Developments in Ukraine Ukrainian military’s readiness to negotiate with Russia/Kiev’s inability to win the war

according to the report of the international group Tasnim News Agency, Josep Burrell The head of the European Union’s foreign and defense policy admitted that Ukraine cannot defeat Russia. “We have many problems,” he said at the European Socialist Party Congress on Saturday. Europe is facing a double challenge. The most important challenge is the fact that the prospect of Ukraine’s victory over Russia is not expected in the near future, and one must prepare to deal with its consequences.

The head of European diplomacy called the current conflict in the Middle East as another important challenge for European countries. justify”>Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs last night, in response to the words of Josep Borrell, said: “Thus, the European Union has officially recognized Russia’s victory in the conflict with Ukraine.”

Zakharova wrote on her Telegram channel: “Have I understood correctly that the European Union has officially recognized Russia’s victory?”

The diplomat also recalled that in April 2022, Burrell expressed exactly the opposite view, saying that the Ukraine crisis must be won on the battlefield. At that time, during his visit to Kiev, Josep Burrell expressed hope that the current conflict would be resolved through military means instead of through diplomacy.

Dmitry Peskov, The spokesman of the Kremlin also reminded on Friday: “The words of Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, that the compromise with Russia to resolve the conflict is still unacceptable, does not change anything in the course of the situation on the battle front, and Kiev cannot, in any case, be at war with Russia.” May he achieve victory.”

Next, you can follow the developments related to the six hundred and twenty-seventh day of the Ukrainian war:

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Readiness of Zalogeny and other Ukrainian military officials to negotiate with Russia

The former advisor of the two former presidents of Ukraine, Oleg Soskin, expressed his opinion on his YouTube channel that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Valery Zalogeny, by admitting that the situation of the military conflict has reached a stalemate , in fact, the army officials have announced the readiness to negotiate with Russia.

Soskin said: “Zalogeny basically expressed the fact that the army officials already know that the losses and expenses of the army, officers and soldiers are so high that it is impossible to win at the front”. have serious military power, so the Ukrainian army cannot even think about victory, because it has no chance.

Garland Nixon, an American journalist, also believes that The conflict between Volodymyr Zelenskyi and Valery Zalogeny, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian army, could lead to a mutiny of the Ukrainian military and a refusal to continue the conflict with Russia. He wrote in an analysis: “What will the armed forces of Ukraine think?” They are on the front lines of the fight against the Russians, while at the same time a fierce power struggle is going on in Kiev. Against Russia, Zelensky was dealt a serious blow

On Saturday, the “Telegraph” newspaper wrote in an analysis that the failures of the Ukrainian armed forces on the battle front against Russia, in fact Defeat and a hard blow to Volodymyr Zelenskyi, the president of Ukraine.

The article states: “Against the background of the Ukrainian military’s stalled counteroffensive, tensions between the country’s political and military leadership, which are usually kept secret, It has been made public and this is a sign of the fact that Zelensky has failed to achieve his goals. Ukraine’s Valery Zalogeny criticized why it revealed the deadlock for Ukrainian troops on the frontline, writing: “Such an open gap between the military and politicians in Kiev occurred after 20 months of military conflict. Kiev officials did not like the reality of the “deadlock” on the front line to be revealed, and such an issue would be very frustrating for their Western partners.”

The US Congress proposed that the government give financial aid to Ukraine without aid

Mike Johnson, the speaker of the House of Representatives (Republican from the state of Louisiana) in a meeting together His party members in the lower house of the US Congress proposed a temporary budget bill for the federal government, which does not include the determination of aid to Israel and Ukraine. This issue has been clarified in the report of “The Hill” newspaper this morning, Sunday.

According to this information, the Speaker of the House of Representatives drafted his budget with the aim of preventing Prepared for the shutdown (suspension of the US federal government) on November 17. This plan does not include the allocation of funds as financial support to Israel and Ukraine. He believes that these issues should be considered separately from the bill whose only purpose is to prevent a government shutdown. Politico newspaper also mentioned that a number of The members of the Speaker’s party have already expressed their opposition to Johnson’s approach. This reduces the possibility of passing the proposal in the lower house of Congress, where the Republicans have a majority. However, the Democrats, who make up the majority there, will not vote to pass it. Therefore, Johnson’s initiative is unlikely to help prevent a federal government shutdown.

