Putin rumbles against the West: Ukrainians as “cannon fodder” for the “Anti-Russia” project
Created: 08/17/2022 05:36
By: Fabian Mueller
Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu emphasized that Russia does not want to use nuclear weapons.
The situation at the Zaporizhia NPP is more complex.
The news ticker for the negotiations.
Putin Minister
Shoigu
sees
no
reason for the use of
nuclear weapons
: he makes great accusations against the United States
Negotiations
about the
Zaporizhia nuclear power plant
: the Russian army has been occupying the plant since March
This
news ticker
on the negotiations and sanctions in the
Ukraine war
is updated regularly.
Update from August 16, 10:30 p.m .:
The Ukrainian nuclear company Energoatom says it was the victim of an “unprecedented” Russian cyber attack, but it had no “major” effects.
The largest cyber attack since the beginning of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine in February was carried out on Energoatom's website on Tuesday, the company said.
The website was "attacked from Russian territory".
The attack on Energoatom's official website lasted three hours, the company said.
The attack "had no major impact on the functioning of the Energoatom side".
Ukraine-News: UN chief Guterres visits Ukraine - meetings with Zelenskyy and Erdogan
Update from August 16, 6:45 p.m .:
UN Secretary-General António Guterres will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Turkish Head of State Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Ukraine on Thursday.
A meeting is planned in Lviv, as UN spokesman Stephane Dujarric said in New York on Tuesday.
After that, Guterres will travel on to Odessa on the Black Sea and visit a port.
Before returning to New York, the UN chief will visit the joint coordination center for monitoring grain exports across the Black Sea in Istanbul.
Ukraine-News: Putin rages against the West and accuses "anti-Russia" project
Update from August 16, 4:45 p.m .:
Russian President Vladimir Putin used the security conference currently taking place in Moscow as an opportunity to verbally attack the West.
Washington and its allies are responsible for the bloodshed in Ukraine, the Russian head of state described the current situation.
The western alliance uses the Ukrainians as "cannon fodder" for their "anti-Russia" project, Putin continued in a video message to the participants of the conference.
The USA is trying to consolidate its hegemonic supremacy through the war in Ukraine.
At the same time, the 69-year-old once again defended the invasion of Ukraine.
It serves Russia's security and the protection of the people in Donbass.
It is a sovereign right of an independent state that does not submit to Western chaos, “liberal totalitarianism” and “neo-colonialist striving for supremacy” by the USA.
The security conference in Moscow shows that a multipolar world is emerging, said Putin.
In a video speech, Russian President Vladimir Putin once again blamed the West for the Ukraine war.
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Russia's defense minister accuses the West of far-reaching involvement in the Ukraine war
Update from August 16, 2:36 p.m
.: Almost half a year after the war began, Russia has accused the West of extensive involvement in Ukrainian counter-offensives.
"Not only are the coordinates of attack targets provided by Western intelligence agencies, but entering this data into weapon systems is under the full control of Western specialists," Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday at the Moscow conference on international security, according to the
Interfax agency
.
He did not present any evidence for this.
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Contrary to numerous reports to the contrary, Shoigu also claimed that Russian soldiers in Ukraine observed international law towards civilians and prisoners.
"Compliance with the Geneva Conventions on the rules of warfare has always been and always will be the main focus of commanders at all levels," the minister said.
Human rights activists, among others, have documented actions by Russian troops that violate international law in the past, including the use of cluster munitions in densely populated areas.
Ukraine and large parts of the international community repeatedly hold Russia responsible for the most serious crimes against civilians, including the murder of hundreds of people in the Kiev suburb of Bucha a few weeks after the war began.
In the midst of the Taiwan crisis, Putin blusters about Western plans in the Asia-Pacific region
Update from August 16, 12:15 p.m .:
According to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Western countries are trying to expand a “NATO-like system” to the Asia-Pacific region.
The British
Guardian
reports .
In his welcome speech at the international security conference in Moscow, Putin also said that the US was trying to "prolong" the conflict in Ukraine.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan earlier this month was "a carefully planned provocation."
Putin's statements are particularly explosive in connection with the current tensions between Taiwan and China.
China has been holding more military exercises in the region since Pelosi's visit to the island nation.
Putin Minister Shoigu sees no reason for the use of nuclear weapons - and makes great accusations against the United States
First report
: Moscow - Russia's Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu currently sees no reason to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine.
Shoigu said so in his speech at an international security conference in Moscow.
The Russian defense minister also stressed that the deployment of Ukrainian troops would be planned by the United States and Great Britain.
NATO has increased the number of its soldiers in Eastern and Central Europe many times over.
Shoigu also spoke to UN Secretary-General António Guterres about the armed conflict surrounding the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant.
The Russian Defense Ministry said in Moscow on Monday that Shoigu had spoken to Guterres "about the conditions for the safe operation of the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant."
Negotiations about the Zaporizhia nuclear power plant: the Russian army has been occupying the plant since March
The Russian army has occupied the nuclear power plant in south-eastern Ukraine since March, shortly after the start of the Ukraine war, and it has been repeatedly shelled since the end of July.
Kyiv and Moscow blame each other for the attacks.
Rocket fire raises fears of a catastrophe at Europe's largest nuclear power plant.
The UN Security Council held an emergency meeting on Thursday.
The Ukrainian government and its western allies are demanding a demilitarized zone around the nuclear power plant and a withdrawal of Russian troops.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, Shoigu and Guterres also spoke Monday about the explosions at the Olenivka detention center in eastern Ukraine, which is occupied by pro-Russian separatists.
There were several explosions in the prison at the end of July, killing dozens of Ukrainian inmates.
In this case, too, Ukraine and Russia blamed each other for the incident.
(fmu with afp)
