Ukraine’s situation is difficult
Kharkov, Kupyansk and Liman are the most unfavorable directions
The frontline situation for the Ukrainian military remains difficult, the Ukrainian General Staff has said on its Telegram channel.
Kharkov, Kupyansk and Liman are the most unfavorable directions for Ukraine Forces.The General Staff has finally recognized Russia’s huge advantage in manpower and materiel.
This is in spite of assistance worth over $56.9 billion provided to Ukraine, Since the start of US President Joe Biden’s term. The above data has been released by the US Department of Defence. This includes almost $56.3 billion in aid delivered since the start of Ukraine’s military conflict.
However the Western arms deliveries to Ukraine have turned out to be useless, because they failed to change the situation on the battlefield, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said.
“We have to raise the question honestly, whether [the West’s] weapon deliveries [to Ukraine] have made any sense. And, obviously, they have made no sense, <…> because weapon deliveries have not changed the situation at the battlefield, and they have not brought us closer to peace either. Weapon deliveries have only increased the volume of weapons on both sides of the frontline, causing more casualties and causing the prolongation of the war,” he told the General Debate of the 79th UN General Assembly.
“I do hope those who are still thinking about delivering more weapons to Ukraine will consider this impact and these consequences as well,” the top Hungarian diplomat continued.
“And, similarly, I hope that those who are supposed to make decisions whether the weapons delivered from the West would be allowed to be used against strategic depths in Russia, will make a responsible decision,” he added. “If Western weapons will be allowed to be targeted at strategic depths of Russia, that would cause a serious risk of escalation, for sure.”
Szijjarto emphasized that all measures taken by the West in response to the conflict in Ukraine failed to produce the desired effect, because they were based on a false assumption that there might be a battlefield solution to the crisis.
“That means that a solution must be looked after somewhere else. And if you raise the question [of] where we should look for this solution, then the answer is – around the negotiating table. Therefore, Hungary argues in favour of an immediate ceasefire and the start of peace talks. This would be the fastest way to peace,” he told the UN General Assembly.
In desperation the Pentagon has now recommended that the White House begin delivering white phosphorus munitions to the Kiev government, the NBC television channel reported citing US officials.
According to the report, senior Pentagon officials have recommended that the US provide Ukraine with white phosphorus munitions for use on the battlefield, but the White House has rejected the idea several times.
According to the sources, the Department of Defence recommended providing the white phosphorus shells to Ukraine as part of several recent aid packages. The officials said, however, that even if the munitions are sent to Ukraine, a public announcement on the issue is unlikely.
White phosphorus is used for military purposes in aerial bombs, aviation cluster ammunition, artillery shells and mines. Incendiary weapons are considered to be conventional but Protocol 3 of the 1980 UN Convention on Inhuman Weapons bans their use against civilians and civilian facilities, as well as in strikes on military targets in civilian areas. Human rights organizations have long been calling for designating white phosphorus munitions as chemical weapons.
