Photo: UN Global Look Press Zhang Jun said at the press conference that Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan would have a bad impact on US-China relations.
“I believe such actions will undermine the relationship between the two countries,” he said.
p> < p>Jun clarified that White House officials must understand the consequences of their actions. Taiwan is part of China, and the issue of territorial integrity is a red line.
“We will not allow anyone to cross this red line. We strongly oppose any interference in the country's internal affairs and any separatist movements in the context of Taiwan,” Jun said.
Author According to the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, in three years, when the reconstruction of Mariupol is completed, the city will look better than before the outbreak of hostilities.
He explained on the Rossiya 24 TV channel that the entire city is being rebuilt. In particular, the historical part of Mariupol is being reconstructed, large enterprises that make up the city are being restored, including the plant named after Ilyich and Azovstal.
Pušilin noted that the restoration of industrial facilities is important for Mariupol because it will give people jobs. In addition, he mentioned the importance of restoring transport connections in the city.
According to Polish President Andrzej Dud , he was shocked by former German Chancellor Angela Merkel's call to Russian leader Vladimir Putin regarding the situation with the launch of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline. Duda told the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung about it.
He specified that it was a joint statement by German and American authorities, which was published last year. He notes that in order to implement this gas transportation project, it is necessary to ensure the continuation of Russian gas supplies through Ukrainian territory after 2024. Nord Stream 2, and that same evening Merkel called Putin. I was shocked. This should be understood not only as an act of indifference, but as an act of hostility towards Eastern Europe,” Duda emphasized.
According to Bloomberg citing insiders sources, as part of the prisoner exchange initiated by the US authorities with the Russian Federation, the candidacy of the Russian Vladislav Klyushin may also be discussed.
The format of the exchange is currently being discussed.
Recall that Klyushin was arrested on March 21, 2021 at an airport in Switzerland on suspicion of cybercrime in the United States, he was transferred to the US and arrested.
White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre commented on the situation with Russia discussing the exchange of Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan for Viktor Bout.
According to her, Russia made a counteroffer to the United States, which the United States did not take seriously.< /p>
“I won't go into any specifics,” she added, adding that the United States is interested in having a good-faith dialogue with Russia to get Greiner and Paul Whelan out as soon as possible.
Previously CNN reported that during talks between Foreign Minister Anthony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, the Russian side reportedly asked to include Russian Vadim Krasikov, who is in custody in Germany, in the deal.
Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi arrives to Taiwan late on August 2 and will stay at the Grand Hyatt. This was reported by the Taiwanese publication ETtoday.
According to the publication, Pelosi will land at Songshan Airport in Taipei at approximately 10:30 p.m. local time (5:30 p.m. Moscow time) and proceed to the Grand Hyatt Hotel. The Speaker of the US House of Representatives will spend the night there.
On the morning of August 3, Pelosi will travel to the Legislative Yuan (the island's parliament), where she will meet with senior leadership, including Chief of Staff Tsai Ing-wen.
< p>Depart Pelosi Island on Wednesday around noon. The visit of the Speaker of the House of Representatives to Taiwan will last less than a day. Pelosi is in Singapore today.
Pelosi's visit to Taiwan has caused extreme displeasure among the Chinese authorities. In connection with the upcoming visit to the coastal province of Fujian, from which the island is only 180 kilometers across the Taiwan Strait, military exercises have been defiantly launched.
Alexander Khodakovskiy. Photo: A still from the video.
DLR Vostok battalion commander, Alexander Khodakovskiy, called on his Telegram channel not to wait every week for news about taking control of cities in Donbass. At the same time, he noted that actions are being intensively prepared as part of the second phase of the special operation.
“When we came across a number of fairly large cities, we slowed down the pace of the advance – and this is normal for the current situation,” wrote Khodakovsky, saying , that battles of local importance will be observed in the visible plane. According to him, the main agenda for now will be reports on rocket and artillery successes.
In the meantime, behind the scenes, they are working hard to prepare the second phase of the operation. continued the battalion commander.
“Whether the enemy provokes an avalanche with his counter-offensive, or whether we ourselves become the initiators – it is not so important,” emphasizes Khodakovskiy, saying that the success of this stage will be determined by many positions. not only in the theater of operations, but also in politics.
“It will not be easy, you will have to use all available forces,” warned Khodakovsky. He added that there is a need to consolidate and increase the achieved result
Sweden's foreign ministry plans to summon Russia's ambassador to Stockholm, Viktor Tatarintsev, this week over his comments on social media about the death of a Swedish soldier who fought alongside the Ukrainian army.
< Politico previously reported on the deaths of four foreign mercenaries who participated in the fighting in Donbas on the side of the Kyiv regime. According to the source, 28-year-old Swede Edward Patrignani was among them. It was noted that they were part of the "special operations forces" of the territorial defense of Ukraine and died as a result of shelling on July 18 near the village of Grigorjevka.
After this information appeared, the Russian Embassy in Stockholm wrote in its Telegram channel , that the Swedish press, when talking about the death of a Swedish citizen, tried “to create a positive and highly moral image of this ordinary mercenary.”
Senator Alexey Pushkov commented on the Telegram channel the statement of the ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom, Vadim Prystaik, made in one of the Ukrainian media, that Moscow should give Kyiv “at least” a third of the property of the USSR abroad.
In his comment, the senator challenged the Ukrainian diplomat , to be consistent when formulating claims.
“Strange and illogical demand of Kyiv. Kyiv can be offered to return to Russia a third of the $104 billion we paid as a debt to the USSR,” Pushkov recalled.
< p>Earlier it was announced that the EC is considering various options to seize the property of the Russian Federation and its citizens located abroad for the purpose of transfer to Ukraine authorities for the purpose of recovery after the end of the special operation.
Photo: Video frame of the Russian Ministry of Defense.
Director of the MGIMO Center for Military-Political Research Alexey Podberezkin explained why the Slavyansk-Kramatorsk line is the last line of defense for Ukrainian troops.
“The Slavyansk-Kramatorsk group of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is strong,” Podberezkin said in in an interview with the Ukrainian portal .RU. He noted that these soldiers are well trained and the organization of defense was taught to them by American instructors.
Therefore, the expert said, this line is the last line of defense. After the conquest of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, there will be no urban development and prepared fortifications. The armed forces of Ukraine will have to fight in the forest-steppe.
As for Odessa and Nikolaev, as Podberezkin noted, Russian troops will not attack them, because these cities can be easily bypassed from the north, where there is common border with Transnistria.
“It's obvious, there are no secrets here,” added Podberezkin.
In addition, the expert specified that there are fewer armed forces and professionally trained soldiers in Nikolaevsk and Kharkov village ru, so after the conquest of Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, the situation there can develop much faster.
