Developments in Ukraine US military aid cannot stop Russia

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, newspaper ” The Financial Times, quoting Jake Sullivan, the National Security Adviser of the US President, reported that after receiving $61 billion in US military aid, Ukraine intends to launch a new counterattack only in 2025, but until then, the advance of the Russian army will be avoided. It’s going to be inevitable.

Sullivan admitted: He expects Russia to continue pushing forward despite the new U.S. budget package for Ukraine, because you can’t. By flipping a switch, change the situation immediately.

This White House official, referring to the successes of the Russian army on the front, added: Of course, with Washington’s new help, now Kiev It will have the opportunity to “maintain the front line” and resist the onslaught of Russian armed forces during 2024 and launch a counterattack in 2025.

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

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The Pope will participate in the Ukraine peace conference only at the invitation of Russia

Leonid Svastianov, head of the World Union of Old Believers ( WBU), citing his personal conversation with the Pope, revealed this morning, Monday, that Pope Francis, the head of the world Catholic Church, will attend the conference on Ukraine in Switzerland only if Russia is also invited there.

He said: “The Holy Father will go to the conference in Switzerland only if Russia is invited.”

Swiss President Viola Amherd announced yesterday that she has invited Pope Francis to participate in the upcoming meeting on Ukraine. Switzerland invited the leaders of Brazil, India, China and the Republic of South Africa to participate in the consultations related to the resolution of the Ukraine crisis. It will be held on June 16 in Bürgenstock, Switzerland. According to Bern officials, “at this stage” Russia has not been invited to participate in the meeting, but in general the peace process without Moscow’s participation is “unthinkable”.

China plans to cooperate with France to find a solution to the Ukraine crisis

Chinese President Xi Jinping, who visited Paris yesterday, announced that his country intends to work with France and the entire international community to find a solution to the Ukraine crisis. He wrote: “We hope that peace and stability will return to Europe soon. We intend to work with the French authorities and the entire international community to find a fair and reasonable way to resolve the Ukraine crisis.”

He emphasized that China is one or is not a participant in this crisis, but has always played and will play a constructive role in promoting the peaceful resolution of conflicts.

The Chinese leader added: The principles of the United Nations Charter, respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of all countries, and consideration of the legitimate security interests of all parties to the conflict.

Xi Jinping also stressed the inadmissibility of He emphasized nuclear weapons under any pretext, including threats to other countries.

Retired NATO general “Ben Hodges” expressed his opinion in an interview that if mobilization in Ukraine fails and not enough people are found to join the army, the countries NATO will stop supplying weapons to Kiev in the future.

The NATO military official said: “The government of Ukraine is responsible for improving the situation inside the country, and this is simply unbelievable.” It’s not that they haven’t changed the personnel system yet to create an army of the necessary size. Recently, it has been reduced to 25 years, surprisingly, while in most European countries and in the United States, the age of compulsory military service starts at 18-19. According to him, if it turns out that the majority of Ukrainian society does not want to serve in the army, Kiev will literally be at risk of losing NATO support in the form of arms procurement.

The former head of the Security Council of Ukraine was included in the list of wanted persons of Russia

Alexei Danilov, the former head of the National Security Council and defense of Ukraine, former foreign minister of the country Pavel Klimkin and former speaker of the parliament Vladimir Groysman were included in the list of wanted persons of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. It is not clear under which article of the Russian Criminal Code these people are being prosecuted.

After that, it was reported that Arsen Avakov, the former head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, and Yuri Stits , the former minister of information of this country was added to the wanted list of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.

On Saturday, the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine and Petro Poroshenko put the former leader of Ukraine on the wanted list. The details of the reason for this decision were not revealed.

Switzerland has no plans to send weapons to Ukraine

Swiss President Viola Amherd announced last night that the country does not intend to send military weapons to Ukraine and that the “state of emergency” law that can be considered for such deliveries will not apply in this case.

He said in an interview: “The emergency law regarding Ukraine is not discussed. This law can only be invoked in cases of serious necessity, such as the Covid-19 crisis. The parliament is currently reviewing the amendment to the law on military equipment.

Amherd added that despite the lack of resources in Europe and the needs of Ukraine, Switzerland continues to buy ammunition for its army. will give.

The Czech Republic officially recalled its ambassador from Russia

Czech Republic officially called the country’s ambassador to Russia, Vitslav Pivonka, to his country. According to the Czech Foreign Ministry, Pivonka will leave his post at the end of May. Of course, this diplomat himself has been living permanently in Prague since 2022, and during this time the Czech embassy in Moscow was actually managed by its temporary chargé d’affaires.

Ministry of Affairs The Czech foreign ministry plans to send a new ambassador to Moscow.

Russia’s promise to respond to the hostile actions of the Baltic states

Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman of the Russian Foreign Ministry, announced that the Moscow authorities will definitely respond to the hostile actions of the Baltic Sea countries.

He said: As in the past, we will respond to the hostile actions of the Baltic countries with asymmetric measures, mainly in the economic and transit areas.

This diplomat recalled that Moscow’s actions have already affected the Baltic countries and, in particular, the reorientation of the flow of cargo to the northwestern ports of Russia has had a very negative impact on the incomes of these countries.

Zakharova also pointed to the increasing growth of Russophobia in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and added: Russian language has been replaced in almost all areas of life, including education, which is a “neo-fascist manifestation”.

In response to a question about the possible termination of diplomatic relations with them, he reminded: Russia always tries to maintain dialogue channels, but unfriendly countries do their best. They do to complicate conventional interaction.

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