Developments in Ukraine|Kiev has no plan B in the absence of US aid

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, Dmitry Kolaba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, admitted last night Kurd said that Kiev has only one plan A and that is to “make a strong decision” to provide aid to our country, while he refused to predict the prospect of passing a new bill to help Ukraine in the US Congress.

Koleba declined to elaborate on House Speaker Mike Johnson’s proposal for a separate review of U.S. aid to Ukraine, Israel, and Taiwan, but recalled his previous words in January that “we don’t need plan B, because plan A “We will make strong decisions for Ukraine, not half-hearted decisions.”

Ukraine’s foreign minister, who participated in the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Italy via video conference, added: “Today, I reminded Foreign Minister Anthony Blinken that we have no plan B. Plan A must work and pass a strong bill. And he supported me and said that we should focus exclusively on the cut-off solutions for Ukraine, that is, on Plan A.

Kole emphasized that on the aid allocation bill for Ukraine in the US Congress, “so far the versions “A lot is broken and there are a lot of disagreements” and the time has come to just wait for the result.

Denis Shmigal, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, also announced this Friday morning that the country will within a few weeks after approving the allocation bill. The budget will be approved by the US Congress for a new package of military aid. According to Reuters, the head of the Ukrainian government, who is on a trip to the United States, said that US officials had informed him of the dates set for They have assured the delivery of a new aid package. According to him, we are talking about “a few weeks and not a few months”. Earlier, the US House of Representatives passed a bill to allocate $61 billion to aid Ukraine, $26 billion to Israel, and $8.12 billion to contain China in the Indo-Pacific region, including aid to Taiwan. Published. It is expected that this bill will be voted on on Saturday, April 20.

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The crash of a Russian warplane in the Stavropol region due to a technical violation

The Russian Defense Ministry reported this morning, Friday. The primary cause of the Tu-22M3 accident in the Stavropol region is a technical malfunction.

In the published statement, it is mentioned: According to the initial information, the cause of the fall was a technical defect. They noted that the pilots managed to exit the plane in time, three of them were found by the search and rescue team and evacuated from the area. Currently, the search for the other pilot continues.

According to the information of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, this plane crashed in an abandoned field in the Stavropol region after performing a combat mission while returning to its home airport. In this accident, there was no ammunition in the plane and there was no destruction on the ground. A few hours ago, the governor of the Stavropol region announced the crash of a warplane in the Krasnogorsk region. >

Kiev ignores US requests to stop attacks on Russian infrastructure

The “Economist” magazine wrote in an analysis that Ukraine ignored the requests of US officials to stop the shelling Baran ignores infrastructure deep inside Russia, and the White House is not happy about that, and is trying to get Kyiv officials to stop the attacks. But so far, the American advice to stop the attacks has been ignored.

According to this magazine, of course, there is no direct request from the United States to stop these attacks. But last week, Anthony Blinken, the Secretary of State of the United States, emphasized in a statement that Washington does not support the attacks of the Ukrainian army on Russian territory. The Georgian Minister on the danger of “turning his country into Ukraine” The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine announced that the statements of the Prime Minister of Georgia, Irakli Kobakhidze, about the danger of “Ukrainization” of this country are related to the relations between Tbilisi and Kyiv. damage.

In the published statement, it is mentioned that using the name of Ukraine in such humiliating conditions will cause more damage to the relations between Kyiv and Tbilisi. At the same time, this ministry believes that the danger of “Russification” is a real threat to Georgia.

Earlier, Kobakhidze said that the new law on foreign agents protected the country from “Ukrainization”. And it will not allow events like what happened in Ukraine to happen to Georgia.

He recalled that in mid-April, Denmark announced the allocation of 200 million Danish kroner (28.5 million dollars) for the purchase of weapons and military equipment from Ukrainian manufacturers for the needs of the army. Thus, Copenhagen will be the first ally of Kyiv to purchase weapons from Ukrainian companies for the armed forces of Ukraine.

According to Kamyshyn, it was then that the theory of launching a global campaign to collect funds from Foreign allies were created for this purpose. “This is a global fundraising campaign, a strategic action – not to help individuals, but for entire countries,” he said. It aims to raise $10 billion for Ukrainian arms production this year. And today we have our first financial aid. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg told reporters last night on the sidelines of the Group of 7 foreign ministers’ meeting on the Italian island of Capri that the issue of providing more air defense systems to Ukraine is very necessary. He said: “Currently There is an urgent and urgent need to strengthen Ukraine’s air defense.” He added: It is impossible to continue the situation where Russia is superior to Ukraine in terms of having weapons. The Secretary General said: “The delay in the delivery of air defense systems means an increase in the ability to defeat Russian attacks.” In addition, Stoltenberg emphasized that positive changes are being seen in the supply of weapons to Ukraine by NATO members. He said: “The coalition has focused its efforts on finding opportunities to transfer air defense systems to Kiev, and now the issue of financing their equipment is under consideration.

