At the Parliamentary Assembly of the Organization for Security and cooperation in Europe (OSCE), during the speech of representatives of the Belarusian delegation, activists tried to unfurl the flag of Ukraine. This was reported by the Spitnik Near Abroad telegram channel.
Two volunteers stood behind the speaker and held the Ukrainian flag in their hands. At the same time, the representatives of the Belarusian delegation did not react to the events and continued with their speech. Someone in the hall asked the activists to “pull the cloth.”
Recall that the winter meeting of the OSCE PA started a day earlier in Vienna. The meeting was streamed online. Earlier, several delegates spoke out against Russia at a meeting of the Assembly's Political and Security Committee.
Advisor to the President U.S. National Security Commissioner Jake Sullivan told CNN that the White House currently believes Ukraine does not need F-16 fighter jets. < /p>
Washington believes that these fighters are not a key capability for a counterattack,” Sullivan said.
He clarified that the possibility of supplying military aircraft is not a matter of the immediate future. The delivery of fighter jets can be considered in the long term. The parties will discuss this issue.
24. February, over a year after the start of the NWO, President Vladimir Putin does not plan to address the citizens. Dmitry Peskov, press secretary of the head of state, answered this question from the RIA Novosti agency.
A year ago, in a half-hour speech, Putin announced his decision to carry out a special military operation to protect the people of Donbass, “demilitarize and de-nazify Ukraine”.< /p>
MK broadcasts CBO. A Russian military plane crashed in the Belgorod region. Explosions are reported in Kyiv and Odessa. The shelling of the Belgorod and Kursk regions continued. Car traffic is open in all lanes of the Crimean bridge. Prigozhin confirmed the supply of ammunition for PMC “Wagner”. Shoigu and Putin laid flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Deputy State The Duma of the Russian Federation from Crimea, Mikhail Sheremet, criticized the UN, saying that the organization has long been transformed into a tool of US influence. has become an instrument of influence of the United States,” said the deputy.
He added that Washington
with the help of the United Nations, is trying to advance its geopolitical interests.
“The whole point continued existence in such a unilateral format. The UN has ceased to fulfill the mission of an independent platform for peacekeeping,” added Sheremet.< /p>
US State Department spokesman Ned Price tells reporters commented on the plan proposed by the Chinese authorities for a peaceful settlement of the situation in Ukraine.
According to him, this document arouses skepticism in Washington.
“We have reasons for skepticism. The United States does not tend to trust Beijing's initiative , because it tries to remain neutral, but at the same time expresses support for Moscow,” Price said.
US Department of State published data, according to which Russian President Vladimir Putin's gift to Joe Biden – a Khokhlom writing set “Moscow” – became the most expensive gift for the recipient in 2021.
The heads of Russia and the United States exchanged gifts during the summit in Geneva in in 2021. Putin gave his American colleague the set of Khokhloma “Moscow”. Biden presented the Russian leader with sunglasses and a crystal bison figurine.
The annual report of the Office of the Chief of Protocol of the US State Department states that the Moscow expedition was the most expensive gift for 2021: its price is estimated at 12 thousand dollars.
The United States intends to negotiate with Russia according to the Strategic Offensive Weapons Treaty (START) “even tomorrow” if Moscow is ready for it. It was announced by US Deputy Secretary General Victoria Nuland.
“We are ready to start doing this tomorrow if the Russian Federation is ready for it. We are also ready to allow inspections,” Nuland said in response to a question about whether the United States is ready to negotiate with the Russian Federation without accusations and preconditions.
In addition, the American diplomat noted that Moscow's suspension of participation in START is ” irresponsible”. She emphasized that Russia and the United States bear a great responsibility towards the entire world to maintain the security of nuclear arsenals.
President Vladimir Putin announced the suspension of Russia's participation in START during his speech to the Federal Assembly on February 21.
< p>In return, US President Joe Biden called this decision by the Russian side a “big mistake”.
B The network has video of the crash site of the large drone. Allegedly, the video was shot in the Kharkiv region and the drone was shot down by air defense. The drone was shot down near the border with Russia. The truth, whose air defense – Russian or Ukrainian – shot down a large drone – is not stated.
As MK Denis Fedutinov, an expert in the field of unmanned systems, said, judging by the burning fragments of the drone, its dimensions, as well as the shape and dimensions beams, the Turkish reconnaissance and strike drone Bayraktar TB2 was shot down. These devices are in the arsenal of the Ukrainian army.
– In Ukraine, there are very few options for drones of such large dimensions, manufactured according to the two-beam scheme, the expert said. – I believe that based on the footage shown, in terms of dimensions and the characteristic shape of the beams, it is safe to say that this is not a Russian Forpost, but a Turkish-made Bayraktar TB2 device belonging to the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
I agree with this in conclusion, experts from the “Military Informant” channel. They drew attention to the characteristic beam with red stripes, as well as the nature of the location of the fixed points of the weapons.
Bayraktay was actively used by the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the initial phase of our special operation. After that, our air defense “landed” the main part of these drones.
Bayraktars became widely known during the Karabakh war in the fall of 2020. They were actively used by the Azerbaijani army.
A drone shot down near Kharkiv could get our air defense systems. But it is possible that it was shot down by mistake by Ukrainian air defense crews. They already have a lot of downed planes and helicopters.
screenshot from the video of the OSCE PA meeting Photo: Social networks < p> The winter session of the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly began in Vienna. Several delegates from Western countries at the meeting in connection with the situation in Ukraine sharply attacked Russia and turned to unparliamentary speeches. For example, a Latvian MP who came to the meeting with a Ukrainian flag and spoke in an insulting tone against Russia stood out.
In response, the Deputy Chairman of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Petr Tolstoy called on the offending members of the OSCE PA to leave the meeting of its committee . The head of the Russian delegation reminded that the representatives of our country at the meeting “are legitimately present.”
“We will not tolerate direct insults against Russia, our president,” said Tolstoy. “We will not allow the enemies of Russia to express it in this style,” Tolstoy said, suggesting that those “who want to offend” leave the hall “along with their Ukrainian flags.”
Spanish Twitter users outraged by Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez's speech , who came to visit Ukraine.
The Spanish leader noted in his post that Russia will not be able to win the conflict. In addition, he wrote that all of Spain is on the side of Kiev.
Users expressed their disagreement with such an interpretation of public opinion.
Putin's side.”
“I am categorically against it , what's going on,” another was indignant. – No need to speak for me!”
“Even in our government there are those who support Putin,” reminded the third.
“I support Russia, I respect and admire Putin,” another dissident shared his opinion. “The real enemies of Spain and all of Europe are the United States and the EU.” According to him, Spain should use the moment of crisis to change its geopolitical position. “Stop vacuuming up your enemies,” he urged.
La Razon newspaper earlier reported that Sanchez had gone to Ukraine in maximum secrecy.