Developments in Ukraine Erdogan’s message to Putin about conflict resolution

According to the report of Tasnim news international group, Hakan Fidan The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey announced last night that on behalf of Recep Tayyip Erdogan, he delivered a message regarding the resolution of the conflict in Ukraine to Russian President Vladimir Putin, who plans to meet with the Turkish leader in the near future. 

This Turkish diplomat said in a conversation with “Khaber Turk” TV channel, without referring to the details of this message: “We have announced to both sides of this military conflict that Peace in Ukraine is necessary and Russia has the right to define its position. In fact, it was two days later that Mr. Putin outlined his desired terms for ending the conflict in Ukraine. Each side should use game-changing methods and try to reach peace.” Fidan pointed out that the leaders of the two countries will soon discuss this matter. He added that he presented the Turkish President’s message to Putin on June 11.

A few days later, the Russian President met with officials of the Ministry of Affairs on June 14. Foreign Minister said that Moscow has always tried for peace and is ready to sit at the negotiating table even tomorrow. He mentioned several conditions for ending the military conflict.

Dmitry Peskov, the spokesman of the Kremlin, reminded that it is currently possible for the presidents of Russia and Turkey to meet in It is currently being investigated.

Before this, the Turkish Foreign Minister said that Erdogan plans to meet on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization summit, which will be held in Astana in the first days of July. to meet with Putin. The last face-to-face talks between the leaders of Russia and Turkey were held in early September 2023.

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Russian Ministry of Defense: 30 The Ukrainian drone was shot down last night

The Ministry of Defense of Russia announced this morning, Tuesday, that the country’s air defense systems shot down 29 during the last night They destroyed the Ukrainian attacking drone in the sky of the Belgorod region and another drone over the Varonezh region.

This statement says: During the last night, the criminal regime Kiev once again carried out terrorist attacks in residential areas of Russia using drones, although the air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed 29 drones over the Belgorod region, and one drone was also shot down in the sky of the Varonezh region. .

Earlier, it was reported last night that the attack of Ukrainian drones took place on the city of Belgorod and its suburbs, as a result of which a woman and a man were injured. Also, the windows of four apartments and a part of the facade of a multi-story residential building hit by the downed drone were broken and damaged. In a village near Belgorod, the roof of a residential house was also damaged.

Vasily Nebenzia, Russia’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations last night, Monday, announced that the response of the United Nations Secretariat to the missile attack by the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Sevastopol was based only on the organization’s double standards. It is emphasized.

He said to the reporters: We are not surprised that the western media is silent about this tragedy. They are not interested in the lives of Russian civilians. Even more regrettable is the lack of a meaningful response from the UN Secretariat, which should deal with such open crimes and violations of international law. This encounter is a clear example of the double standards used in the United Nations.

This diplomat emphasized that Washington was undoubtedly involved in this incident and the ATACMS missiles used in the attack It was used in Sevastopol, provided by the United States. According to him, the United States and other Western countries encourage Ukrainian terrorist acts against Russian civilians.

The Permanent Representative of Russia to the United Nations also announced that the issue of the terrorist attack by Kiev on the coast of Sevastopol will be raised at the next meeting of the Security Council on Ukraine in July.

Vasily Nebenzia said: “This issue will be discussed at the next regular meeting on Ukraine, which will definitely be held in July, like every month.”

He emphasized that Russia is always ready to talk with the so-called Western friends, but Moscow is not willing to tolerate the West covering up the crimes of Kiev. 

State Department: We regret civilian casualties in any conflict

At the same time, Bass added that Ukraine uses military equipment provided by Western countries “as it sees fit”.

Yesterday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, in a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron, pointed out that “Ukraine’s right to self-defense is reserved,” and said that the bloc’s support for Kiev It does not make NATO a party to the conflict. 

Statement of the US Embassy about Ukraine’s attacks on Crimea with ATACMS missiles

The US Embassy in Moscow expressed its condolences for the civilian casualties during the conflict in Ukraine, especially as a result of the tragedy that occurred in the Republic of Crimea on Sunday.

In A statement from the US Embassy in Russia said: “The United States government expresses regret and sympathy for any civilian casualties in this military conflict. Of course, we are providing American weapons to Ukraine so that it can defend its independent country.” that the weapons sent to Kiev can only be used against real military targets”. use

Joseph Borrell, the EU’s top foreign and security policy official, on Monday at a press conference after a meeting of EU ministers in Luxembourg. announced that the foreign ministers of the member states agreed to transfer 1.4 billion euros of profits from frozen Russian assets to the European Peace Fund to be used for military aid to Ukraine.

According to Borrell, this money will be used to buy ammunition, air defense equipment and support It will be used to produce weapons for Kiev.

The head of EU diplomacy also noted that European countries are trying to complete the text of Ukraine’s security guarantees. Burrell hopes that the document will be ready soon and it can be signed, for example, at the EU summit on June 27-28.

