Developments in Ukraine | Biden and Zelensky signed a security agreement
According to the international group Tasnim news agency, US President Joe Biden and Vladimir Zelensky, His Ukrainian counterpart signed a 10-year security agreement between the two countries on Thursday in a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Italy. : “Both sides are of the opinion that this agreement is actually a bridge for Ukraine’s final membership in NATO and supports this process”. security for Ukraine, senior officials from Washington and Kyiv should meet within 24 hours to discuss the response to the threat and identify additional needs to strengthen the country’s defense.
In this document, the American side also supports The military has repeated itself from Ukraine, although apparently the issue of sending military forces to this country is out of the question. Instead, the United States intends to provide long-term material assistance, training and consulting, support, intelligence, security, defense industry, etc., to strengthen the combat capability of the Ukrainian security and defense forces.
Joe Biden also mentioned that at the G7 summit, all countries have agreed on collective measures to curb threats and to send a signal of loyalty to the previously declared principles based on the UN Charter and the principle of respect for Ukraine’s sovereignty, and none of the parties will back down from them .
Zelensky also pointed out that the security guarantee agreement between Ukraine and the United States includes articles regarding the provision of air defense systems and air defense aircraft, and not only the F-16 fighter.
Next, you can follow the developments related to the eight hundred and forty-second day of the war in Ukraine:
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Biden: sending troops The American has not come to Ukraine in the security agreement
In a press conference with the President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, US President Joe Biden announced that the Washington-Kiev security agreement that was signed at the Group of Seven summit ( G7) signed in Italy, does not foresee sending US troops to Ukraine.
Biden explained that the signed security agreement includes major commitments to carry out reforms in Ukraine in order to accept the country as a member of NATO. And its purpose is to strengthen the military potential of Kiev in the long term. He added, as part of the security agreement, the United States is not going to send its military forces to Ukraine, although it will help the country with ammunition and weapons. The use of long-range weapons to attack Russian territory also remains unchanged.”
Biden promised Zelensky a “certain amount” of Patriot systems
Joe Biden at a joint press conference to “So far we have confirmed the commitments of five countries on the supply of Patriot and other air defense systems,” Zelensky’s companion said during the G7 summit in Italy. And we have informed other countries that are waiting for the procurement of US air defense systems that they have to wait for them. Everything we have from this type of system goes to Ukraine to meet the needs of this country. Only after that we will fulfill our commitments to other countries.”
A few days ago, the President of Ukraine said that he expects the Western partners to make a positive decision regarding the provision of air defense systems to this country. Zelensky did not specify which of the partners are going to send new air defense systems to Kiev and how many systems are being discussed. However, the White House refused to confirm information about the supply of these weapons by the United States.
Trump criticized the Biden administration for supporting Ukraine
Donald Trump, the former president of the United States, criticized Washington’s $60 billion aid package to Ukraine and stressed that taxpayers’ money should not be spent in this direction.
As reported by Reuters on Thursday, Don Bacon, representative of the Republican Party, told the reporter of this news agency: Trump believes that even if Ukraine wins, which it will not, this situation will not be of any use to the United States.
According to this agency, in the meetings Separated from Republicans in the House of Representatives and the Senate, Trump has been focused on resolving differences ahead of an election in which his party may win control of the White House and both houses of Congress. Providing military aid to Ukraine was also approved by Matt Gatz, another representative of the US Congress. According to him, Trump emphasized that the United States should give more money to its troops and not send another 60 billion dollars to Ukraine for no reason.
Trump: I have a good relationship with Putin
Former US President Donald Trump said he got along with Russian President Vladimir Putin because he believes he works more easily with powerful people.
He made the announcement on Thursday. He stated in an interview with YouTube channel Impaulsive. In response to a question about the state of his relations with Putin, Trump said: I think these relations are very good. The former president added that he also has a lot of respect for Chinese President Xi Jinping.
“The interesting thing is that I’m much more comfortable building relationships with powerful people,” Trump concluded. Weak people.”
Putin said in early June that Russia would cooperate with any US president elected by the people. He expressed his confidence that after the election, Washington’s policy towards Russia will not change. At the same time, Putin mentioned that Biden is a more predictable politician than Trump. Nebenzia, the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation to the United Nations, this morning, Friday, in an interview with RIA Novosti, announced that the UN Secretariat has long violated the principle of equality, which it must strictly observe in the case of conflicts, in the case of Ukraine. /p>
According to this diplomat, many organizations active in the field of humanitarian and human rights issues that work on the territory of Ukraine are not able to maintain the principle of neutrality. He explained: We have no illusions that Western representatives will continue to pretend to be blind and deaf in front of all the military crimes and other human crimes committed by the Kiev authorities, who are their direct accomplices. The same applies to the United Nations Secretariat, which should adhere to the principle of equality, but in practice it constantly violates it. Nebenzia said in the same interview that at the upcoming meeting of the United Nations Security Council On Friday, at the initiative of Moscow, Russia will explain the geopolitical dangers of Ukraine using Western military equipment and ammunition to attack its territory.
Group of 7 agreement on the allocation of 50 billion dollars to Kiev with the profits of Russia’s frozen assets
Ursula von der Leyen, the president of the European Commission, in a message last night He announced on X social network (former Twitter) that the member countries of the G7 group agreed to allocate 50 billion dollars to Ukraine from the profit from the frozen assets of Russia. He said: talk about The confiscation of these assets is not in the interest of Kyiv, but rather the interest that increases over time. You must understand that today a fundamental political step has been taken, which must now be quickly defined from a technical point of view and clearly taking into account the framework already adopted at the EU level.
