Developments in Ukraine America’s role in NATO’s military conflict with Russia in Eastern Europe

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, Anatolia Antonov, Russia’s ambassador to the United States, emphasized that Russia and NATO are at risk of a direct military conflict, a conflict that can only happen with Washington’s approval.

He He told reporters: “Now there is talk of NATO troops participating in the military conflict (in Ukraine). In fact, we are at risk of a direct military conflict between Russia and the NATO alliance in Eastern Europe. Of course, such a scenario will not be realized without the approval of Washington.”

In addition to this, the Russian ambassador expressed his opinion about the opinion of the American officials that Moscow is trying to create differences between NATO allies by publishing The phone conversation of the German officers accused about the attacks on the Crimean bridge, commented and emphasized: “Washington authorities are again trying to provoke public opinion. Speaking of “leaking” the contents of the Bundeswehr’s chats, they are blaming everything on us for “hybrid” attacks and hacking, thus diverting from the main discussion. That is, the reality is that America and its satellites in the NATO agreement are sinking deeper into the hole of the “Ukraine project” as time goes on. At the same time, Antonov reminded. that Russia has the potential power and sufficient facilities to deal with any aggression by NATO member countries and will defend itself with strength.

Previously, the President In his speech to the Federal Assembly, Vladimir Putin also warned about the bitter consequences of possible NATO military intervention in Ukraine. Follow the 42nd day of the war in Ukraine:

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He said in his regular press conference: “I do not intend to analyze President Macron’s words. He definitely has the right and possibility to express his opinion. But I can only speak for President Joe Biden, the Commander-in-Chief of the United States Armed Forces. He has made it clear from the very beginning (of the conflict in Ukraine) that American forces will never fight on Ukrainian soil.” Kirby also said: He did not request foreign forces to participate in the conflicts and emphasized that Kiev intends to fight alone. He and his soldiers want to finish this war by themselves, and of course they need tools for this, and this is what we have to help with.”

Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, believes that the United States without even looking at its allies He will betray them in matters of support. This is how he responded to John Kirby’s words last night.

Zakharova spoke about John Kirby’s words, who claimed that Vladimir Zelensky never tried to get help from foreign forces during the military conflict. “True, Zelensky likewise does not intend to make Ukraine a part of NATO, so that he can rely on the military assistance of the alliance, including the deployment of military forces of Western countries. To be fair, of course: when it comes to supporting allies, the U.S. is pretty consistent — they betray their allies without looking.”

Peace in Ukraine will be the topic of Orban’s upcoming conversation with Trump

Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó announced that Viktor Orban, the prime minister of this country, and Donald Trump, the former president of the United States, will discuss the issue of restoring peace to Ukraine in their upcoming meeting.

The two politicians are scheduled to meet To be held on Friday, March 8.

Scijarto emphasized that in Hungary they believe that Trump is the president who holds the key to restoring peace to Ukraine. He added: “If he is not elected, we see less hope for peace in Ukraine in the foreseeable future.” We understand that with our position we do not represent the majority in Europe. However, we are convinced of this.”

According to Szijjarto, relations between Washington and Budapest were much better during Trump’s presidency. Of course, he emphasized that he respects the American people’s right to choose and is not going to give advice to the candidates. And Trump’s coming to power instead of Joe Biden could have prevented the conflict in Ukraine and significantly accelerated the settlement of the Middle East conflict. He added: “Those who said that the situation on the battlefield is progressing in favor of Ukraine have failed, and those who are sending arms to Ukraine have only helped prolong the war.”

The expectation of the US State Department from the “surprise” of Russia by the Ukrainian army

Matthew Miller, the head of the press service of the US State Department Muttahida announced in a press conference that they believe in Washington that the armed forces of Ukraine have planned specific military surprises for Russia.

He said: “We believe that the army Ukraine has a plan that it can implement to achieve victory on the battlefield.”

The US is “waiting for the results of that plan,” the diplomat added. that Ukraine has developed a military program that “can be used to achieve victory on the battlefield.” Republic of Ukraine

The results of a survey conducted by the Ukrainian Center for Research and Social Assessment SOCIS revealed that Valery Zalogeny, the former commander of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, is currently And if he is nominated for the post of president, he will be the most popular candidate for this position.

