Russia has hit out on the US and Germany because the international locations put together to ship extra tanks to Ukraine. Washington is predicted to announce the supply of dozens of M1 Abrams battle tanks, Globalnews24.eu reviews, whereas Germany has lastly agreed to supply its Leopard 2 tanks after weeks of uncertainty.

The transfer might symbolize one other essential blow to Russia’s invasion efforts, and the nation’s ambassador to the US has expressed his fury.

Writing on the Russian Embassy to the US’ Telegram, ambassador Anatoly Antonov accused Washington and Berlin of a “blatant provocation.”

He mentioned: “It’s apparent that Washington is purposefully attempting to inflict a strategic defeat on us.

“If america decides to provide tanks, then justifying such a step with arguments about ‘defensive weapons’ will certainly not work. This might be one other blatant provocation in opposition to the Russian Federation.”

Whereas Kremlin allies rage on the newest army aide headed to Kyiv, Ukrainians are buoyed by the bolstering of their forces.

Andriy Yermak, Ukrainian president Zelensky’s chief-of-staff, mentioned on Telegram: Just a few hundred tanks for our tank crews – the very best tank crews on this planet.

“That is what’s going to grow to be an actual punching fist of democracy in opposition to the autocracy from the lavatory.”

The Russian authorities has escalated its rhetoric in latest days. On Monday, Moscow’s overseas minister Sergey Lavrov warned that Russia and the West are not in a “hybrid battle” however virtually a “actual one”.

Whereas on a state go to to South Africa, Lavrov additionally blamed the US and different Ukraine allies for the dearth of progress in direction of peace.

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He mentioned: “It’s well-known that we supported the proposal of the Ukrainian facet to barter early within the particular army operation and by the tip of March, the 2 delegations agreed on the precept to settle this battle.

“It’s [also] well-known and was revealed brazenly that our American, British, and a few European colleagues instructed Ukraine that it’s too early to deal, and the association which was virtually agreed was by no means revisited by the Kyiv regime.

“After we discuss what is going on in Ukraine – it’s a battle, not a hybrid one, virtually an actual battle, that the West has been plotting for a very long time in opposition to Russia.

“The purpose is to destroy all the things Russian, from language to tradition, that has been in Ukraine for hundreds of years and to ban folks from talking their mom tongue.”

Since Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February, Vladimir Putin’s males have suffered quite a few setbacks.

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They’ve been pressured to retreat from areas close to Kharkiv and Kherson, and did not take the capital Kyiv at first of the battle.

Preventing within the east for the strategically vital cities of Soledar and Bakhmut continues.

Studies in latest days warned that Russia is now planning one other offensive within the japanese Donetsk and Luhansk areas.

Ukrainian intelligence says {that a} “massive Russian offensive” could possibly be on the horizon as Russian troops are regrouping.

Final week, Russia additionally introduced a brand new offensive within the Zaporizhzhia area, within the south of Ukraine, and residential to the nuclear energy plant that has been caught within the crossfire of preventing.

Russian forces claimed to have taken “extra advantageous strains and positions” throughout the assault.