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The Russian government reported that there are currently no plans for a meeting between Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Joe Biden to discuss the tensions between Moscow and Kiev, which is why it considers that talking about a summit is “premature”. However, the Kremlin indicated that it does not rule it out. The war attempts are increasing in the Donbass region, this Ukrainian controlled by the separatists, in the face of mutual accusations about various violations of the ceasefire.
Diplomacy to resolve the Russo-Ukrainian crisis hangs in the balance. Despite weeks of high-level negotiations between the West and Moscow, there is still no way out of the crisis, while armed actions escalate in areas of eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists.
- Moscow considers a summit with Washington “premature”
After the possibility of a summit between the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and his American counterpart, Joe Biden, was considered, according to French President Emmanuel Macron, the Kremlin gave little hope in the last few hours that it would happen, at least in the short term.
“It is premature to talk about specific plans to organize any kind of summits (…) A meeting is possible if the heads of state consider it appropriate. Right now there is a clear understanding of the need to continue the dialogue at the ministerial level,” the spokesman said. of the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov.
If it happens, that would be the highest-level rapprochement between Washington, which leads NATO and backs Ukraine, and Moscow, which is pressing for a series of security demands that have so far gone unanswered.
- Moscow accuses Ukraine of destroying a Russian hideout
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) launched new accusations against the Ukrainian military while that Government and the United States insist that the Putin Administration would create an “excuse” to proceed with an invasion of Ukraine soon.
“At 09:50 (local time) an unidentified projectile fired from Ukrainian territory completely destroyed a service point of the FSB border guards in the Rostov region, located about 150 meters from the Russian-Ukrainian border” , the FSB said in a statement, adding that no casualties were reported.
Ukraine replied that it has not launched any bombardments towards Russian territory. His army previously accused Moscow of faking images of shells to make it appear that they were Ukrainian. He added that groups of mercenaries have arrived in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine to carry out provocations in collaboration with Russian special forces.
In addition, the Russian military claimed that it prevented a “diversionary reconnaissance” group from crossing the Russian border from Ukrainian soil and that five people were killed. Kiev described that version as “fake news” and confirmed that there are no Ukrainian forces in the Rostov region, where the incident would have occurred.
- The EU will not yet impose sanctions on Russia
Despite weeks of warnings from Europe about sanctions against Moscow in the event of an invasion, the head of foreign policy of the European Union (EU), Josep Borrell, and some foreign ministers of the block, affirmed that the 27 countries still do not plan to give that step.
Borrell told a news conference that he would call an extraordinary EU meeting to agree on sanctions only “when the time comes.”
Kiev called on Brussels to take those steps now to prevent a war rather than wait until after any possible invasion attempt.
“We think there are good and legitimate reasons to impose at least some of the sanctions now to show that the European Union is not only talking about sanctions, but also on the way to doing so.”
- scholz meets with Putin to mediate the crisis
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to speak in the next few hours with the Russian president about the United States’ willingness to hold a summit with Putin and all efforts to achieve a de-escalation of the situation.
This conversation is part of the “diplomatic efforts” that are being carried out jointly “to avoid a catastrophe” in Ukraine,” explained the spokesman for the German Executive, Steffen Hebestreit.
It is unclear whether Putin will indeed sit down with Biden at a time when Washington insists a Russian invasion of Ukraine would be “imminent.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov responded that these remarks are “provocative.”
But the accusations of the US authorities seem to gain strength. The joint military exercises between Russia and its ally Belarus, a country on the northern border of Ukraine, are extended despite the fact that the Kremlin initially announced that they would end on Sunday and its soldiers would return to their usual bases.
The explanation? The troops will largely remain there until NATO backs down from positions Western militaries take near the Belarusian and Russian borders, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said.
With Reuters, AP and EFE
First modification:
The Russian government reported that there are currently no plans for a meeting between Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Joe Biden to discuss the tensions between Moscow and Kiev, which is why it considers that talking about a summit is “premature”. However, the Kremlin indicated that it does not rule it out. The war attempts are increasing in the Donbass region, this Ukrainian controlled by the separatists, in the face of mutual accusations about various violations of the ceasefire.
Diplomacy to resolve the Russo-Ukrainian crisis hangs in the balance. Despite weeks of high-level negotiations between the West and Moscow, there is still no way out of the crisis, while armed actions escalate in areas of eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists.
- Moscow considers a summit with Washington “premature”
After the possibility of a summit between the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and his American counterpart, Joe Biden, was considered, according to French President Emmanuel Macron, the Kremlin gave little hope in the last few hours that it would happen, at least in the short term.
“It is premature to talk about specific plans to organize any kind of summits (…) A meeting is possible if the heads of state consider it appropriate. Right now there is a clear understanding of the need to continue the dialogue at the ministerial level,” the spokesman said. of the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov.
If it happens, that would be the highest-level rapprochement between Washington, which leads NATO and backs Ukraine, and Moscow, which is pressing for a series of security demands that have so far gone unanswered.
