Almost a year after the start of the war, the UN is asking for 5.6 billion dollars to cover the humanitarian needs linked to the war in Ukraine. For their part, the members of NATO continue Wednesday in Brussels their discussions to accelerate their deliveries of armaments and ammunition to Ukraine. Follow hour by hour the latest developments in the conflict.
The UN has requested $5.6 billion (€5.2 billion) to cover the humanitarian needs this year of 11.1 million people in Ukraine and 4.2 million refugees and host communities in Europe.
“Nearly a year on, war continues to cause death, destruction and displacement every day, and on a staggering scale,” UN chief of humanitarian operations Martin Griffiths said in a statement. .
During his European tour, Volodymyr Zelensky spoke a lot about his country’s need for fighter jets. But today the Ukrainians and their allies are more focused on what can be delivered in the coming weeks, reports our correspondent in Ukraine, Gulliver Cragg.
Ukraine needs weapons that it can use immediately, including weapons that Ukrainians have already been trained in, such as tanks from Poland in particular, and new anti-aircraft defense systems.
France and Italy, for example, have promised to provide a system equivalent to the American Patriot and capable of intercepting ballistic missiles of the S-400 type, which Russia is using more and more and which current Ukrainian systems cannot stop.
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Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov said he would focus on tanks to prepare for the Ukrainian counter-offensive planned, according to US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, in the spring.
NATO members continue Wednesday in Brussels their discussions to accelerate their deliveries of armaments and ammunition to Ukraine, which insists on also receiving combat planes in order to better resist the Russian invasion.
With AFP and Reuters
Source: France 24
