Macron is considering "security guarantees" for Putin - but sees the negotiation decision in Ukraine

Created: 04/12/2022, 04:45

By: Bedrettin Bölükbasi, Stephanie Munk, Franziska Schwarz, Fabian Müller

Lukashenko accuses Ukraine of a lack of willingness to engage in dialogue.

Selenskyj expresses displeasure with the oil price cap.

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Update from December 3, 10 p.m.:

French President Emmanuel Macron has commented on possible negotiations between Russia and Ukraine.

It was said in statements to the French broadcaster

that in negotiations one must also give Russia "security guarantees".

However, Ukraine must decide when to start negotiations with Russia.

"I would give Russia security guarantees if the country returns to the negotiating table," the Ukrainian news agency

the French president as saying from the interview.

At the same time, Macron drew a historical comparison and stressed that the decision to hold talks rested with Ukraine.

"Do you think, when we had to endure the conquest of Alsace-Lorraine, would we have liked it if a head of state had told us to do this or that?" Macron underlined, according to Unian.

He added: "It is the Ukrainian people who should decide on what conditions, how and when to negotiate, not us."

Selenskyj criticizes the oil price cap - "comfortable for the budget of a terrorist state"

Update from December 3, 8:05 p.m .:

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is dissatisfied with the price cap of $ 60 per barrel for Russian oil.

It is not a "serious decision", Zelenskyj criticized in his evening speech, which was published in the short message service Telegram.

For the budget of the "terror state", according to Zelenskyj, the price is still "comfortable".

Ukraine, Poland and the Baltic countries had previously called for a lower price cap.

The Ukrainian leader stressed that Russia deliberately destabilized the energy market, causing damage to all countries of the world.

Nevertheless, the world does not dare to "disarm" Russia in the field of energy.

At $60 a barrel, Russia would get $100 billion a year.

In this way, the country would ultimately continue the war and also invest in other "terrorist regimes and organizations," Zelenskyy warned.

At the same time, the money would also destabilize the countries “that are now avoiding big decisions”.

Ukraine-News: Lukashenko accuses Ukraine of not being willing to hold talks

Update from December 3, 6:35 p.m .:

During his visit to the Belarusian capital of Minsk, Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu also met with ruler Alexander Lukashenko.

Lukashenko commented on possible negotiations.

"Neither I nor the country's security services see any signs that they

are ready to negotiate comprehensively and humanely," the state news agency BelTA quoted the president as saying.

He accused Ukraine of only trying to continue the war.

"Well, then, in this case, the military special operation will never end," he stressed.

Update from December 3, 4:30 p.m.:

According to Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov, ruler Vladimir Putin is planning a visit to Donbass in eastern Ukraine.

"Putin will eventually visit the Donbass," Peskov said, according to the Russian state news agency Ria Novosti.

He did not provide any further details, such as the time and exact location of the visit.

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In the course of the war against Ukraine, Russia had annexed the areas in the Donbass, based on an internationally unrecognized referendum.

Since then, among other things, some Russian TV weather maps have also shown the Donbass as a Russian territory.

Ukraine: Lithuania repairs two self-propelled howitzers imported from Germany

Update from December 3, 2:34 p.m

.: According to the Lithuanian Defense Minister Arvydas Anusauskas, Lithuania has repaired two self-propelled howitzers and sent them back to Ukraine.

Before they were used in Ukraine, they originally came from Germany and are part of up to twelve self-propelled howitzers that are being repaired or have already been repaired in Lithuania.

Russian negotiator reacts to EU oil price cap

Update from December 3, 1:49 p.m

.: The Russian negotiator Mikhail Ulyanov has reacted to the oil price cap: "Just wait," he tweeted.

"It won't be long before the EU accuses Russia of using oil as a weapon":

Asylum for threatened Russians: Greens call for "concrete steps" for admission

Update from December 3, 1:03 p.m

.: “These words must be followed by concrete steps”: Around two months after Putin’s partial mobilization, the Greens are putting pressure on Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) and Justice Minister Marco Buschmann (FDP).

The two politicians had promised that Russians who opposed the head of the Kremlin could find protection in Germany, said Green Party Vice President Konstantin von Notz to

from IPPEN.MEDIA.

10,000 euros: Russian broadcaster in Latvia shows Crimea as part of Russia – fine

Update from December 3, 12:39 p.m

.: In Latvia, the independent Russian television station Doschd has been targeted by the authorities because of its war reporting.

The National Council for Electronic Mass Media fined 10,000 euros on Friday (November 2) for showing a map showing Crimea, annexed in 2014, as part of Russia.

In addition, the Russian armed forces were referred to as "our army".

The security authorities also announced an investigation.

Latvia hosts a large number of Russian journalists who are no longer able to work in their home country due to restrictions.

Editor-in-chief Tikhon Dsjadko asserted that the channel did not provide any assistance to the Russian army.

He apologized on Twitter.

The presenter of the news program was fired, according to the broadcaster.

Price cap for Russian oil: Kyiv praises - and wants a lower amount

Update from December 3, 11:39 a.m

.: Kiev sees the upper price limit for Russian oil as a serious blow: "We always achieve our goal and Russia's economy will be destroyed," wrote Ukrainian presidential adviser Andriy Yermak on Telegram.

Moscow will "pay for all its crimes".

But he was also critical: A cap of $30 (instead of $60) would "destroy the Russian economy faster," he added.

Russen-Magazin expresses suspicion about the USA: "Targeted provocations" in the North Sea

Update December 3, 10:41 a.m

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is a magazine published by the Russian Ministry of Defense that deals with military theoretical issues.

