Bulgaria is a leading producer of #armaments , in particular those of #Soviet design used heavily by Ukraine's army. #Moscow has criticised Mr #Zelensky 's visit, accusing him of trying to drag as many countries as possible into the conflict.

On #TheGlobalJigsaw we have looked into #Kremlin narratives have been dividing politics in Bulgaria. The former #Soviet ally is torn between old and new allegiances

Audio
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fwxf4w

Video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLCaOI-gzyY

However, #Xi's visit to #Moscow ended without an announcement of #armaments deliveries to #Russia.

Later, #Putin announced deployment of tactical #nuclear weapons in neighboring #Belarus. #Zelenskyy suspected that #Kremlin chief's move was intended to distract from the lack of guarantees from #China that he had hoped for. "What does that mean? It means that the visit was not good for Russia," speculated Zelenskyy, referring to Xi's visit to #Moscow.

The military briefing took place in the industrial city of #Dnipro, where there are many #armaments factories. In addition, #Zelenskyy visited #Zaporizhia and cities of #Nikopol and #Marhanets in the #Dnipropetrovsk region, which are often exposed to Russian rocket attacks. "Today Russian rockets hit residential buildings in Zaporizhia," said Zelenskyy. These were "burned, unfortunately partly destroyed".

#UkraineRussiaWar #Ukraine

While #Ukraine will get 420 to 440 tanks from the #West, #Russia will build 1,600 new tanks or modernize existing tanks. #Putin also said Russia could produce three times the amount of #ammunition that western Ukraine wants to supply. The national #armaments industry is developing at a rapid pace.

#UkraineRussiaWar

@rbreich …and as for the public subsidy for #armaments #arms manufacturers’ shareholders… https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/mar/01/ukraine-lobbyists-washington-defense-industry

#NATO #OTAN meeting today:

"...Ministers also addressed ways to boost industrial capacity and replenish #stockpiles of #armaments and #munitions, which are in greater demand than ever, given Allies' unprecedented support to #Ukraine.

Measures include the need to ramp up industrial capacity and work closely with #industry, as well as reviewing NATO capability targets for munition stockpiles..."

Source: https://mastodon.world/@oanalungescu/109868961429864949

#NATO #OTAN meeting today:

Ministers also addressed ways to boost industrial capacity and replenish #stockpiles of #armaments and #munitions, which are in greater demand than ever, given Allies' unprecedented support to #Ukraine.

Measures include the need to ramp up industrial capacity and work closely with #industry, as well as reviewing NATO capability targets for munition stockpiles.

Source: https://mastodon.world/@oanalungescu/109868961429864949

The announcement comes amid warnings from Kyiv that forces of #Ukraine may not have enough weapons and #ammunition to fight #Russia. The US #armaments order that has now been placed goes to the two companies #Northrop Grumman Systems and Global Military Products. It has a total value of 522 million US-dollars (486 million euros).

On February 10, 2023, Annalena #Baerbock (Greens), Foreign Minister of #Germany, reacted to an initiative by left-wing politician #Wagenknecht and women's rights activist #Schwarzer to stop deliveries of #armaments to #Ukraine.

:shiba: German language
:shiba: English subtitle
:shiba: German subtitle available

https://tube.xy-space.de/videos/watch/f24fc0eb-a5b5-4fa1-895e-d013b094f9e0??autoplay=1&controlBar=1&peertubeLink=0&subtitle=en&title=0&p2p=0

#UkraineRussiaWar

However, #Russia's army is struggling with supply problems, which are mainly due to the lack of personnel in Russian #armaments industry. According to estimates by #British military experts, Moscow is likely to increasingly resort to #prisoners as workers in order to close gaps in arms production. That's according to the UK Ministry of Defense's daily #Ukraine war intelligence update on Friday (January 3).

However, #Russia's army is struggling with supply problems, which are mainly due to the lack of personnel in Russian #armaments industry. According to estimates by #British military experts, Moscow is likely to increasingly resort to #prisoners as workers in order to close gaps in arms production. That's according to the UK Ministry of Defense's daily #Ukraine war intelligence update on Friday (January 3).

How Bulgaria secretly armed Ukraine
https://www.dw.com/en/how-bulgaria-secretly-armed-ukraine-with-nato-weapons-deliveries/a-64478423
#Ukraine #Armaments #Bulgaria

@doomscroller : It is true that #India and #Russia have close ties, especially as the former imports #Russian #energy and #armaments. However, India also has good relationships with #Western #states. In addition, #Modi publicly condemned the #invasion of #Ukraine. I guess that could make him a candidate for possible #mediation .

https://tass.com/politics/1439325

In particular, Associate Professor of the Chair of Political Theory at the MGIMO University Kirill #Koktysh pointed out that the military operation

“will proceed much faster thanks to the elimination of the larger part of the military hardware that Ukraine operated”

“but much depends on whether the channels of the delivery of #armaments from NATO countries will be cut off”.

[Save lives on both sides. Ukraine should surrender.]