2022-12-23 14:14:01
Peskov: We know nothing about Zelenskyy’s peace plan
That Kremlin knows “nothing” about the “peace plan” developed by Kyiv and which Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy was to illustrate next February 24, a year after Russian aggression. This was stated by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov at a press conference, adding that all this “was said without taking into account current realities that cannot be ignored”.
2022-12-23 13:55:37
Gas stabilizes at 85 euros (-25%) in a week.
Gas fell below the €88 it reached on February 23 before Russia invaded Ukraine, despite renewed threats from Moscow about supplies to Europe. The TTF futures contract in Amsterdam is down more than 7% to 85.5 euros per megawatt-hour after 83:00 a.m., thanks not only to the agreement reached in the EU on Monday, which was the largest weekly drop (- 25%) since September on the upper price limit. As in the past few days, the mild weather forecasts with unusually high temperatures in some areas of central and southern Europe well into January, a holiday period in which gas demand from industry typically also falls, are also contributing to the price decline.
2022-12-23 12:17:36
Moscow Ambassador in Washington: High risk of clash between Russia and US
The risk of a clash between Russia and the US is “high”. This was stated by Moscow’s Ambassador to Washington, Anatoly Antonov, in an interview with the TASS news agency. “The United States is waging a proxy war against Russia on the territory of Ukraine, the risk of a confrontation between the two states is high,” Antonov said. “It is difficult,” the diplomat added, to say when talks on strategic dialogue between the two sides might resume, but so far talks on prisoner exchanges have been “effective”. And these yes, he said, they will continue.
2022-12-23 11:35:55
Zelensky, the 10-point peace plan
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is working on a 10-point peace plan, which he is said to have discussed with Biden during his visit to Washington and which he will present around February 24, the first year of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine want. The Wall Street Journal writes, citing “diplomats from the European Union and Ukrainians”. According to the WSJ, Kyiv first wants to maximize territorial reconquests with “as many victories as possible” in order to then present itself more strongly at each negotiating table. Analysts believe that in February Moscow is considering an offensive in Donbass or even in the direction of Kyiv
2022-12-23 11:35:32
Blinken: Kiev peace proposal discussed with G7 colleagues
The US Secretary of State said he spoke to his G7 counterparts about Ukraine’s peace proposal after the visit of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Washington. CNN reports. “I can only tell you that we are looking into what he has suggested. This morning I was on video with our G7 partners. And that’s one of the things we talked about,” Blinken told reporters. The Foreign Minister called Zelenskyy’s peace formula “a good start”. “These are things that everyone should be able to subscribe to in one way or another,” he said.
2022-12-23 10:31:42
Petrol for 83 euros: Don’t be afraid of threats from Russia
The price of European gas continues to fall, despite the words of Russian Energy Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak, who threatens to divert supplies to Europe elsewhere. In Amsterdam, the TTF marks an 8.2% drop to €83.9 from the €88 level reached on February 23, on the eve of the invasion of Ukraine
2022-12-23 09:51:21
Moscow: We will divert gas to other regions of the world
Russia intends to divert its gas supplies from Europe to other regions of the world, although the European market remains “significant”: said Russian Energy Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Aleksandr Novak, quoted by Tass Agency. Novak, who also quantified the oil production cuts announced yesterday by Vladimir Putin in response to Europe’s 5,000-700,000 barrel-per-day “price cap” then said hydrocarbon production was being diverted to the Asia-Pacific markets, Africa and Latin America.
2022-12-23 09:24:12
Gas price falls again (reaching pre-Russian invasion levels in Ukraine)
The gas price continues to fall thanks to the price cap and is approaching the level of February 23, the day before the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The TTF contract, which remained above the €90 mark yesterday, marks a 4.2% drop to €88 per megawatt-hour.
2022-12-23 08:46:41
Putin publicly used the word “war” for the first time
Vladimir Putin He used the word in public for the first time “War” to refer to the conflict in Ukraine instead of speaking of a “special military operation” as usual. “Our goal is not to turn the flywheel of the military conflict, but on the contrary to end this war,” the Russian president told journalists in Moscow after attending a session of the State Council on youth policy. “We are committed and will continue to fight for it.”
Putin’s critics say using the word “war” to describe the Ukraine conflict has been illegal in Russia since March, when the Russian leader signed a censorship law that would punish spreading “false” information about the invasion with a fine of up to 15 years imprisonment for each convict. Nikita Yuferev, a St. Petersburg city deputy who fled Russia over his anti-war stance, said he has asked Russian authorities to prosecute Putin for “spreading false information.” There was no decree ending the special military operation, no war was declared,” he wrote on Twitter. “Several thousand people have already been convicted because of such words about the war.”
2022-12-23 08:45:32
Russian attack on Kharkiv, loud explosion heard
A Russian attack is underway Kharkovwhere a powerful explosion was heard on the outskirts of the city: the governor of the region Oleg Syniehubov reported about it, quoted by the Kyiv Independent.
2022-12-23 08:43:54
Medvedev: The EU price cap for gas is stupid
The European Union’s decision to set a cap on gas prices is “stupid” because “it is not made for economic reasons but is dictated by Russophobia.” This was stated by the Deputy President of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, speaking of “hatred of the Russian Federation and not of economic logic” behind the price cap. In any case, he added, this step “won’t work”.