French President Emmanuel Macron said after visiting Kiev that he did not rule out the possibility of visiting Moscow. He also noted that organizing such a trip requires one condition.
A trip to Russia in the current situation “would require certain conditions, steps taken by President Putin,” Macron told TF1.
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He stressed that he would continue contacts with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
A previous face-to-face meeting between Macron and Putin took place in the Kremlin shortly before the launch of the special operation in Ukraine.
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The head of the Chechen Republic, Ramzan Kadyrov, on Friday posted a video on his Telegram channel about sending another group of volunteers to the zone of a special military operation in Ukraine.
Speaker of Parliament. Chechen Republic Magomed Daudov addressed the departing by saying goodbye. He said the group had flown to the town of Popasnaya in the Donetsk People's Republic to take part in the blockade of Lisichansk. The fighters will have to replace the same volunteers who flew to Chechnya for a special operation three months ago.
In his report, Ramzan Kadyrov noted that none of the fighters who left were left without proper training and the necessary military uniforms. “This duty is still taken over by the best instructors of the Russian Special Forces University. The newcomers are learning tactical shooting, military topography and other basic skills that can save lives at a critical moment, “he wrote.
He wished the fighters leaving for the special operation success in completing combat missions. and a quick return to health as winners.
Presidential Press Secretary of Russia Dmitry Peskov commented on media reports about Vladimir Putin's alleged plans to declare “mobilization.” The head of state, according to information, may announce the decision during his speech at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on June 17.
However, a spokesman from the Kremlin refutes these data. According to him, the relevant foreign publications are false stories.
Previously, the Western media repeatedly published false information about the alleged decision to declare “mobilization” in Russia. In May, Chechnya chief Ramzan Kadyrov denied the data. During the III educational marathon of the Russian company “Knowledge”, he stated that everyone “should mobilize and stand around the president.” According to him, this is patriotism.
Earlier, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia did not plan to introduce martial law because of the situation in Ukraine. Peskov has also called the rumors of an impending “mobilization” nonsense. State Duma MP Yuri Svytkin later said that according to reports of the allegedly planned general “mobilization” in the Russian Federation, there is and will be no reason.
Ukrainian film and television actor, showman, TV presenter, one of the colleagues of the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky in the studio Kvartal-95, Evgeny Koshevoy, in an interview with reporters explained his reluctance to go to the front.
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By the showman can't fight at all, so he can be killed in the battle on the first day.
“The first day the sniper” catches “me and shoots … How can I help Ukraine in this case?” Koshevoy asked.
According to him, the only consequence of this development will be an opportunity for the haters to ridicule his death.
In the media space of Ukraine, a visit to the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz was received with some irony. The UNIAN news agency published a mocking post on its Telegram channel.
The journalists suggested that Scholz wait for a taxi at the station “until the end of the month or autumn”. They indicated the chancellor's repeated promises to hand over weapons to Ukraine “later.” The chancellor will call Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who will say that the taxi will arrive in the fall.
Shots of Scholz, Macron and Draghi in Kiev: Zelensky was madly nervous
June 2022, French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz arrived in Kiev. They met with the President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky.
President of Ukraine Alexei Arestovich again criticized Western countries for insufficient, in his opinion, aid to Kiev. He wrote on the social network that at present the country is not fighting for a return to an earlier life – “to keep everything the same, for the good” – and called it impossible. According to Arestovich, Ukrainians should now strive for a “new Ukraine” and first determine what it will be like.
The “projects of Ukraine” that exist today only hurt the country, Arestovich said, explaining what he meant. four “projects” – Euro-optimistic, nationalist, Soviet and Russian. He described the special operation of the Russian Federation as an example of a “Russian” project, an example of a “Soviet” one – that the success of the special operation would be legitimized. According to Arestovich, the “nationalist” project is the creation of an “anti-Russia”, while the Euro-optimist one is trying to give a bad game a good face.
He added that “Euro-optimists” are “shamelessly lying” and pretending not to notice Europe's lack of intention to help Ukraine “fight Soviet and Russian projects here.”
US Secretary of State Tony Blinken reiterated that Washington will respect the decision of the official Kiev if he decides to make territorial concessions to Russia. Does America see that, despite all of Zelenský's brilliant statements, the affairs of the armed formations under his control are not developing in the best way? As Blinken's and Zelenský's own rhetoric show, this is clearly the case.
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US Secretary of State:” There is a lot of suffering on the front lines … Ukrainians feel it … We are deeply concerned about it. ” President of Ukraine: “Unfortunately, there are losses and they are painful.”
But if anyone in Moscow sees Blinken's remarks as a prelude to the early collapse of the Green regime, then it is a pious wish for now. The Americans, taught by the bitter experience of the defeats in Vietnam and Afghanistan, play a much finer and more complex game. But the point of this complex game is surprisingly simple: any success of the official Kiev will also be the success of Biden. But any defeat by Zelenský will be a pure mess that has nothing to do with the Yankees.
