The European Union believes that Russian invasion of Ukraine entered the war of attrition phase. This was stated to DW by a high-ranking source in the structures of the EU on Friday, May 13. “We believe that now there is indeed a war of attrition going on, and this conflict will continue,” the official said.
He refused to speculate about how long the war might go on. “What will be decisive on the battlefield is the ability to support one’s efforts. Therefore, one of the main challenges now is to understand which country will be the first to experience difficulties in replenishing its supplies, ammunition, resources, its army in order to be able to resist the enemy . Will it be Russia or Ukraine,” the interlocutor believes.
He stressed that based on these realities, the European Union will continue to provide assistance to Ukraine. “The EU will tailor its support to this likely protracted conflict. Now the priority for EU member states is to find a way to fulfill Ukraine’s requests. And as you know, Ukraine’s requests are focusing on heavy weapons,” the official added.
The EU will allocate another 500 million euros for weapons for Ukraine
Earlier in the day EU High Representative for Foreign Policy Josep Borrell offered to allocate another 500 million euros for the purchase of weapons for Ukraine . Thus, the total amount of assistance from the European Union will reach 2 billion euros.
Source DW expects a final decision on the new funds within days, after the completion of all procedures, including the vote in the German Bundestag. The EU defense ministers will be able to discuss the initiative on May 17 at their meeting in Brussels. Head of the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Oleksiy Reznikov will also take part in it via video link.
This proposal is “another illustration of the fact that the EU wants to continue providing military assistance to Ukraine.” According to the official, if in the previous three tranches 450 million euros were provided for the purchase of lethal weapons and 50 million for non-lethal supplies such as fuel, now the ratio has been changed. Now on weapon 490 million euros will go, and 10 million for supplies. “There is unanimity among the EU states on the general direction – we need to continue to support Ukraine in all dimensions, but primarily in the military aspect. We need to continue to supply weapons, also because that it works, we see results on the battlefield,” concluded a senior EU official.
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War in Ukraine – 05/13/2022
Meeting at the station. The people of Kiev are returning home … Further, in the photo chronicle of the war in Ukraine dated May 13, President Zelensky awarded medical workers, destruction in Kamyshevakh, Tsirkuny and Chernihiv, occupied Mariupol, an animal shelter in Lvov and other pictures. ATTENTION! Some of the photographs contain scenes of gore, violence and death.
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War in Ukraine – 05/13/2022
The symbol of Kyiv – the monument to Volodymyr the Great – is still wrapped to protect the sculpture in case of shelling.
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War in Ukraine – 05/13/2022
On May 12, Volodymyr Zelenskyy visited one of the Kyiv hospitals – the center of pediatric cardiology and cardiac surgery.
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War in Ukraine – 05/13/2022
The President of Ukraine also presented awards to medical workers, including Oksana Balandina, a nurse from Lisichansk, who lost both legs and several fingers on her hand as a result of a mine explosion.
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War in Ukraine – 05/13/2022
Destroyed houses in the village of Kamyshevakha, Zaporozhye region. Nearly two dozen missiles hit here.
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War in Ukraine – 05/13/2022
An elderly resident of Komishuvakhi in her house – one of about 60 buildings damaged here.
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War in Ukraine – 05/13/2022
Another shot from Komishuvakhi. As a result of shelling in the village, one person was killed, three residents were injured.
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War in Ukraine – 05/13/2022
A resident of the recently liberated village of Tsirkuny, Kharkiv region, in his damaged house.
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War in Ukraine – 05/13/2022
In the village of Tsirkuny and other liberated settlements, the first step is to carry out mine clearance, after which restoration work will begin.
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War in Ukraine – 05/13/2022
Mikhail Sporadec, a teacher of literature at Kharkiv National University, gives an online lecture from the basement.
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War in Ukraine – 05/13/2022
Destroyed hospital in Chernihiv. Paramedics are now inspecting the building to save what has survived and can be used.
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War in Ukraine – 05/13/2022
Alexander near the grave of his elder brother at the cemetery in Chernihiv. Ukrainian soldier Evgeny Ketov died in the Donetsk region.
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War in Ukraine – 05/13/2022
The wife of a deceased Ukrainian soldier near her husband’s grave at the cemetery in Dnipro.
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War in Ukraine – 05/13/2022
Debris clearing. The Russian TASS agency is spreading images from the almost completely occupied Mariupol.
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War in Ukraine – 05/13/2022
Collection place for burnt cars in Mariupol.
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War in Ukraine – 05/13/2022
Demonstration near the headquarters of the UNPO in Geneva demanding to save the Ukrainian military holding the territory of the Azovstal plant in Mariupol.
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War in Ukraine – 05/13/2022
Another TASS photo from another locality in Ukraine – the city of Rubizhne in the Luhansk region.
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War in Ukraine – 05/13/2022
The last three photos are from the center for rescued animals in Lviv. This white-tailed eagle was brought here from Kharkov.
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War in Ukraine – 05/13/2022
Children and volunteers walk a big dog. Some of the animals are exported from here further – to other European countries. For some, new owners are found in Ukraine.
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War in Ukraine – 05/13/2022
A dog without a front paw, delivered to Lviv from Kharkov. The dog was injured during one of the attacks.
Author: Nikolay Permyakov
