The Russian InvasionThe Battles
EU summit: Ukraine has an acute shortage of ammunition - if not sent more quickly, it's over
The Ukrainian forces are currently suffering from an acute shortage of ammunition - European countries must act quickly and send more, says EU foreign affairs chief Josep Borrell according to CNN.
If no more munitions are sent in the next few weeks, the war is over, he added at the end of the security conference in Munich.
- Ukraine gets a lot of applause but not enough ammunition. That is the paradox. They need less applause and more arms deliveries.
Allies have spent too much time redistributing tanks, while the short-term issue of ammunition has been neglected, says Borrell.
Andrzej Duda. Olivier Matthys / AP
The Russian invasion. The outside world's response
Polish President: NATO should give Ukraine guarantees
NATO countries should give Ukraine security guarantees that will come into effect when the war is over, Polish President Andrzej Duda told the Financial Times.
It would boost the fighting morale of the Ukrainian forces by giving them "this feeling that NATO is on their side," according to the president.
Although Ukraine knows it cannot join NATO at the moment, Kyiv expects a "partnership with some kind of security guarantees", says Duda.
US President Joe Biden is visiting Poland from Monday to Wednesday to mark the anniversary of the Russian invasion.
Duda hopes that Biden will take the opportunity to emphasize "in very strong terms" that the United States stands behind NATO's Article 5 that an attack on one member state is an attack on all.
The protests. Aurel Obreja / AP
Political situation in Moldova
Protests against pro-Western new government in Moldova
Thousands of demonstrators protested on Sunday in Moldova's capital Chisinau, according to AP. They are demanding that the new western-facing government cover residents' heating costs during the current cost of living and inflation crisis.
The protests were organized by the newly formed group Folkrörelsen with the support of members of the pro-Russian Shor Party, which holds six of the parliament's 101 mandates.
The Shor Party is led by Ilan Shor, a Moldavian oligarch who is in exile in Israel. According to the US, which has imposed sanctions on him, he is working with "corrupt oligarchs and Moscow-based actors to create political unrest" and undermine Moldova's EU ambitions.
Earlier this week, President Maia Sandu accused Russia of plotting a coup in Moldova, singling out Shor's supporters as complicit. The Kremlin denies the accusation.
Joe Biden/Donald Trump. AP
The 2024 US election
Analysis: Neither Trump nor Biden inspires enthusiasm
Neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump manage to muster any greater enthusiasm among voters ahead of next year's primaries, writes Ariel Edwards-Levy in an analysis for CNN.
44 percent of those who support or lean toward the Republicans want Trump as their candidate. Within the Democrats, support for Biden, who has not yet run for re-election, is clearly less – 31 percent.
"But while many Republicans and Democrats would prefer someone else to be nominated, the vague concept of 'someone else' is not an electable candidate for the presidency."
The constant focus on Joe Biden's old age causes his strengths to be overlooked, writes Ezra Klein for the New York Times.
Biden has bridged the generation gap within the Democrats between the young, liberal online generation and the older working-class voters, according to Klein.
He adds that Biden's age has made him more reserved and inclined to let others be heard, and that he now has several political victories behind him.
"Age or misfortune may sink Biden tomorrow [...] but there is a strength, purpose and substance to the campaign he can run in 2024 that was missing in 2020."
Burkinabe soldier and French military vehicle. Sam Mednick / AP
The violence in Burkina Faso
French intervention in Burkina Faso officially ended
France has officially ended its military intervention in Burkina Faso, the Burkinabe army said on Sunday, according to Reuters. The statement was made the day after a flag raising ceremony at the French military base.
In January, Burkina Faso gave the French forces one month to leave the country, citing that it wants to continue to defend itself.
Jihadist groups with links to al-Qaeda and IS control parts of northern Burkina Faso, which forms part of the semi-arid Sahel border zone south of the Sahara desert. The unrest in the Sahel has forced millions of people to flee.
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