- Moscow accuses Ukraine of destroying a Russian hideout
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) launched new accusations against the Ukrainian military while that Government and the United States insist that the Putin Administration would create an “excuse” to proceed with an invasion of Ukraine soon.
“At 09:50 (local time) an unidentified projectile fired from Ukrainian territory completely destroyed a service point of the FSB border guards in the Rostov region, located about 150 meters from the Russian-Ukrainian border” , the FSB said in a statement, adding that no casualties were reported.
Ukraine replied that it has not launched any bombardments towards Russian territory. His army previously accused Moscow of faking images of shells to make it appear that they were Ukrainian. He added that groups of mercenaries have arrived in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine to carry out provocations in collaboration with Russian special forces.
In addition, the Russian military claimed that it prevented a “diversionary reconnaissance” group from crossing the Russian border from Ukrainian soil and that five people were killed. Kiev described that version as “fake news” and confirmed that there are no Ukrainian forces in the Rostov region, where the incident would have occurred.
- The EU will not yet impose sanctions on Russia
Despite weeks of warnings from Europe about sanctions against Moscow in the event of an invasion, the head of foreign policy of the European Union (EU), Josep Borrell, and some foreign ministers of the block, affirmed that the 27 countries still do not plan to give that step.
Borrell told a news conference that he would call an extraordinary EU meeting to agree on sanctions only “when the time comes.”
Kiev called on Brussels to take those steps now to prevent a war rather than wait until after any possible invasion attempt.
“We think there are good and legitimate reasons to impose at least some of the sanctions now to show that the European Union is not only talking about sanctions, but also on the way to doing so.”
- scholz meets with Putin to mediate the crisis
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to speak in the next few hours with the Russian president about the United States’ willingness to hold a summit with Putin and all efforts to achieve a de-escalation of the situation.
This conversation is part of the “diplomatic efforts” that are being carried out jointly “to avoid a catastrophe” in Ukraine,” explained the spokesman for the German Executive, Steffen Hebestreit.
It is unclear whether Putin will indeed sit down with Biden at a time when Washington insists a Russian invasion of Ukraine would be “imminent.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov responded that these remarks are “provocative.”
But the accusations of the US authorities seem to gain strength. The joint military exercises between Russia and its ally Belarus, a country on the northern border of Ukraine, are extended despite the fact that the Kremlin initially announced that they would end on Sunday and its soldiers would return to their usual bases.
The explanation? The troops will largely remain there until NATO backs down from positions Western militaries take near the Belarusian and Russian borders, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said.
With Reuters, AP and EFE
First modification:
The Russian government reported that there are currently no plans for a meeting between Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Joe Biden to discuss the tensions between Moscow and Kiev, which is why it considers that talking about a summit is “premature”. However, the Kremlin indicated that it does not rule it out. The war attempts are increasing in the Donbass region, this Ukrainian controlled by the separatists, in the face of mutual accusations about various violations of the ceasefire.
Diplomacy to resolve the Russo-Ukrainian crisis hangs in the balance. Despite weeks of high-level negotiations between the West and Moscow, there is still no way out of the crisis, while armed actions escalate in areas of eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists.
- Moscow considers a summit with Washington “premature”
After the possibility of a summit between the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and his American counterpart, Joe Biden, was considered, according to French President Emmanuel Macron, the Kremlin gave little hope in the last few hours that it would happen, at least in the short term.
“It is premature to talk about specific plans to organize any kind of summits (…) A meeting is possible if the heads of state consider it appropriate. Right now there is a clear understanding of the need to continue the dialogue at the ministerial level,” the spokesman said. of the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov.
If it happens, that would be the highest-level rapprochement between Washington, which leads NATO and backs Ukraine, and Moscow, which is pressing for a series of security demands that have so far gone unanswered.
- Moscow accuses Ukraine of destroying a Russian hideout
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) launched new accusations against the Ukrainian military while that Government and the United States insist that the Putin Administration would create an “excuse” to proceed with an invasion of Ukraine soon.
“At 09:50 (local time) an unidentified projectile fired from Ukrainian territory completely destroyed a service point of the FSB border guards in the Rostov region, located about 150 meters from the Russian-Ukrainian border” , the FSB said in a statement, adding that no casualties were reported.
Ukraine replied that it has not launched any bombardments towards Russian territory. His army previously accused Moscow of faking images of shells to make it appear that they were Ukrainian. He added that groups of mercenaries have arrived in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine to carry out provocations in collaboration with Russian special forces.
In addition, the Russian military claimed that it prevented a “diversionary reconnaissance” group from crossing the Russian border from Ukrainian soil and that five people were killed. Kiev described that version as “fake news” and confirmed that there are no Ukrainian forces in the Rostov region, where the incident would have occurred.
- The EU will not yet impose sanctions on Russia
Despite weeks of warnings from Europe about sanctions against Moscow in the event of an invasion, the head of foreign policy of the European Union (EU), Josep Borrell, and some foreign ministers of the block, affirmed that the 27 countries still do not plan to give that step.
Borrell told a news conference that he would call an extraordinary EU meeting to agree on sanctions only “when the time comes.”
Kiev called on Brussels to take those steps now to prevent a war rather than wait until after any possible invasion attempt.
