🇺🇦 Leaders of Germany, France, Italy, and Romania committed to Ukrainian officials that the West would not demand any concessions from Ukraine to appease Russia.
🇺🇦 The above leaders committed to supporting Ukraine to the end of the war.
🇺🇦 In this meeting, Macron pledged to provide six more self-propelled howitzers
🇺🇦 In this meeting, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stated that Germany will continue to provide financial, humanitarian, and weapons assistance for “Ukraine’s war of independence.
🇺🇦 Macron, Scholz, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, and Romanian President Klaus Iohannis additionally vowed to back Ukraine’s bid to become an official candidate for European Union membership
🇺🇦 EU always wanted Ukraine to win, but something has changed in the past week. They seem to have changed from a philosophical conviction to a moral and societal obligation. It’s as if they are now helping a brother rather than an ally.
🇺🇦 Macron believes Ukraine will receive candidate status next week, conditions to follow The European Commission recommends granting Ukraine candidate status, with reform conditions to come
🇺🇦 Ukraine, Russia, and the west, all seem to be accepting a prolonged war.
🇺🇦 Ukrainian forces have suffered 30% to 50% equipment losses in active combat
🇺🇦 Due to the above, UA is requesting hundreds of artillery systems, including infantry fighting vehicles and tanks in order to keep the fight going. Note, there are 2,500 km of frontline in Ukraine.
🇺🇦 Ukrainian Deputy Defense Minister Denys Sharapov and Land Force Command Logistics Commander Volodymyr Karpenko stated that Ukrainian forces need Predator drones and loitering munitions to accurately strike Russian forces.
🇺🇦 Ukrainian officials stated that Russian forces have already committed about 330,000 servicemen to their invasion of Ukraine without conducting a full-scale mobilization in Russia.
Operations:
🇺🇦 Ukrainian General Staff Main Operations Deputy Chief Oleksiy Gromov stated that Russian forces grouped 150,000 servicemen into battalion tactical groups and involved additional 70,000 troops from air and sea elements, with the remaining personnel staffing non-combat support units
🇺🇦 Russian forces continued to launch ground assaults on Severodonetsk and settlements.
🇺🇦 Russian forces are no longer operating as concrete battalion tactical groups.
🇺🇦 Russian forces conducted unsuccessful offensive operations northwest of Slovyansk, while Ukrainian forces reportedly resumed preparations for counteroffensives west of Izyum.
🇺🇦 Russian and Ukrainian forces engaged in clashes north and northeast of Kharkiv City, though no significant territory changed hands.
🇺🇦 Russian forces continued to fortify fallback positions in northwestern Kherson Oblast, likely in anticipation of Ukrainian counteroffensives in the region.
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