Macron’s desire to continue talks with Putin

Emmanuel Macron, the president of France, his desire to continue the political talks with Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia. Putin will continue. I sincerely say, I believe it is always important to keep in touch with Moscow.”

Macron reminded that he believes in the power of negotiations.

Despite the fact that the French president has not been in contact with Putin in recent months, he has never rejected the possibility of talking about any issue. For example, Macron has said he is willing to negotiate with the Russian leader on nuclear power plants, without specifying what he means.

Macron announced in early June that France does not intend to have a direct conflict with Russia and does not want to allow the escalation of conflict in Ukraine.

Zelensky changed the commander of the joint forces of the Ukrainian army

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy announced that he has decided to dismiss Yuri Sudol, the commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. He announced this issue in a statement he published on his Telegram channel and reminded: “I have decided to replace Brigadier General Andrey Gnatov with the Commander of the Joint Forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Lt. Gen. Yuri Sudol.”

Sodol has served as the commander of the joint forces of the army since February 11, 2024.

In early May, Zelensky, Sergei Rudi, He dismissed the head of the National Security Department of Ukraine, who had been the head of this ministry since 2019. He called it a military camp

Mikhail Podoliak, adviser to the chief of staff of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, called the Crimean peninsula a large military camp.

On Monday, he wrote on his Telegram channel: “Crimea is actually a large military camp and warehouse with hundreds of direct military targets, and Ukraine has the right to attack there.” .»

Podolyak also claimed that there are “no recreational beaches or tourist areas” in Crimea, as well as “signs of peaceful life” anymore.

Ukraine’s armed forces attacked a Sevastopol resort beach where people were relaxing on Sunday, killing four people and injuring 151 others, including a number of children. 

European Union’s double standards in the adoption process of Kyiv and the Balkan countries

Peter Szijártó, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Economic Relations of Hungary, believes that double standards in the process of accepting Ukraine and Western Balkan countries into the European Union are part of the EU’s expansion policy.

Russia expanded the European list of “undesirable persons” in response to the new sanctions. Dad

Russia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced on Monday that the country has added new names to the list of EU representatives banned from entering the territory of the Russian Federation.

The statement published in this regard states: EU countries approved the next 14th sanctions package. In response to these unfriendly actions, the Russian side has significantly expanded the list of representatives of European institutions and EU member states who are banned from entering the territory of our country.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs added: The European Union continues its hostile and confrontational policy in dealing with Russia, and applying unilateral restrictions violates international laws because it is applied by bypassing the United Nations Security Council.

According to this information, Moscow has added to the list of people who do not have the right to enter the territory of Russia, representatives of law enforcement agencies, government agencies and companies that are engaged in providing military aid to Ukraine and prosecuting Russian authorities. has added.

In addition, the Russian government also imposed restrictions on the entry of members of the Council of Europe, legislative assemblies of EU countries, some representatives of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), It has considered some civil activists and representatives of the scientific community who have hostile statements regarding Russia. 

Zelensky insists on purges in the Ministry of State Security of Ukraine

Vladimir Zelensky, the President of Ukraine, on the upcoming purges in the Ministry of State Security of Ukraine and “carte blanche” who spoke to Alexei Morozov, the new head of the ministry.

Zelensky announced on Monday that the government needs “patriotic people” and “It should be purged of anyone who does not choose the interests of Ukraine or defames this country.” Zelensky believes that in order to do this, the Ministry It should modernize its structure and operational principles, including implementing a new personnel policy. He also announced the need to increase the level of combat readiness and mobilization within this department. Zelensky’s personal bodyguard, Maxim Donets, was accused of abuse of power. They stated that Donets himself issued the order for his promotion and interfered in the work of this ministry, and for this reason, he demanded the appointment of a legal head for this department. The next day, Zelensky appointed Morozov as the new head of the ministry.

Earlier in May, the head of the State Security Service of Ukraine was accused of passing classified information. Bandied about protected persons, including the President, were detained by foreign intelligence services. In addition, the Security Service of Ukraine arrested another employee of this department who was accused of complicity in this action. In the list of countries that support terrorism

James O’Brien, adviser to the US Secretary of State for European and Eurasian Affairs, announced in a press conference on Monday that the proposal to include Russia The list of countries sponsoring terrorism does not match the situation of this country and it is not appropriate. which we are now facing in relation to Ukraine has been created. So we’ve been very clear in that regard that we want to have flexibility in how we use these resources.” It changes the frozen assets of Russia to support Ukraine, and this is something that worries the United States in this regard.

Earlier, in late May, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken also admitted that Washington cannot add Russia to the list of countries that support terrorism, because Russia is not such a country Some of the “cooperation and coordination of multilateral actions” that the United States had on sanctions against Moscow would be undermined.

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