Russian ambassador: Canada will receive an appropriate response to new sanctions
Olig Stepanov, Russian ambassador to Ottawa He stressed that Moscow will definitely respond appropriately to the imposition of new anti-Russian restrictions by the Canadian government. He said: Another round of senseless anti-Russian sanctions announced by Justin Trudeau’s cabinet (Prime Minister) is basically on The paper remains and few people notice it, because it cannot affect the interests of natural and legal persons in our country.” Makes you smile, but Moscow will still retaliate against the new restrictions imposed by Ottawa.
On Thursday, Canada imposed sanctions on several Russian airlines, some other companies, as well as a number of media outlets. and Russian social and political figures.
The expansion of Canada’s list of restrictions against Russia was done without a clear explanation.
Poroshenko: Ukraine is approaching an energy disaster. Petro Poroshenko, the former president of Ukraine, announced in an interview yesterday that the situation in the country’s energy sector is critical and approaching a disaster. According to him, if the authorities of Kiev do not take the necessary measures in this regard, a real disaster may occur in the country in the winter season.
The former president of Ukraine stressed that the energy situation in winter cause more people to leave the country. He reminded: the heating system in residential buildings is turned on only four hours a day.
Previously, the responsible authorities in Ukraine predicted a 30% increase in the price of bread due to the lack of electricity. At the same time, the labor shortage has also led to an increase in the prices of all consumer goods.
Putin extended the ban on the supply of Russian oil under the price ceiling
Vladimir Putin, the president of Russia, bans the supply of oil and petroleum products from this country under the conditions It extended the setting of the price ceiling by some foreign countries until December 31, 2024. The relevant decree was published last night on the portal of the official publication of legal laws.
This decree was previously set until June 30, 2024, which has now been extended for another 6 months.
Previously Geoffrey Piatt, US Assistant Secretary of State for Energy Resources, said that the G7 countries are negotiating the possibility of lowering the Russian oil price ceiling. According to him, the United States and its coalition partners are committed to controlling the price of Russian crude oil to deprive the country of revenues from the sale of energy products.
Austin: US Policy on Deep Strikes It has not changed to Russia
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin announced yesterday at a press conference after a regular meeting of the Western group involved in coordinating the supply of arms and military equipment to Kiev. Our policy of striking deep into Russian soil using American weapons has not changed.” At the same time, according to Austin, the US authorization to strike into Russian soil is only in the direction of Kharkov on the battlefront. applied and Ukrainians are still not allowed to do this for other regions.
The outcome of the conflict in Ukraine will determine the global security system
Lloyd Austin In this press conference, the head of the Pentagon also expressed his opinion that the outcome of the military conflict in Ukraine will determine the global security system for decades to come. “We understand the risks,” the US defense secretary said. The outcome of the “military conflict” in Ukraine will determine the course of global security for decades to come.
Austin also noted that there is currently no announcement of a double transfer of Patriot anti-aircraft missile systems by Washington to Kiev. At the same time, the head of the Pentagon indicated that the West plans to transfer F-16 fighters to Ukraine in the summer of 2024.
Konstantin Gavrilov, the head of the Russian delegation to the Vienna talks on military security and control Armas had warned a few days ago that Russia would shoot down F-16s when they appeared in the skies over Ukraine. He reminded: these planes will be transferred to Ukraine by Norway, Belgium, Denmark and the Netherlands.
Budapest does not expect great results from the meeting of Ukraine in Switzerland
Gergli Golias, the head of the office of Viktor Orban, the Prime Minister of Hungary, announced that the Budapest authorities do not have much hope for the outcome of the upcoming meeting of Ukraine in Switzerland, because only the positions of one side of the conflict will be presented at this meeting.
According to him, concrete results should not be expected from peace conferences where all parties involved in the conflict are not present and only the positions of one of them are focused on. Golias added: Prime Minister Viktor Orban has refused to participate in the upcoming meeting and believes that the country “does not participate in meetings to take pictures.” The foreigner will represent this country at the Swiss conference and intends to convey Hungary’s position in support of peace to the participants of this summit. The willingness of many countries to cooperate with Russia in the field of energy.
Alexey Likhachev, the general manager of the state-owned company “Ras Atom”, which operates in the field of energy, announced in a television interview last night, Thursday, that the company cooperates with many foreign countries. And the number of countries willing to develop relations with Russia has remained almost unchanged after the start of the military conflict in Ukraine.
The only exception that is unpleasant or perhaps natural, he said, is the complete stoppage of Finnish cooperation projects. It is with Russia that it is no longer news.
Likhachiv added: From the point of view of cooperation with other countries, there are dozens of cases. We are officially present in 70 countries and approximately 30 countries are in the process of negotiating with us to resume cooperation. Approximately 4/5 of the planet’s inhabitants cooperate with Russia in the field of energy.
The general director of the state-owned company “Ross Atom” also noted that the Kremlin is preparing preparations for the visit of President Vladimir Putin to Vietnam. is, where our company has special agreements with its partners in the field of using nuclear energy. In addition, the wind energy project will also be discussed on the sidelines of this trip.
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