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Anonymous ID: 27c68b April 29, 2023, 10:54 a.m. No.18771879   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1920 >>2012 >>2144 >>2244 >>2276

29 Apr, 2023 13:51

Zelensky’s top adviser issues demands to China

Mikhail Podoliak threatened Beijing with economic ruin if it continues to “stand aside”

 

Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky’s main adviser, Mikhail Podoliak, has claimed thatChina must follow the West’s position on Ukraine or “lose its influence, including economic influence.” Beijing has given no indication that it intends to take his advice.

 

“Now China has to make a choice,” Podoliak said on Ukraine’s Rada TV on Friday. “Either it works within the framework defined by international law, and then replaces Russia in the full sense of the word, or China continues to stand aside and then it will gradually lose its influence, including economic influence.”

 

Podoliak’s statement came two days after Zelensky and Chinese President Xi Jinping spoke by phone, their first known conversation since Russia’s military operation in Ukraine began last February. According to the Chinese side, Xi stressed that Beijing’s “core position”on the conflict is that “dialogue and negotiations are the only viable way out.”

 

TheUS has repeatedly called on China to condemn Russia over the conflict, which Beijing has refused to do.Instead, China and Russia have deepened their diplomatic and trade links, and officials from both countries have repeatedly condemned the US forattempting to impose what it calls a “rules-based international order” upon the world through military force and sanctions.

 

China and Russia have instead called for the construction of a multipolar system based on the rule of international law and respect for the UN charter. “Right now there are changes – the likes of which we haven’t seen for 100 years – and we are the ones driving these changes together,” Xi told Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow last month.

 

Podoliak has attempted to drive a wedge between Moscow and Beijing before. Late last month he asked the Italian Corriere della Sera newspaper why China would “help Russia, which is experiencing the collapse of its civilization?”

 

“It would be an irreversible investment, and China is too pragmatic to make such mistakes," he added.

 

However, even if China were to break from Russia, it would still face a United States hostile to its interests. The Pentagon’s most recent National Defense Strategy lists countering the supposed “threat posed by China” as its number one priority, while Washington has blocked the sale of some semiconductor manufacturing hardware to China and rallied its Asian allies to shut Beijing out of this vital industrial sector.

 

Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden has said on several occasions that he would use the US military to defend Taiwan – which China considers its territory – from a potential Chinese invasion.

 

(This guylooks like he’s demon possessed, the arrogance of challenging China is typical for these barking dogs. If anything is getting ruined its Ukraine. They have slipping temporary support from US and EU which all rely on China trade.)

 

https://www.rt.com/russia/575538-podoliak-ukraine-china-demands/

Anonymous ID: 27c68b April 29, 2023, 11 a.m. No.18771898   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2144 >>2244 >>2276

29 Apr, 2023 15:34

Ukrainian command center destroyed – Moscow

The facility was targeted by a salvo of sea-launched cruise missiles, according to the Russian Defense Ministry

 

The Russian military has destroyed a major Ukrainian command center, the country’s Defense Ministry reported on Saturday. Cruise missiles launched from the sea were used to target the facility, the ministry’s spokesman, Lieutenant General Igor Konashenkov, announced during a media briefing.

 

“On the evening of April 28 of this year, Russia’s Armed Forces delivered a group strike with sea-based long-range precision weapons at the location of the commanding officers of Ukraine’s joint troops grouping ‘Kherson,’” Konashenkov stated, adding that the goal of the strike “has been reached.” The official did not provide any estimates on potential casualties Ukrainian troops may have suffered in the attack.

 

The strike comes as both sides of the ongoing conflict, which has been raging since February 2022, haveseemingly ramped up long-range attacks against each another. Earlier this week, Russia launched a cruise missile salvo against Ukraine, targeting groupings of its military reserves. The strikes successfullyprevented redeployment of the reserves towards the frontline, according to the Russian military.

 

During the strike, a multistory residential building was damaged in the Ukrainian city of Uman, located in the central Cherkasy Region. It was not immediately clear what exactly struck the building, given the many instances of Ukrainian air defense projectiles having hit civilian sites in the country and even beyond. Nevertheless,Kiev squarely blamed Russia for the incident, which left more than 20 civilians dead, according to local officials.

 

Ukrainian forces, meanwhile, appear to have intensified attacks on residential areas in the Russian city of Donetsk, which has seen almost daily shelling throughout the conflict. On Friday, the city and its vicinity were subjected to particularly intense shelling, which left at least nine civilians dead and over a dozen injured. The attacks destroyed multiple residential homes and damaged a local hospital. Kiev’s forces also landed a direct hit on a passenger bus, killing all of its occupants.

