Ukraine war: USA senses change in tactics with Putin - Kiev's secret service warns of Korea's fate
Created: 2022-03-28 04:51
Still no agreement in the Ukraine-Russia negotiations: Biden provokes Putin.
Macron keeps his distance.
News ticker.
Escalated
Ukraine conflict
*
: The US suspects that Russia will change its tactics in the Ukraine war (
update from March 27, 5:08 p.m.
).
The Ukrainian secret service fears a division of the country (
update from March 27, 5:55 p.m.
).
The Ukrainian secret service fears a division of the country - as in Korea
(update from March 27, 5:55 p.m.).
The US sees signs of a change in tactics by Putin
(see update from March 27, 5:08 p.m.).
This
news ticker on the negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in the war
is continuously updated.
More on the background of the Ukraine crisis* here.
Update from March 27, 9:10 p.m .:
In the negotiations on the future of Ukraine, the government in Kiev wants to “thoroughly” examine the question of the neutrality of the country demanded by Russia.
This is what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in an interview with several independent Russian media outlets on Sunday.
"This point of the negotiations is understandable to me and it is being discussed, it is being thoroughly examined."
Ukraine-Russia negotiations: Russia wants to prevent publication of Slenskyj interview
Update from March 27, 8:30 p.m .:
Russia’s media regulator Roskomnadzor wants to prevent the publication of an interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj *.
"Roskomnadzor is notifying Russian media about the need to refrain from publishing the interview," the agency said in Moscow on Sunday.
Roskomnadzor also announced a review of all media outlets conducting the Zelenskyi interview to determine "the extent of responsibility and response measures."
Russia's Prosecutor General's Office announced a "legal assessment of the content of the published statements".
Among the Russian journalists who recently spoke to Zelenskyy via video link was a reporter from the well-known Moscow daily newspaper Kommersant, as well as some members of the opposition and media outlets that are already banned in Russia.
The Meduza portal published the approximately one-and-a-half-hour interview on Sunday evening, despite the warning from the media regulator, which can still be reached via alternative internet connections and from abroad.
Aggressive war in Ukraine: Ambassador calls Russia a "terrorist state"
Update from March 27, 7:43 p.m .:
The Ukrainian ambassador to the United States has described Russia as a “terrorist state” because of the war of aggression against her country.
"It is clear to us that Russia is a terrorist state led by a war criminal," Oksana Markarova told
CNN
on Sunday .
Russian President Putin must be held accountable by international courts.
"Vladimir Putin and all other Russians responsible will have to go to prison for these war crimes." The ambassador asked "all civilized countries" to provide Ukrainians with the necessary means to defend their country and Europe and around Putin to stop.
Ukraine war: secret service fears division of Ukraine after Korea example
Update from March 27, 5:55 p.m
.: Two days after the Russian army announced that it intends to focus on the “liberation” of the Donbass region in eastern Ukraine in the future, the head of the Ukrainian military intelligence service fears a similar division of the country in North and South Korea.
Russia had "failed in its attempt to take Kyiv and overthrow the Ukrainian government," Kyrylo Budanov wrote on Facebook on Sunday.
Kremlin boss Vladimir Putin is changing the strategy, a division of Ukraine could be one of his goals.
"There are reasons to believe that he wants to create a dividing line between the occupied and unoccupied areas of our country - an attempt to create South and North Korea in Ukraine," the head of military intelligence GUR said, referring to Putin.
Update from March 27, 5:19 p.m .:
On Monday (March 28) there should be another round of negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.
This was announced by the Ukrainian negotiator David Arachamia on the online network Facebook on Sunday.
The negotiations are to take place in Turkey.
So far, no agreement has been reached between the conflicting parties.
War against Ukraine: US suspects Russia's change of tactics
Update from March 27, 5:08 p.m
.: According to the United States, Russia is planning to change its tactics in the war against Ukraine.
As the United States NATO envoy, Julianne Smith, told
CNN
, there is still no evidence for this thesis.
But since Putin's presumed goal of taking Kyiv in a few days has been missed, Smith says he assumes that Russia will reassess the situation.
However, the US envoy ruled out that the Kremlin would in future limit its efforts to the Donbass region.
Update from March 27, 3:20 p.m .:
The last train connection from Russia to the EU is now being cut.
As the Finnish
railway company VR
already announced on Friday, the last Allegro express train from Helsinki to Saint Petersburg will travel this Sunday.
Conversely, two trains are still running.
From Monday, March 28th, the route will be completely suspended in accordance with EU sanctions.
After the airspace was closed, the route was last considered the most important, larger, public connection between Europe and Russia.
Ukraine-Russia negotiations: Macron distances himself from Biden's Putin words
First report from March 27, 1:48 p.m .:
Kiev/Moscow – US President Joe Biden* is not squeamish when it comes to words to Russia’s President Vladimir Putin*.
He recently called him a "butcher" and a "war criminal".
France's head of state Emmanuel Macron* has now distanced himself from the choice of words by the US President.
He would not use the term "butcher," Macron said on Sunday (March 27).
It is important to prevent "an escalation of words and actions" in the Ukraine war.
Ukraine-Russia negotiations: Biden outraged Kremlin - White House provides explanation
During his visit to Poland on Saturday, Biden called Putin a "butcher" in view of the suffering of the Ukrainian civilian population and also said that he could not remain in power.
This caused confusion.
The White House then declared that Biden was not seeking “regime change” in Moscow.
Rather, the US President wanted to say "that Putin cannot be allowed to exercise power over his neighbors or the region."
Ukraine-Russia talks: Blinken stresses importance of Biden's words to Putin
The Kremlin was outraged by the statement.
Prominent Russian foreign policymaker Konstantin Kosachev said Biden made "worse than crimes" statements and mistakes with "frightening regularity."
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov emphasized that Biden does not decide who is president of Russia.
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken emphasized on Sunday that the United States is not seeking a change of power in Russia.
At a press conference with his Israeli counterpart Jair Lapid in Jerusalem, Blinken said the point was that Kremlin chief Putin "cannot be authorized to wage war against Ukraine or any other country."
Ukraine-Russia negotiations: Macron will soon speak to Putin again
Macron also said on Sunday that he would speak to Putin "tomorrow or the day after" to organize an evacuation operation for people in the port city of Mariupol, which is surrounded by Russian troops.
This must now be done very quickly.
You can read more about the current results of the Ukraine war here.
(AFP/dpa/cibo)