It is an open confrontation between Russia and the UK, which was among the first countries to impose very tough sanctions on Moscow and which may now also pave the way for the return of military advisers from NATO countries to Ukrainian territory. In fact, London special forces would go to Kyiv for training missions. And in response to Britain’s role in arming Ukraine’s army and fomenting socalled “growing antiRussian hysteria,” Moscow is imposing a ban on its territory against Prime Minister Boris Johnson and 12 other members of his government and British politicians. Meanwhile, Vladimir Putin continued the diplomatic and economic counteroffensive against Western sanctions with a telephone conversation with the Saudi Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman, during which the parties announced their commitment to “further developing bilateral relations” also in the economic sphere. and commercial. Russia and Saudi Arabia are the top two countries in OPEC+, an organization of petroleum exporting countries, and the major Arab countries that produce crude oil are part of the front line of countries that do not comply with sanctions against Russia, such as China. India, the countries of Latin America and Africa and Israel.
RussianUkrainian talks are running on time and “will end” if Ukrainian forces in Mariupol are “destroyed,” President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned. But he also outlines what he thinks should be the characteristics of a possible deal. “The peace treaty with Russia should contain two different documents: one should concern security guarantees for Ukraine, the other its relations with the Russian Federation,” he said. Zelenskyy reiterated that some countries like the UK, US, Italy and Turkey “show their willingness to act as guarantors, but no one has given a definitive answer yet”.
If confirmed, news published by The Times of the British military presence in Kyiv over the past two weeks to train local forces in the use of Londonsupplied Nlaw antitank missiles would mark the first mission of troops by a NATO Country in Ukraine since the beginning of the war. London and Washington had withdrawn their military advisors before the Russian invasion because they feared a possible direct confrontation with unforeseeable consequences. But Johnson’s surprise visit to Kyiv on April 9, during which he announced the deployment of new weapons, including Starstreak antiaircraft systems, antiship missiles and antitank missiles, had already strained relations with Moscow. Russia’s Foreign Ministry accused London of “inciting” Ukraine to continue the war with these supplies and trying to encourage “not only Western allies but other countries” to tighten sanctions to ” strangle”. Business. Moscow, which made the same decision against US President Joe Biden in March, banned Johnson and eight members of his administration, including Secretary of State Liz Truss and Secretary of Defense Ben Wallace. The same measure was taken against four other British politicians, including former Prime Minister Theresa May and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon. “We remain steadfast in our support for Ukraine,” was a response from a London government spokesman. “Putin is a war criminal and I will not stop condemning him and his regime,” Sturgeon replied. Germany, too, says Finance Minister Christian Lindner, is meanwhile preparing to intensify arms deliveries to Kyiv and increase the funds for international military aid to two billion euros.
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