WAR IN UKRAINE: June 15, 2022
LATEST DEVELOPMENTS: Day 111
The former US ambassador to Ukraine, Marie Yovanovitch, a career diplomat fired by Donald Trump, said in New York last night that she expects new shipments of US-provided weaponry to reach Ukraine soon. Though she predicted a long and brutal summer ahead.
Meanwhile the Pentagon said: "The United States is ready to provide everything to help Ukraine achieve success. We also have partners from all over the world ready to help Ukraine," said Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin.
achievement. Russia is now the most sanctioned country in the world. According to data service Statista, more than 10,500 restrictions have been imposed on Russian individuals and companies. More than 7,500 of those were implemented in the last four months - BBC
Ukraine's military is burning through Soviet-era ammunition that fits older systems as the country pleads with the West to send more heavy weaponry and Russia amasses a significant artillery advantage around two strategically important cities in eastern Ukraine. Western intelligence and military officials believe Russia's war in Ukraine is in a critical stage that could determine the long-term outcome of the conflict, according to multiple sources familiar with US and other Western intelligence - CNN
US President Joe Biden said Washington plans to construct temporary silos in countries bordering Ukraine, including Poland, the BBC reports. They are needed for storage on the border because Ukraine’s railway gauge is wider than EU rail networks and the grain must be offloaded at the border before it can be reloaded on wagons en route to Polish seaports. A Polish official says import capacity at the Polish border is currently limited to about 1.5 million tonnes per month but the construction of the silos would make the process smoother. However, he says there is also a lack of grain containers and handling equipment “If we do not deliver grain to North Africa, to Middle Eastern countries, there will be hunger and a wave of migrants will flow to Western Europe.”
"Tens of thousands of Ukrainian women are currently serving in the Ukrainian military, representing a significant portion of the country’s expanded wartime armed forces," writes Iryna Slavinska for the Atlantic Council’s UkraineAlert. Read full article here
