Despite the fact that Russia announced on Tuesday a withdrawal of its troops from the border with Ukraine, the Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, has shown his distrust on Wednesday.
"What we see is that they have increased in number, and even more are on the way," he said.
Stoltenberg has participated in the meeting of Defense Ministers of the Alliance countries in which they have discussed whether to reinforce their presence in Eastern Europe with the creation of new combat battalions.
Before the meeting, the NATO leader stated: "If they really want to withdraw their forces, we will welcome them."
The same skepticism that spreads within NATO about the true intentions of Russia with its announced withdrawal on Tuesday is shared by the president of Ukraine, Volodímir Zelenski,
which has stated that it has “yet” not “seen” any withdrawal of Russian troops.
“We have only heard it”, he has added.
Even so, the president has reiterated his "calm" in the face of the potential threat of an invasion of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation has described the cyberattack suffered on Wednesday as "the largest in its history".
Moscow, for its part, has announced that it is ending its maneuvers in Crimea, a territory annexed to Russia in 2014, and that it is beginning the withdrawal of soldiers, according to the AFP news agency.
According to Russia, its armed forces will return to their usual positions in three to four weeks.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation has described the cyberattack suffered on Wednesday as "the largest in its history".
Moscow, for its part, has announced that it is ending its maneuvers in Crimea, a territory annexed to Russia in 2014, and that it is beginning the withdrawal of soldiers, according to the AFP news agency.
According to Russia, its armed forces will return to their usual positions in three to four weeks.
The Ukrainian Ministry of Digital Transformation has described the cyberattack suffered on Wednesday as "the largest in its history".
Moscow, for its part, has announced that it is ending its maneuvers in Crimea, a territory annexed to Russia in 2014, and that it is beginning the withdrawal of soldiers, according to the AFP news agency.
According to Russia, its armed forces will return to their usual positions in three to four weeks.
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NATO accuses Russia of continuing to accumulate troops along the Ukraine border
NATO remains wary of Russia, despite Moscow insisting it is withdrawing some of the troops amassed along the Ukraine border.
“We have not seen any withdrawal of Russian forces,” NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said on Wednesday.
The leader of the Alliance believes that the movements are going rather in the opposite direction to what the Kremlin assures.
“We are closely monitoring what Russia is doing in Ukraine and around Ukraine,” Stoltenberg said shortly before chairing a meeting of NATO defense ministers in Brussels.
And the conclusion of that analysis leaves no room for doubt, according to the secretary general: “They are increasing the number of troops and there are more troops on the way.
So far there is no de-escalation."
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Stoltenberg accuses Russia of carrying out the largest military mobilization since the end of the Cold War
The Secretary General of NATO, Jens Stoltenberg, met this Wednesday with the Defense Ministers of the Alliance.
At the end of the meeting, he accused Russia of carrying out the largest military mobilization since the end of the Cold War.
And to have "a massive force capable of invading Ukraine."
The secretary general has recalled that Western warnings about troop buildup, first launched at the end of 2021, have been fulfilled.
And that although the allies have never been certain about the intentions of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the fact of having such an accumulated force makes a violent outcome possible.
"We don't know what will happen, but we know what has happened other times",
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The leaders of the European Union will meet tomorrow to address the Ukrainian crisis
The leaders of the European Union (EU) will hold an informal meeting this Thursday to address the crisis caused by the Russian military reinforcement with Ukraine, before the summit they have planned in Brussels with the heads of state and government of the African Union (AU).
This was announced by the spokesman for the President of the European Council, Barend Leyts, on his Twitter account.
The leaders of the Twenty-seven were scheduled to attend the summit with their African counterparts on Thursday and Friday, and now their informal meeting on Ukraine is added to their agenda.
From the EU it is considered that there are "encouraging signs" but also "contradictory" in the apparent Russian de-escalation on the Ukrainian border,
and the Kremlin is expected to confirm that it is committed to diplomatic channels to resolve the crisis and avoid unprecedented sanctions, as it made clear today in a debate in the European Parliament.
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Chinese president calls for a political resolution of the crisis in Ukraine
Chinese President Xi Jinping called on Wednesday for a political resolution of the crisis in Ukraine in a telephone conversation with French President Emmanuel Macron, state media in the Asian country reported.
Xi has called on all parties involved to resolve the crisis through dialogue and make full use of multilateral platforms.
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The G7 foreign ministers will meet on Saturday to address the crisis in Ukraine
The foreign ministers of the G7 (Germany, Canada, the United States, France, Italy, Japan and the United Kingdom) will meet next Saturday to address the crisis in Ukraine, a German government spokesman announced on Wednesday.
The meeting will be chaired by the head of German diplomacy, Annalena Baerbock, and will be held in Munich.
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The Kremlin says that the recognition of Donbas does not comply with the Minsk Agreements
The Kremlin declared on Wednesday that the recognition of the self-proclaimed people's republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, in eastern Ukraine, does not comply with the Minsk agreements for the settlement of the Donbas conflict, whose compliance Russia demands.
“Without a doubt, the recognition does not correspond to the Minsk agreements.
