“We firmly believe that Russia will lose this war,” says Volodymyr Zelensky

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who visited Denmark, said on Monday, August 21, in Copenhagen, that Russia would lose the war. “Today we firmly believe that Russia will lose this war”When Denmark announced that it would deliver F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, he launched in front of a crowd gathered near parliament. Follow our live updates on the war in Ukraine.

Ukraine is 3 km away from Russian forces in a week. The Ukrainian army is encroaching on Russian-occupied territory near Bakhmaut in the occupied east of the country. But on the southern front, no “significant change”, The Deputy Minister of Defense announced on Monday, August 21.

Two Ukrainian drone strikes. Russia repelled two new Ukrainian drone strikes in the Moscow region on Monday morning, causing no casualties, the Russian Defense Ministry announced. At around 6:50 a.m. local time (5:50 a.m. in France), Q’s attempt to drive “A terrorist attack [au moyen d’un] The unmanned aerial vehicle (…) was intercepted”The ministry said on the social network Telegram. Another one “Kiev Regime Terror Attack” At 8:16 am (5:16 GMT) Russian air defense shot down a drone in the Istra district, according to the same source, and also in the Moscow region, northwest of the Russian capital.

Progressive distributions. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky welcomed the decision on Sunday evening, August 20 “History” The Netherlands and Denmark are to deliver a total of 61 US F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine, two days after the US green light on the matter. “Our fighters will get 42 super fighters” From the Netherlands, the country’s leader wrote on X (formerly Twitter) thanking Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte.