Developments in Ukraine The unwillingness of the “war camp” of the West to change its policy against Russia

according to the international group Tasnim news agency, Sergey Lavrov The Russian Foreign Minister pointed to the fact that the statements of Western officials in the past few days, such as Pentagon chief Lloyd Austin, French President Emmanuel Macron and the recorded conversation of German army generals, show that the “war camp” of the West does not want a policy to change itself in the direction of “strategic defeat against Russia” in the battlefield of Ukraine.

Lavrov emphasized in a press conference at the end of the diplomatic summit in Antalya, Turkey, that the process The recent situation shows that the “war camp” in Europe and America is still strong and does not want to change its policy.

The foreign minister noted that Russia Since the 2022 meeting in Istanbul, it has not received any serious proposals to negotiate with Ukraine. He said: “Since then, there have been no serious requests for negotiations, I mean serious proposals that are really aimed at securing the legitimate interests of both involved parties.” There are no such proposals at all.” Lavrov, in response to the question of whether Moscow is ready for the platform that Turkey is ready to offer again for negotiations with Kiev, use, added: “This question should not be asked from the Russian side, because we never rejected negotiations.” Westerners see the situation in Ukraine as Western countries only show their desire to defeat Russia on the battlefield. And the Russian side has many such facts that prove that the West only thinks of a military solution to resolve the conflict in Ukraine. According to him, Russia will not help Western countries in solving this situation and especially will not count on the help and mediation of Switzerland in this regard.

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Zelensky: I cannot understand the behavior of Ukraine’s allies

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky last night in his customary evening address complained that the behavior of the countries supporting Ukraine is incomprehensible in the current situation.

“We (in Ukraine) have not asked for anything more than is necessary to protect the lives of our people,” he said. When people are being killed and Kiev’s partners are engaged in their own domestic political games or foreign disputes that limit their defense assistance to us, it is really impossible to understand this behavior.”

Furthermore, Zelensky emphasized that these encounters will not be forgotten by the allied countries in Kiev.

Zelensky’s white card to Sirsky for Replacement of military officials

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi announced that the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Sirskyi, has the absolute authority to make further changes among the military authorities. . In his video message, he emphasized that he expects to receive proposals from the commander-in-chief early next week.

Making personnel changes in the army and in the General Staff, any [change], has carte blanche. All Ukrainian commanders must understand the situation on the front, feel the real needs and be ready to implement any necessary measures to achieve the goals of Ukraine. Ukrainian drone in the sky of Crimea

The Ministry of Defense of Russia reported this morning, Sunday, that during the last night, the country’s air defense systems managed to shoot down 38 Ukrainian drones. over the region of the Crimean Peninsula.

This statement states: “Over the past night, several attempts by the Ukrainian side to carry out a terrorist attack using 38 drones from The type of aircraft was intercepted at targets in Russian territory and all of them were destroyed in the sky of the Republic of Crimea by air defense systems on duty.”

Former CIA analyst Asked NATO to heed Putin’s warning

Larry Johnson, a former CIA analyst, stressed that NATO member states should heed Vladimir Putin’s warning about the risk of nuclear conflict. Pay attention.

According to him, contrary to the statements of US President Joe Biden, every word that comes out of Vladimir Putin’s mouth “has a deep meaning” and should be It paid attention. That is why Johnson is sure that Putin’s warning about the unacceptability of the deployment of NATO forces in Ukraine should be heard in the West. He said: “If Putin says something, it’s definitely not a bluff, he’s not a poker player and he’s telling the truth.” He spoke about the danger of the militarization of Ukraine, but Western leaders ignored these words. Now, according to this former American analyst, in addition to Ukraine, NATO will apparently also need to be demilitarized. Let Russia go red

Retired US Army colonel Daniel Davis expressed his opinion that Western countries should restore their relations with Russia and Do not escalate to a point that leads to a global disaster. He reminded that Russian President Vladimir Putin has long drawn this red line that there is no threat to his country’s borders.

Davis said: Putin for a long time He warned that the threat in his country’s borders is a red line that should not be crossed. <...> But now, two years after the war in Ukraine, we continue to do everything to prevent peace. How are such decisions possible?”

This retired American soldier also recalled that Putin, two days ago, during his speech at the Federal Assembly regarding the consequences of the dangerous actions of the West, He has warned about sending troops to Ukraine, which could lead to a conflict with the use of nuclear weapons, and his words should be taken seriously. and China about the Ukraine crisis/ It is impossible to discuss the resolution of the Ukraine conflict without Russia

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia announced this morning that Mikhail Galuzin, the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with Li Hui, the special representative of the People’s Republic of China and the head of the Chinese delegation to resolve the crisis in Ukraine, and discussed with him the ways to resolve the conflict in Ukraine.

The diplomats of the two countries exchanged views on the factors that aggravated this crisis and agreed that the ultimatum-like demands from Russia and the formats of “peace talks” in this regard, promoted by Kiev and Western countries, will only lead to The prospect of a settlement is damaging and not realistic.

Galozin and Lee Hui noted that this process cannot be the basis for solving problems and any discussion of solutions Political and diplomatic conflict will be impossible without taking into account the security interests of Russia as well as the country’s participation in the discussions. The use of Russian assets

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni last night in a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Toronto pointed to the fact that There are legal obstacles to using frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine.

