Ukraine London criticizes Berlin’s unwillingness to attack Crimea

According to the international group Tasnim news agency, Grant Shops The British defense minister believes that Germany will not transfer long-range Taurus cruise missiles to Ukraine, because it fears that Kiev will use them to attack the Crimean region. He stressed that Berlin should change its decision in this regard.

Shapps said in an interview with “Sky News” TV channel: “I am from all our partners, including Germany.” which has the ability to provide long-range weapons, but does not allow them to be used to attack Crimea, I want it to provide these types of missiles to Kiev as soon as possible.

Minister of Defense It also emphasized that Britain considers the Crimean peninsula “an inseparable part of the territory of Ukraine”, so it has given permission to attack the occupiers in this area.

Shops, pointing out that the kingdom has shown its leadership position in this matter and other countries should follow it, added: “We must understand Let’s talk about how to manage the world order and defend democracy in an existential battle, and there should be no shortcoming in this field.”

In early May, David Cameron , the British Foreign Secretary, was the first to announce that Kiev could attack Crimea using British weapons.

After that, John Kirby, coordinator The strategic communications officer at the National Security Council of the White House announced that the US government did not and does not encourage the Ukrainian authorities to attack Russian territory. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken also said during his visit to Kiev last week that Washington did not encourage Ukraine to carry out attacks outside its territory and did not give Kiev the necessary equipment for this, of course, “they should talk about the goals themselves.” At the same time, Jake Sullivan, the US President’s National Security Adviser, assured that Kiev will keep its promise to Washington not to use missiles. ATACMS tactical ballistic missile will operate outside the territory of Ukraine.

After that, the Politico newspaper wrote that Ukraine asked the United States for permission to attack areas deep in Russian territory. with American weapons, because the armed forces of this country are retreating under the pressure of the Russian army on the front line. Taros missiles to Kiev have refused. German Chancellor Olaf Schultz emphasized that it is impossible to give a weapon system that has a very wide range of action to a country and not think about how to control its use. According to him, the use of Taurus missiles is only possible with the participation of the German military, which would be crossing Germany’s red line to avoid direct conflict with Russia.

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

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Downing of 7 Ukrainian attack drones over two regions of Russia

Russian Defense Ministry this morning, Monday, report said that during the last night, over Belgorod and Kursk regions, the country’s air defense systems destroyed seven Ukrainian drones.

This ministry He reminded: Air defense systems intercepted and shot down seven Ukrainian drones: five of them in the sky of Belgorod region and two others over the territory of Kursk region.

Alexei Smirnov, the governor of the Kursk region, said this morning that two Ukrainian drones were shot down in the sky of this region last night. There is no information about the casualties or possible damages of these attacks.

Danger of air attack was announced several times in Kursk region during last night.

In addition, The Ministry of Defense of Russia also announced the downing of another drone of the Ukrainian army in the Belgorod region. The siren of the threat of an air attack has sounded in the city of Belgorod and the entire region many times.

Ukraine has lost 90% of its thermal power plant capacity >

Alexei Kucherenko, a member of the Supreme Parliament of Ukraine and former Minister of Housing and Social Services, admitted in an interview that currently, Ukraine has almost 90% of the total capacity of thermal power plants in has lost the interior of the country.

He said: I have spoken with energy experts in the country and according to them, as a result of the Russian airstrikes, we have almost lost the possibility of producing 8,000 megawatts of electricity. This is a very large figure.

According to this parliamentary official, the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, is obliged not to remain silent about the real situation in the country, but to tell the truth. Tell the people, because this is the reality that Ukrainians have to face for a long time.

Kucherenko added: Having such restrictions on energy supply in winter will be problematic. , because nothing will fundamentally change. Unfortunately, we cannot quickly repair the potential power plants that were seriously damaged in the latest wave of Russian missile attacks.

A few days ago, the National Energy Company of Ukraine ( Ukrenergo) warned that restrictions on electricity supply throughout the country will continue for several more months, and for this reason, it will be necessary to implement an hourly electricity outage program in the country.

The British Defense Minister is worried about Russia and China’s alliance

Grant Shapps, the British Defense Minister, in an interview with “Sky News” TV last night. He expressed concern that the growing alliance between Russia and China is a threat to Western countries.

He said: This issue is a direct threat to our way of life. If we value our freedom and democracy, we should worry about them [Russia and China] uniting together. increase their military aid to Ukraine.

Shaps’s remarks came after Vladimir Putin’s recent visit to China, where he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Ping emphasized the need to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the current international situation.

The representative of the European Parliament asked Western countries to stop idolizing Zelensky >

Gilbert Kolar, a member of the European Parliament from France, emphasized in an interview that the Paris authorities should play the role of a mediator instead of sending weapons to Kiev and constantly talking about the Russian threat. in achieving peace in Ukraine.

He expressed his opinion: “Peace in Ukraine will not be achieved if we continue to alienate Russia. As we always do, and we idolize Vladimir Zelensky and do whatever he wants… We need politicians who think beyond war, people who have traveled to both Ukraine and Russia and worked to achieve peace. Such diplomats are very few in France and in Europe.”

This member of the European Parliament is against the forceful solution and escalation of the confrontation with Russia, and France’s involvement in the conflict through sending He considers arms to Kiev an inappropriate action.

The former US Deputy Secretary of State called Kharkiv a Russian city

Victoria Nuland, the former US assistant secretary of state for political affairs, mistakenly called Kharkiv a Russian city in an interview with ABC News. He reminded that apparently Russia has intensified the process of military conflict due to the attack on “the second city of Russia – Kharkiv, which is not on the front line”.

Furthermore, Noland stressed in this interview that NATO should train the Ukrainian army outside of Ukraine, because the training centers of the alliance with Western instructors, if Being stationed on the territory of Ukraine will become targets for the Russian armed forces. become for Russia, and this will bring NATO directly into the conflict, which could lead to escalation of tension in the entire region.

He emphasized that the North Atlantic Treaty Organization has a lot in the territory of Eastern European countries, including Poland and Germany, and they should be used for this purpose. give up for his goals

Sergei Lavrov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, on Sunday in an interview for the documentary program “Moscow. “Putin’s Kremlin” emphasized on the country’s first TV channel: “The time has come for the Ukrainian authorities to accept the facts that happened on the battlefield, and for Western countries to stop sacrificing Ukraine to achieve their failed goals.” p style=”text-align:justify”>He said: I hope this message, which has been repeated many times, will finally be accepted and the West will realize that it is time to stop sacrificing Ukraine to achieve its completely pointless goals.

Lavrov said in response to the moderator’s reference to the recent words of French President Emmanuel Macron regarding the fact that Europe is afraid of the expansion of Russian military infrastructure to the west, if they ( Western countries) succeeded, let them rest. Russia has all the necessary facilities to respond to all possible scenarios regarding the development of the situation in Ukraine.

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