Developments in Ukraine | France’s readiness to send troops to Kiev

At the same time, this newspaper He reminded that this permission applies to the border areas of Russia that are adjacent to the Kharkiv region.

An American official revealed: President Biden recently ordered his team to make sure that Ukraine can receive American weapons for respond to heavy Russian fire in the Kharkiv region.

This news source noted that the general policy of the White House prohibiting Ukrainian forces from conducting long-range attacks deep into Russian territory with American weapons has not yet “changed”. .

On Wednesday, the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, said that the United States is complicit in the crimes of Kiev by allowing missile attacks on Russian cities.

Yesterday, the New York Times wrote that Joe Biden will soon allow the Ukrainian military to use American weapons to attack military targets on Russian soil. Foreign Minister Anthony Blinken also said that Washington does not encourage this, but Kiev itself decides about its military goals. Zakharova: NATO must respond to Ukraine’s attacks on Russian territory. Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, announced at a press conference yesterday that there is no doubt about Ukraine’s use of Western long-range missile weapons, and Moscow officials fully understand NATO’s role in attacking Russian territory.

He said: “For a long time, there has been a debate in the Western intelligence field about whether NATO will allow Kiev to use these so-called weapons to be carried deep into Russian territory or not.” This is a bogus discussion and everyone knows that the Ukrainians alone are not capable of using ATACMS, Storm Shadow and SCALP missiles independently. The use of these weapons is possible only with the help of space reconnaissance, and the flight coordinates of these ammunitions are determined by NATO countries. Of course, a large and well-equipped base is not needed for this, and this information is transmitted through a tablet.

Zakharova added: Washington, London and Paris should know that Russia is well aware of NATO’s role in carrying out these attacks. is aware And Westerners don’t need to “permit” or “prohibit” this. This is NATO’s job and they should be held accountable for their complicity in these attacks.

Schultz considers it unlikely that a conflict between NATO and Russia will occur

Chancellor Olaf Schultz Germany stressed on Thursday that an armed conflict between NATO and Russia is not possible in the near future. 

He said in the readers’ question and answer session: I am sure that this will not happen in the future and we are following a policy to ensure that this does not happen. Schultz expressed this opinion in response to a question about the possibility of a conflict between NATO countries, especially Germany and Russia. According to him, the goal of the German government is to avoid conflict through diplomacy and understanding the violation of red lines. Is. The German chancellor added: “Of course, it is necessary to return to politics, diplomacy and mutual understanding.” At the same time, Schultz emphasized that Germany should increase its defense capabilities. Germany’s promise to Ukraine for a new military aid package worth 500 million euros

German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius announced the preparation of a new military aid package for Ukraine worth 500 million euros. He spoke about this during his visit to Odessa, but other details of this military aid have not been disclosed. Germany is one of the most active military and financial supporters of Ukraine after the United States. >

Training of 300 Ukrainian marines in the Netherlands

The Netherlands has trained 300 marines of the Ukrainian armed forces since the beginning of 2024.

“During the first few months of 2024, the Dutch Armed Forces provided military training to 300 Ukrainian marines,” Defense Minister Kaisa Ollongren said on Thursday. I recently visited a training course of amphibious and urban operations of these people.”

In his opinion, now the Ukrainian marines are using the knowledge gained for their own purposes.

Grossi: Zaporozhye power plant is still in danger

Rafael Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency last night, Thursday, warned in a statement on the website of the International Atomic Energy Agency that the nuclear power plant Zaporozhye still faces many risks. After meeting with the Russian delegation in the Kaliningrad region, Grossi stressed that the agency will continue to engage with both the Russian and Ukrainian sides on security issues at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant. He reminded: “The power plant is still facing serious nuclear and security risks. We cannot leave our guard even for a minute.”

It is recalled that the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, in a meeting with Russian officials, listed the factors that may pose a risk to the facility. These include problems with external power supply, water supply for cooling reactors, as well as issues related to the security of personnel and equipment.

Putin is regularly updated on the situation in the Belgorod region

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin regularly receives all information about the situation in the Belgorod region, and he is in daily contact with the governor of the region, Vyacheslav Gladkov.

