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Poland invites Lavrov – Kremlin rages: “Unprecedented and provocative”

2022-11-25T04:20:38.370Z


Poland invites Lavrov – Kremlin rages: “Unprecedented and provocative” Created: 2022-11-25 05:03 By: Bettina Menzel, Bedrettin Bölükbasi, Andreas Schmid, Fabian Müller No end to the war in sight: there will be no armistice in Ukraine and no negotiations for the time being. News ticker on diplomacy in the Ukraine war. Poland invites Lavrov – Kremlin rages: “Unprecedented and provocative” " End


Poland invites Lavrov – Kremlin rages: “Unprecedented and provocative”

Created: 2022-11-25 05:03

By: Bettina Menzel, Bedrettin Bölükbasi, Andreas Schmid, Fabian Müller

No end to the war in sight: there will be no armistice in Ukraine and no negotiations for the time being.

News ticker on diplomacy in the Ukraine war.

  • Poland

    invites

    Lavrov

    Kremlin

    rages: “Unprecedented and provocative”

  • "

    End

    this

    war

    ": Scholz calls on Putin to withdraw Russian troops

  • No ceasefire

    : Ukraine President Selenskyj rejects

Update from November 19, 7:11 p.m .:

At the moment it does not look as if the Ukraine war will end quickly at the negotiating table.

"We have no official request from the Russian side," said Ukrainian presidential adviser Andriy Yermak - and then named the conditions for war diplomatic talks with the "enemy," as Ukrainian politicians call Russia.

Poland invites Lavrov – Kremlin rages: “Unprecedented and provocative”

Update from November 19, 6:05 p.m

.: Poland is banning the Russian delegation from the upcoming OSCE summit – Russia is outraged by the host’s decision.

According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, the fact that Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov is not allowed to attend the Lodz summit is “unprecedented and provocative”.

In doing so, Poland had "irreparably damaged" the credibility of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE).

The annual meeting of the 57 OSCE foreign ministers, of which Poland holds the presidency, is scheduled to take place on December 1-2.

The Polish OSCE Chairmanship announced on Friday that Lavrov would be refused entry because he is on the EU sanctions list because of Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine.

Update from November 19, 3 p.m.:

Rishi Sunak in Kiev.

According to consistent media reports, the first meeting between President Zelenskyy and his British counterpart took place in the Ukrainian capital.

For Sunak it is also the first trip since his election as prime minister.

According to a government spokesman from 10 Downing Street, the conversation revolved around Britain's continued support in the Ukraine war against Russia.

"End this war": Scholz calls on Putin to withdraw Russian troops

Update from November 19, 1:28 p.m .:

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) called on Saturday at the party conference of the Southwest SPD in Friedrichshafen, Russian President Vladimir Putin again to end the Ukraine war.

"End this war, withdraw your troops and clear the way for talks about a peace that cannot be a dictated peace by Russia towards Ukraine," Scholz said, according to a

Spiegel

report .

"No one is allowed to appropriate someone else's territory," added the SPD politician.

Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) on Friday at a Federal Cabinet meeting in the Chancellery in Berlin.

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Ukraine-News: Domestic secret service SBU apparently exposed eleven Russia collaborators

Update from November 19, 1:02 p.m .:

According to its own statements, the Ukrainian domestic secret service SBU exposed eleven suspected Russian collaborators who were allegedly involved in the organization of Russia’s sham referendum in the occupied Zaporizhia Oblast.

The accused are said to have organized a campaign in support of the mock referendum in occupied Ukrainian cities and called on people to take part, a statement said on Saturday.

The information could not be independently verified.

Ukrainian ambassador calls Russia's warfare 'genocidal'

Update from November 19, 10:35 a.m .:

The Ukrainian ambassador in Germany, Oleksiy Makeyev, describes Russia’s warfare as “genocidal” in view of the upcoming winter, as the diplomat said in an interview with RTL / ntv.

"They are aimed at civilian objects, civilian infrastructure and many millions of Ukrainians today remain without electricity, without heating, without water," Makeyev continued.

Ukraine News: Ambassador calls Russia's warfare 'genocidal'

The diplomat called for support from Ukraine's partners to quickly renovate and restore infrastructure.

