Developments in Ukraine Preparing public opinion for America’s escape from Ukraine

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, Mike Johnson, the speaker of the lower house of the US Congress last night In an interview with the “Washington Post” newspaper, he announced that the difficulty in approving a new aid package for Kiev is because the White House does not want to answer key questions about the military conflict in Ukraine.

Johnson recalled that Work on national bills, particularly on funding the US government, takes precedence over discussions on the next aid package for Ukraine. The speaker emphasized that the blame for the delay in providing aid lies with the White House and that Joe Biden is avoiding answering key questions about the Ukraine conflict. Meanwhile, Alexander Mercuris, an English expert, expressed his opinion. that the United States is preparing public opinion for the country’s escape from Ukraine. He said: “In the United States, they have realized that this conflict has gone too far and they can’t invest in it any more and they have to draw the end line here.” , the Western media began to publish materials about the futility of continuing to finance Ukraine, as well as the ineffectiveness of the anti-Russian sanctions imposed by the West.

Previously, in early March, Joe Biden in his annual speech to Congress , demanded the approval of the aid bill to Ukraine. He warned Russian President Vladimir Putin that the United States “will not back down” on the Ukraine conflict. He claimed that if the Americans withdraw, not only Ukraine, but the whole of Europe will be in danger.

Next, you can follow the developments related to the 751st day of the war in Ukraine:

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Antonov: The condition for improving relations between Russia and America is to change Washington’s approach to the Ukraine conflict

Anatoly Antonov, the Russian ambassador to The United States announced this morning, Friday, that the first signal necessary for a positive change in relations between Moscow and Washington is a change in the political policy of the United States government towards Ukraine. Antonov said in a television interview: “The first signal of the situation It will be Ukraine. We can look and think about how to get out of this quagmire that the current administration [of the United States] is dragging us into.” The diplomat added: “The problem is that the United States does not want to accept that Russia “has national interests” and has the right to defend them.

According to him, he has told his American counterparts that until they stop undermining the foundations and foundations of the Russian government, there will be no equal dialogue between the two countries.

Sabrina Singh, the Pentagon’s deputy spokeswoman, emphasized in a press conference this morning that the new 300 million dollar US military aid package to Ukraine is allocated, it’s one-off in nature.

“If there are other deals that we’re reevaluating, we’ll let you know, but the new military aid package is a unique one,” he said. It’s up to the individual and it’s not going to be a sustainable trend.” Singh added that he was not aware of any other cases of freedom in other parts of the United States to help Kiev. Previously, Jake Sullivan, the adviser to the US president, said that Washington will transfer the new package of military aid worth about 300 million dollars to Kiev.

Sabrina Singh also announced that US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will travel to Germany on Monday, March 18, to discuss issues related to Ukraine with US allies.

Pentagon Deputy Spokesman stated that Defense Secretary Austin and General Charles Brown, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US Army, will hold the 20th meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group, saying: This meeting will be held at the US military base in Ramstein.

According to him, Pentagon officials held a meeting yesterday and discussed security issues, NATO and the situation in Ukraine. Ukraine denies

An unnamed US Defense Department official said there are no US military personnel on Ukrainian soil responsible for managing Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems.

This Pentagon official said: There are no American military forces in Ukraine that are responsible for servicing Patriot air defense systems or other equipment. As you may remember, last year Ukraine sent a group of its soldiers to the United States for training on the Patriot system.

Russian Defense Ministry: Foreign mercenary casualties in Ukraine are almost 6 One thousand people have arrived

The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced last night that since February 24, 2022 (the beginning of the military conflict), the total number of foreign mercenaries entered Ukraine was 13,387. 5,962 of them have been confirmed dead. According to the Ministry of Defense, the undisputed leader in the number of foreign mercenaries in Ukraine is Poland, whose total number is nearly 3,000 and 1,497 Some of them were killed. 1042 mercenaries from Georgia are involved in the conflicts, 561 of them were killed. The number of American soldiers participating in the war is 1,113 and 491 people have died. Also, out of 1005 Canadian mercenaries, 422 people were killed, out of 822 mercenaries imported from Britain, 360 people died, 784 mercenaries were from Romania and 49 were from Germany, where 235 and 88 of them were killed respectively.

The Ministry of Defense drew attention to the fact that France, which denies the presence of its mercenaries on the territory of Ukraine, has lost 147 of its 356 military forces on the battle front.

