Zelensky’s visit to the British capital came in the wake of his visits to Rome, Berlin and Paris, and at a time when Ukraine announced that it had achieved “the first success” in its attack in the vicinity of Bakhmut (east), the city where the battles have been concentrated for months and which have become mostly in the hands of the Russians.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, seeking to mobilize support for an upcoming counterattack against Russian forces, returned to Kiev on Monday after a European tour during which he received pledges to supply his country with attack drones and surface-to-air missiles, expressing optimism that Kiev could be supplied with more combat aircraft in the future.
“I am returning to my country with (…) new powerful weapons for the Front,” Zelensky said in a video message, at the end of a three-day tour in the United Kingdom, where he received pledges to supply his country with air defense missiles, and he expressed optimism that Kiev could be supplied in the future with more. of combat aircraft.
And on Monday evening, his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, confirmed that he had “opened the door to training” Ukrainian pilots “from now.”
Zelensky’s visit to the British capital came in the wake of his visits to Rome, Berlin and Paris, and at a time when Ukraine announced that it had achieved “the first success” in its attack in the vicinity of Bakhmut (east), the city where the battles have been concentrated for months and which have become mostly in the hands of the Russians.
On the other hand, Russia says that it is making progress inside this city, which it has been trying tirelessly to control since last summer, despite the heavy losses, without succeeding so far.
However, the time for the counterattack, which was announced to be imminent, has not yet come, according to Zelensky, who confirmed the “preparation” for the operations, stressing in return that Kiev “needs more time.”
After meeting British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak at the summer residence of British prime ministers at Checkers in northwest London, Zelensky acknowledged that it was a “difficult period”.
On the ground, four people were killed in eastern Ukraine, Monday, in a Russian strike on Avdiivka, which is located on the front line near Donetsk, and two others were killed in a village in the Kharkiv region bordering Russia, according to local authorities.
According to the Ukrainian emergency services, “violent” Russian strikes targeted Kherson (south), where several residential buildings were damaged.
In the Nikopol region (center), the bombing operations left three wounded, including a 14-year-old girl.
In Luhansk, which is considered one of the strongholds of pro-Russian separatists in eastern Ukraine, seven people were injured, including a senior official in the ranks of the separatists, when an explosive device exploded inside a barbershop in the city center on Monday.
And the Russian army confirmed on Monday that it had shot down a missile of this type.
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov warned that increased British aid would cause “more destruction” but would “not have a significant impact on the course” of the conflict.
