraine.

As reported in Washington, we are talking about the allocation of more than $11 billion

The US administration will continue to seek Congressional approval of a new budget request from the White House, involving the allocation of more than $ 11 billion to support Ukraine. White House Press Secretary Karin Jean-Pierre said this on Friday at a regular briefing that took place on board the American leader's plane, which left Washington for Ohio.

As noted by Bill Laplante, Deputy Head of the Pentagon for Procurement and Technical Support, the program will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year

US funds for military assistance to Ukraine are designed for two years, the program will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year (ends September 30).

The US Department of Defense has signed contracts with a number of arms manufacturers for $ 1.2 billion to replenish stocks of weapons and equipment seized from US military units for shipment to Ukraine, the Pentagon said.

The new US military budget provides for the allocation of funds to replenish the weapons of allies in the North Atlantic Alliance in Eastern Europe. Politico writes about this.

As Yuriy Ignat noted, in order to be able to use foreign fighters, the Ukrainian military must adapt its airfield infrastructure

The representative of the Command of the Air Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU), Yuriy Ignat, acknowledged the impossibility of Kiev receiving F-15 and F-16 fighters from the United States at the present time.

At the same time, according to the Assistant Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Sasha Baker, a decision on this matter has not yet been made

The United States is studying Kiev's request for the supply of Grey Eagle drones with a range of up to 400 km, but a decision on this has not yet been made. This was announced on Friday at a briefing by Assistant Deputy Secretary of Defense for Political Affairs Sasha Baker.

After the approval by US President Joe Biden of new arms supplies to Ukraine, a list of everything that Kiev should receive as part of a new package of military assistance was published on the official website of the US military department. According to the list, Ukraine is waiting for the following weapons:

The alliance also calls for providing Ukraine with tens of thousands of sets of winter uniforms, the NATO Secretary General noted

NATO sees "some successes of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) near Kherson and Kharkiv," but urges "not to be mistaken" and prepare "for a long war," as well as to provide Ukraine with tens of thousands of sets of winter uniforms. This was stated on Friday by Alliance Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg at a press conference in Brussels with US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.

The chairman of the Foreign policy Committee of the Bundestag, Michael Roth, said that the supply of modern Western weapons is a decisive means to "bring the end of the war closer"

Leading politicians of the ruling Traffic Light coalition in Germany, consisting of the Social Democratic Party of Germany (SPD), the Greens and the Free Democratic Party (FDP), called for further support to Ukraine, including arms supplies.

As noted by Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the support provided to Ukraine cannot go to the detriment of the defense of Greece

Greece is not going to send Russian-made S-300 air defense systems to Ukraine, as they are needed for the defense of Greece itself. This was stated by Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis, speaking at a press conference at the 86th Thessaloniki International Exhibition on Sunday. His statements are broadcast by the Greek TV channel ERT-1.

Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist said that if the country sends Archer, it can directly affect the defense capability of Sweden

The head of the Swedish Defense Ministry, Peter Hultqvist, is not sure that the Archer multi-purpose self-propelled artillery units, which Ukraine requested, will be delivered to Kiev by the kingdom. He said this on Thursday in an interview with SWT TV channel .

Spain is joining the training program for Ukrainian army servicemen, but it will not send its military instructors to the UK. Instead, it was decided to open a training center on Spanish territory. This is reported by the Spanish publication "El Mundo" with reference to the military department.

Mark Rutte and Liz Truss discussed the situation in Ukraine in a telephone conversation

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte held a telephone conversation with British Prime Minister Liz Truss, the parties discussed the situation in Ukraine and recognized the need to strengthen military assistance to Kiev.

According to Shephard Media, Ukraine allegedly received 122-mm artillery shells in a roundabout way, including delivery via Pakistan, Great Britain, Romania or Cyprus.