Description
Added on the 18/09/2023 19:20:38 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed new security commitments from the G7 powers on Wednesday, but warned that these could not be a substitute for eventual NATO membership. Speaking after talks with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, Zelensky said the G7 promises should be seen "not instead of NATO, but as security guarantees on our way to integration". For added insight and a greater perspective on Ukraine and NATO's "elephant in the room," FRANCE 24's Mark Owen is joined by Natia Seskuria, Associate Fellow at the Royal United Services Institute and Lecturer in Russian Politics.
It's a problem reported by all Ukrainian soldiers on the front line: an increase in the number of kamikaze drones used by Russian forces during the counteroffensive. Ukraine is trying to overcome this by manufacturing these drones too. Our team on the ground reports.
Built around a civilian excavator, Vitaliy's homemade demining machine undergoes testing on a site in central Ukraine. He hopes his creation will help speed up the clearing of a country of which one third of territory is thought to contain unexploded ordnance, without putting personnel at risk.
President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in New York on Monday to address the United Nations General Assembly and plead for more aid as Ukraine painfully pushes ahead with a high-stakes counteroffensive to wrest back territory from Russian forces more than 18 months into the war. For more on the grinding four-month counteroffensive, FRANCE 24's Genie Godula is joined by Peter Zalmayev, Director of the Eurasian Democracy Initiative.
The tanks will be armed with controversial armour-busting depleted uranium rounds, which could possibly be linked to health issues such as cancer and birth defects.
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