 

The uptick in strikes comes ahead of the Ukrainian counteroffensive that has been long-advertised by the country’s top officials. On Friday, President Vladimir Zelensky said he expected the offensive to be “successful,”dismissing Western concerns over Ukraine’s capabilities that have appeared in several media outlets in recent weeks.

 

“A counteroffensive will happen. We are preparing for it,” Zelensky said in an interview with several Nordic media outlets. “I strongly believe that it will be successful and that we will de-occupy our territories.”

 

(Good luck with that)

 

https://www.rt.com/russia/575537-ukraine-command-center-attack/

Anonymous ID: 27c68b April 29, 2023, 11:07 a.m. No.18771917   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1950 >>1993 >>2014 >>2144 >>2244 >>2276

29 Apr, 2023 14:23

Poland ‘had no right’ to seize Russian school – ambassador to RT

The police raid on the facility in Warsaw was illegal under international law, Sergey Andreyev has said

 

Poland “had no right” to seize the school operated by the Russian embassy in Warsaw and should have resolved the dispute through dialogue, Russian Ambassador Sergey Andreyev has told RT. He argued that, under the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations,diplomatic premises “under no circumstances can be subjected to break-ins and seizures.”

 

Polish officials, accompanied by police, entered the school on Saturday after opening the front gate with a crowbar. The authorities insisted the building had no diplomatic protection because Russia had been using it “illegally for years,” and that the officers were enforcing a court order.

 

The Russian ambassador said that Moscow had been in talks with Warsaw about the case until communication was interrupted by the Ukraine crisis. Like many other NATO members, Poland imposed sanctions on Russia and froze the embassy’s bank accounts last year.

 

“We believe these issues can be resolved exclusively through intergovernmental bilateral agreements, and not through court rulings,”Andreyev said, slamming the decision to refer the argument to the courts as “completely unlawful.”

 

There is a special kind of cynicism [in Poland’s actions] because we are talking about a school, about children. It’s the end of the school year, and exams are coming soon.

 

Andreyev explained that Poland granted the building in question to the embassy in 1953, when Russia was part of the Soviet Union and Poland was ruled by a socialist government. Warsaw has only been demanding the building’s return “for the last 10-15 years,” he added.

 

The Russian Foreign Ministry released a statement, vowing to retaliate and warning Poland of “consequences.” Andreyev said Moscow would respond to the school seizure in due time. “Naturally, we will do it without unnecessary haste and emotions, after a thorough analysis of the context of our relations,” the diplomat said.

 

https://www.rt.com/russia/575533-russian-ambassador-poland-school/

 

Poland is losing their minds.

Anonymous ID: 27c68b April 29, 2023, 11:12 a.m. No.18771933   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1958 >>2144 >>2244 >>2276

29 Apr, 2023 15:43

 

Italian weapons supplied to Ukraine not battle-ready – FT

 

The paper, citing an unnamed official in Kiev, claims that none of the 20 howitzers provided earlier this year were up to par

 

Some of the military hardware given to Ukraine by Italy earlier this year wasnot combat-ready, the Financial Timesreported on Saturday. Earlier this week, a top adviser to Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky revealed that the country needs even more weapons to pull off a successful counteroffensive.

 

The FT report quoted an anonymous adviser to Ukraine’s Defense Ministry as saying thatnone of the “20 self-propelled howitzersItaly provided to Ukraine earlier this year was battle ready.”

 

The outlet also noted that Kiev’s attempts to persuade theUS to supply it with longer-range missiles and F-16 fighter jets have so far been in vain.

 

According to the report, if the Ukrainian counteroffensive fails to live up to expectations in the West, critics may be emboldened in the US and elsewhere, questioning the feasibility of further military support.Western governments could eventually decide to force Kievto accept a negotiated settlement, the Times said.

 

The newspaper concluded that securing major territorial gains against the Russian forces would likely be a tall order for Kiev.

 

On Wednesday, President Zelensky’s aide, Mikhail Podoliak, insisted that Ukraine still needs more weaponry and equipment, contradicting the US commander of NATO forces in Europe, General Christopher Cavoli, who claimed before the House Armed Services Committee that Kiev’s backers had already delivered 98% of the combat vehicles promised to Ukraine.

 

Last week, Foreign Policy magazine reported that the German-madeLeopard tanksgiven to Ukraine by eight countries would likelypose a logistical challenge to Kiev’s military. The hardware reportedly uses a range of different munitions, meaning Ukraine would not be able to procure the ammunition in bulk.

 

The Abrams tanks which Washington pledged to provide Kiev earlier this year will likely take months to actually arrive on the battlefield.

 

(It’s almost like the west doesn’t want Kiev to win. They might be tired of the whining!)

