Here is the situation as it stands on Wednesday, February 15, 2023:
Fighting:
Russian forces have made incremental progress in the last day or two in trying to capture Bahkmut, but it is unclear if it will fall, White House spokesperson John Kirby said.
Moscow’s troops have been targeting Ukrainian positions along the front line in the Donetsk region, according to local officials. Only about 5,000 civilians are left in the city of a pre-war population of about 70,000, regional Governor Pavlo Kyrylenko said.
More than eight million Ukrainians have been forced to flee since the war broke out, the UN refugee agency said, in what has become the largest refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.
Weapons:
Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin has said that the United States and its partners are “working hard” to supply Ukraine with the equipment it needs before an expected offensive in the coming months.
The Polish defence minister said that discussions on supplying F-16 fighter jets to…
2023-02-17 04:00:04
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