"It depends on whether the Ukrainians won't freeze and return to a semi-normal life," said the Ukrainian ambassador.

Oleksiy Makeyev, Ambassador of Ukraine (archive photo).

© Britta Pedersen/dpa/archive image

No ceasefire: Ukraine President Selenskyj rejects

Update November 19, 8:11

a.m.: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed the idea of ​​a “short-term ceasefire” with Russia, arguing that it would only make things worse.

"Russia now wants a short ceasefire, a respite to regain strength," said the president in a speech broadcast on Friday (local time) at the International Security Forum in Halifax, Canada.

Ukraine-News: President Zelenskyy rejects ceasefire – 'would only make things worse'

Such a respite would not end the war but only make things worse, he said.

"A (...) real, lasting and honest peace can only come through the complete destruction of Russian aggression," Zelenskyy added.

The White House stressed again on Friday that only the Ukrainian head of state could decide whether negotiations between Ukraine and Russia should begin, thereby rejecting the suspicion that the US was putting pressure on Kyiv in this regard.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has rejected the idea of ​​a "short-term ceasefire" with Russia (symbolic image).

© dpa

Ukraine-News: Emir of Qatar calls Vladimir Putin

Shortly before the start of the controversial World Cup in Qatar, the hosts apparently maintain very close contact with Russia.

On Friday, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al-Thani called Russian President Vladimir Putin and thanked him for "cooperation in organizing this event."

The Emir's office said that Putin also congratulated Qatar on hosting the World Cup.

Because of the war against Ukraine, Russia is banned from the international football community until further notice.

The host of the 2018 World Cup had already taken part in a safety drill last year.

According to the AFP news agency, preparations have been made without Russian help since the invasion of the neighboring country.

Officially, Qatar criticizes the annexation of Ukrainian territories by Russia, high-ranking Russian politicians are not expected at the World Cup.

Ukrainian Ambassador thanks Germany for support

Update from November 18, 9:15 p.m .:

The Ambassador of Ukraine, Oleksii Makeiev, expressly thanked Germany for the support and solidarity for his country during the Russian war of aggression.

He feels that the hearts in Germany are also beating blue and yellow, Makeiev said on Friday at the Deutschlandtag of the Junge Union (JU) in Fulda.

A lot has been done by the German leadership since the outbreak of war.

The German arms shipments would play a crucial role in winning the war and literally saving lives.

Despite German-supplied anti-aircraft defenses, many Russian missiles would hit their targets, resulting in civilian casualties and a breakdown in Ukraine's critical infrastructure.

Cities and villages sometimes had no electricity, no water and no heating for days.

But Makeiev emphasized: "Every hit makes life more difficult for us, but every hit confirms our will to win." The goal is to rebuild Ukraine, to modernize it and to be part of the European family as a member of the EU and NATO, he explained Ambassador and indirectly appealed for further arms deliveries from Germany.

Ukraine-News: Shelling of Ukrainian infrastructure — Zelenskyy sees Russian "terrorist state"

Update from November 18, 8 p.m.:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has accused Russia of being a “terror state”.

"Russia has mobilized all resources to not only turn this period into a time of war, but also to become the greatest terror state in history," Ukraine's Unian news agency quoted the president as saying in an address to the University Society of Ireland.

While Russia claims to be committed to energy and market stability, it is shelling both energy and gas infrastructure in Ukraine.

"This is what Russian energy stability looks like," said Zelenskyy.

Ukraine-News: Power grid in Ukraine badly damaged by Russian attacks

Update from November 18, 4:45 p.m .:

Russian rocket attacks have apparently damaged the Ukrainian power grid even more than previously known.

"Almost half of our energy system has failed," Prime Minister Denys Schmyhal said on Friday, according to the Unian news agency.

Ukraine therefore needs additional support from the European Union in the field of energy and also financially.

Schmyhal made the comments at a joint press conference with EU Commission Vice-President Valdis Dombrovskis in Kyiv.

Ukraine News: Surprising tones from Russian state media

Update from November 18, 3 p.m

.: Negotiations on an end to the Ukraine war are currently not in sight.

Just a few days ago, the warring parties blocked a diplomatic solution to the conflict.

The new sounds from Moscow are all the more remarkable.

