Developments in Ukraine This time, Zelensky’s wife asked the West not to stop supporting Kiev

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency, “Elena Zelenskaya”, the wife of the President of Ukraine, asked the Western countries not to stop financial support to Kiev. In an interview with the BBC television network, which was published on Saturday, he emphasized Ukraine’s need for continued Western aid.

In his opinion, if Western countries stop supporting Kiev, Ukrainians will face “mortal danger” and “they just have to die”. “We really need this help,” Elena said. In simple words, you should not get tired of this situation; Because if you get tired, you will simply let us die.”

Messer Zelenskiy added: In Kiev, they observe with great regret that the desire to help Ukraine in Western countries are declining. It is very distressing to see signs that our desire to help is fading. This is life and death for us.

A day ago, the Financial Times newspaper wrote that Ukraine is no longer in the interest of Western countries, and now Kiev’s financial problems have become very serious. This publication noted that, to cover all necessary expenses for the defense and socio-financial sphere of Ukraine, this country needs at least 41 billion dollars of aid from foreign sources.

In October, the American publication The Nation revealed that Vladimir Zelensky’s wife spent more than $1 million on personal purchases during a trip to New York while her husband was speaking at the United Nations General Assembly.

Next, you can follow the developments related to the 655th day of the Ukrainian war:

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New York Times: Aid to Ukraine ‘hangs by a thread’ because of Biden’s actions

The New York Times newspaper wrote in an analysis on Saturday: the continuation of military support to Ukraine due to the actions of Joe Biden, the president of the United States of America, who with his decisions, the opinions of the members of the Republican Party He has faltered, “hanging by a thread”. As the newspaper noted, in November, Biden sent a request to Congress for aid to Ukraine and Israel, which included a request for additional money to secure the border with Mexico. Exactly this action of his brought the US Congress to a dead end.

This proposal was supposed to be a sweet pill both to solve the crisis and to attract the support of the Republicans. However, by bringing the issue to the table, he incited the right wing [Republicans] to call for sweeping changes in administration policy on the border situation. As a result, the Democratic Party was also divided on this issue. Now, in the current situation, Biden has to decide what concessions to give to the demands of the Republicans in order to remove the blockage of aid to Ukraine and Israel, and in this regard, the continuation of support for Kiev has been questioned.

Global Times: The conflict in Ukraine has reached a new stage

The “Global Times” newspaper wrote in an analysis that The situation in Ukraine may soon move to a new stage during which the beginning of peace talks will be likely.

This Chinese publication predicts: Financial, physical and strategic costs, another counterattack by the Ukrainian armed forces is unlikely, a window may soon open for the resumption of any peace talks with Russia.”

A Ukrainian army officer announced the plan to hand over some positions to the Russians

Artie Green, an officer of the Ukrainian Armed Forces revealed in an interview that the army of this country may be forced to give up some areas and retreat to the west to prevent the increase in casualties.

This military said: “It is possible that if we take into account the lack of forces and equipment and in the circumstances that the Russians have complete superiority over us in this respect, if If they attack and want to take a bridge or a crossing, Ukrainian forces will retreat and surrender these insignificant positions to them.”

This Ukrainian army officer emphasized that such a maneuver is simply necessary and allows to “minimize losses.” Green expressed his opinion that the Ukrainian soldiers, realizing the difficult situation on the battle front, should defend themselves first and retreat to the western regions to a safe place.

A few days ago, Mykhailo Podoliak, the adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, also admitted that the military forces of this country are facing problems in advancing. According to him, the military authorities of Ukraine are actively involved in tactical and strategic adjustments. will not leave

The English newspaper Express has reported that Western countries do not intend to because of the risk of being attacked by the Russian armed forces Do not hand over any ships to the Ukrainian side.

This publication quoted experts and wrote: In recent years, the West has sent billions of dollars of military weapons to Ukraine: tanks, missiles and anti-aircraft system, but none of these deliveries included ships. “Supplying ships to Ukraine is much more dangerous than supplying other equipment, because expensive military equipment can be easily destroyed by Russia, but the same is true for fighters, which have not yet been delivered to Kiev.”

According to this English newspaper, strengthening the Ukrainian Navy will be much more difficult than providing light weapons and military aid to the country’s army, and for this reason, no promises have been made in this regard.

Schultz: Aid to Ukraine has become a financial challenge for Germany

German Chancellor Olaf Schultz said in a speech to the Congress of the Social Democratic Party of Germany on Saturday that providing aid to Ukraine has become a “financial challenge” for Berlin, but will continue to do so.

He said: “We will continue to support Ukraine in its defense struggle, we will do this with financial resources and arms supplies.” However, it is a big financial challenge for us.”

Furthermore, Schultz called the supply of arms to Ukraine and the imposition of sanctions against Russia the “right” thing to do. According to him, these actions will send a signal to Vladimir Putin, the President of Russia, that Western countries will not stop trying to support Ukraine.

The Prime Minister expressed his opinion. that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine will not end quickly and called for preparations to continue helping Ukraine for at least the next two years. Gas to Europe

The German Prime Minister, in his speech at the Congress of the Social Democratic Party of this country, also said that Russia is responsible for stopping the supply of gas to EU countries. and because of this, the price of fuel has increased in the European Union.

Olaf Schultz believes that the German people have lost half of the gas they used to receive, and in total European countries lost more than 120 billion cubic meters of gas. . He added: “In order to improve the situation, the German government has now started buying more gas from Norway, as well as building liquid gas terminals in the north of this country.

Medvedev He called Shultz’s words about stopping the supply of Russian gas to Europe a lie

Dmitry Medvedev, the deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, in response to the statements of Olaf Schultz, the head of the government Germany has emphasized that Russia has stopped exporting gas to Europe, which is a complete lie.

Last night, Medvedev wrote on his page on the X social network (former Twitter): “Mr. Shultz lies and doesn’t even blush!” The fact is that they themselves gave up Russian gas, they themselves abandoned their people because of their hatred of Russia and ignored their interests, and now they evade, easily lie and blame Russia.”