Developments in Ukraine Increasing dissatisfaction among the military / the crisis of American financial support for Kiev

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, a German publication Bild (Bild) reported, citing the Ukrainian military, that there is a growing dissatisfaction with the commanders, the government and President Volodymyr Zelensky himself among the military personnel of the Ukrainian army.

According to this information, many soldiers of the Ukrainian army pointed to the “indiscretion” of the country’s leadership and also criticized the lack of a communication system between neighboring units on the battlefield. According to them, each military unit has to fight for itself, and sometimes “is completely unaware of the situation on its right and left fronts.

Ukrainian soldiers complain that the government is not funding its military well. They noted that they do not know where the money coming from the West is being spent and that the basic needs of the armed forces are not being met. Ukrainian soldiers increasingly feel abandoned by Kiev authorities. .

One ​​of the soldiers revealed that as time passes, more and more of his fellow soldiers admit that they no longer want to participate in the conflict with Russia.

p style=”text-align:justify”>On Monday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, following many Western officials, admitted that the situation for the Ukrainian armed forces on the frontline has become very difficult and that the Ukrainian army has suffered heavy casualties and losses. According to him, the situation of the Ukrainian armed forces on the battlefield is much more difficult than NATO previously imagined.

In mid-November, Andriy Yermak The head of the office of the President of Ukraine, in a meeting with the US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, emphasized the need to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense and supply the army with weapons. Also, according to his prediction, the year 2024 will be decisive in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. A number of Western officials fear that Kiev will fail in the operational zone this winter. According to this publication, Ukraine’s armed forces are facing a shortage of infantry due to heavy casualties, and a shortage of ammunition means that Kiev is unlikely to hold out for long.

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

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Changing principles of conscription in the armed forces of Ukraine

The Guardian newspaper ) citing the words of Alexei Danilov, the secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, reported that the country’s authorities will change the methods of enlistment to serve in the ranks of the Ukrainian armed forces in order to mobilize those who are afraid to go to the front.

According to this newspaper, the mobilization plan is supposed to be handed over to commercial recruitment companies. This will enable more targeted recruitment and identify and select qualified citizens who are good at performing tasks based on their skills.

Danilov said: “Some of People are afraid to be killed, they are afraid to shoot, but they have to overcome their fear.” According to him, the change in the principles of enlistment will make it possible to complete the ranks of the Ukrainian armed forces, because the mobilization will become more flexible.

A news source among high-ranking officials in Kyiv He told the Guardian that changes to conscription practices are expected to be announced by the end of this week at the latest. A war from Russia and Ukraine

Boris Michel, the head of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) regional office in the Russian Federation and the Republic of Belarus announced that the representatives of the Committee The International Red Cross has met with approximately 2,000 prisoners of war from Russia and Ukraine since February 24, 2022 and is aware of their situation.

He said: “Currently, we have met about 2,000 prisoners of war from both sides.” We continue to talk to the authorities in Moscow and Kyiv to increase the number of visits. The talks are continuing, we have heard the words of both sides, and now the issue of further measures to provide humanitarian aid is under consideration.”

Greece’s request Presenting a report on the financial aid received by Ukraine

Giorgos Graptritis, the Greek Minister of Foreign Affairs announced last night that NATO member countries should not only support Ukraine continue, but they should hold Kiev accountable for the assistance it provides.

In an interview with CNBC, he said: The military conflict [in Ukraine] is still going on and the truth is that things are not going very well. <...> This is a terrible situation. And again, I think we should try to be as decisive as possible about helping Ukraine. We stood by Ukraine during all these difficult times and we must try to coordinate our actions in favor of Kyiv.

He pointed out that NATO countries should To work in a preventive mode in relation to the crisis in Ukraine to avoid conflicts and possible aggression as much as possible, he added: we should not get tired of this situation. We must stand firm with all those who are under attack. The European Union has allocated a very significant budget for the benefit of Ukraine.

The head of the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs emphasized: “We must declare our solidarity with Kiev in every possible way. Of course, despite NATO’s unconditional support for Ukraine, The coalition should take seriously the issue of financial reports, during which the Kyiv authorities can show exactly how the financial support transferred to the republic was spent.”

He said: “You see that in the case of Ukraine, the aid packages that we provided were allocated with a smaller increase in terms of the amount sent previously. Because there is no longer the flexibility that used to be in terms of the amount of aid that was provided in each package, and this is a critical moment.” Kirby recalled that the Office of the President of the United States in Military aid to Ukraine is expected to be approved by Congress. He added: “We desperately need the additional funding that Joe Biden has requested, and I want to remind Congress that the amount of additional funding is strongly desired by our Ukrainian and Israeli partners.”

US Denies Bild Report About Pushing Ukraine To Talk With Russia

Assistant Secretary of State James O’Brien The U.S. Department of European and Eurasian Affairs announced on Monday that a recent article in the German newspaper Bild that the U.S. and Germany are allegedly pressuring Ukraine to start peace talks is not true.

This Foreign Ministry official told reporters in a telephone conference: “The article published in Bild was interesting.” However, this is not true. America’s policy, as we have always said, is based on the fact that Ukraine should make its own decisions about negotiations with Moscow, and we will not make any decisions about this country without Ukraine.

A few days ago, the Bild newspaper reported that the United States and Germany wanted to supply to reduce arms to Ukraine to the level necessary to maintain the status quo in order to force Volodymyr Zelensky to negotiate with Moscow.

