Moscow sees the UN as responsible for Zaporizhia - Zelenskyi wants sanctions against Russia's nuclear industry
Created: 08/15/2022, 04:50
By: Astrid Theil, Bedrettin Bölükbasi
Zelenskyj's adviser Podolyak rejects negotiations with Putin's Russia.
He thinks talks are for a Russian victory at the moment.
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Update from August 14, 8:45 p.m .:
42 states and the EU have demanded the immediate withdrawal of Russian troops from the occupied Zaporizhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine in a statement in Vienna.
"The stationing of Russian military and weapons at the nuclear facility is unacceptable," the statement said.
Russia is violating the safety principles to which all member countries of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) have committed.
Control of the nuclear power plant must be handed over to the authorized Ukrainian authorities.
Then experts from the IAEA could carry out their duty of supervision over the work of the Ukrainians.
Russia must withdraw completely from Ukraine and end the "unprovoked or justified war of aggression" against the neighboring country.
The demand was made on behalf of the EU and all of its member countries.
The USA, Great Britain, Norway, Australia, Japan, New Zealand and other countries also signed.
Ukraine-News: Russia sees UN's turn at Zaporizhia - "green light for expert visit"
Update from August 14, 5:10 p.m .:
In the struggle for the security of the Ukrainian nuclear power plant (nuclear plant) Zaporizhia that was shot at, Moscow sees the United Nations on the train.
The task of the UN Secretariat is to "give the green light for a visit to the nuclear power plant by experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)," said Russian diplomat Mikhail Ulyanov in an interview with the Russian state news agency
TASS
.
Ulyanov, Moscow's representative at the UN, said the expert visit had been practically prepared.
"The UN Secretariat blocked it at the last moment without explaining why," the diplomat said.
According to reports, the UN had not previously allowed IAEA boss Rafael Grossi to travel, not only for security reasons, but also because there was a dispute about the route to be taken.
In view of the fighting over the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy is calling on the West to impose sanctions on Russia's nuclear industry.
The punitive measures would have to be taken by the nuclear industry of the aggressor state, said Selenskyj in a video speech distributed on Saturday evening.
Russia is using the nuclear power plant in southern Ukraine to blackmail the Ukrainian leadership and the whole world, Zelenskyy said.
Ukraine-News: Latvia's President also calls for suspension of visas for Russian citizens
Update from August 14, 2 p.m .:
Latvian President Egils Levits calls on the Latvian government to work together with Finland, Estonia, the Czech Republic and other countries at European level to stop tourist visas being issued to Russian citizens.
He announced this at an event in the Latvian city of Ikšķile.
Levit also wants to check existing visas and permanent residence permits for Russian citizens in Latvia.
Russians who support the war in Ukraine should cancel their permanent residence permits or not have them extended.
Also, no such permits should be given to people intending to acquire Russian citizenship.
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Ukraine-News: Discussion in Poland about tourist visas for Russians - restrictions in prospect
Update from August 14, 12:00 p.m .:
In addition to Estonia and Latvia, Poland is now considering restricting tourist visas to Russian citizens.
"Poland is working on developing a concept that will make it possible not to issue visas to Russians," Deputy Foreign Minister Piotr Wawrzyk told the PAP news agency.
A decision on this should be made in the coming weeks.
According to Wawrzyk, Poland is in favor of the EU imposing further sanctions on Russia.
This also includes the suspension of the treaty on visa facilitation for Russian citizens.
So far, however, the large member states such as Germany, France and the Netherlands have resisted.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz does not share the view of countries like Poland and Estonia.
No visas for Russians?
- Kuleba appeals to outraged Russian citizens
Update from August 13, 9:30 p.m.:
In the background of the Ukraine war, some European countries are discussing suspending visa procedures for Russians.
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba tweeted: "Russians unhappy at the prospect of a ban on tourist travel to Europe can complain to the Kremlin and to more than 70 percent of their compatriots who support the war. complain.” At the same time, he signaled that a ban on asylum and humanitarian entry is not part of the debate.
Ukraine News: Negotiations with Russia?
- Selenskyj adviser rejects
First report from August 13:
Kiev/Munich – In the Ukraine war, Russia's heavy attacks on Ukrainian territory are continuing.
In the background of the violent fighting, direct negotiations between Kyiv and Moscow now seem impossible.
The advisor to the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj and at the same time Ukrainian chief negotiator, Mykhailo Podolyak, has now commented again with a view to possible talks.
In view of the current situation, he refused diplomacy with the Russian ruler Vladimir Putin.
Negotiations would only mean a victory for Russia, Podolyak declared, according to the Ukrainian news agency
Unian
.
Russia-Ukraine talks - Podolyak worried about 'Russian victory' at table
"Negotiations with the Russian Federation today would only mean one thing: that Russia won," the news agency quoted the Ukrainian diplomat as saying.
Talks would also mean a defeat for Ukraine, for Europe and for "democratic values".
Ukraine currently has “no motives” for negotiations with Russia, Podolyak also emphasized.
Talks would therefore not solve Ukraine's problems.
"If we create a new demarcation line today, then the entire central and southern Ukraine will be deserted and in ruins," the Ukrainian diplomat warned, explaining that this would also affect the Ukrainian economy.
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Ukraine-News: Zelenskyj's adviser Podolyak warns - "what Putin wished for"
"Nobody will invest money, nobody will return to the homes on the front lines - a postponed war," he noted.
As a result, both the Ukrainian economy and social relations of Ukraine would suffer, President Zelenskyy's adviser underlined.
Podolyak is certain: "Today's negotiation process would be what Putin wanted: the destruction of the Ukrainian state - just in a different way." Ukraine has repeatedly emphasized that it can only come to the negotiating table from a strong position with Russia.
The last major diplomatic contact between the two warring parties took place as part of the grain deal negotiated by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and the UN.
With regard to the hostilities in Ukraine, however, there have been no meaningful negotiations for a long time.
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