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Last week, the main information department of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine confirmed that mercenaries from more than 50 countries are serving in the ranks of the International Legion of this country’s army. The agency admitted that among the foreign mercenaries are veterans of special operations forces and other military units from the United States, Britain, Australia, Denmark and other countries in Europe, Asia, Africa and South America.

Borrell explained: “The outcome of the conflict in Ukraine will be known in the spring or summer of this year. The coming months will be very decisive. Many analysts expect a major Russian attack this summer, and Ukraine cannot wait for the results of the next US election.”

In the context of expressing doubts about the provision of US military aid to Kiev, Burrell He told reporters that support for Ukraine is essential and should be implemented as soon as possible.

Macron: France will never take the initiative in Ukraine

He added that during the two-year armed conflict in Ukraine , “They systematically did what they thought was impossible.” “Two years ago we said we would never send tanks, but we did,” Macron explained. Two years ago we said we would never send long-range missiles, we did it. We said we would never send a plane and now we are in the process. So we set many limits and there is no red line in this regard.”

Russia’s request to the Agency to respond to Ukraine’s attack on the Zaporozhye power plant facility

Mikhail Ulyanov, Russia’s Permanent Representative to International Organizations in Vienna, announced that the office provided the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) with information about the new attack by the Ukrainian armed forces on the critical infrastructure facilities of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant and requested There has been no delay in reacting to this issue.

Ulianov said: “All the member countries of the agency have received this statement, now let’s see how the secretariat of the International Atomic Energy Agency reacts to these events.” We recommend that they do not delay their response, especially since the agency’s experts stationed at the power plant were moved to the site of the accident to record the reality of the explosion.” According to the diplomat, the International Atomic Energy Agency should be the responsible party. introduce this incident, and there is no excuse not to mention the fact. He also called this incident a very alarming and dangerous event, because the fuel storage area, next to which the Ukrainian army ammunition explosion occurred, contains a large amount of diesel fuel.

On Thursday, it became clear that the Ukrainian army fired an explosive bomb towards the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant and this bomb exploded 5 meters from the fence of the fuel storage facilities of the power plant. Prime Minister of Slovakia: This country does not want to see Russia as its enemy. /strong>

Robert Fico, the Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic, announced in a video message to the people of his country that this country does not want to make Russia an enemy. He said: “I can’t imagine that Slovakia is interested in making an enemy of Russia.” Fico also said that he visited the monument to the soldiers of the Red Army who played a role in liberating the city of Zvolen. He emphasized that it is important for him to visit such places, because by this he shows his attitude towards the events.

The Prime Minister of Slovakia added: “Unfortunately, many politicians, even in Slovakia, prefer to build a new “iron curtain” between Europe and Russia. I reject such a policy and will never participate in it. , because there are historical events that have connected our people to each other.

He expressed hope that the situation in Ukraine will be resolved through peaceful negotiations.

Borrell’s reaction to the Pope’s words about the Ukrainian peace talks

Joseph Borrell, the head of the European Union’s diplomatic service, announced that Pope Francis asked Ukraine to raise the flag White “entered a garden to which he was not invited at all.”

Burrell said: “His Holiness has entered a garden where no one invited him. Calling Ukraine to surrender is more than a wish for peace. I believe that now is not the time to offer Ukraine surrender.”

Borrell also noted that Kiev should prepare for problems if Donald Trump wins the election.

Pope Francis A few days ago, he said in an interview that “he who thinks about the people of his country, he who has the courage to raise the white flag and start negotiations, is stronger.”

Zakharov about Burrell’s words: Vatican never received such a slap from the European Union

Maria Zakharova, the spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, the words of Josep Borrell, the head of diplomacy of the European Union, about “Pope Francis entering the garden where he was not invited He called it a slap in the face to the Vatican, which it deserved because of the pope’s realistic words about Ukraine.

According to him, Kiev is a “victim of the Western conspiracy” and “the real aggressors are those” who dragged the country into conflict.

Poll: Germans agree with the Pope’s request for Peace in Ukraine agrees

The survey data conducted for the German magazine Focus, showed that the majority of German citizens agree with Pope Francis’ statements about the need for peace in Ukraine.

According to this information, 53% of the surveyed Germans agreed with the Pope’s request, about a third (34%), on the contrary, rejected it, and 10% of the respondents did not have an opinion, and another 3% did not want to. comment on it.

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