This live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. These were the Russia-Ukraine war updates for February 19, 2023:
This live blog is now closed, thank you for joining us. These were the Russia-Ukraine war updates for February 19, 2023:
- Ukraine’s military is inflicting “extraordinarily significant” losses on Russian forces near the town of Vuhledar in the eastern Donbas region, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says.
- Russia says Western countries have not yet shown any “openness” to engage in peaceful initiatives to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.
- Ukrainian officials urge members of the United States Congress to press the administration of US President Joe Biden to send F-16s, saying the fighter jets would boost Ukraine’s ability to hit Russian missile units with US-made rockets.
- France says it will begin delivering AMX-10 light tanks to Kyiv.
- Moscow condemns a US allegation that Russia has committed “crimes against humanity” in Ukraine, calling it an attempt to “demonise” the country.