On Friday, Russia's state news agency Tass headlined: "Dialogue with the West can boost talks between Russia and Ukraine".

Ukraine-News: "West can step up talks between Russia and Ukraine"

The exchange with the West could be crucial in the negotiations between Russia and Ukraine, it said, citing Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

Because the attitude of Ukraine is otherwise very contradictory, said Vladimir Putin's spokesman.

The West could probably mediate.

“Experience in dealing with Kyiv so far shows that without dialogue with the West, Kiev's position is extremely changeable.

The guiding, supporting and reinforcing element of such communication could undoubtedly also be the interaction with the West, because the instructions coming from there are meticulously implemented in Kyiv,” said Peskov – and thus allowed himself a side swipe in the spirit of Putin: He is moving always likes to focus on the USA as the alleged mastermind in the Ukraine war.

Ukraine-News: The Griner case – Lavrov's deputy hopes for a possible exchange of prisoners with the USA

Update from November 18, 12:00 p.m

.: Russia hopes for a prisoner exchange with the United States.

Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov hopes that "the moment will come when we can reach a concrete agreement," he told TASS on Friday.

The planned exchange includes US-imprisoned Russian arms dealer Viktor But and US basketball player Brittney Griner.

She was sentenced to nine years in prison on charges of drug smuggling in Russia.

The supporters of the 32-year-old describe their case as politically motivated.

The negotiations are marked by the tensions between Moscow and Washington due to the Ukraine war.

US basketball player Brittney Griner is escorted out of the courtroom after a hearing in Khimki, outside Moscow.

© Alexander Zemlianichenko/AP/dpa

Update from November 18, 11:30 a.m

.: The suspicion of sabotage of the gas pipelines Nord Stream 1 and 2 has been confirmed according to Swedish information.

According to Scandinavia, "residues of explosives were found on several foreign objects" that were found on site.

It is still unclear who is responsible for this.

Kremlin spokesman Peskov saw Russia's theses confirmed.

Update from November 18, 6:15 a.m .:

The Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has asked Russia to give up the occupied Ukrainian nuclear power plant at Zaporizhia.

Moscow should withdraw its military and civilian personnel immediately and give up its "unfounded claim to ownership" of the nuclear power plant in south-eastern Ukraine, according to a resolution passed by the committee in Vienna on Thursday evening.

The Board of Governors was also extremely concerned that Ukrainian employees at the plant were being pressured by the Russian side and that arrests had also been made.

According to diplomats, the third IAEA resolution against Russia since the beginning of the war in Ukraine was supported by 24 countries.

China and Russia voted against.

Seven countries abstained, including Saudi Arabia, India and Pakistan.

A possible suspension or restriction of Russia's IAEA membership, as requested by Poland, among others, was not mentioned in the document.

President of Ukraine sets conditions for restarting important chemical pipelines

Update from November 17, 3:21 p.m .:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has made an exchange of all prisoners of war with Russia a condition for the restart of an important chemical pipeline.

At an economic forum he spoke about the future of the ammonia pipeline from Togliatti on the Volga in Russia to Odessa in the Ukraine.

The line, which is more than 2,400 kilometers long, has been idle since the start of the war on February 24.

"We don't want to trade with Russia, help them - they are our enemy," Zelenskyy said after media reports in Kyiv.

"We could only come to an agreement if they first exchange all our prisoners for all their prisoners." Both sides have exchanged prisoners several times in the Russian war of aggression that has been going on for almost nine months.

It is the only publicly known, functioning thread of communication between Kyiv and Moscow.

Ukraine is trying hard to get its soldiers home from Russian captivity.

Lavrov's deputy threatens US with leaving diplomacy: "Then we will break it off"

Update from November 17, 2:28 p.m

.: The grain agreement in the Ukraine war was the result of long negotiations, then it was resumed after a brief Russian termination – and now officially extended.

This was announced by Russia and the United Nations on Thursday.

However, changes requested by Ukraine were not taken into account.

The Russian side allowed the extension of the agreement "without changing the deadlines or the scope," the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The UN said there were no changes to the initiative, nor did it apply to additional ports.

Ukraine had requested that the grain agreement be extended to the port of Mykolaiv.

Update from November 17, 1:13 p.m .:

With regard to the possible use of nuclear weapons in the Ukraine war, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has given a cautious all-clear.

