Developments in Ukraine America continues to fuel the fire of war

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, “Matthew Miller,” the spokesperson of the US State Department announced last night that the United States is working on new military aid packages for Ukraine, but the timing of their transfer is not yet clear.

Miller emphasized that Washington expects to return to Kiev as quickly as it was before the funding cuts.

A few days ago, retired US Army colonel and military expert Daniel Davis said that Washington is actually investing in the defeat of Kiev by providing more aid to Ukraine. According to him, it was much more logical for Washington to cooperate with Kiev and Moscow from December 2021 to find a solution that could prevent the start of Russian military operations, including the issue of Ukraine’s non-membership in NATO and emphasizing the country’s neutral status. started, but for some reasons, he took a different policy, which has only caused the conflict to continue and more people to be killed, and of course, many areas of Ukraine’s territory have come under control.

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Czech President: Kiev will soon receive 180,000 ammunitions

Czech President Peter Pavel revealed last night in an interview with the German media group ARD Kurd said that Ukraine may receive 180,000 rounds of ammunition as early as June as the first part of the Prague initiative.

Powell admitted that the initiative is aimed at providing ammunition to Kiev. It is not done as fast as the participants wanted. He added: We expect 180,000 units of ammunition to be delivered in the first shipment in June, and there are currently contracts for the supply of 5 to 6 more shipments of bullets.

Russian official: the announcement of the deployment of Western troops to Ukraine aggravates the situation

Sergey Naryshkin, director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, expressed his opinion that the comments of some western politicians about the possible deployment of military forces from NATO member countries to Ukraine are very irresponsible. . And even talking about such an action can be seen as provocative and aggravating the situation on their part. Peace in Ukraine without the participation of Russia

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in a meeting with the head of the Polish National Security Bureau and the National Security Advisor of the Romanian President, emphasized that Any unilateral peace initiative on the Ukraine conflict will have little chance of success without the participation of the Russian side.

Erdogan said: “Despite the passage of time, no progress has been made in establishing peace in the conflict in Ukraine.” There must be an open door that allows both sides of this conflict to get out of the crisis properly. The chances of success for unilateral peace initiatives that do not include Russia are very small. /p>

The newspaper Stampa, published in Rome, reported that the military attaché of the Italian Embassy in Russia, Colonel Vittorio Parella, from the exhibition of Western equipment looted by the Russian military in Ukraine in the city Moscow has visited.

It is said that this visit was done after the approval of the Italian Ministry of Defense. He should directly assess the war trophies that the Russians decided to display.

According to some publications, apparently this military-related action caused controversy in Italian society. became. Photos of this officer have been published in the media, which were shown among the visitors of the exhibition along with military personnel from other foreign countries such as China, Morocco and India.

Ministry of Defense Russia has extended the exhibition of Western spoils of war equipment obtained in Ukraine due to its popularity among the public. A few days ago, Christoph Wanner, the reporter of the German Welt channel, also reported that this exhibition has been visited by a large number of people and the Russians proudly talked about the capture of the German Leopard 2 tank by the Russian army.

The Russian Foreign Ministry’s promise of a tough response to Britain’s anti-Russian actions

Maria Zakharova, the spokesperson of the Russian Foreign Ministry today In the past, he emphasized that the reaction of the Moscow authorities to the hostile actions of the British government will be hard and calculated. and fully confirms the partiality and hostility of this kingdom’s policy in dealing with Russia. “London has been repeatedly warned that any unfriendly action will receive an inevitable corresponding response,” Zakharova said. Our reaction will be hard and measured.”

This diplomat added: We reject the claims of the British side that our country is involved in some subversive actions in this country, especially without providing evidence. We consider it extremely irresponsible and categorically unacceptable.

Lack of consular access to the American arrested in Russia

State Department spokesman Matthew Miller announced that the US Embassy has not yet obtained consular access to US Army officer Gordon Blake, who was arrested in Russia on theft charges, and is attempting to The matter continues.

Miller added that he could not provide any other details due to the right to privacy.

Earlier, on May 6, it became known that a 34-year-old American man was arrested in Russia’s Vladivostok region on charges of theft. According to the information of the representative office of the Russian Foreign Ministry in Vladivostok, this American soldier was initially supposed to leave South Korea at the end of his mission and return to his hometown in Texas, but he decided to travel to Russia on his own initiative.

EU ambassadors agree with Kyiv’s pledge plan to allocate 50 billion euros of aid

day On Wednesday, the representative of Belgium, who currently presides over the Council of the European Union, announced that the ambassadors of the 27 member states of the Union approved the plan of Kyiv’s commitment to reforms, which is a condition for Ukraine to receive 50 billion euros of aid from the Union until 2027.

According to him, EU ambassadors have already approved Ukraine’s reform plan to receive EU financial aid until 2027 as part of the Ukraine Aid Fund. After that, it is expected that the reform plan will be approved at the ministerial level.

Possibility of starting negotiations for Ukraine’s accession to the European Union before the end of June >

The ambassador of the European Union in Moldova announced that it is likely that the negotiations for the accession of Moldova and Ukraine to the European Union will begin by the end of June.

He pointed out that the negotiations in this field are still ongoing, adding: “The green light for the negotiations was already given in December and there is information that the negotiations can really start before the end of June.” Kurd.

This diplomat explained that the essence of the negotiations is that EU members must make sure that the candidate countries are ready to accept the necessary obligations to implement European laws.

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Approval of the bill on the use of convicts in the Ukrainian army

The Supreme Parliament of Ukraine on Wednesday in The second reading passed the bill on the mobilization of convicts in Ukraine. 279 representatives voted to approve this document. In the first reading, the bill authorizing the mobilization of convicts to join the armed forces of Ukraine was approved by the Rada on April 10.

According to this bill, all convicts except those who have committed crimes against the security of the country, including murderers, rapists, criminals and people under the influence of alcohol. or narcotics that commit serious fatal accidents will be subject to mobilization law.

Increase in Russia’s international reserves in April

As ​​in The Russian Federation’s international reserves stood at $597.911 billion as of May 1, up 1.28 percent (or $7.537 billion) from the beginning of April, the Central Bank of Russia website showed. According to this information, as of May 1, 2023, the international reserves of Russia amounted to 595.787 billion dollars. The decrease reached 422.015 billion dollars and the value of monetary gold also increased by 5.94% to 175.896 billion dollars this month.

International reserves including foreign currency reserves, right of withdrawal Special is the reserve position in the International Monetary Fund and monetary gold.

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