March 24, 2023 11:27 am
Beijing: “The US is obstructing the peace talks, what do you intend to do?”
Beijing defends its position on the war in Ukraine after the Moscow meeting between Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin and accuses the United States of “obstructing” efforts to hold peace talks. According to the joint note, after the meeting, China and Russia said they favor talks as a method to resolve the crisis, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning said, after which Beijing “played a constructive role.” The United States is not only adding fuel to the fire, but also hindering other countries’ efforts to promote peace talks. What are their intentions?”.
March 24, 2023 11:23 am
Peskov: “The US is interfering in Belarus’ affairs”
“The United States continues to interfere directly and indirectly in the internal affairs of various countries, including Belarus,” said Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov in connection with Washington’s intention to appoint a special envoy to communicate with opposition forces in Minsk. This is reported by the agency Tass.
March 24, 2023 11:22 am
Beijing: “Friendship between China and Russia among gentlemen”
The cooperation between China and Russia “is an honest gentlemanly friendship, in stark contrast to US hegemony and bullying” and “the patchwork of closed, exclusive, selfish and narrow circles”. This is Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Mao Ning’s comment in the daily briefing with the press on a question about the White House’s criticism of Moscow-Beijing relations in light of the agreements signed by Russian President Xi Jinping during the week-long visit. “Russia-China relations are built on non-alignment, non-confrontation and non-targeting,” Mao added.
March 24, 2023 10:28 am
Russian missile attack on Donetsk, five dead
Five people – three women and two men – died in a Russian raid on the town of Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine. This was announced by the state rescue services of Ukraine. The Russian missile hit a one-story building that housed a so-called “Invincibility Center,” as humanitarian reception centers for civilians are called. Kostiantynivka is located about twenty kilometers west of Bakhmut, the epicenter of the fight against Russian forces, rescuers added in the telegram.
March 24, 2023 10:20 am
Podolyak: “Meloni explained to the EU the risks of not helping Ukraine”
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has “brilliantly explained” the risks this would entail “to Europeans who continue to humiliate Europe by telling them not to help Ukraine”. Advisor to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Mykhailo Podolyak, wrote on Twitter in Italian that “any such request means: ‘We, Europe, allow the invasion of Russia, mass killings and the destruction of justice’. It is unacceptable.”
President Meloni brilliantly explained to Europeans that they continue to humiliate Europe by asking them “not to help ???????”.
Any such request means: We, Europe, allow the invasion of ?????????, mass murder and the destruction of justice. It’s unacceptable.— Михайло Подоляк (@Podolyak_M) March 24, 2023
March 24, 2023 10:17 am
Podolyak: “Call from Xi-Zelensky? It’s complicated”
During the expected phone call between Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Chinese President Xi Jinping, “there are plans” but also “difficulties” for Beijing’s position. This was stated by Ukrainian Presidential Advisor Mikhailo Podolyak, quoted by Ukrainska Pravda. “It’s pretty complicated. China has not yet found its new political base, that is, whether it intends to take on the issue of a deal between Russia and Ukraine, or whether it will cautiously remain on the sidelines,” Podolyak said.
March 24, 2023 10:16 am
Medvedev: “Western military trainers in Ukraine would be legitimate targets”
Western military specialists sent to Ukraine to use the newly delivered weapons would become “legitimate targets” for Russian attacks. This was stated by ex-president Dmitry Medvedev. From the point of view of the law of war, Medvedev concedes, the supply of weapons does not in itself constitute direct participation in a conflict. “But when military specialists are sent with these weapons, it is a clear sign that a country is involved in the conflict.” , he emphasizes.
March 24, 2023 10:14 am
“Five Russian drones over Kryvyi Rih, one shot down”
During the night, Russian forces hit the Kryvyi Rih area in the Dnipropetrovsk region and launched five drones, one of which was shot down. This was reported by the local Ukrainian military authorities. “The soldiers of the air command “East” shot down a “Shahed”. Five UAVs hit a target,” Serhiy Lysak, head of the Dnepropetrovsk regional military administration, wrote in Telegram. So far no casualties have been reported. The aftermath of the attack is being investigated.
March 24, 2023 10:12 am
“In Kherson 74 attacks in 24 hours, one dead”
The head of the Kherson regional military administration reports on Telegram that in the last 24 hours, Russian forces launched “74 attacks with 423 heavy artillery and Grad Mlrs shells” on the region, while bombing the city of Kherson four times, “12 shells hit residential areas, private houses, apartment buildings and a health facility. One person was killed.”