Ministry of Justice of Ukraine: Kiev without compensation will not make peace with Moscow

Ukraine’s Deputy Minister of Justice, Iryna Mudra, announced that the authorities of Kiev will not sign a peace agreement that includes Moscow’s commitment to pay compensation to did not consider the Ukrainian side. He said in a TV interview: “Ukraine will never agree to this issue.” And there will be no peace, because someone has to pay for these damages. If Russia is not ready, then who is?”

Mudra noted that the leadership of Ukraine, together with its foreign partners, is working on a compensation payment mechanism that can be The framework of a multilateral international agreement should be established and provide for the organization of a special commission and a compensation fund. To these words, he said: “Ukraine is in a painful situation, this country is clearly witnessing how the support of the West is ending, which pushed Kiev to the abyss where it is now.” p style=”text-align:justify”>Zakharova added: “It is not Russia that should be held accountable.” The United States should be asked why they banned Volodymyr Zelensky and Ukraine from negotiating with Russia.

The former foreign minister of Ukraine accused the European Union of weakness

Pavel Klimkin, the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, last night in an interview with the “Wall Street Journal” pointed out that the European Union looks very weak due to the problems in financing Kiev. He said: “Problems in continuing to help Kiev make the entire European Union look very weak, and this situation is a big problem not only for us, but for the entire European Union.”

Western officials are worried about the fall of Kiev this winter

The Wall Street Journal reported on Monday that some Western officials are worried that Kiev will fail in the operational area this winter.

According to this publication, the armed forces of Ukraine are facing a shortage of infantry due to heavy casualties. are. The situation is dire, and men over 40 are often sent to the trenches with very little training.

Ammunition shortages also mean Kiev is unlikely to attack, the Wall Street Journal added. do the other and even be able to continue to resist against Russia.

Stoltenberg called preventing the escalation of military tension with Russia as NATO’s main task

Stoltenberg said. : Such a confrontation will bring more suffering, death and destruction and must be avoided. On the part of this coalition, the “difficult situation” for the armed forces of Ukraine and their casualties and heavy losses are visible.

Stoltenberg added: “The situation on the entire front line, especially in the eastern regions, is very difficult, we are witnessing a high level of casualties of the Ukrainian army. NATO wants Ukraine to to liberate their lands as soon as possible and the coalition’s responsibility is to continue supporting Kiev to give them a “superior position”. ” Russia denied in Europe

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov announced on Monday, contrary to what US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin claimed, Russia It has never had and has never had aggressive plans in Europe and opening up countries in this continent.

Lavrov said at the Primakov study meeting: This claim is made by a person who holds a responsible position and cannot evaluate Don’t get expertise, including Pentagon specialists who analyze the state of relations between Moscow and Washington and probably know exactly what is being decided in Ukraine, and no aggressive plans like “Russia has, does not have, and cannot have plans to conquer countries”. /p>

The Russian Foreign Minister also said that Russia does not need to think about how to restore relations with Europe at the moment. He added: “I don’t think we need to think at all about how we can restore relations with Europe. We have to think about how not to depend on the complexity of decisions in European policies, and first of all trade, economic and investment that Europe does under the influence of Washington.”

Kremlin: Ukrainian society will become unstable without foreign influence

Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the Russian president, believes that the society itself Ukraine is destabilizing without foreign influence.

Pskov regarding the statements of Alexei Danilov, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine, that it seems that Vladimir Putin ordered to destabilize the internal situation in this country in connection with the military stalemate in the conflict zone of Ukraine, he said: “The social situation in Ukraine is destabilizing in itself. There are those who understand the basic nature of what is happening and have retained the ability to think soberly and are certainly not satisfied with the current situation in this country.”

Kirill Lysogarsky, head of the Russian delegation at a specialized meeting in the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) and The Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade of this country announced that the Russian Federation has indisputable evidence that the United States is involved in the supply of toxic chemicals to Ukraine.

The diplomat said: We have informed the member states of the Chemical Weapons Convention that there is irrefutable evidence that the United States and its allies in the North Atlantic region are involved in the delivery of toxic chemicals. Listed and unlisted as well as the means to deliver them to Ukraine.

Lisogarsky during the meeting of the OPCW in The Hague also mentioned that such toxic chemicals, including riot control chemicals (RCCs), for the armed forces of Ukraine and the foreign mercenaries who fight alongside them are transferred. According to him, Russia has information about the use of toxic chemicals by agents of the special security services of Kiev against the authorities of the new entities of the territories newly annexed to Russia.

Former US ambassador: the West should stop aiming to restore Ukraine’s former borders

Iva Dalder, the former US ambassador to NATO and the head of the Chicago Council on World Affairs, in his article for the Politico newspaper published on Monday, emphasized that the Western countries should abandon the task of restoring the borders of Ukraine through military means and provide security guarantees for a part of The country, which is still under the control of Kiev, should focus.

The former diplomat wrote: “The reality of the current stalemate should determine the West’s strategy for the conflict. Now, instead of counting on recapturing more or all of Ukraine’s territory through military means, we should focus on securing Ukraine’s future in the West.”

He reminded that during the last 11 months that Russia and Ukraine were engaged in a military conflict, a little more than 800 square kilometers, which is less than 0.2% of Ukraine’s territory, has changed. Ignoring the territories that Russia currently controls, the United States and its allies must “provide a reliable security guarantee to Ukraine,” Dalder said.

The former ambassador added that the point is not only that NATO members disagree not only on the feasibility and timing of Ukraine’s membership proposal. It will likely take years for this process to progress. Therefore, Washington and key European allies should consider providing Ukraine – or at least the territory currently under Kiev’s control – with an immediate and binding bilateral security guarantee to bridge the gap.