On the day of the intervention at the UN by Joe Biden, Volodymyr Zelensky and Liz Truss, Vladimir Putin calls the Russians to a partial mobilization, triggering a unanimous response from the West from the UN headquarters in New York. An intervention that led the US president to focus his speech on the leader of the Kremlin.
Vladimir Putin made “reckless and irresponsible nuclear threats”. “Russia has shamefully violated the basic principles of the UN charter by invading Ukraine,” Biden said. “A nuclear war can never be won and must not be fought.”
During a briefing, a senior US administration official said that Vladimir Putin “is now playing the nuclear card” and is building another “legal pretext” with the sham referendums in the Donbass, so that, if they pass, any Ukraine’s attempt to retake those territories will be seen as an attack on Russia, allowing all options to be used. “We are sending a very clear message to Russia about the consequences of escalation. This does not mean that we are blind to the dynamics that could lead to an escalation,” he added.
As for the Kremlin referendums in the Donbass, they are a “farce” and violate the sovereignty of Kiev, Biden reiterated, arguing that he wants the war to end, but on the basis of just conditions. He also compacts the condemnation of other Western leaders to Putin, including Turkey, which defines referendums as “illegitimate”. For French President Emmanuel Macron, the tsar’s decisions “lead to further isolation of Russia”, and he called on the international community to “put maximum pressure” on him, while for British Prime Minister Liz Truss the announcement of partial mobilization ” it is a clear admission of Russia’s failure ”.
The EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell, for his part, has convened an extraordinary informal Foreign Affairs Council in New York after Putin’s words. “The announcement of a sham referendum, partial military mobilization and nuclear blackmail are a serious escalation – he said – A threat with nuclear weapons is unacceptable and a real danger for everyone. The international community must unite to prevent such actions. World peace is in danger ”. Therefore, he warned that “the Zaporizhzhia power plant is operating in an alarming precarious situation and the risk of a nuclear accident is very high”.
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