Developments in Ukraine The war actually started at the NATO summit in 2008

Klaus”, the former president of the Czech Republic (2003-2013) has made shocking statements about the start of the war in Ukraine and believes that this military conflict was started by the United States and England on April 4, 2008 at the NATO summit in Bucharest. where they promised Kiev membership in this coalition.

The words of the former Czech president were actually made in mid-January on the sidelines of the Davos conference, but the world media Due to the anti-Russian propaganda of the West, they did not pay attention to this speech. In this regard, Klaus published the text of his speech on his personal website the other day and noted: “The war in Ukraine actually began on April 4, 2008. On that day, at the NATO summit in Bucharest, it was decided to accept Ukraine and Georgia into NATO. I was at that event, I was sitting there and I already knew what happened was a tragic mistake. I tried to argue against this promise. This decision was imposed on others by the United States and Great Britain, contrary to the positions of most of the participating countries and contrary to the positions of Germany and France.”

According to Klaus, even William Burns , the then US ambassador in Moscow, warned the country’s leadership that such an action would mean crossing all of Russia’s “red lines”.

The former president of the Czech Republic He believes that Russia’s main goal is to prevent Ukraine from joining NATO and not to “occupy” this country. “That’s why Russia sent only a limited group of its troops into Ukraine,” Klaus added. At that time it was possible to avoid conflict in the whole of Ukraine. And now we have to admit that we – the rest of the world – lost this war.” And NATO would not have approached Russia’s borders, there would not have been a military conflict in Ukraine at all. According to him, today the West is “completely” losing against Russia in Ukraine.

On Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with the participating students. In the war, he recalled that the West “repeatedly and repeatedly” deceived Russia about the non-expansion of NATO. According to him, the crisis in Ukraine was started by the Western countries and Kiev in 2014, and Russia had no choice but to start “special military operations”.

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Hungarian Minister: We will not give in to EU blackmail regarding Ukraine

János Boca, Minister of the Hungarian Government for EU Affairs, said this morning, Monday, in response to an article published in the “Financial Times” newspaper about the EU’s plans to put pressure on the Budapest authorities. : “Hungary will never give in to the EU’s “blackmail” regarding the allocation of an aid package to Ukraine.”

Earlier, the Financial Times cited a document that Briefed in Brussels, he reported that the EU could destroy Hungary’s economy and that it would cripple Hungary’s economy if it did not lift its veto on aid to Kiev at a meeting in Brussels on February 1. According to this publication, this strategy targets Hungary’s “economic weaknesses” and is designed to jeopardize the country’s budget.

Boca on Facebook page He wrote: “Hungary will not give in to blackmail! This information confirms what the Hungarian government has been warning about for a long time: Brussels is using access to EU funds to exert political pressure.”

According to him, Budapest “does not link support to Ukraine with access to EU funds and will not allow others to take such an illegal action”. Hungary will continue to participate constructively in negotiations related to the settlement of the situation in Ukraine, but will not give in to the blackmail of the Brussels authorities.

Bloomberg previously reported that Regardless of the lack of support from Hungary, the European Union countries are ready to approve an aid package for Ukraine worth 50 billion euros at the Brussels summit on February 1.

Commander The former head of NATO considered it possible to negotiate between Russia and Ukraine after the US elections

James Stavridis, the former commander of NATO forces in Europe, believes that the opportunity Peace talks between Russia and Ukraine will take place after the presidential election in the United States at the end of this year.

The Hill newspaper quoted Stavridis as saying: By the end of the year, probably after the American (presidential) election, a window will open for us to negotiate with Russia.”

According to this retired American military official, The conflict between Moscow and Kiev will end “according to the Korean War scenario”. This means, Stavridis explained, that Russia will most likely retain control over parts of Ukraine, as well as Crimea. I also foresee Ukraine joining NATO. In my opinion, this year, the outline of the agreement in this field will probably become clearer.