Stoltenberg: NATO provides financial aid to Ukraine, but it must provide the required soldiers by itself

The Secretary General of NATO emphasized that Ukraine must provide its own army for manpower.

Jens Stoltenberg said on the sidelines of the Group of 7 foreign ministers’ meeting: “Ukraine needs military force and financial resources.” NATO allies can provide military equipment by providing more support than they currently do, as we discussed today. But in terms of providing soldiers, Ukraine should meet this need itself.” This is how he answered the question about the lack of military personnel in the Ukrainian army. The Secretary General recalled that Ukraine adopted a new law on the intensification of mobilization. He declined to go into details, but noted that Kiev authorities will take steps to recruit the required number of troops. Transfer of Patriot systems to Ukraine

German Chancellor Olaf Schultz asked NATO member countries to supply Patriot air defense systems to Ukraine as soon as possible.

He is He stated the issue last night at a press conference at the end of the two-day meeting of the European Union and emphasized: “In particular, the transfer of the air defense system to Kiev is of great importance.”

According to Shultz, the Atlantic Alliance The North has the possibility of sending additional missile systems to Ukraine. He expressed hope that NATO will find six Patriots.

The day before, Ukraine’s Foreign Minister, Dmitry Koleba, said that if it does not receive new air defense systems from its partners, the country’s economy will be destroyed.

Earlier, the German government announced that Berlin will supply the Patriot system to Kiev. While German Foreign Minister Analena Barbok said that Berlin’s stockpile of these weapons has been exhausted. Burrell’s emphasis on the rapid transfer of Patriot air defense systems to Kiev. /strong>

Joseph Burrell, in charge of foreign and defense policy of the European Union, on the sidelines of the G7 foreign ministers’ meeting in Italy, emphasized that European countries should remove the American Patriot air defense missile systems and ground missile defense from the warehouses. and transfer them to Ukraine.

Burrell said: “We cannot rely on the United States alone, we have to take responsibility for it. There are also Patriots in Europe, and we need to get them out of storage and send them to Ukraine, <...> and I’m sure we will do it quickly.”

Burrell warned that we must Quick and concrete steps should be taken to provide more air defense systems to Kyiv. According to him, without the additional Patriot system, “Ukraine’s energy system will collapse.”

French President Emmanuel Macron claimed in a press conference after the meeting of European Union leaders that the member states of this union unanimously support the strengthening of sanctions against Russia.

He said: “We are united on the strengthening of sanctions against Russia, and the priority is to fight the circumvention of previously imposed sanctions.” At the same time, Macron assured that military support to Kiev, including the supply of ammunition And the joint production of weapons in Ukraine is the priority of the European Union.

Rafael Grossi, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), admitted yesterday that those behind the recent attacks on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant have ignored the international community’s repeated calls to prevent a nuclear accident.

He said the International Atomic Energy Agency was informed early Thursday of the attack on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant training facility, the third attack the agency has recorded recently. Grossi added: “Whoever is behind these attacks seems to have ignored the international community’s repeated calls for maximum military restraint to prevent the real risk of a serious nuclear incident.” that “these reckless attacks must be stopped immediately.”

Yesterday, the press service of the Zaporizhia Nuclear Power Plant reported that the armed forces of Ukraine again attacked the training center of this facility. Of course, as a result of this attack, no one was hurt and no damage was reported.

Berlin confirmed the summoning of the Russian ambassador to the German Foreign Ministry

He stressed that Argentina’s efforts to develop its cooperation with NATO as a global partner are unfortunate. He said: “Unfortunately, there are countries that are thousands of kilometers away from the countries that now make up the North Atlantic Alliance.” and they still want to formalize their relations with this military bloc. According to Ryabkov, this is unfortunate and will not increase security for this country.

The Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia called on all countries to rationally and independently assess what NATO is and what goals it pursues. . He reminded that many of the international community consider the coalition’s development policy to be irresponsible. Developments in Ukraine|The situation on the battle front has changed in favor of Moscow