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The death of at least 89 Russian soldiers in Makiikva has become the latest headache for Putin in the

.

The critics, even from sectors related to the Kremlin, do not point directly to him, but they do urge him to take measures that could affect the military leadership.

The president of Russia, meanwhile, is silent.

Until now he has not publicly said a word about what happened.

Analysts say that the

is going on for a long time.

And in this situation, kyiv does not stop demanding military support from its Western allies.

Last morning he confirmed that France is going to give him Bastion light battle tanks.

The US, for its part, is studying the supply of Bradley combat tanks.

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08:40

Ukraine estimates it killed 800 Russian soldiers Wednesday

The Ukrainian army has estimated this Thursday that 800 Russian soldiers died the day before, the majority in fighting in the eastern Donetsk region.

In its daily summary of the fighting,

and that their attacks in the Avdiivka and Kupiansk sectors were unsuccessful.

In addition to citing those human losses, he has added that a Russian plane, a helicopter and three tanks were destroyed during the previous day.

Ukraine also reports an unspecified number of its own civilian casualties as a result of Russian rocket, missile and airstrikes against the city of Bakhmut and two other towns in the Donetsk region: Kostiantynivka and Kurakhove.

Russia denies attacking civilians.

The Reuters agency, which collects this information, has not been able to independently verify it.

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08:18

Biden Considers Supplying Ukraine with Bradley Fighting Vehicles

US President

said Wednesday that Washington was considering sending

the site of Europe's largest land conflict since 1945.

The Bradley armored car has been a staple of the US military for

since the mid-1980s. The US has thousands of Bradleys.

They would give Kiev more

on the battlefield and strengthen its trench warfare capabilities.

A Bradley Fighting Vehicle on maneuvers in SyriaBaderkhan Ahmad |

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However, Biden would not agree to send the Abrams tanks that Ukraine has requested.

kyiv has repeatedly asked the Western allies for heavier combat vehicles, such as these Abrams tanks and German-made Leopards.

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07:59

Former NATO chief stresses parallels between Ukraine and Taiwan

Democratic countries should make clear

, the former NATO secretary general said during a visit to the island on Thursday.

China, which claims Taiwan as its own territory despite strong objections from the democratic island, has increased pressure on it to assert its sovereignty claims.

In this context,

, saying that democratic countries must work together to ensure a Ukrainian victory and to deter China from attacking Taiwan. Taiwan.

"Any attempt by China to change the status quo in Taiwan by force should provoke an equally unified response and we must make this clear to China now," Rasmussen told reporters at a news conference in Taipei.

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7:20

Criticism in Russia against its military leadership sharply increases

Russia

on Wednesday raised to

the balance of

on the town of Makéyevka, in the annexed region of Donetsk, which accentuated criticism against the military leadership.

The announcement of the new balance sparked a

, already lashed out on Monday and Tuesday for its "incompetence" by Russian correspondents and commentators.

The management of the RT chain, the international propaganda arm of the Kremlin, asked to publish the names of the Russian commanders and "their responsibility".

Many Russians called on social networks for a transparent investigation of the events.

"It is not the mobile phones or their owners that are to be blamed, but the banal negligence of the commanders who, I am sure, did not even try to relocate the personnel" outside the building, lamented the group "Notes of a veteran" on Telegram, with 200,000 followers.

According to the Russian military, the attack was carried out with the help of

, a weapon supplied by the United States to Ukraine that allows strikes behind enemy lines.

Russian war correspondents

and shifting the blame onto soldiers.

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7:12

Hostilities persist on the Ukrainian front

The Ukrainian General Staff reported on Wednesday

(east),

and

(south).

The presidency reported

by Russian fire in the last 24 hours.

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7:00

Macron confirms that France will send light battle tanks to Ukraine

French President

confirmed this Wednesday to his Ukrainian counterpart,

, that his country will send

light battle tanks to

"I had a long and detailed conversation with the President of France Emmanuel Macron about the current situation. I thanked him for the decision to

, as well as for intensifying work with partners in the same direction .

", Zelensky later expressed on Twitter.

Although the Élysée plans to publish a statement with additional details later, the French presidency did confirm that this agreement involves the "first Western-designed battle tanks" sent to

.

These are

, which move on wheels, not on chains.

This type of French tank destroyers (or tank destroyers) weighs 15 tons and has a 105-millimeter gun and is used mainly for reconnaissance missions.

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