Because of the war… Britain cannot rearm

Denis Pushilin, the interim president of the Donetsk People’s Republic, said that Wagner’s forces had taken control of the entire northern and eastern parts of Artemivsk. Pushilin added: “The situation of the Ukrainian troops deteriorated significantly in Oglidar, which led to the fact that the enemy was forced to transfer part of the reserves that were supposed to be sent to the Artemiv direction, and in case of his retreat, mine high-rise buildings. For his part, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky said that specialized teams are working day and night to restore power supply in the port of Odessa after a fire that deprived hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians of electricity. According to experts, the repair could take several weeks. This new blackout was one of another repeated blackouts since Russia began attacking Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, coinciding with its invasion of the country. The massive power outage, although attributed to the fire, is one of many that have hit the Ukrainian grid since Russia focused its efforts on attacks on power infrastructure as part of its invasion of Ukraine in October. Zelenskiy said such unrest in Ukrainian cities “couldn’t have happened” before Russian attacks on power facilities began for several weeks, some of which included the simultaneous launch of dozens of missiles. On the other hand, the British network Sky News, citing military sources, reported that the British Treasury indicated a lack of funds for defense affairs, despite its awareness of the urgent need for rearmament with the continuation of the Russian war in Ukraine. According to the same sources, the UK will not be able to provide the large number of forces that NATO members hoped for for the alliance to form a new large power structure to strengthen its defense in response to the war in Ukraine. They saw that these things would not change unless British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak accelerated plans to reform the worn-out army. A senior European diplomatic source confirmed that the UK is “suffering from a lack of arms supplies.”