The night before the negotiations between the Russian and Ukrainian delegations had been inflamed by the back and forth between them Joe Biden and the Kremlin. Rebooting what he’s been saying on Twitter for the past few days, the US President has come back to define Wladimir Putin a dictator. Words “rather alarming,” they replied from Moscow. Meanwhile, on the battlefields, the Ukrainian army continues to repel Russian attacks in Mariupol and the south of the country.
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More tact was expected from Biden. All the more so after the thousands of controversies that arose after his personal thoughts on Putin expressed in Warsaw and Emmanuel Macron’s indirect “appeal. The White House tenant, on the other hand, repeated what was explained and wrote it in black and white with a Twitter from his personal Twitter account (rather than the official @POTUS account). “A dictator A determination to rebuild an empire will never quench a people’s love of freedom. Brutality will never destroy the will to freedom. Ukraine will never be a victory for Russia, Biden wrote on his @JoeBiden account.
The tweet came just hours after the press conference in which the president made it clear that what he said about the Kremlin boss was “personal”. Moscow reacted immediately. Biden’s comments that Vladimir Putin cannot stay in power because he is a tyrant are “quite alarming” and should be considered a “personal insult,” the Kremlin spokesman said. Dmitry Peskov in an interview with the American broadcaster Pbs.
In the same interview, Peskov also stated that Russia has none in mind attack aimed at NATO countries Unless it’s an “interaction”. When asked about the possible extension of the conflict to NATO countries, the Kremlin spokesman replied that this will not happen “if there is no reciprocity, if they don’t force us to do it. We can’t think about it and we don’t want to think about it.”
Negotiations on fire: the draft agreement
Meanwhile, Turkey is in the spotlight. THE negotiator Ukrainians and Russians have just arrived in Istanbul for the expected facetoface meeting, the first in two weeks, aimed at agreeing a ceasefire in Ukraine, or at least an agreement on humanitarian aid for displaced people. In the last few hours, interesting rumors have surfaced regarding the inquiries from those involved.
According to the Financial Times, citing a draft of the approval, Moscow will not call for either the “denazification or the “demilitarization of Ukraine. On the contrary, Russia would be willing to allow Ukraine to participateEuropean Union in the face of security guarantees and in the event that it decides not to join NATO.
there design The ceasefire document also does not include a discussion of three of Russia’s original basic demands, namely “denazification”, “demilitarization” and legal protection for the Russian language in Ukraine, the Financial Times added. Sources briefed on the talks allegedly said Kyiv is concerned that Russia is changing its position almost daily, both in terms of military pressure and demands.
The Ukrainian resistance continues
On the military front we have a situation of significant stalemate. The Ukrainian army continues to defend the city Mariupol and to discourage the Russian advance into the Chernihiv region. Meanwhile, in order to improve the operational situation and maintain the outer line of defense, the group defending the capital maintains control of the settlements of Motyzhyn, Lisne, Kapitanivka and Dmytrivka. “The command of the Russian occupation forces is compensating for the decline of its forces by indiscriminately firing artillery shells and rocket bombs, destroying the infrastructure of Ukrainian cities,” the Ukrainian General Staff said.
Ukrainian forces also announced that they had forced Russian troops to retreat 40 to 60 kilometers from the city Kryvyi Rih, in the south of the country, about 130 kilometers southwest of Dnipro, where they were heading to attack. This was stated by the region’s governor, Oleksandr Vilkul, in a video message quoted by Ukrainska Pravda. “The enemy is not only being held up in all directions, but also being pushed back in their attempt to approach the city,” he said, adding that Russian troops had also been driven out of the area. Kherson.