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War in Europe just weeks away? British warn Putin of tens of thousands of deaths - Macron follows up

2022-01-20T04:19:25.201Z


War in Europe just weeks away? British warn Putin of tens of thousands of deaths - Macron follows up Created: 2022-01-20 05:11 Vladimir Putin rattles his saber and gathers his troops. The Ukraine conflict could possibly develop into a war. News ticker. The Ukraine conflict threatens to escalate: numerous talks are underway, but now the USA is again looking to Belarus with concern (see update fr


War in Europe just weeks away?

British warn Putin of tens of thousands of deaths - Macron follows up

Created: 2022-01-20 05:11

Vladimir Putin rattles his saber and gathers his troops.

The Ukraine conflict could possibly develop into a war.

News ticker.

  • The Ukraine conflict threatens to escalate: numerous talks are underway, but now the USA is again looking to Belarus with concern

    (see update from January 19, 10:30 a.m.).

  • Britain warns war over Ukraine could kill tens

    of thousands (see update Jan 19 12:15pm)

  • French President Macron* calls for a new European security and stability order

    (see update from January 19, 2:30 p.m.).

    Latvia

    sends military equipment to Ukraine

    (see update of January 19, 4:02 p.m.).

  • This news ticker on the Ukraine conflict is continuously updated.

Update from January 19, 9:35 p.m .:

The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj cautiously assessed the risk of Russia invading his country. "The risks have not existed for a day and they have not increased," said the head of state of Ukraine in a speech. "The hype surrounding them has only gotten bigger." Didn't there already have been an invasion in 2014, asked Zelenskyj. He was referring to Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula in Ukraine. 

Update from January 19, 4:02 p.m.:

Due to the potential Russian threat, Latvia wants to support Ukraine with military equipment. The Baltic state is ready to deliver "lethal and non-lethal goods" to Kiev, Defense Minister Artis Pabriks said on Wednesday (January 19). At the same time, Latvia plans to announce what kind of equipment it will make available only after the military supplies have arrived in Ukraine. Pabriks only stated that the goods and material in question were manufactured in Latvia and come from Latvian stocks.

However, the EU member is not considering sending troops.

The Latvian defense minister also criticized the reluctance to provide military aid to Ukraine.

"I very much regret that we have some European countries that are not ready for this for various reasons.

I don't think that's right," says Pabriks.

Ukraine conflict with Russia: French President Macron with a clear message

Update from January 19, 2:30 p.m .:

In view of the impending escalation in the Ukraine conflict, French President Emmanuel Macron has called for a new European security and stability order. A proposal for this must be drawn up by the Europeans in the coming weeks and then shared with the NATO partners, Macron said on Wednesday in a speech in the EU Parliament in Strasbourg. The proposal must then be submitted to Russia for negotiations.

The dialogue with Russia remains essential.

"We will continue to seek a political solution to the Ukraine conflict with Germany as part of the Normandy format," stressed Macron.

The inviolability of the borders, the free choice of alliances, the renunciation of violence - these are all principles that Europe and Russia agreed on many years ago.

"It is up to us Europeans to defend these principles and inherent rights of states' sovereignty," Macron said.

Emmanuel Macron (LaREM), President of France, speaks in the plenary hall of the European Parliament building.

© Philipp von Ditfurth/dpa

Ukraine conflict with Russia: Blinken warns of "short-term" increase in Russian troops at border

Update from January 19, 2:25 p.m .:

During his visit to Kiev, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned of a “very short-term” increase in Russian troops on the border with Ukraine. Washington is aware of corresponding plans in Moscow, said Blinken on Wednesday during his visit to Kiev. "This gives President Putin the opportunity to take further aggressive measures against Ukraine, also at very short notice." He called on Russian President Vladimir Putin to take a "peaceful path".

Update from January 19, 1:50 p.m .:

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has again called on Russia to de-escalate the Ukraine conflict.

“The Russian side knows about our determination.

I hope you are also aware that the benefits of cooperation are significantly higher than the price of further confrontation," said the SPD politician on Wednesday at a digital event of the Davos World Economic Forum.

At the same time, Scholz promoted further talks with Russia.

"It is not yet certain whether they can contribute to de-escalating the situation created by Russia's concentration of 100,000 troops on the border with Ukraine," he said.

"But after years of growing tensions, silence is not a sensible option."

