Volodymyr Zelensky completes the Ukrainian General Staff

“I thank our American partners who recognize this: we cannot allow a war started by Russia to spread”, he declared in his evening speech. In Washington, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged Congress to unblock “very quickly” Budget envelope for Ukraine. A delegation of Republican and Democratic elected officials from the House of Representatives visited Kyiv.

In his first public message, Oleksandr Sirsky called out “correction”

of the military so that Ukraine can win the war. “Only change and constant improvement in the means and methods of warfare will allow us to succeed”He wrote on Telegram before the announcement: “Together to Victory!” ». His predecessor, General Valery Zaluzny, was decorated with the title “Hero of Ukraine”.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that the replacement of Gen. Valery Zaluzny by Oleksandr Sirsky as commander-in-chief of Ukrainian forces would not change the conflict with Russia.

Ukrainian pilots undergoing F-16 training in the United States and Europe say they “very impressed” Through this plane, Voice of America’s Ukrainian service reports.

Confronting Tucker Carlson, Vladimir Putin laid out his vision of a Russia emboldened by Kiev and the West. The Russian president said Russia has no interest in seeing the war in Ukraine spill over to other countries such as Poland or Latvia. Poland, a country bordering Ukraine, has since embarked on an expensive program to strengthen its defense capabilities, devoting up to 4% of its gross domestic product (GDP).

Farmers demonstrated at more than 250 sites in Poland, their tractor columns blocking traffic by slowly converging towards major cities.

Ukrainian special services claimed responsibility for drone attacks on two refineries in Russia between Thursday and Friday night. After the army announced it had neutralized nineteen Ukrainian drones, Russia admitted on Friday that a fire broke out at an oil refinery in Ilsky (Krasnodar region), without making any link between the incident and the drone attack.