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The pressure on Russia is not enough, says Zelenskyj. Heavy fighting is reported from the Donbass. Putin considers the course of the war to be "according to plan".  According to Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the situation of Ukrainian troops in the heavily contested areas in the east of the country remains extremely difficult despite Western arms deliveries. "We are doing everything we can to equip our military with modern artillery systems and to respond appropriately to the occupiers," said the Ukrainian president in his video address that night. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin has threatened countermeasures after Finland and Sweden plan to join NATO. He again claimed that the fighting in Ukraine was going according to plan. Vladimir Putin: "Everything is going according to plan" During a visit to Turkmenistan, the Russian President again claimed that hostilities are going according to plan. "The work is quiet, rhythmic, the troops are moving and

NATO is now being expanded after all. This is good news for the alliance, very good news for the Turkish president - and bad news for Vladimir Putin. Sometimes it's the small, tedious gestures and conversations that add up to bring about the greatest progress. Quite a few of these were undertaken before the NATO summit in Madrid, which begins on Wednesday. First, the White House reported a phone call between US President Joe Biden and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Then Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, followed up with the announcement that the two would meet in Madrid for bilateral talks. At a joint meeting with Erdoğan, Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson and Finnish President Sauli Niinistö, even before all delegations from the 30 member countries had even arrived, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg tried to make some progress towards a compromise. And what a distance they covered. Late on Tuesday evening there was sudden excitement at t

Now promised weapons systems will improve the situation for Ukraine. But don't expect too much, the war could go on for a long time. The pickup is parked on a dirt road somewhere in Ukraine. Soldiers have installed a rocket launcher on the loading area, which they dismantled from a crashed Russian Kamov Ka-52 combat helicopter. The improvised rocket launcher fires six projectiles. Whether and what they hit cannot be seen in the video published by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense on Twitter . "Many thanks to the volunteers for the Mitsubishi L200," writes the ministry. "But we are still waiting for HIMARS and M270!" These Western-made multiple rocket launchers are designed to enable Ukraine to repel the Russian army's ongoing artillery attacks. The US has already delivered four HIMARS to Ukraine, this has been confirmed by Oleksiy Reznikov, Ukraine's Defense Minister. He thanked his US colleague Lloyd J. Austin for "these powerful tools", of wh

Volodymyr Zelenskyj wants to reconquer Sieverodonetsk and other cities. The capital Kyiv is rocked again by explosions. The Ukrainian capital Kiev has been rocked by several explosions. They happened early in the morning in the Shevchenkivsky district, Mayor Vitali Klitschko said on the short message service Telegram. Paramedics and rescue workers were dispatched to the scene. The Ukrainian capital has rarely been the target of Russian attacks in recent weeks. The Russian military is currently concentrating primarily on the east of the country. Kyiv was last shelled in early June. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that he would recapture all the cities occupied by Russia. More than four months after the start of the war, his country is in an emotionally difficult phase, he said in his video address. Previously, Moscow had reported the capture of the strategically important city of Sievjerodonetsk. Nationwide Air Alert, Attacks On Lysychansk, Ukrainians Keep Supply Route