Russian President “Tries to Rethink Ukraine’s Confrontation with Russia and NATO,” Prime Minister Says
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Prime Minister Boris Johnson has downplayed the estimated 35 nuclear threats made by President Vladimir Putin since the start of his military operation, insisting instead that he would defeat the Ukrainian resistance through traditional means.
In an interview marking the end of the NATO summit in Spain, Mr Johnson told LBC’s Nick Ferrari: “I think it’s very, very important that we don’t be baffled by this kind of sword noise.
“Because basically, what Putin needs to do is rephrase this as if Russia opposes NATO.
“It’s not. This is their attack on a totally innocent country, with traditional weapons, with artillery, bombing with planes, projectiles, etc.
“And this is the right of Ukrainians to themselves. That’s what it’s all about.
“And what we had today in NATO once the alliance was tested, questioned, questioned. Will we give Ukrainians the means to protect themselves?
“And the answer surely yes and, in any case, the strength of unity is greater than before. “
Vladimir Putin has lost the colonel, the 57th in just 4 months of war, as fighting intensifies in eastern Ukraine.
Lt. Col. Pavel Kislyakov, 40, was buried Thursday with full army honors in his hometown in the Moscow region.
Kislyakov, commander of a prestigious Russian paratrooper unit, is the 57th colonel killed since President Putin ordered his troops to launch a “special army operation” in Ukraine.
Thomas Kingsley has more:
Russia also lost at least 12 generals in the conflict.
Boris Johnson downplayed the estimated 35 nuclear threats made by President Vladimir Putin since the start of his military operation, insisting instead that he would defeat the Ukrainian resistance through traditional means.
In an interview marking the end of the NATO summit in Spain, Mr Johnson told LBC’s Nick Ferrari: “I think it’s very, very important that we don’t be baffled by this kind of sword noise.
“Because basically, what Putin needs to do is rephrase this as if Russia opposes NATO.
“It’s not. This is their attack on a totally innocent country, with traditional weapons, with artillery, bombing with planes, projectiles, etc.
“And this is the right of Ukrainians to themselves. That’s what it’s all about.
“And what we had today in NATO once the alliance was tested, questioned, questioned. Will we give Ukrainians the means to protect themselves?
“And the answer surely yes and, in any case, the strength of unity is greater than before. “
Vladimir Putin still has a way out of the war in Ukraine by wasting his control of force in Moscow, Boris Johnson suggested.
Since Russia’s invasion of its neighbor on February 24, Mr. Johnson has made it clear that while he supports Ukraine’s efforts to expel Putin’s troops from the country, it does not replace the regime in the Kremlin.
He has already criticized Western leaders, such as France’s Emmanuel Macron, who have advised that Putin be presented with a ladder so he can end the standoff by losing face.
Our political editor Andrew Woodcock has the story:
The Russian president has enough at home to tell his people that he is ending the confrontation “in the interest of peace. “
Missile movements have more than doubled in the last fortnight, to figures.
A Ukrainian brigadier general said Thursday that Moscow used erroneous Soviet-era missiles for more than a portion of the attacks.
General Oleksii Hromov estimated that 68 civilian sites were attacked in the current part of this month.
Efforts will need to be intensified to achieve a lasting ceasefire in Ukraine, Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said.
He spoke at a press conference in Madrid after a NATO summit on Thursday.
The UK’s expanded £1 billion commitment to help the military to Ukraine will be funded in part through an under-utilisation of weather funding, Business Minister Kwasi Kwarteng said.
Following the British government’s announcement that it would nearly double its support for Ukraine to help stave off the Russian invasion, M. Kwarteng tweeted: “My branch has contributed to the effort by abandoning climate finance and underutilizing foreign aid. “
The admission comes a month after The Independent revealed that the UK government had failed to provide nearly a quarter of a trillion pounds of green projects aimed at achieving net-zero emissions, even as Boris Johnson suggested governments around the world particularly increase their investments. to address the climate crisis.
Our correspondent Harry Cockburn reports:
Britain failed to deliver £250 million worth of projects designed to achieve net-zero emissions
Vladimir Putin denied that Moscow was blocking Ukrainian grain exports and questioned the effect of the lack of Ukrainian agricultural products on the world food market.
“We are preventing the export of Ukrainian grains. The Ukrainian army has mined the outskirts of their ports, no one prevents them from clearing those mines and we ensure the protection of grain shipments,” Putin said, speaking to Indonesian President Joko. Widower.
Putin repeated Russia’s claim that Western sanctions are for disruptions in the world food market and emerging prices.
He also downplayed Ukraine’s impact on the global market, saying there are only five million tons of wheat trapped lately in the country.
“This is an amount that is not globalized in any way,” he added, stating that it represented only 0. 5% of world production.
Reuter
The Indonesian president would continue to cooperate with Russia following an assembly with his Moscow counterpart on Thursday.
Speaking through a translator, President Joko Widodo also told reporters that it is vital to move towards a non-violent solution to the confrontation in Ukraine following talks with President Vladimir Putin in the Russian capital.
Summit of the Caspian Sea in Turkmenistan
Sputnik
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