Slovak Defense Minister: Time has come for Ukraine to go to negotiations Let peace move

Robert Kaliniak, the Slovak defense minister, last night, Sunday, expressed the opinion that Ukraine will always share a border with Russia and that is why It needs peaceful efforts the most. He said: “No matter how the conflict ends, Ukraine will always have a border with Russia.” This country will not go (anywhere) and is always with Russia, so it needs peace efforts the most.”

According to the Slovak Defense Minister, the situation in The contact line is currently frozen. Given the current state of the military conflict, it is necessary to talk about peace talks, in which the leaders of the European Union and the United States should also participate.

At the same time, the head of the Slovak Defense Ministry denied reports by some domestic media that Western intelligence services had recently stopped sharing classified information with their Slovak counterparts. On the contrary, according to Kaliniak, such information exchange has increased.

Lukashenko: Ukraine and the Baltic States are mistakenly looking for a better life outside the region

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko blamed Ukraine and the Baltic states for trying to seek a better life “overseas”. He stated this in his meeting last night with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg and said: “What prevented Ukraine and the Baltic countries from cooperating like us?” <...> No, these countries do not want – they are looking for a better life outside the region.”

Lukashenko, pointing out that Belarus and Russia together They won the Great Patriotic War and maintained peace for several decades, emphasized: “Belarus sees no problem in its relations with Russia. Russia has a lot and honestly says: let’s work together, take action, get results and make money. No country can have Russia’s dealings with Belarus.”

Lukashenko also expressed his opinion that Ukraine will return to cooperation with Russia and Belarus in the future.

The president of Belarus is in Russia for a business trip of several days.

Putin Vol. trade between Moscow and Minsk estimated at 42 billion dollars It is developing very energetically, and the trade turnover between the two countries has reached 42 billion dollars and continues to grow.

He said: In general, Bilateral relations in all fields are developing strongly. In the first 10 months of last year, according to our data, our turnover was 42.5 billion dollars, which is constantly growing. Russia has invested 4 billion dollars in the economy of Belarus, and this is done bilaterally.

Vladimir Putin, in a meeting with Alexander Lukashenko, discussed with him in detail about He spoke about the situation in the military conflict zone in Ukraine and informed him about the situation.

Russian official: the fate of Ukraine under Zelensky is sad >

Sergei Naryshkin, director of the Foreign Intelligence Service of the Russian Federation, believes that the fate of Ukraine during the current president of this country, Vladimir Zelensky, is sad.

He said in a TV interview: “It seems that the fate that awaits Ukraine, the way the current government governs it, will be a very sad fate, and the Kiev authorities They will destroy the country.”

Naryshkin also emphasized that Russia “in the true and philosophical sense of the word” never stops halfway and will achieve its goals. found.

Russia will respond appropriately to this action if its assets are confiscated

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia emphasized that Moscow will give an appropriate and effective response to any attempt by Western countries to confiscate the properties and assets of this country.

In a statement published in “We have spoken more than once about the illegitimacy of unilateral coercive measures by Western countries against Russian property abroad. It has been pointed out many times that the confiscation of the property of the Russian Federation is illegal and violates the basic principles and norms of international law, including the sovereign equality of countries. Such actions by the West can only be considered as “an open encroachment on sovereign real estate and trivial and open theft by a group of governments from the property of another government” and certainly an appropriate and effective response will be given to such an action.

A day earlier, Anatoly Antonov, the Russian ambassador to Washington, also said that US plans to confiscate Russian assets are not only illegal, but contrary to common sense. According to him, Washington has brought bilateral relations to a dead end with such actions.

Kremlin: Russophobia in the West will continue for decades

Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesman, in an interview for the documentary program “Moscow.Kremlin.Putin” reminded that Russophobia in Western countries will continue for several decades.

He said: “Now Russophobia is at its peak in Western countries, and this situation will probably continue for several decades to come, and it will take a long time to overcome this wave.” Let’s go out sinus.”

Pskov pointed out that the reason for this phenomenon is that Western public opinion has received “constant accusations against Russia” for decades. In his opinion, such feelings have inertia, but over time the established reality will disappear. “Horror stories about Russia” try to distract Europeans from domestic problems. According to him, such “horror stories” are widely used in Germany and the Baltic countries.

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