UK Ministry of Defence says heavy fighting continues but much of Ukraine war is in a state of deadlock
Our top story this morning: Ukrainian forces will train on Leopard 2 battle tanks in Poland, according to Ukraine’s defence minister, Oleksii Reznikov, despite allies’ failure to reach an agreement to supply the German-made vehicles to Kyiv. Reznikov described the training development as a breakthrough, attributing the success to efforts by Warsaw. More on that shortly.Russia claimed to have captured of a village in eastern Ukraine as part of its months-long push towards the city of Bakhmut.
Joe Biden’s administration reportedly believes there is a high potential for the Russians to eventually push Ukrainian forces out of the hotly contested city, which has seen some of the war’s most intense fighting to date. Germany’s foreign intelligence service, the BND, is also reportedly alarmed by the losses the Ukrainian army is taking in Bakhmut.
It had been hoped in Europe and the US that Germany would at least allow Leopards owned by countries such as Poland and Finland to be re-exported, but despite days of pleading, Berlin’s newly appointed defence ministerUkraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, pleaded with Germany and western allies to send their battle tanks to Kyiv at the opening of the meeting in Ramstein.
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