“We think there are good and legitimate reasons to impose at least some of the sanctions now to show that the European Union is not only talking about sanctions, but also on the way to doing so.”
- scholz meets with Putin to mediate the crisis
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to speak in the next few hours with the Russian president about the United States’ willingness to hold a summit with Putin and all efforts to achieve a de-escalation of the situation.
This conversation is part of the “diplomatic efforts” that are being carried out jointly “to avoid a catastrophe” in Ukraine,” explained the spokesman for the German Executive, Steffen Hebestreit.
It is unclear whether Putin will indeed sit down with Biden at a time when Washington insists a Russian invasion of Ukraine would be “imminent.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov responded that these remarks are “provocative.”
But the accusations of the US authorities seem to gain strength. The joint military exercises between Russia and its ally Belarus, a country on the northern border of Ukraine, are extended despite the fact that the Kremlin initially announced that they would end on Sunday and its soldiers would return to their usual bases.
The explanation? The troops will largely remain there until NATO backs down from positions Western militaries take near the Belarusian and Russian borders, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said.
With Reuters, AP and EFE
First modification:
The Russian government reported that there are currently no plans for a meeting between Vladimir Putin and his American counterpart Joe Biden to discuss the tensions between Moscow and Kiev, which is why it considers that talking about a summit is “premature”. However, the Kremlin indicated that it does not rule it out. The war attempts are increasing in the Donbass region, this Ukrainian controlled by the separatists, in the face of mutual accusations about various violations of the ceasefire.
Diplomacy to resolve the Russo-Ukrainian crisis hangs in the balance. Despite weeks of high-level negotiations between the West and Moscow, there is still no way out of the crisis, while armed actions escalate in areas of eastern Ukraine controlled by pro-Russian separatists.
- Moscow considers a summit with Washington “premature”
After the possibility of a summit between the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and his American counterpart, Joe Biden, was considered, according to French President Emmanuel Macron, the Kremlin gave little hope in the last few hours that it would happen, at least in the short term.
“It is premature to talk about specific plans to organize any kind of summits (…) A meeting is possible if the heads of state consider it appropriate. Right now there is a clear understanding of the need to continue the dialogue at the ministerial level,” the spokesman said. of the Kremlin, Dmitry Peskov.
If it happens, that would be the highest-level rapprochement between Washington, which leads NATO and backs Ukraine, and Moscow, which is pressing for a series of security demands that have so far gone unanswered.
- Moscow accuses Ukraine of destroying a Russian hideout
The Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) launched new accusations against the Ukrainian military while that Government and the United States insist that the Putin Administration would create an “excuse” to proceed with an invasion of Ukraine soon.
“At 09:50 (local time) an unidentified projectile fired from Ukrainian territory completely destroyed a service point of the FSB border guards in the Rostov region, located about 150 meters from the Russian-Ukrainian border” , the FSB said in a statement, adding that no casualties were reported.
Ukraine replied that it has not launched any bombardments towards Russian territory. His army previously accused Moscow of faking images of shells to make it appear that they were Ukrainian. He added that groups of mercenaries have arrived in separatist-controlled eastern Ukraine to carry out provocations in collaboration with Russian special forces.
In addition, the Russian military claimed that it prevented a “diversionary reconnaissance” group from crossing the Russian border from Ukrainian soil and that five people were killed. Kiev described that version as “fake news” and confirmed that there are no Ukrainian forces in the Rostov region, where the incident would have occurred.
- The EU will not yet impose sanctions on Russia
Despite weeks of warnings from Europe about sanctions against Moscow in the event of an invasion, the head of foreign policy of the European Union (EU), Josep Borrell, and some foreign ministers of the block, affirmed that the 27 countries still do not plan to give that step.
Borrell told a news conference that he would call an extraordinary EU meeting to agree on sanctions only “when the time comes.”
Kiev called on Brussels to take those steps now to prevent a war rather than wait until after any possible invasion attempt.
“We think there are good and legitimate reasons to impose at least some of the sanctions now to show that the European Union is not only talking about sanctions, but also on the way to doing so.”
- scholz meets with Putin to mediate the crisis
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz is expected to speak in the next few hours with the Russian president about the United States’ willingness to hold a summit with Putin and all efforts to achieve a de-escalation of the situation.
This conversation is part of the “diplomatic efforts” that are being carried out jointly “to avoid a catastrophe” in Ukraine,” explained the spokesman for the German Executive, Steffen Hebestreit.
It is unclear whether Putin will indeed sit down with Biden at a time when Washington insists a Russian invasion of Ukraine would be “imminent.” Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov responded that these remarks are “provocative.”
But the accusations of the US authorities seem to gain strength. The joint military exercises between Russia and its ally Belarus, a country on the northern border of Ukraine, are extended despite the fact that the Kremlin initially announced that they would end on Sunday and its soldiers would return to their usual bases.
The explanation? The troops will largely remain there until NATO backs down from positions Western militaries take near the Belarusian and Russian borders, Belarusian Defense Minister Viktor Khrenin said.
With Reuters, AP and EFE