Ukraine, long-range rockets from the US. Wrath of Moscow: “They will aggravate the escalation”.
What happens behind the scenes of diplomacy can only be guessed, in the hope of a real political will to face war with the weapons of dialogue. Some margin suggests the firm “no” of Biden when sending to Ukraine of F-13 fighter. This refusal, however, the US President seems to want to counterbalance with more than 2 billion dollars of military aid, including – for the first time – long range rockets. News that provoked the wrath of Kremlin, what caveats: New American supplies will only contribute to aggravate the escalation. On war supplies, the positions of the countries diverge once again: if there are those who bite the brakes, others – such as the Lithuanian president – hope to overcome the fateful “Red line”. Out of 200 fighters, after all, Kiev will not give in, wants to protect its skies in view of the major offensive that Moscow is preparing in the next two or three weeks. The toughest fighting is yet to come, the secretary of the Security Council of Ukraine said Danielov: the coming months – he says – will be crucial for the course of the war. Biden and Zelensky they could talk about sending new weapons in person, if the news of theirs is true meeting in Poland. On the other hand, those who have not yet sent military aid, in addition to Hungary and Austria, are Israelbut he is examining the issue, at least that’s what the prime minister said – upon a specific question Netanyahuavailable to mediate between Russia and Ukraine if both sides, and the US, asked. But his reflection on the possible supply of arms has already drawn Moscow to attention. And while on the field Ukrainian sources emerge from one Bakhmut razed to the groundwith the Russians who are killing everyone, Zelensky – two days before the summit in Kiev with the EU – awaits positive developments on theEuropean integration. Just ahead of the reform talks, in response to suspicions of illegal operations, the Ukrainian authorities have fired “the entire management of the customs agency“. The president is confident about the good news from Brussels, but there are those who fear the repercussions of membership: the other member states called to intervene in the conflict. Not an economic or commercial war, but a real military one, fought on the Ukrainian soil also by European troops. Only fears, to date, while the EU training mission becomes more ambitious: sources say it is ready to prepare 30,000 Ukrainian soldiersalso the tank crews needed to lead the “high number of tanks”, available by the spring.