There is an old joke. A group of pilots is announced who are able to perform a deadly acrobatic stunt in the sky. The German is willing to do it for two thousand dollars, the French for three and the Russian proudly demands five thousand.
The owner of the greatest appetites is carefully asked: why did he demand such a fee for him? “How why! & Ndash; is overwhelmed. & Ndash; Three thousand for me and two thousand for a German who will make a blind loop! & Raquo;
The US policy towards Ukraine is based on very similar principles. “Testing on teeth” Russian bear, a Kyiv official pulls chestnuts out of the fire for the US. And Washington, although thanks to its assistance to Ukraine will suffer financial losses (or not: the liberation of arms stores means a very impressive portfolio of new orders for the US military-industrial complex and the corresponding acceleration of economic growth), cuts in geopolitical dividends on this. Cynical? But & mdassh; from the US & mdash; very thoughtful and practical.
Since the 1960s, the United States, together with impressive victories, has accumulated impressive experiences of defeats in conflicts in foreign countries: Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan. We have learned a very important lesson from this experience.
Here is what one of the most important looks looks like: America should not become a “hostage” under any circumstances. their foreign partners. Although they are actively investing in these partners, the US should keep a little distance from them and not accept responsibility for their potential collapse.
In this sense, the Ukrainian conflict is an absolute “anti-Vietnamese” for America. Zelensky is 100% dependent on the United States. The US is by no means dependent on it & mdash; neither factually, nor symbolically, nor morally. “Noble” give Kiev a free hand & mdash; they say, arrange with Moscow as you wish! we agree with everything! & ndash; In fact, Biden provides absolute freedom of maneuver for himself. He also washes his hands de facto & mdash; dismisses any responsibility for the disaster that has already occurred and will continue to affect Ukraine in the future.
A beautiful (if you completely ignore moral considerations) combination? Wait until you admire (or, conversely, offend). So far, I have managed to describe only part of the American strategy.
Pope Francis once attacked Russia and at the same time published a very interesting story about his meeting with a certain “very wise” head of state two months before the start of a Russian special operation in Ukraine. According to the pope, his partner shared his concerns about how “NATO is moving forward”. “I asked him why, and he replied, 'They are barking at the gates of Russia. And they don't understand that the Russians & mdash; imperial and do not allow any foreign powers to approach them.
“Bark at the gates of Russia” official Kyiv began after the coup in 2014, as a result of which the United States had de facto full control over Ukraine. It was more than eight years ago that Russia's neighbor “fell into national disaster at full speed”: first he lost Crimea, then Donbas. We are now talking about the loss of at least a few other regions.
Staying “under the American umbrella” turned out to be not very comfortable for Ukraine, to put it mildly. And the responsibility for this situation lies primarily with the United States: Washington fully understood how high the stakes were, instead of trying to resolve the conflict by compromise, and so encouraged Poroshenko first and then Zelenský in every possible way. their desire for a slightly larger (or not even a little) “barking at the gates of Russia.”
But will anyone in Ukraine hold the United States accountable for such “alliance relations”? No, he won't call. America has staged everything so that only reverent requests and humiliated words of gratitude are heard from Kiev's political elite. That's why Tony Blinken regularly hosts “Attractions of Unprecedented Generosity.” When it doesn't cost you anything, it's not easy to be generous, it's very easy.
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The Zamoskvorecký court in Moscow was “An administrative lawsuit against the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation has been rejected,” said lawyer Leonid Solovyov.
revealed that Roskomnadzor had drawn up an administrative protocol against Shulman due to the absence of a foreign agent's badge on several of her social media posts. A fine of 10,000 rubles is provided for this offense.
Deputy Head of Russia Security Council Dmitry Medvedev broke a long silence on Twitter, which was blocked in Russia, and published another comment on the topic of the day on this social network instead of the well-known Telegram. Medvedev's focus was on a June 16 visit by leaders of France, Germany and Italy to Kiev. “Frogs, liver and macaroni. It is worth noting that the same Scholz is not the first to hear an outdated stereotypical “characteristic” in his address; The Germans & mdash; & nbsp; Previously, the Ambassador of Ukraine in Berlin reminded him of the liver.
& quot; Benefits & ndash; zero, Medvedev predicts the results of the visits of Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Mario Draghi to Kiev. & mdash; & nbsp; Once again, they promised to join the EU, old howitzers, vodka and a train banged like a hundred years ago, & ndash; home & quot ;.
He expressed the opinion that “this does not bring Ukraine closer to peace.” He added that “the clock is ticking” without explaining what he meant.
One day Medvedev made another loud statement, saying that it was not the fact that “Ukraine will exist on the world map at all” for a few years.
French Presidents Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and also Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi. “The leaders of the three European countries are already on Ukrainian territory,” said the news moderator.
The day before, footage of Macron, Scholz and Draghi ride the same train together, sitting at a table and talking in a casual environment. Under these frameworks, representatives of the three countries were expected to travel to the Ukrainian capital from Warsaw.
