Chechen ruler Ramzan Kadyrov has announced his withdrawal. However, experts are skeptical that Kadyrov is telling the truth. The news ticker on military events.
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Update from September 4, 9:45 p.m.: According to his office, during the visit of the Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Schmyhal to Berlin on Sunday, at his meeting with Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, he underlined how important it was for his country that arms deliveries were “increased”.
Regarding the energy crisis and the upcoming heating season, Schmyhal said Ukraine is ready to increase its electricity supplies to contribute to Europe’s energy security. At the meeting with Steinmeier, he also “thanked the solidarity with the Ukrainians and the support,” Schmyhal wrote on Twitter – and emphasized: “We will win.”
Visit to Berlin: the Ukrainian head of government put pressure on Scholz – the Leopard 2 tank was required
Update from September 4, 8:14 p.m.: At a meeting in Berlin, Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal made concrete proposals to Chancellor Olaf Scholz for the delivery of Leopard 2 main battle tanks to Ukraine. “We talked about the subject. We even suggested how Germany can supply Ukraine with these tanks,” Schmyhal told journalists on Sunday after his talks with Scholz in the Berlin Chancellery.
He could “not disclose all the agreements and all the details of the conversation”. “But we discussed all these questions about the tanks and other military systems for Ukraine in an absolutely constructive manner.” When asked if he was optimistic that the main battle tanks would be delivered in the end, he said: “I’m always optimistic.”
Schmyhal was received by Scholz with military honors in front of the Chancellery that afternoon. A joint press conference was canceled on Saturday by the German side due to scheduling reasons. Even before his arrival in Berlin, Schmyhal had requested the delivery of Leopard 2 main battle tanks from the German government. “We need a change in the philosophy of arms deliveries. By that I mean: modern battle tanks should also be delivered, ”said Schmyhal in an interview with the German Press Agency. The Leopard 2s are “the modern tanks that Ukraine needs on the battlefield.”
US ambassador to Russia ends term of office: John Sullivan in office since the end of the Cold War
Update from September 4, 7:03 p.m.: Amid the worst diplomatic crisis between Moscow and Washington since the end of the Cold War, US Ambassador to Russia John Sullivan has ended his term of office. Sullivan left Moscow on Sunday, the diplomatic mission said. He was appointed ambassador to Moscow in December 2019.
The 62-year-old is also finishing his work in the civil service after four decades and under five US presidents, the embassy said. A native of Boston, Massachusetts, Sullivan was deputy secretary of state under ex-President Donald Trump and has held several senior posts in the Departments of Justice, Defense and Commerce.
The US diplomat Elizabeth Rood, who also works at the embassy in Moscow, takes over the office of chargé d’affaires until the arrival of Sullivan’s successor.
Zaporizhia nuclear plant: the duration of the international nuclear experts’ stay is still unclear
Update from September 4, 12:48 p.m.: The duration of the stay of international nuclear experts in the Russian-occupied Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine has not yet been fully clarified. “As for the mission, for the time being it will work until the 5th (September). That means they’re still working tomorrow,” Vladimir Rogov, one of the Russian occupiers, told the radio station of the Russian newspaper Komsomolskaya Pravda, as he wrote on Telegram on Sunday. “And on the 6th they leave. This is still provisional. They can extend their stay,” the representative said, without giving details.
The inspectors from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have been in the nuclear power plant since Thursday to inspect it for damage after attacks. IAEA boss Rafael Grossi recently spoke of a “permanent mission”. An IAEA statement on Saturday evening also spoke of “continuous work”.
Putin’s “bloodhound”: Ramzan Kadyrov announces “indefinite” vacation
First report from September 4, 2022:
GROZNY – Amidst the escalating Ukraine conflict, Putin’s confidant and Chechen ruler Ramzan Kadyrov is now attracting attention. In a video he published via Telegram and which is circulating on social media, the Chechen announces a “long and indefinite” vacation: “I realized that I’ve been in my position for a long time,” Kadyrov said, according to radio FreeEurope.
In his speech, translated by the Nexta media network, Kadyrov said: “Among us Caucasians, Chechens, there is a saying. Regardless of how respected, long-awaited a guest is, leaving on time is even more enjoyable. I think my time has come too. Before they throw me out.”
Ukraine War: Chechen ruler wages war over social media
Since the beginning of the Ukraine war, Kadyorv has supported the Russian army and Vladimir Putin with his units. The Chechen and his soldiers are considered particularly cruel. Kadyrov himself is called, among other things, the “bloodhound of Putin”. Videos of the Chechen ruler and his soldiers keep circulating on internet platforms such as Twitter, Telegram and TikTok. The videos show alleged combat missions or Kadyrov utters threats against Ukrainians or enemies of Russia.
Ukraine war: expert is skeptical about Kadyrov’s announcement
According to Radio Free Europe, Kadyrov has made similar comments in the past and has not acted on them. For this reason, one cannot be sure what the announcement by the Putin loyalist is all about. The Caucasus expert from the Johan Skytte Institute of Political Studies in Estonia, Ivan Klyszcz, said: “I am sceptical. He has said such things in the past. He usually says something like that when he wants something from Putin, at least a public declaration of support.” However, if Kadyrov was telling the truth, another expert told Radio Free Europa, nobody would have expected this step. (LP)
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