Moscow (AFP) Russia’s Medvedev says Moscow will ‘significantly’ increase arms shipments in 2023.Former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Thursday that Russian arms suppliers will increase shipments of military hardware “significantly” throughout 2023.
In a daily update , the Russian Defense Ministry said Russian forces had defeated Ukrainian forces around the Vasilivka settlement in Ukraine’s Donetsk region, north of Bakhmut.
Top diplomat Josep Borrell announces EU plans to train 30,000 Ukrainian soldiers
In an interview with AFP, EU chief diplomat Josep Borrell said the EU plans to double the number of Ukrainian soldiers it trains to his 30,000.
Austria is deporting four Russian diplomats for violating international agreements, the Austrian foreign ministry said Thursday, without giving details.
 The four prominent diplomats declared persona non graté and ordered to leave the country by February 8, two are stationed at the Russian Embassy in Austria and the other two are Russian representatives to the UN in Vienna. The foreign ministry said it works in the ministry.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said she arrived in Kyiv with a team of commissioners on Thursday, a day before a summit between Ukraine and the European Union in the war-torn country.
He is a symbolic visit to highlight support for Ukraine. But the EU is ready to dash any hopes of Ukraine’s rapid accession, stressing the need to do more to combat corruption and acknowledging the country at war in Europe’s largest armed conflict since World War II.
Top members of the European Commission, the EU’s executive body, will meet with their counterparts in the Ukrainian government on Thursday. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and EU Council President Charles Michel are due to meet with President Volodymyr to discuss the foreign policy of the bloc with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen Chief Josep Borrell arrived in Kyiv on Thursday with a delegation of EU leaders. Borrell said in an interview that the EU plans to double the number of Ukrainian soldiers it trains to his 30,000.
The Belarusian Defense Ministry announced Thursday that it has completed his two-week joint air force exercises with the Russian military.
A spate of joint military operations in Belarus has raised concerns in Kyiv and the West that Moscow may be preparing to drag its close allies further into the conflict in Ukraine.
Minsk said various tasks “only defensive in nature” were performed during the exercises.
The European Union plans to impose new sanctions on Russia by the anniversary of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said during a visit to Kyiv on Thursday. Told. European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday praised Ukraine’s efforts to stamp out bribery, following multiple public investigations and high-profile dismissals linked to embezzlement.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday called for further punitive measures against Russia by the European Union and said he had discussed a new EU sanctions package with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.
Russia’s foreign minister, meanwhile, insisted Russia had everything it needed for the conflict and did not seek help from former Soviet allies Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan for military operations. .
Zelensky on Friday.
