2023-07-12 08:05:04
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Wednesday, July 12, 2023
10:05
“A POSTURE OF CAUTION”
Alex Reed of the LCI political interview this Wednesday morning, Colonel Michel Goya returned to the situation in Ukraine and the position of the Allies, while the NATO summit is currently being held in Vilnius, Lithuania.
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09:48
NORWAY TO SUPPLY DRONES AND AIR DEFENSE ELEMENTS
Ultra-light drones, elements of ground-to-air systems, military rations … Norway clarified on Wednesday the nature of the additional military aid it plans to provide in 2023 to Ukraine.
On Tuesday, the Norwegian government announced an acceleration of its military support for the Ukrainian army in the face of the Russian invasion. It will take the form of 1,000 Black Hornet-type nanodrones, elements of NASAMS surface-to-air missile systems that will complement systems of the same type that Lithuania plans to deliver to Ukraine, and tens of thousands of food rations, Defense Minister Bjørn Arild Gram said on Wednesday.
09:09
NATO SUMMIT
“We will fight to obtain security guarantees for Ukraine,” Volodymyr Zelensky said in a brief statement to the press on Wednesday, on the sidelines of the second day of the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania.
08:59
SITUATION A UKRAINE
“On the Ukrainian side, we still have the objective of driving the Russians out of all Ukrainian territory. But to drive out the Russians, you have to break the front, you have to pierce it and plant the flag on an important point. the problem is that this front is solid”, underlines Michel Goya. To achieve this objective, according to him, it is necessary to put in place the weakening of the Russian artillery and for that, “we need more firepower, above all we need ammunition”.
“We can estimate that Ukraine has fired between 3 and 4 million shells since the beginning of the war, the Russians, probably twice as much. For comparison, in France, the company Nexter manufactures 40,000 shells, 250mm per year. So that’s regarding what the Ukrainians use in five days,” said Michel Goya, pointing to the ammunition problems encountered on the front, on the Ukrainian and Russian sides.
08:52
ALLY ENGAGEMENT PLAN
The plan of long-term commitments for Ukraine’s security that the G7 countries will adopt on Wednesday will show Russia that time is once morest it, a US official said.
“This multilateral statement will send a significant signal to Russia that time is not on its side,” White House European Affairs adviser Amanda Sloat told reporters.
The plan will “help Ukraine build an army that can defend itself and deter future attacks”, with an emphasis on “long-term investment”, she added.
08:50
“HE PUT THE PRESSURE”
Following the first day of the NATO summit, the Ukrainian president expressed his disappointment with Ukraine’s accession to the Alliance, which is not moving forward. According to Michel Goya, Volodymyr Zelensky “is putting the pressure on” as a second summit day is scheduled for today. According to the consultant, the United States and Germany are positioning themselves once morest this membership.
“The United States is an indispensable but ultimately quite versatile ally. They are in a position of caution. They are helping massively, and they are by far the main contributors to the war in Ukraine, but we must not go too far once morest the Russia”, emphasizes Michel Goya.
08:38
LES MISSILE SCALP
Returning to the French President’s announcement made yesterday regarding the delivery of French long-range SCALP missiles to Ukraine, Colonel Michel Goya described how they would help the military on the front lines. “Their main quality is to carry very far more than 400 kilometers, to be very precise, very difficult to intercept, they are cruise missiles”, he explained on LCI, “it’s perfect for hitting targets with high added value”.
These missiles would be the equivalent of the Storm Shadows delivered by the United Kingdom. Michel Goya recalls that the United States, which has equivalent missiles, did not make such deliveries. “The Americans are afraid that the Ukrainians will do stupid things with them”, justified the soldier, who nevertheless insisted on the importance of these missiles to advance the Ukrainian counter-offensive.
08:36
DRONE ATTACK ON kyiv
Ukraine claims to have shot down 11 Russian drones overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday in a second night attack in a row.
“A total of 15 explosive drones were involved in the strikes. Eleven of them were destroyed,” the Ukrainian Air Force said on a social network.
08:24
LCI Alex Reed
Colonel Michel Goya, LCI military consultant, will be Adrien Gindre’s Alex Reed from 8:30 am.
07:29
DRONE ATTACK ON kyiv
On Tuesday night, Russia launched a drone attack on Kiev for the second night in a row, the head of the Ukrainian capital’s military administration, Serhïi Popko, reported on Wednesday.
This Iranian-made Shahed explosive drone offensive was totally repelled, he claimed on Telegram, adding that there was “no information on casualties or destruction so far“.
07:26
“MORAL CONTRACT”
If Volodymyr Zelensky had few illusions concerning his country’s membership in NATO, he took advantage of the NATO summit to put pressure on the Alliance. The Ukrainian leader had described as “absurd“Failing to set a deadline for membership.”Uncertainty is a weakness“, he had thundered.
A first meeting of a Ukraine-NATO council will however take place in Vilnius, which allows the Ukrainian leader to sit around the table to set the agenda for talks with the Alliance, even if he is still far from being a member of the club.
Zelensky / NATO: how are the allies reacting? Source: TF1 Info
07:15
UKRAINE WAITING FOR COMMITMENTS
A long-term commitment plan for Ukraine’s security will be presented on Wednesday, the second day of a NATO summit that dashed President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hopes of obtaining a precise timetable for the accession of his country to the Alliance.
The Ukrainian leader, who sharply criticized the leaders of NATO countries for their lack of will to integrate Ukraine, had dinner with them on Tuesday evening, shortly following being cheered by a crowd gathered in the city center of Vilnius.
Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with the leaders. The G7 countries (Germany, Canada, United States, France, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom) should issue a joint statement on support for Kiev in the coming years, to help it fight Russia and counter future attacks. The joint declaration will provide a framework for the subsequent conclusion of bilateral agreements between these countries and Kyiv, detailing the weapons they will provide.
07:08
WELCOME
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