The invasion of Gaza pushed the war in Ukraine into the background until the conflict in Iran arose, overshadowing what was happening in the Palestinian strip. International tensions overlap one another, and news coverage prioritizes current events. From time to time, however, we are forced to return to what is happening in Ukraine, a war that marked its fourth year last February. And it is not because the tireless Volodymyr Zelensky does not relent in his effort to go wherever necessary to seek financial, military, and also media support for his cause.
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Admirably, his Army is resisting the Russian troops and has endured another harsh winter. But the price being paid is very high. It is a trench warfare conflict, like World War I, although the big difference is that in this one there are drones that pursue enemy soldiers wherever they are. The positions of the two armies remain quite stalemated, and there are no advances from either side.
But a war is a war. And the photographs that one of the wives of the Ukrainian soldiers posted this week on the social network Threads have caused a great impact worldwide by showing the state of malnutrition the fighters are in. This woman, Anastasia Silchuk, explained that the soldiers weighed between 80 and 90 kilos when they arrived at the front and now are around 50. It is not easy to supply them with food.
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Zelensky needs the 90 billion euro support loan for Ukraine that the EU approved this past Thursday after Hungary lifted its veto. It is time for the money to reach Ukraine as soon as possible to improve the conditions of its troops. And it can help further improve their war technology, which has been one of the reasons for their surprising resistance. It should be noted that Ukraine has developed interceptor drones that can be remotely controlled and are already capable of reaching targets hundreds or thousands of kilometers away. EU funding can contribute to further improving their war machinery. Ukraine is living decisive days, and we cannot forget their suffering and their struggle.
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