War Ukraine – Russia, last minute | Germany prepares the largest shipment of military material to kyiv

An unidentified object that entered Polish airspace from Belarus was likely an observation balloon, the Defense Ministry said on Twitter on Saturday.

Poland's territorial defense forces were deployed to search for the object, with which radar contact was lost near the town of Rypin, the ministry says, without specifying when the incident occurred.

The forces of order have maximized the security measures in Rome today for the visit of the Ukrainian president, Volodomir Zelenski, who this morning will meet with his Italian counterpart, Sergio Matarella, on a trip in which he is also scheduled to meet with Pope Francis and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.

The Italian capital is armored, with a thousand agents deployed, a no-fly zone and several sniper teams located in the areas where Zelenski will pass, whose agenda and schedules are still not officially communicated, for security reasons, although it is expected that begin your meetings with Mattarella and Meloni, and the meeting with Pope Francis occurs in the afternoon.

The tide of war turns again. In a series of surprise counter-attacks on the flanks of the long-awaited Bakhmut, Ukrainian troops have pushed the Russian lines back several kilometres, leaving the city unprotected on both sides, with thousands of reservists falling back and at high risk to Wagner's mercenaries from be bagged if they do not contain the advances of the resistance. Ukraine has presented geolocated videos of these advances, where hundreds of Russian soldiers are seen fleeing across the countryside, many dead face down in their trenches, others surrendering with their hands up, and some even committing suicide with a grenade before the eyes. of the drone. Russian morale falls at the rate at which the soil of the Ukrainian spring dries up.

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Russian forces have withdrawn from their positions on the southern flank of operations in Bakhmut for the past four days, Britain's Defense Ministry said on Saturday.

The withdrawal has seen Ukrainian forces recapture at least a kilometer of territory, Britain said in a daily intelligence bulletin.

“The area is of some tactical importance because it was a Russian bridgehead on the western side of the Donets-Donbas canal, which marks the front line through parts of the sector,” the intelligence update said.

Germany has prepared a new package of military equipment for Ukraine worth 2.7 billion euros (3 billion dollars), the largest since the war began in Ukraine, reports 'Der Spiegel' on Saturday.

The package will include 20 Marder infantry fighting vehicles, 30 Leopard 1 tanks, 15 Gepard anti-aircraft tanks, 200 reconnaissance drones, four additional Iris-T anti-aircraft systems including ammunition, additional artillery ammunition and more than 200 armored vehicles. combat and logistics.

The G7 finance ministers have reiterated in recent hours their “firm commitment” to financially support Kiev during the war in Ukraine as much as necessary and continue to sanction Moscow.. Thus, the G7 “will continue to meet Ukraine's short-term financing needs” and will support “joint efforts to repair its critical infrastructures”, according to the joint declaration adopted this morning at the end of the meeting of ministers in Japan.. In addition, the text underlines the “unwavering will” of the G7 to impose sanctions and other measures on Russia that could “undermine its ability to carry out” the war in Ukraine.

This show of support comes just a day after it was announced that Kiev forces have advanced two kilometers in the area in front of the city of Bakhmut, the current epicenter of the fighting.