Britain warns Russia of war over Ukraine

Update from January 19, 12:15 p.m .:

Britain has emphatically warned Russia of a war in Ukraine. The first industrialized, digitized war between two cutting-edge armies in Europe in generations may be just weeks away, James Heappey, Secretary of State at the UK Defense Ministry, told

Times Radio

on Wednesday . “This is not something that should be considered bloodless in Moscow. This is not something for the rest of the world to stand by and ignore," Heappey said. "Tens of thousands of people could die."

Heappy said it was right to exhaust all diplomatic avenues.

"I just hope that now that we are on the verge of the abyss, the people of Moscow will start considering that thousands will die.

That's something nobody should be remotely relaxed about," the conservative politician stressed.

At the same time, he underlined that it was not "in the remotest way realistic" that British soldiers would fight against Russian troops.

Earlier, Great Britain announced that it would supply anti-tank weapons to Ukraine.

In Germany, too, there are considerations about deliveries of defensive weapons.

Ukraine conflict comes to a head: USA look to Belarus - Blinken on a trip to Europe

Update from January 19, 10:30 a.m .:

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken begins his trip to Europe in view of the escalation of the Ukraine conflict with a crisis meeting in Kiev. There he wants to discuss the threat posed by the militarily superior neighbor Russia with the state leadership on Wednesday, before the high-level diplomatic meetings in Berlin and Geneva. At the same time, the US government is concerned about a Russian ally, because Russia transferred soldiers to Belarus at the weekend, according to the State Department in Washington.

The White House had recently warned in no uncertain terms of a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine. “To be clear, we consider the situation to be extremely dangerous. We are now at a stage where Russia could launch an attack on Ukraine at any time," Presidential spokeswoman Jen Psaki said on Tuesday. Blinken has promised Ukraine further military support and wants to meet President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba in Kiev.

"Should Russia invade Ukraine further in the coming weeks, we will provide the Ukrainians with additional defense materials beyond what we are already providing," the US State Department said.

In view of the Russian troop deployment to Belarus, a warning was also issued to Moscow and Minsk: "Complicity" by the Belarusian ruler Alexander Lukashenko in such an attack would be "completely unacceptable".

Ukraine conflict: US government looks to Belarus with concern

The timing of the transfer of troops to Ukraine's neighboring country is remarkable and raises fears that Russia may intend to attack Ukraine from the north, a senior US official said.

She left it open what kind of troops or weapons should have been transferred to Belarus.

The Belarusian Defense Ministry had announced joint maneuvers with Russia for February and has now published photos showing Russian tanks and military trucks on railway wagons.

"This is neither an exercise nor normal troop movement," the US State Department said.

Rather, it is “a show of force” aimed at triggering a crisis or creating a false pretext for a Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Is Putin bringing war to Europe?

NATO chief sees 'real danger'

Vladimir Putin (l), President of Russia, and Sergei Shoigu, Defense Minister of Russia.

© Mikhail Metzel/dpa

First report from January 18th:

Munich/Kiev – How close is the world to a war?

The Ukraine conflict threatens to escalate if Russia's President Vladimir Putin* decides to invade.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg sees a great danger for the entire continent: "There is a real danger of new military conflicts in Europe."

Stoltenberg told

Bild

: "There is massive mobilization by Russia." The country's recent history also shows that there is "a real risk" of a new war.

Putin has already posted his troops on and beyond the Ukrainian border.

“You are in Crimea, that is Ukrainian territory.

These are historical borders that Russia once recognized.

They are also in Donetsk and Luhansk.

This is also Ukrainian territory.”

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg © Mads Claus Rasmussen/Imago

How does NATO react to Russian aggression?

“We support Ukraine”

And how would NATO react in this case?

Stoltenberg explains: “If a NATO ally is attacked, then we have our core principle: one for all, all for one.

If we stand together then all our allies will be safe because we are able to protect each other."

However, Ukraine is not a NATO member.

Stoltenberg: “We support Ukraine, help Ukraine and we promise economic sanctions against Russia.

But the security guarantees do not extend to Ukraine.”

NATO would support Ukraine's "territorial integrity" and "offer practical assistance - including heavy sanctions."

Anti-tank weapons for Ukraine by NATO countries

And what does this support look like in concrete terms?

"We offer support, for example in the form of anti-tank weapons, in the form of various NATO allies who have made their own decisions," said the Norwegian.

As a sovereign state, Ukraine has the right to self-defense.

He also warned against "other aggressive activities such as hybrid and cyber attacks" by Russia against Ukraine.

NATO is still willing to talk - Stoltenberg called on Putin to start new negotiations.

The NATO chief continued: "We have always relied on strong deterrence and prevention so that we can prevent conflicts."

But that might not be enough in this case.

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Source: merkur

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