The White House has rejected a bill to fund the US government without aid to Ukraine.

White House spokeswoman Karin Jean-Pierre announced last night that the bill to continue funding the work of the United States federal government, introduced by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, the Republican proposed, is futile and will lead to its shutdown (Shut down).

He emphasized in a statement on the White House website: This proposal is a recipe for more chaos around the Republican war and will lead to another shutdown.” They are wasted on a pointless proposal that has been criticized by members of both parties.”

Ukraine’s defense minister described Kiev’s needs and the situation on the front to the president. Pentagon explained

Ukraine’s Defense Minister Rostam Umerov discussed Kiev’s needs during a telephone conversation with Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin on Saturday.

The Minister of Defense of Ukraine wrote on his Facebook page: During this conversation, I informed my American counterpart about the current situation on the battle front and the current needs of Ukraine.

Umarov also thanked the United States for sending air defense systems that were transferred to Ukraine.

Previously, in late October, it was reported that the head of the Pentagon assured the defense minister of Ukraine of the continuation of military assistance.

Austin talks with Umarov about the next meeting in the form of Rammstein

According to the Pentagon’s official website, Lloyd Austin and Rostam Umarov, the defense ministers of the United States and Ukraine, exchanged views during a telephone conversation about the fields of aid to Kiev and the schedule of the upcoming meeting of the contact group on military aid to Kiev in the form of Rammstein. they did The report states that the parties also discussed the current situation on the battlefield with Russia.

The next meeting of the Western contact group in the form of Ramstein is about sending weapons to Ukraine. It will be held at the end of this month. The last such meeting was held on October 11.

Ukraine’s readiness for economic disputes with EU countries

Mikhail Podoliak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, announced that Kiev authorities expect possible economic disputes not only with Poland, but also with other EU countries that protect their national producers.

He said on a television show last night, Saturday: “I will be calm about the fact that such a situation arises. The Ukrainian government has prepared itself to deal with this situation not only in Poland, but also with any country that, contrary to European internal laws, tries to continue to protect its national producers and engages in protectionism in relation to this or that region. »

Poduliak emphasized: Ukraine should develop rules for conducting negotiations and “exerting pressure for its interests”. He also expressed the hope that a government will be formed in Poland that has a different view of interaction with Ukraine in economic issues. The new borders should be accepted into the alliance

The Guardian newspaper reported on Saturday that Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former Secretary General of NATO, suggested that Ukraine on its new borders be admitted to NATO. He believes: “The time has come to take the next step and invite Ukraine to join NATO.” We need a new European security structure in which Ukraine is at the center of NATO.” It reduces the relationship between the coalition and Russia. He believes that, of course, such an action will not lead to the cessation of military conflict and the transfer of territories under the control of Kiev.

Germany will double its military aid to Ukraine. and will raise 8 billion euros

Bloomberg news agency reported this morning, Sunday, citing its news sources, that the coalition of German Chancellor Olaf Schultz Agreed to double military aid to Ukraine to 8 billion euros by 2024.

Agency news sources said: Chancellor Olaf Schultz’s ruling coalition has agreed to double Germany’s military aid to Ukraine next year to 8 billion euros ($8.6 billion). ) to deliver.

According to the information received by this publication, the budget committee of the Bundestag will approve the allocation of additional funds in the amount of 4 billion euros next week.

Bild newspaper also reported on Saturday that Germany will increase military aid to Ukraine from 4 billion euros to 8 billion euros in 2024. An official at the German Defense Ministry told the publication that the government had agreed to allocate additional funds. The decision will be formally adopted next week in the budget committee of the Bundestag.

The initial amount of 4 billion euros has already been allocated almost entirely to the provision of arms to Ukraine. Of this amount, only 120 million euros are left for new military aid packages. In addition, Germany’s defense ministry will have 2 billion euros that it can spend on long-term defense contracts.