However, he believes that using Russian frozen assets is a way to It will guarantee the reconstruction of Ukraine. Meloney called this decision “philosophically fair”, but admitted: “From a legal and economic point of view, this action is associated with problems that will not be easy to solve.”

The Italian Prime Minister considered the EU’s use of the profits of Russia’s frozen assets as a good idea and suggested that there are opportunities to bring it up for discussion at the G7 level.

Lavrov: Russia will respond to the confiscation of its assets in the West in the same way

In this regard, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Russia warned that Moscow would respond in kind if its frozen assets were confiscated in the West.

Sergei Lavrov said in a press conference at the end of the Antalya Diplomatic Summit: We will definitely give an appropriate and symmetrical response to such an action; We have the option of not returning funds held by Western countries in Russia that have been frozen in response to the illegal seizure of Russian state reserves. There is no doubt that we will retaliate.”

According to him, Moscow will react individually in each case. Lavrov also warned the Westerners that before crossing the principle of immunity of the property of countries, they should seriously think about the consequences.

85% of Russian people are sure that Putin has a clear plan for the development of the country

The results of a poll published on Saturday by the Russian National Public Opinion Research Center showed that 85% of Russians are confident are that Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, has a clear plan for the development of the country for several years and will strive to achieve it.

Also, 86% of respondents expressed confidence that The Russian leader will be able to implement his plan for the development of the country.

The survey showed that 80 percent of the respondents were aware of Putin’s speech at the Federal Assembly of Russia on Thursday. they had. According to the survey, “among those who followed the speech, 85 percent said that Vladimir Putin has a clear action plan and a detailed strategy for the development of the country for the next few years.

Putin delivered his annual message to Russia’s Federal Assembly on February 29, his speech lasted 2 hours and 6 minutes, a record for the longest time. Became. In his speech, the President of Russia announced goals for the country’s future until 2030 and beyond.

Anti-terrorist operation in the Russian Republic of Ingushetia

Military news sources in Russia announced that during the anti-terrorist operation in the city of Karabulak in the Republic of Ingushetia , there were no deaths or injuries among the local residents.

On Saturday, it became clear that in a part of the city of Karabulak in Ingushetia, the security regime has implemented an anti-terrorist operation. became. At the same time, informed news sources reported that the special forces of the Russian Federal Security Service surrounded the members of a terrorist group in a residential house and a conflict took place between the two sides. It was later announced that terrorists were preparing a series of terrorist attacks in crowded places in Russia. A number of weapons and quantities of explosives were discovered and confiscated from this criminal group.

According to the authorities of Ingushetia, the situation in the city of Karabulak calmed down last night and the situation is under the control of the security forces.

Protest of Parisian citizens to the possible deployment of military forces to Ukraine

day On Saturday, in the center of Paris, a “For Peace” rally was held against the sending of weapons to Kiev and the possible deployment of French troops to Ukraine, which was proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron. The protestors, whose number reached several hundred people, gathered at the call of the Patriotic Party led by Florian Filippou, who also demanded the withdrawal of France from NATO.

Political activists in Next to the podium, they tore the flags of France, NATO and the European Union as a sign of protest and chanted slogans about the need for peaceful measures, the need to stop sending weapons to Ukraine and criticizing Macron’s policy.

Speakers in this rally called for the use of Article 35 of the French Constitution, which obliges the parliament to prevent any initiative related to going to war.

The foreign minister claimed that There is no talk of conducting military operations in Ukraine, and there are currently no French military personnel present on the territory of this country. According to him, support for Kyiv is provided only in the form of supplying equipment and weapons. solve your own interests

Robert Fico, the prime minister of Slovakia, announced last night in a video message to his compatriots that despite the unprecedented support of Western countries Ukraine cannot resolve the current conflict in its favor, and foreign military intervention in the situation of this country will lead to the third world war.

This politician reminded: The West sees that despite unprecedented military and financial aid and despite severe sanctions against Russia, Ukraine cannot turn the tide on the battlefront. Fico also stressed that sending military personnel from Western countries to Ukraine not only does not help to solve the situation, but can lead to the third world war.

According to him, Ukraine does not need modern air defense systems, because Western countries can only provide them to this country if they send their trained specialists to this country for their technical services, and this means intervening in the war.

Slovakia will not send troops or weapons to Ukraine

Jura Blanar Yesterday, Slovakia’s foreign minister emphasized on the sidelines of the diplomatic forum in Antalya that this country is not going to send any military forces to Ukraine.

He told reporters: “Republic Slovakia will not send new weapons and military units to Ukraine. Because such an action can aggravate the situation even more and we don’t want that.” He does not see a military solution to this conflict. Blanar said that it is better to find a solution at the negotiating table than to kill each other.

Russia has time to deliver F-16 to Ukraine Get ready

Vasily Nebenzia, Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations last night in a television interview, announced that the country has the opportunity to The delivery of F-16 fighter jets to Ukraine has been prepared and will find a suitable response to it.

It is being implemented, we have enough time to prepare for this and if these fighters appear in the sky of Ukraine, there will be appropriate responses for them.

A few days ago Pentagon spokesman Patrick Ryder said the United States expects the F-16 fighter jets to be delivered to Ukraine this year. At the same time, he did not announce a specific date for the delivery of the fighter to Ukraine. /p>

Peter Szijarto, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations of Hungary, announced on Saturday on the sidelines of the diplomatic meeting in Antalya that the country needs to ensure the security of its energy resources. to transit gas through Ukraine, in the presence of the Turkish Stream gas pipeline.

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