Ukraine appeals to Europe and the United States to accelerate weapons supply, Russia strongly opposes

The Ukrainian government is appealing to the West to speed up its arms supply as Russian forces continue to attack eastern and southern Ukraine.

On the other hand, a high-ranking official of the Russian Foreign Ministry strongly opposes that the situation does not allow ceasefire negotiations with the Western side, which has decided to provide tanks.

In Ukraine, attacks by Russian forces damaged hospitals, schools and houses in the southern Kherson and eastern Kharkiv provinces, killing a total of four people and injuring several others, according to local authorities. am.

Russian forces have also advanced towards Bakhmut, one of the Ukrainian strongholds in the eastern Donetsk region, and fierce fighting is believed to be continuing in the surrounding area.

In response, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky appealed to Western countries to accelerate the supply of weapons.

On the 29th, the American think tank "War Research Institute" announced an analysis of Western military support, pointing out that it is essential for Ukraine to survive as a nation, and that the decision to supply tanks from the West is also important. I rated it.

On the other hand, "long-range artillery systems, advanced air defense systems, and delays in the delivery of tanks limit Ukraine's ability to exploit the opportunity for a large-scale counterattack operation presented by Russia's failed campaign. The Ukrainian military may have lost the opportunity to counterattack this winter due to the delay in the decision to supply tanks.

In response to this, Russia has strengthened its opposition to the Western side that decided to provide tanks, and Deputy Foreign Minister Ryabkov of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in an interview with the state-run Russian news agency on the 30th, "In this situation, not only Ukraine but also Ukraine It is meaningless to talk to countries that manipulate the war," he said, criticizing that the situation is not in a position to negotiate a ceasefire.

Furthermore, regarding the nuclear disarmament treaty "New START" with the United States, he touched on the possibility that there would be no new nuclear disarmament treaty between the United States and Russia after 2026, three years after the treaty expires, and said, "It is a highly possible scenario. It is made," and strongly restrained.