This is so”, said the spokesman for the Russian presidency, Dmitri Peskov, in his daily press conference.
Peskov recalled that President Vladimir Putin has declared on numerous occasions that the fundamental task is to fulfill those agreements signed in 2015, which among its points includes the establishment of a special status for the territories controlled by the pro-Russian separatists.
Yesterday, the Duma (Parliament) overwhelmingly approved a call to Putin to recognize the independence of the self-proclaimed people's republics.
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Zelenski affirms that “yet” he has not seen any withdrawal of the Russian military on the border
The same skepticism that spreads within NATO about the true intentions of Russia with its withdrawal announced yesterday is shared by the president of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski.
In an interview with the British network BBC, the president stated that he "still" has not "seen" any withdrawal of Russian troops, despite the messages sent from Moscow in recent hours.
“We have only heard it”, he has added.
"To be honest, we are reacting to reality," Zelenskiy explained graphically, in his first public statement on the alleged partial withdrawal of Russian troops.
"For now, they are just statements," he added.
The Ukrainian president, who has pointed out that "all normal people expect a de-escalation" of the current tensions, has reiterated his "calm" in the face of the potential "threat" of a military invasion of Ukraine.
"We are calm because all this did not start yesterday, it has been happening for many years," added Zelensky, referring to the conflict that began in 2014 in the separatist regions of eastern Ukraine and the annexation of the Crimean peninsula by Russia.
The president has also delivered a speech on the occasion of Unity Day on Wednesday, which Zelensky has made coincide with the date slipped by the United States for a potential Russian aggression on Ukraine.
“Only together can we protect our home,” he has said.
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Russia claims that NATO does not assess the situation around Ukraine well
Russia believes that NATO is wrong when it analyzes the risks of a war escalation in Ukraine.
"Apparently, there is a certain handicap in the NATO system for assessing the situation, the state of things," said the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitri Peskov, in response to the statements, hours earlier, by the Secretary General of the Atlantic Alliance, Jens Stoltenberg, about the fact that no de-escalation is visible on the ground after Moscow's announcement of the withdrawal of some military units.
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Russia affirms that the troops deployed in the west of the country will withdraw in three or four weeks
The military contingent that Moscow currently has deployed in the west of the country - around 140,000 soldiers, according to estimates by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense and the United States - is scheduled to withdraw in three or four weeks, the ambassador reported on Wednesday. Russian in Ireland, Yury Filatov.
This announcement comes after Russia yesterday announced the partial withdrawal of some of its forces near the border with Ukraine, a move that has been met with skepticism in NATO.
Its secretary general, Jens Stoltenberg, declared this Wednesday that "it remains to be seen" if the withdrawal of Russian troops is effective.
"What we see is that they have increased the number of troops, and even more are on the way," he said.
(Reuters)
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Russia says it has 'nothing to do' with Ukraine cyberattack
The Russian authorities have disassociated themselves this Wednesday from any possible participation in the cyberattacks that yesterday attacked the pages of the Ukrainian State and the country's banks.
"We don't know anything and, as expected, Ukraine continues to blame Russia for everything," Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov said.
at his daily telephone press conference.
“Russia has nothing to do with any denial of service attack,” he has insisted.
Ukraine yesterday denounced cyberattacks against pages of the Armed Forces, the Ministry of Defense and state banks.
According to the Center for Information Security of Ukraine, Privatbank suffered a massive denial-of-service attack.
There were also failures on the State Savings Bank of Ukraine, Oschadbank, and the sites of the Ministry of Defense and the Armed Forces.
The center suggested that Russia might have been behind the cyberattack.
"It is possible that the attacker has resorted to minor tactics when seeing that his aggressive plans did not work," he said in a Facebook message.
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China accuses the US of "exaggerating the threat of war" in Ukraine
The Government of China has denounced that the United States "has exaggerated the threat of war" in Ukraine in recent days with the purpose of creating "a climate of tension", even setting a date for the alleged Russian invasion, which according to its espionage services could take place this Wednesday.
This apparent fear "has seriously affected the economy, social stability and the lives of the citizens of Ukraine and hampers dialogue and negotiations between the parties," Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said at a conference. of press.
Beijing trusts that the "relevant parties" in this crisis stop the "disinformation campaign" and work in favor of "peace, mutual trust and cooperation," reports the Bloomberg news agency.
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The Kremlin considers it "positive" that Biden wants "serious negotiations" on the crisis in Ukraine
The Kremlin considered it "positive" this Wednesday that US President Joe Biden is committed to dialogue to resolve the crisis between Russia and Western countries over Ukraine.
"It is positive that the president of the United States has expressed his desire to hold serious negotiations," Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.
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The EU asks Russia to confirm the de-escalation to avoid sanctions
The European Union sees "encouraging signs" but also "contradictory" in the apparent Russian de-escalation on the Ukraine border, and hopes that the Kremlin will confirm that it is committed to diplomatic channels to resolve the crisis and avoid unprecedented sanctions.
“We are prepared to act, but, above all, we are prepared to continue negotiating to find a solution to the worst crisis we have seen since the Cold War and that does not affect just us, but all of humanity”, declared this Wednesday the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell.