 

https://www.rt.com/news/575539-financial-times-italian-howitzers-ukraine/

Anonymous ID: 27c68b April 29, 2023, 11:22 a.m. No.18771957   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>1981 >>2144 >>2244 >>2276

29 Apr, 2023 12:47

==Kiev slams (whines) EU restrictions on Ukrainian imports

A Foreign Ministry spokesman has claimed the measures run counter to existing trade agreements

 

Ukrainian authorities have sent notes of protest to the Polish and EU embassies in Kiev, decrying restrictions on imports of the country’s agricultural products to the bloc. The move was announced on Saturday by Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesman Oleg Nikolenko in a Facebook post.

 

According to Nikolenko, Ukraine considers the restrictions“utterly unacceptable.”

 

“Such restrictions, for whatever reason, do not comply with the Ukraine-EU Association Agreement and the principles andnorms of the EU Single Market,” Nikolenko insisted. (Ukraine is not part of the EU, they haven’t been accepted due to rampart corruption)

 

Earlier this month, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia, and Bulgaria unilaterally banned the import of agricultural products from Ukraine in a bidto protect their domestic markets, which have been overflowing with cheap produce. Romania did not impose an import ban, but joined the calls for Brussels to free the region of Ukrainian goods.

 

The spokesman further claimed that Kiev has “all legal grounds” to immediately resume its exports to Poland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, and Bulgaria and continue uninterrupted transit of all Ukrainian products to other countries both inside and outside the EU.

 

“The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry urged its [EU] partners to find a balanced solution based on EU legislation, the Association Agreement, and in the spirit of solidarity,” he added.

 

The European Commission and the five member states struck a deal on Friday, following two weeks of discussion, which involves replacing individual bans placed by each country on Ukrainian imports with “emergency safeguard measures” for four major staples – wheat, maize, rapeseed, and sunflower seeds.

 

Sources claim that imports of the crops into the five Eastern European countries will likely be blocked, unless for transit.

 

(Kiev was supposed to export the grains to Africa and poor countries, they started to send them to EU countries and not help poor countries, so they won’t win this ridiculous demand. One of the key reasons why the EU will not accept them.)

 

https://www.rt.com/business/575531-ukraine-eu-restrictions-imports/

Anonymous ID: 27c68b April 29, 2023, 11:30 a.m. No.18771987   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2144 >>2244 >>2276

29 Apr, 2023 13:03

Zelensky expects ‘successful’ counteroffensive

Recent media reports have said that the US was worried the Ukrainian push could fail to deliver the desired results

 

Kiev’s forces will seize Russia’s newly incorporated territories and also Crimea, Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky said in an interview with several Nordic media outlets on Friday.

 

He was responding to a question about the much-discussed plans for a counteroffensive.

 

“A counteroffensive will happen. We are preparing for it,” Zelensky said. “I strongly believe that it will be successful and that we will de-occupy our territories.”

 

“We will go forward … there cannot be any questions about that,” the president said. However, he reiterated that theultimate outcome would depend on the deliveries of foreign arms. “For example, there is a risk that we will not have enough armored vehicles,”Zelensky said. (Buy the armored tanks with the $400 million or more that you laundered off aid from the US.)

 

The president’s words came after Politico magazine reported on Monday that the White House was worried that the much-hyped operation could fall short of expectations. The New York Times, meanwhile, said that Western support for Kiev could weaken, and that Ukraine could come under pressure to resume negotiations with Russia if the offensive does not bring “a decisive victory.”

 

Ukrainian Defense Minister Aleksey Reznikov said on Friday that the troops were broadly ready for a push against the Russians. However, the same day, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba urged not to put too much stake in the planned operation. “You should not view the counteroffensive as a decisive battle,” he said.

 

According to the recently leaked Pentagon files, Western countries have been training and equipping nine Ukrainian brigades, while three more bridges were being mustered “internally.” NATO members pledged Challenger 2 and Leopard 2 heavy tanks for Kiev earlier this year that are expected to participate in the offensive operations.

 

Crimea voted to leave Ukraine and join Russia in the wake of the Western-backed 2014 coup in Kiev. The Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics, together with Kherson and Zaporozhye Regions, did the same after holding referendums last September. Ukraine considers these territories illegally occupied by Russia.

 

Russian President Vladimir Putin stated last year that Moscow would defend its territory by all means necessary. Earlier this month, the Kremlin said that the Russian military was carefully monitoring information about Ukraine’s preparations for its counteroffensive.

 

https://www.rt.com/russia/575536-zelensky-plans-successful-offensive/

Anonymous ID: 27c68b April 29, 2023, 12:07 p.m. No.18772086   🗄️.is 🔗kun   >>2160

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Has Flynn turned? I always thought it strange when Trump didn’t really reconnect with him. Didn’t Flynn say he didn’t want a pardon? What does Trump know about Flynn? Something strange happening.