According to the answers of the participants in this survey, in the first round of the election, Zalogeni He will get at least 41% of the votes of the Ukrainian people, while Volodymyr Zelensky will get 23.7% and in the second round he will get 67.5% against 32.5% respectively.

At the same time, the amount of votes obtained by Peter Poroshenko, the former president of Ukraine, as well as Dmitry Razumkov, the former speaker of the Supreme Parliament, were 6.4 and 5.6 percent, respectively, in the first round.

In addition, it was found that more than half of Ukrainians (65.4 percent) believe that holding elections in the country before the end of the military conflict with Russia is undesirable.

Earlier, former Prime Minister of Ukraine Nikolay Azarov noted that Zelensky will lose his legal legitimacy after May 21, when his presidential term ends.

Emphasis on the necessity of high-level contacts with Russia in the German Parliament

Ghezin Leach, Member of Parliament of the Bundestag From the left party, he emphasized the need to establish direct contacts at the highest level between Berlin and Moscow regarding the ceasefire in Ukraine. He sent the relevant request to the German federal government.

He asked: During the past two years, how many times did Chancellor Olaf Schultz and Federal Foreign Minister Analena Barbock Have they made a phone call with Vladimir Putin and Sergey Lavrov to talk about the ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine? Parliament responded and said: “The last time Chancellor Schultz spoke to Putin on the phone was on December 2, 2022.” Russian Sukhoi over the Black Sea

The Russian Ministry of Defense reported yesterday that a Sukhoi-27 fighter of the country’s aerospace force, a super-radar aircraft ( Awax) and two fighter jets of the French Air Force escorted in the sky of the Black Sea.

The ministry noted that Russian radars detected three air targets over the coastal waters of the Black Sea. and were detected flying towards Russian airspace. To prevent encroachment on the country’s national borders, a Sukhoi-27 fighter of the Air Defense Force took off on duty. Russian pilots identified the air targets as an E-3F AWACS aircraft and two Rafale C fighters. According to the information of the Ministry of Defense, as the Russian fighter approached, foreign military aircraft from They moved away from the Russian border. The Russian plane also returned to its original airport and there was no violation of Russian airspace. Czech President called for “new options” to support Ukraine. /strong>

Czech President Petr Pavel announced last night after talks with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron that it is necessary to look for new options to expand aid. Let’s be in Kiev and in this regard, don’t rule out the non-combat presence of the military forces of European countries in Ukraine. It is non-combatant and does not talk about sending troops to fight. Pavel added: “I am in favor of finding new ways, including continuing the discussion about a possible military presence in Ukraine.” <...> We should not limit our presence where it is needed.”

In his opinion, Europe should play a more important role in deterring Russia – for example , can organize Ukrainian military training directly in Ukraine and not in Western countries, so that this work can be done faster. He reminded that Ukraine remains an independent country and the implementation of a possible training mission would not be a violation of international law.

France will not support decisions regarding Russian assets that are against the law

French President Emmanuel Macron announced that Paris does not intend to support decisions on the use of frozen Russian assets if they do not comply with international law.

Macron said at a press conference with Czech President Petr Pavel: “We will not support actions related to the use of Russian assets that do not comply with international law.

At the same time, Macron added that, of course, France supports the imposition of a tax on the profits of Russian assets, which will amount to 3-5 billion euros per year. He also made it clear that Paris is against “starting a discussion” about this and that, in his opinion, it could weaken Europe, where many of these assets are located.

Earlier, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni also warned that the use of frozen Russian assets brings legal and economic problems, but in his opinion, there are several solutions to these problems.

The cost of Italy in supporting Ukraine exceeded 2 billion euros

Citing documents received from the Italian Ministry of Defense, Il Foglio newspaper reported that the Italian government spent 2.2 billion euros to support Ukraine, which is three times the amount officially announced.

This Italian newspaper in an analysis of the information of the Kiel Institute denied and wrote: Officially, Italy So far, it has spent 0.691 billion euros on military aid to Ukraine. However, this data does not include classified information, and the original aid figure is three times larger – 2.2 billion euros, corresponding to the value of military equipment donated to Ukraine.

This publication also quoted the words of Guido Crosto, the Minister of Defense, who previously reported that Italy ranks next among European countries in terms of the amount of military support to Kiev, after Germany and Great Britain.

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