Kiev in retreat, the Kremlin arms Minsk. Occupied Severodonetsk, Zelensky: «We will win back all our cities». The greats of the earth meet in Elmau, Biden in Europe to seek a revival
We are on the 122nd day of the war in Ukraine. Severodonetsk is lost, with her what remains of the Ukrainian Lugansk. Moscow troops are in the city, they have occupied it for more than 48 hours. They took it after 44 days of continuous bombing; assaults and retreats; air strikes and medium range missiles. If you listen to the voices from the Ukrainian side of the front, the whole maneuver is just a strategic retreat.
The Russians want to involve Belarus in the war. Vladimir Putin, after having met the Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko in St. Petersburg, made himself available to deliver Iskander-M ballistic missiles, which are capable of carrying nuclear warheads, to Belarus “in the next few months”. Iskander-M tactical systems can use both ballistic and cruise missiles, both in conventional and nuclear versions.
Meanwhile, the G7 at the start in Germany: on the table the no to Russian gold, the game of wheat and oil. Berlin anticipates: “We are on track to reach an agreement” on the oil price roof. Meeting today to reaffirm support for Kiev.
President Joe Biden landed in Europe, leaving behind a boiling country. The mission to lower the price of grain and fuel and keep allies united under pressure from Russia began in the worst way. The meeting with the Group of Seven and NATO allies will largely focus on how to limit Moscow’s action in Ukraine and the global shock that has affected the world economy, but Biden knows that world leaders will ask him what he is doing. happening in the United States.
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00.25 – Lukashenko: ready to use even a more serious weapon
Belarus and Russia must be ready to deploy even “the most serious weapon” to defend themselves from external attacks. This was stated by the Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko, during his meeting with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, in St. Petersburg. “I will not hide it, I raise this question so we can prepare for everything, even for the deployment of the most serious weapon to protect our homeland from Brest to Vladivostok,” said Lukashenko, “this is our immediate responsibility”. Lukashenko said he had discussed defense and security issues extensively with Putin “so that our peoples – the Russians and Belarusians – know that they are under serious protection”.
00.15 – Johnson at G7: supporting Kiev to win the war
«Ukraine can win and will win» the war. This was stated by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, appealing to G7 leaders not to give up supporting Kiev and announcing a strengthening of his country’s financial support to help Ukraine cope with the Russian invasion. This was reported by the Guardian. “This is not the time to give up,” insisted Johnson, noting that London will provide an additional £ 525 million in loan guarantees. The total financial and humanitarian aid granted this year by the United Kingdom to Kiev thus rises to 1.8 billion pounds.
00.05 – G7: President Biden has arrived in Munich
Today at 10.30 am Italian time Biden will have a bilateral meeting with the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, according to what is reported in the program provided by the White House. Then, at 12.30, you will attend a working lunch with the leaders of the G7 on the global economy. At 2.15 pm there will be the photo opportunity and at 5 pm the American president will make statements and announce the launch of the global infrastructure partnership, the initiative born a year ago at the G7 summit in Cornwall to offer an alternative to the Chinese Silk Road to low- and middle-income countries, especially in the Indo-Pacific area.
00.01 – Zelensky: we will reconquer all our cities
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky admitted that “at this stage the war is difficult”, but has promised to regain “all the lost cities”; and he specifically mentioned Severodonetsk, Donetsk and Lugansk. In his usual late-night address to the nation, the president also argued that Ukraine had been hit by 45 Russian missiles in the past 24 hours and called the “hammering” as an attempt to weaken the hearts of his people. “But all our cities – Severodonetsk, Donetsk, Luhansk – we will get them all back.” It was the only time in his speech that he mentioned Severdonetsk, who – after weeks of brutal fighting – fell into Russian hands.
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