The battle for the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut looks to be reaching a tipping point. Sky's chesh and Security and Defence analyst Professor Michael Clarke have been taking a forensic look at the situation on the ground. Latest on the war in Ukraine:
Ukraine has threatened to boycott next year's Olympic Games in Paris if organisers allow Russia to take part.
Verified images show that Russian forces are operating on the outskirts of Bakhmut, a key Ukrainian city on the eastern front that Moscow claims it has already encircled. An analysis by Sky News of these images show Russian soldiers in some of the areas of known control, but there is limited visual evidence of soldiers in areas that Russia claims to control.
It comes after a number of countries pledged to send tanks to the battlefield, after requests from Kyiv. The price caps, together with an EU ban on Russian oil product imports, are part of a broader agreement among the Group of Seven countries. It follows a $60 per barrel cap imposed on Russian crude on Dec. 5 as G7 countries, the EU and Australia seek to limit Moscow's ability to fund its war in Ukraine.
Oleksii Reznikov, told a news briefing with his Polish counterpart that Western supplies of 155-mm artillery were vital for his country to repel Russia's attacks in the south and in the east. The US defence department said this would include critical air defence capabilities, conventional and long-range rockets.'Putin does not want to commit nuclear suicide': Russia's former foreign minister offers insight into president's mindset
"The West refuses to send long-range missiles and F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine. So, Putin strikes from afar with impunity and bets on the long-term war of attrition."Putin does not want to commit nuclear suicide, but he dreams of successfully intimidating and humiliating the West in contrast to his Soviet predecessors.
In remarks seemingly designed to goad the Ukrainian leader, Mr Prigozhin reportedly said:"Many people are asking you to withdraw troops from Bakhmut.
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