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  • Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has promised to provide "everything necessary" to soldiers resisting Russian assaults in Soledar and Bakhmout, two towns in the east of the country that Russia is trying to conquer at all costs to change the course of the war .

  • The UN Security Council is also due to meet on Friday at 10 p.m. (French time) to discuss the situation in Ukraine.

  • The capture of Soledar, a small town of about 10,000 inhabitants before the war, now completely destroyed, would allow Moscow to finally brandish a military victory, after a series of humiliating setbacks.

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07:25: The drone war

The unprecedented role played in Ukraine by drones, which have become decisive actors in the conflict, shows, according to experts, the need to adapt modern armies to use them as well as to protect themselves from them.

There have been "other conflicts where drones have been used extensively", such as in Syria against the Islamic State group or in Libya, Samuel Bendett, of the American think tank CNA, told AFP.

But “the number of drones and the scale of their use in Ukraine outweighs any other conflict,” he adds.

This specialist in autonomous weapons underlines "the absolutely unprecedented use of commercial drones" for surveillance and reconnaissance, but also combat, operations in Ukraine.

For him, the war has shown that small drones "are absolutely essential to all units, at all levels", from platoon to company.

"Because they are expendable, not very durable, the forces must be equipped with them in very large quantities," he adds.

7:17 am: The UN is still considering the case of Ukraine

The UN Security Council is due to meet this Friday at 10 p.m. (French time) to discuss the situation in Ukraine.

7:10 am: Zelensky promises "everything necessary" to defend Soledar and Bakhmout

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has promised to provide "everything necessary" to soldiers resisting Russian assaults in Soledar and Bakhmout, two towns in the east of the country that Russia is trying to conquer at all costs to change the course of the war .

“I want to emphasize that the units defending these cities will be supplied with ammunition and everything necessary in a rapid and uninterrupted manner,” Volodymyr Zelensky launched Thursday on Facebook after a meeting with his staff. 

The situation in Soledar has been "difficult" for the Ukrainian army for the past few days and "the fiercest and most violent fighting continues today", Deputy Defense Minister Ganna Maliar said earlier.

Formerly known for its salt mines, Soledar is indeed located 15 km northeast of the city of Bakhmout that Russian forces have been trying to take for months.

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The situation in Soledar has been "difficult" for the Ukrainian army for the past few days and "the fiercest and most violent fighting continues today," said Deputy Defense Minister Ganna Maliar.

The capture of Soledar, a small town of about 10,000 inhabitants before the war, now completely destroyed, would allow Moscow to finally brandish a military victory, after a series of humiliating setbacks.

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