Brussels-Kyiv: Europe and the Arabs
Military operations continue between Russia and Ukraine at a time when contacts continue between allies in NATO, the European Union and the United States regarding providing more support to Ukraine to confront Russian attacks and carry out a counterattack.
Today, Sunday, the General Staff of the Ukrainian Armed Forces announced that the Russian forces are focusing their efforts on carrying out offensive actions in the directions of Liman, Bakhmut, Avdiivka and Marinka, as the Ukrainian Defense Forces repulsed 58 attacks there.

The Ukrainian news agency Ukrinform quoted the authority's statement as saying that despite the heavy losses, the Russian forces do not abandon their plans to seize Ukrainian lands and continue bombing and attacking both military and civilian targets.

The statement added that during the past 24 hours, the Russian forces launched seven missile strikes and 39 air strikes, and opened fire with multiple missile launch systems 50 times.

There were reports of civilian casualties, as well as damage to residential homes and civilian infrastructure.

In contrast, the Ukrainian Air Force launched three strikes on Russian military groups as the Ukrainian military shot down two Shahed aircraft, an Orlan-10 reconnaissance drone, and an unidentified unmanned aerial vehicle.

Ukrainian missile and artillery units hit a Russian personnel group, two fuel depots, two air defense missile systems, and an artillery unit.

An article published by the American "Washington Post" newspaper sheds light on the repercussions of the missile attacks launched by Russian forces, on Friday, on several targets in Ukraine within the framework of the special military operation that Moscow launched in Ukraine in February of last year.
 
The author of the article, Andrew Young, indicated that these attacks killed nearly 25 people, explaining that they are the most violent in several months, as Russian forces launched similar attacks against Ukrainian sites in January and December.
 
In this context, the writer refers to the statements of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday evening, in which he thanked the Ukrainian army for its success in shooting down many missiles that targeted Ukrainian sites. This led to a reduction in the size of the losses resulting from the attacks.
 
The writer deals with the international position on the ongoing developments in Ukraine, where he highlights the statements of South Korean President Yoon Sok Yul during his visit to the United States on Friday, in which he expressed his belief that all countries of the world should confront Russian operations in Ukraine.
 
In a speech at Harvard University, the South Korean president said that his country is currently studying options for providing military aid to Ukraine to enhance the capabilities of the Ukrainian forces in confronting the Russian forces.
 
In this regard, the writer refers to the military aid provided by Ukraine's allied countries and the feasibility of this aid in strengthening the capabilities of the Ukrainian forces, explaining that the "MiG-29" warplanes obtained by Ukraine will not contribute significantly, according to military experts, to achieving The required qualitative superiority of the Ukrainian forces in order to defeat the Russian forces.
 
Experts explain, as the article indicates, that this type of aircraft dates back to the era of the Soviet Union, and it is an outdated model that is unable to keep pace with developments on the battlefield, and that the combat capabilities of these aircraft are not sufficient to ensure the success of the counter-military operation that Ukraine intends to carry out during the spring. The current situation is in light of the qualitative superiority of the Russian forces, which possess aircraft equipped with modern radars and advanced missile systems.
 
In this context, the writer sheds light on the statements of the Ukrainian Air Force spokesman, Yuri Ihnat, in which he appeals to Western countries to provide modern and more advanced types of combat aircraft.
  In the same context, Lithuania sent six other Land Rover vehicles and military food rations to Ukraine.
 
"Saturday, the Lithuanian Armed Forces delivered six more off-road Land Rovers and military food rations to Ukraine. Everything required to support mobility," Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anoushuskas said in a tweet on Saturday.
 
Anoushuskas stated - earlier - that the amount of military aid provided to Ukraine amounted to 454 million euros, stressing that Lithuania is ready to provide support to Ukraine to defeat Russia. According to what was reported by the Middle East News Agency.