The day before, German Chancellor Olaf Schultz said Germany will increase its defense spending to 2% of GDP in 2024.

Czech President: pressure on Ukraine to negotiate with Russia will increase

He said: “We are witnessing more fatigue than ever from the continuation of the conflict on both sides [of the conflict] and much more pressure from those who are directly and indirectly harmed.” have seen, we will be We will see elections in Russia, possibly in Ukraine, and also in the United States. All these events can eventually lead the parties to negotiate.”

Furthermore, this Czech politician emphasized that Western countries should not push Kiev towards lead to negotiation

Possibility of Ukraine’s attack on Russian energy infrastructure

German Galushenko, Minister of Energy of Ukraine, in an interview on Saturday With Politico newspaper and after meeting with Joe Biden’s government officials, the US President and US lawmakers announced that he does not consider the possibility of an attack on Russia’s oil and gas infrastructure if Moscow’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy facilities intensify in the coming winter.

Galushenko, when asked by reporters if President Volodymyr Zelensky might decide to target Russian energy facilities in response to similar attacks in Ukraine, said: “In response to Russia’s attacks, we will respond with the same approach and attack their energy infrastructure, and this will be a just response.”

Galushenko in this The interviewer also mentioned that he is not among the officials of the Ukrainian army, so he did not discuss such attacks with the officials of the American government. The West is no longer working

The German magazine “Spiegel” reported on Saturday that the deceptions of Volodymyr Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, no longer have any effect on the West and in If this confrontation continues, Ukraine will be left without allies who are able to provide it with weapons. morally and insistently demanded to provide more weapons, ammunition and money to Ukraine.” diverted from Ukraine. Even Mike Johnson, the new speaker of the US House of Representatives, does not consider it necessary to allocate aid to Kiev and uses Ukraine as “political leverage” to influence the Biden administration.

The article states: “For Ukraine, the cessation of US aid would be nothing short of a disaster. The commentators of this publication came to the conclusion that no other country can compensate the US aid to Ukraine and this will be the end of Zelensky’s work.

Zelensky’s Western countries will be abandoned due to the defeat of the Ukrainian army

Stephen Bryan, former advisor to the US Deputy Secretary of Defense, wrote in an article for the “Asia Times” newspaper that the countries The West is planning to oust Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky because of the failures of the Ukrainian armed forces in the conflict with Russia.

Brian agrees with his colleague, Larry Johnson, a retired intelligence officer and former State Department employee, that the CIA and MI-6 are preparing the conditions to replace They are Zelensky. He referred to Johnson’s words on Sputnik’s international podcast that “either Zelensky will be forced to hold presidential elections scheduled for March next year and be legally removed, or if he resists, he will still be in a coup-style military coup.” The field of 2014 will be replaced.

According to Brian, now the West is beginning to understand that Kiev cannot win the conflict with Russia, because the Ukrainian armed forces are constantly failing and the forces Russians easily destroy expensive Western military equipment. According to him, in the current situation, the best outcome for Washington is to reach an agreement between Kiev and Moscow. , is different, and if the US Congress delays providing aid to Kiev, Zelensky’s job will be over, and Washington officials may conclude that Zelensky’s removal is the only way out.

Colonel Douglas McGregor, the former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, wrote on his account on the social network X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday that the military conflict in Ukraine is almost over. And this is while an anti-Israel alliance is being formed in the Middle East.

According to this retired American soldier, a complete alliance against Israel is being formed, which in Other circumstances could never arise. McGregor added that the United States cannot ignore this fact.

Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican candidate for the US presidential post, expressed in an interview on Saturday that Washington should try to avoid a conflict with Moscow and Beijing, because such a conflict could lead to the destruction of the United States.

He said: “If Russia and China form a military alliance and we engage with them, we are actually engaging in World War III.” We will be and the United States of America as we know it today may disappear.” While the United States does not have a significant military capability in space. According to Ramaswamy, America is currently in a weak economic and military position.

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