Ukraine redoubles its requests: from tanks to fighter jets

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"speed" and "volume".

This is how the Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelensky, sums up what his country needs to resist.

Speed ​​in the arrival of supplies and to train the military from him.

Volume in reference to the amount of support from countries to swell their forces against the Russian enemy.

For this reason, after the thanks to the allies for sending tanks, more requests arrive, also for fighters and long-range missiles.

And all this while the drums of war are beating loudly: with the Russian side intensifying its attacks against the movements of the West.

The Government of Ukraine appreciated the decision to send tanks, with the 'Leopard 2' as the main protagonists for having temporarily 'blocked' their shipment.

In his nightly speech, explains 'The Guardian', Zelenski was blunt in pointing out that the key now is "

"The speed of the training of our military, the speed of the supply of tanks to Ukraine and the volume of support for the tanks," he added, after stating that Wednesday was "a day of very good news for Ukraine. There is a coalition of tanks There is a decision to start the supply of tanks for our defense."

The Ukrainian leader was referring to those at least 100 armored vehicles that are waiting after the announcements from the different allied nations, including Spain.

"All this demonstrates the most important fact for the world right now: the fact that freedom is only getting stronger. And the way we are all working together to strengthen freedom, to defend Ukraine and Europe, is a historic achievement of the leaders who are working now," he added.

Now, after giving Germany the green light to hand over their cars, from Ukraine they are launching the request for the need for combat planes and long-range missiles.

The new requests came from different voices of high Ukrainian officials.

Foreign Minister Dimitro Kuleba, through his Twitter account, summarized: "We have new tasks ahead of us: Western fighter planes, sanctions, application of the Peace Formula."

The same idea was replicated by Yuriy Sak, adviser to the Secretary of Defense of Ukraine, in the American

.

In his statements he refers to the US F-16 fighters.

Precisely, the sale of these aircraft by Washington to Ankara could be the factor that ends the veto of the Turkish president for the accession to NATO of Sweden and Finland, although the latter country has already stated that it is willing to do it alone. if necessary.

"We will do our best to ensure that Ukraine gets

," Sak said.

Among the characteristics of the F-16 stands out that they are

For example, they were used in Operation Desert Storm in the Gulf War.

It is not the first time that there has been talk of combat aircraft to face Russia in Ukrainian territory, in addition to which experts always remember that the ships of this type in kyiv's possession are from the Soviet era.

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Russian answer

The day after the big announcement from the West, Moscow responded as usual: with a missile strike.

Russia launched a massive attack on Ukrainian territory, where sirens blared and citizens ran for shelters.

The Ukrainian Army spoke of the launch of "55 missiles" and that its forces "destroyed 47 cruise missiles, 20 of them in the capital area," Afp reported.

Ukrainian emergency services recorded at least 11 deaths.

Anton Gerashchenko, an adviser to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, posted on Twitter that the air alert was in effect throughout Ukraine.

The Ukrainian 'The Kyiv Independent' noted that the Ukrainian private energy company DTEK was carrying out emergency power cuts in various parts of the country, including kyiv, due to the aforementioned attacks.

It is a constant for Ukrainians to stay in the dark or without services to warm up in these winter days.

Memories of the two Cold War blocs came again, this time from the spokesman for the Russian Presidency, Dmitri Peskov, who said at a press conference that

.

The war in Ukraine, which began on February 24, 2022, takes on a new course with these movements and with an eye toward spring, which will change the course of the confrontations as weather conditions vary.

While the new supplies arrive, which Germany assures will arrive between the end of March and April, the Ukrainians continue to flaunt their Numantine resistance, despite losing the mining town of Soledar this week.

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