On Monday (November 14), CIA chief William Burns met with his Russian counterpart, SVR chief Sergey Narishkin, in the Turkish capital Ankara.

Erdogan has now commented on the talks to the Turkish media.

"I can say this much: According to information I received from my head of our secret service, neither side is currently considering using nuclear weapons," Erdogan said, according to consistent reports in the Turkish media.

The Turkish head of state stated that Ankara wanted to continue to monitor the situation and bring the two heads of intelligence together for talks more often.

"God forbid, that would lead to a new world war, we must not allow that," Erdogan warned about nuclear weapons.

Lavrov's deputy threatens US diplomacy — "deeply hostile"

Update from November 17, 12:15 p.m .:

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has commented on the possibility of breaking off diplomatic relations with the United States.

Moscow does not want to do this.

"But if Washington decides that these relations are not needed, then we will sever them," the state news agency Ria Novosti quoted the deputy minister as saying.

In addition, Ryabkov spoke of a "deeply hostile attitude" by the United States towards Russia.

"The United States wants to inflict a strategic defeat on Russia," Ryabkov said.

With a view to possible negotiations in the Ukraine war, he said that Ukraine's conditions for talks were "unacceptable".

Russia's position on protecting Russian territorial integrity is "unshakeable," he said, according to Ria Novosti.

US Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman and Russia's Deputy Secretary of State Sergei Ryabkov at a bilateral meeting.

(Archive image) © Denis Balibouse/KEYSTONE REUTERS POOL/dpa

Ukraine News: Von der Leyen congratulates Guterres and Erdogan on grain deal

Update from November 17, 11:11 a.m

.: EU Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen congratulated UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the extension of the grain agreement.

In addition, the German politician emphasized on Twitter that the initiative will help to avoid global food shortages and lower food prices despite the Russian war.

Grain agreement extended — Zelenskyj reports a four-month extension

Update from November 17, 9:15 a.m .:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has announced the extension of the grain deal for another 120 days.

Together with UN Secretary-General António Guterres and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Ukraine made a "key decision in the global fight against the food crisis," Zelenskyy wrote on Twitter.

Now they are waiting for an official statement from Turkey and the UN.

A senior Turkish source confirmed the same to the AFP news agency.

The agreement will run for a further 120 days “under the current conditions”.

Earlier, another Ankara diplomatic source told the Russian state news agency Tass that talks on the issue were ongoing.

Ukraine war: Putin's soldiers apparently deport Ukrainian children

First report from November 17:

Munich – The war of aggression by the Russian ruler Vladimir Putin also affects children.

It's not just about the misery of war, but about forced deportations by Russian authorities.

According to a report by experts from the US think tank Institute for the Study of War (ISW), Ukrainian children from Donbass are brought to Russia and eventually adopted by Russian families.

Russia deports Ukrainian children — experts warn of possible 'ethnic cleansing'

The think tank based its report on statements by Russian military bloggers who would advertise the mass deportation and adoption of Ukrainian children in a documentary series.

However, the figures given differ greatly from the Ukrainian ones.

According to military bloggers, 150,000 children have been kidnapped from Donbass to Russia so far this year.

Previously it was said from Ukraine that the number was 6,000 to 8,000 children.

Regardless of the number, the US experts at the ISW speak of a "massive Russian depopulation campaign" that Russia would carry out under the guise of alleged travel and rehabilitation efforts.

The compulsive deportations and adoptions would form the backbone.

The experts warned that this could be tantamount to "ethnic cleansing".

In Cherson, the Russian troops were also accused of assimilation and purges.

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Ukraine war: Chechen ruler Kadyrov also takes in Ukrainian children

According to the ISW, Chechen ruler Ramzan Kadyrov, who is loyal to Putin, has also volunteered to take in Ukrainian children and young people.

He said he was working with Russia's Commissioner for Children's Rights, Maria Lvova-Belova, to bring "difficult youth" to Chechnya and involve them in "preventive work" and "military-patriotic training."

Lvova-Belova is believed to be in charge of the deportation and adoption of children from Ukraine.

She always advertises it and has adopted a child from Mariupol herself, explains the ISW.

(bb)

Source: merkur

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