The coordinator of European diplomacy addressed the plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg in these terms, where he assured that "there are encouraging signs" from Moscow in the open crisis with Ukraine.
"But very worrying things have also happened, such as the vote in the Duma," calling on Russian President Vladimir Putin to recognize the independence of the self-proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk.
“What can you expect?
We don't know, nobody knows," said Borrell, who has thus avoided aligning himself on information from US and British intelligence that indicates that Russia could be preparing an attack on Ukraine in a matter of hours.
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NATO sees no signs of a Russian de-escalation and believes it could be increasing troops
El secretario general de la OTAN, Jens Stoltenberg, ha afirmado este miércoles que por el momento la Alianza no ha apreciado ningún signo de desescalada sobre el terreno después de que Rusia informara ayer de que iba a retirar algunas de las tropas concentradas junto a Ucrania. Incluso ha asegurado que Moscú podría estar incrementando la presencia de fuerzas militares.
“Hemos oído señales de Moscú sobre su disposición a continuar los esfuerzos diplomáticos, pero por ahora no hemos visto ninguna desescalada sobre el terreno; al contrario, parece que Rusia continúa con el refuerzo militar”, ha indicado Stoltenberg a su llegada a una reunión de ministros aliados de Defensa. (Efe)
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Bielorrusia anuncia que los soldados rusos desplegados en su territorio abandonarán el país el próximo domingo
Las autoridades bielorrusas garantizaron el miércoles que todos los soldados rusos desplegados en su territorio para realizar maniobras militares abandonarán el país en cuanto terminen estos ejercicios, el próximo domingo 20 de febrero.
“No quedará un solo soldado, un solo equipo en el territorio bielorruso tras las maniobras militares”, ha dicho el ministro de Relaciones Exteriores, Vladimir Makei, en una rueda de prensa. (AFP)
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Ucrania afirma que nada inesperado sucede en sus fronteras
El ministro de Defensa de Ucrania, Oleksii Réznikov, ha afirmado que hoy miércoles, día señalado en informaciones occidentales como el del posible comienzo de una invasión rusa, nada inesperado sucede en las fronteras del país.
“Como cada día, hoy por la mañana recibí un parte con cifras y hechos, y estos se corresponden con nuestros pronósticos y no contienen nada inesperado”, dijo Réznikov. El titular de Defensa intervino en un maratón televisivo en ocasión del Día de la Unidad, decretado este lunes por el presidente de Ucrania, Volodímir Zelenski. (Efe)
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EE UU cree que piratas informáticos rusos han penetrado sistemas de Ucrania para allanar una posible invasión militar
Los servicios de inteligencia estadounidenses creen que piratas informáticos del Gobierno ruso podrían haber penetrado las redes militares, energéticas e informáticas cruciales de Ucrania.
Los hackers rusos podrían posicionarse de forma estratégica en estos sistemas para interrumpirlos en caso de que el Kremlin lance un ataque militar contra Ucrania, según un informe de la inteligencia estadounidense recientemente desclasificado y publicado por The Washington Post.
Moscú podría tratar de interrumpir la actividad de las instituciones ucranianas que ofrecen servicios considerados cruciales como son la electricidad, el transporte, las finanzas y las telecomunicaciones, ya sea para apoyar operaciones militares o sembrar el pánico en un intento de desestabilizar el país, asegura el diario. (Efe)
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Macron insiste a Biden en que hay que seguir buscando el diálogo con Moscú
El presidente francés, Emmanuel Macron, ha insistido a su homólogo estadounidense, Joe Biden, en una conversación telefónica que mantuvieron ayer ambos mandatarios, en la necesidad de mantener los esfuerzos diplomáticos para rebajar la tensión con Rusia y buscar las condiciones para un diálogo serio sobre Ucrania y la seguridad europea.
Al término de dicha conversación, el Elíseo publicó anoche un comunicado en el que informaba de las gestiones diplomáticas llevadas a cabo por Macron y Biden con otros líderes europeos y de la situación sobre el terreno. También se refirieron al anuncio ruso de que retira una parte de las tropas que tenía junto a la frontera ucraniana. Ambos manifestaron que se mantienen “muy atentos y vigilantes” ante cualquier novedad. (Efe)
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Borrell insiste en que hay que mantenerse vigilantes tras los anuncios rusos
El alto representante de la Unión Europea para Asuntos Exteriores, Josep Borrell, ha insistido este miércoles en que hay que mantenerse vigilantes después del anuncio ruso de la retirada de una parte de las tropas que tiene junto a la frontera ucraniana porque Moscú está en una lógica de intimidación.
“Hay que seguir vigilantes porque hay un ejercicio de intimidación”, ha subrayado Borrell en una entrevista a la emisora France Inter. Borrell considera que hubo un punto de inflexión en la tensión con la visita la pasada semana del presidente francés, Emmanuel Macron, a Moscú para entrevistarse con Vladimir Putin: “Marcó el fin de la escalada”.
The head of European diplomacy was convinced that there is room to negotiate with Putin, but not the issue that Ukraine will never be able to join NATO, although that "is an issue that is not on the table" now.
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