Last night, the Ministry of Defense of Russia announced the shooting down of 5 Ukrainian attacking drones over the Belgorod region. 

According to this information, the Russian air defense systems destroyed 5 Ukrainian drones in the sky of Belgorod region in the first few hours of last night.

NATO’s intention to coordinate Improving military support for Ukraine

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg announced on Thursday in his speech at the informal meeting of foreign ministers of the alliance’s member states in Prague that NATO is working to strengthen its role. In the field of coordination of military support for Ukraine. He said: “We are now working on how we can increase NATO’s role in coordinating the actions of member states to ensure a system where shortages and delays in the delivery of weapons and military training to the To minimize Ukraine.” Stoltenberg added that for this purpose he has proposed a multi-year financial plan, according to which NATO countries provide a certain minimum financial support to Kiev for several years. According to the Secretary General, this will increase the level of transparency, accountability and predictability of the Western allies for the Ukrainian side, and will also send “an important signal” to Moscow.

The first promise Czech Minister: We send tens of thousands of bullets to Ukraine every month

Czech Prime Minister Peter Fiala in a press conference with Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General, before the start of the informal meeting of foreign ministers of NATO member states. In Prague, he announced that Ukraine will receive tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition every month as part of the Czech initiative.

He said: “From June, we will supply tens of thousands of ammunition to Ukraine every month.”

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Fiala promised that Kyiv may receive the first shipment of ammunition in the coming days.

Yesterday, the Financial Times reported that about half of the ammunition collected for Ukraine under the Czech Republic’s initiative The reason for the low quality of the parts is that they cannot be delivered to Kyiv on time, and another problem is related to their price increase. A few days ago, the Minister of Defense of Ukraine, Rostam Umerov, complained that about half of the promised military aid has been delivered. It reaches this country late from the west. According to him, the Ukrainian army needs more weapons.

Denmark plans to allow Ukraine to use F-16 to attack Russia

Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen announced on Thursday that the armed forces of Ukraine may be able to use the F-16 fighter jets received by Denmark to attack targets on Russian soil.

Danish Foreign Minister When reporters asked him if the country would allow Ukraine to attack targets on Russian soil with F-16 fighter jets, he answered yes. He explained: “When we discussed this issue with the foreign policy committee of the Danish parliament, we clearly understood that this is part of the defense system and in principle it should be possible to attack the enemy’s military targets with airplanes.” From this, in mid-May, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen said that this country will deliver the first American F-16 fighter to Ukraine within the next month.

Estonian President agreed. Using Russian assets to benefit Ukraine

The Republic of Estonia has passed a law allowing the use of frozen Russian assets to aid Ukraine. The relevant decree was signed yesterday by the President of the Republic Alar Karis.

According to the Estonian media, “Karis has approved a law that allows the confiscation of frozen Russian assets and their use to finance military and reconstruction needs. Ukraine should be used”.

Of course, some jurists have directly warned that this law is against the Constitution of Estonia. Others were sure that the head of government would refuse to sign it, but it didn’t happen.

Italian Foreign Minister: Not a single Italian soldier will be sent to Ukraine

Russia’s support for China’s proposal to hold a conference on Ukraine

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Andrey Rudenko announced on Thursday that Moscow supports China’s proposal to hold a peace conference on Ukraine with the understanding that Moscow and Kyiv will participate equally in it.

The diplomat said: “We appreciate the well-considered and confirmed decision of the partners.” We appreciated China’s non-participation in various conferences and events regarding the implementation of the so-called Kyiv peace plan. We welcome the proposal of the President of the People’s Republic of China [Xi Jinping] to convene an international peace conference, with the understanding that equal participation and Moscow and Kiev will be guaranteed in it, and all, and not just one, peace. The formula will be discussed.”

Rudenko noted that Russia never rejected negotiations with Ukraine, but will conduct them taking into account its interests in the field of security.

Sergei Lavrov, the Russian Foreign Minister, also emphasized yesterday that the organization of a conference to resolve the Ukraine conflict with the participation of Moscow and Kiev means the continuation of efforts by the Beijing authorities to create suitable conditions to resolve this crisis. According to him, “China’s constructive policy on the Ukraine crisis” is very valuable for Moscow. 

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