The Russian news agency Ria Novosti now also mentions one of his current articles: There is talk of possible "targeted provocations" by the USA in the North Sea.

Accordingly, ships of the US Navy allegedly poured "dangerous chemical substances" into the water there.

Ria Novosti also quotes the report from the report, which concludes: It is “not impossible” that the USA will subsequently “accuse Russia of an irresponsible attitude towards the environment”, i.e. water pollution want to blame Moscow.

"Currently no fruitful talks conceivable": Washington rejects Moscow

Update from December 3, 9:26 a.m

.: Peace negotiations with the West are currently a long way off.

On Friday (December 2), the Kremlin rejected Joe Biden's talk condition (troop withdrawal).

Now the White House has responded.

"We are not at a point where talks could be fruitful at this time," spokesman John Kirby

told reporters , according to the

Meanwhile, Olaf Scholz (SPD) spoke to Vladimir Putin on the phone.

The chancellor pushed for a diplomatic solution as quickly as possible and told the Russian president that this included the withdrawal of troops, government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said on Friday (December 2).

Experts warn against tactics: Putin is said to be exploiting the West's wishes

Update from December 3, 9:06 a.m

.: Military experts warn the West: Moscow is exploiting its desire for peace negotiations, the ISW estimates.

The Kremlin's tactic is to put Western governments under so much pressure that they feel compelled to 'lure' Russia to the negotiating table with concessions,” the institute analyses.

The US Institute for War Studies (ISW) is a Washington-based think tank that regularly publishes analysis of Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine.

Western sanctions: G7 and EU decide price cap for Russian oil

Update from December 3, 8:19 a.m

.: The G7 and Australia want to implement a price cap for oil from Russia in consultation with the EU.

The states want to force Russia to sell oil below the market price to buyers in other states.

The agreement reached on Friday (December 2) provides for an initial price cap of USD 60 per barrel.

If possible, the price should apply as early as Monday (December 5).

In addition to Germany, the G7 also includes the USA, Canada, France, Great Britain, Italy and Japan.

Germany currently chairs the group.

Picture taken on November 2nd: Vladimir Putin during talks in a Moscow suburb © Mikhail Metzel/Imago

Madrid supplies Kyiv Hawk anti-missiles - more are to follow

December 2 update, 10:13 p.m.:

Spain has delivered the first Hawk anti-aircraft missile systems to Ukraine.

Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov announced on Friday after a meeting with his Spanish colleague Margarita Robles in Odessa that the delivery had arrived in Ukraine, and more Hawk anti-aircraft missiles are to follow.

In addition, Ukrainian soldiers are already being trained in Spain.

The Hawk anti-aircraft missile system originally came from the United States.

According to information from the Ukrainian news agency UNIAN, the first American Hawk air defense systems arrived in Ukraine at the beginning of November.

In mid-November, Spain also promised to deliver Hawk complexes and missiles.

EU training mission trains 1,100 soldiers for Ukraine two and a half weeks after start

Update from December 2, 8:32 p.m .:

Two and a half weeks ago, an EU training mission for the Ukrainian army started to support Ukraine in the war against Russia.

So far, 1,100 soldiers have been trained as part of the mission, said EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell on Friday when visiting a training camp in Brzeg, Poland.

The mission, which was decided by the EU foreign ministers on November 14, began the day after and has been ongoing ever since.

In total, it is planned to train up to 15,000 soldiers in 20 member countries, in Germany it could be up to 5,000.

The Bundeswehr wants to participate with combat training and tactical exercises.

Borrell also said on Friday that the mission shows Europe's willingness to support Ukraine in the war against Russia that has been going on for more than nine months.

The training commission is paid for by the EU.

Borrell put the cost at 100 million euros.

In addition, there are 15 million euros for ammunition and the expenditure of the individual countries.

200 million dollars: oligarch yacht to be auctioned - money goes to Ukraine

Update from December 2, 5:45 p.m .:

A $ 200 million yacht owned by the oligarch Viktor Medvedchuk is to be auctioned and the money won from it will go to Ukraine.

According to information from

, the Ukrainian government announced this, referring to the decision of a Croatian court.

The yacht was confiscated after a search in Croatia at the beginning of the year and has been there ever since.

The 92.5 meter long yacht Royal Romance, delivered in 2015 by the Dutch shipyard Feadship to the Ukrainian billionaire Viktor Medvedchuk Medvedschuk.

© IMAGO/Peter Seyfferth

Now the 92.5-meter yacht Royal Romance is set to be handed over to Ukraine's Asset Recovery and Management Agency (Arma) after it is set to be sold through an auction.

After Putin invaded Ukraine in February, the West imposed sanctions on the assets of hundreds of Russian oligarchs.

Medvedchuk, known as a close friend of Putin and a Ukrainian politician close to the Kremlin, was also subsequently sanctioned and arrested in Ukraine in September.

However, the oligarch was later handed over to Russia as part of a prisoner exchange.

Putin is also the godfather of Medvedchuk's daughter.

Update from December 2, 4 p.m.:

According to Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba to the Polish broadcaster Polsat News, Ukraine is currently negotiating with Germany about the stationing of Patriot air defense systems in Ukraine.

After the rocket hit Poland, Berlin offered the government in Warsaw a Patriot system.

However, Ukraine and Poland wanted to be stationed on Ukrainian territory, which was rejected by Germany.

"This is the best way to protect not only Ukraine and Poland, but also other NATO countries," emphasized Kuleba in an interview with Polsat on the proposal from Kyiv and Warsaw.

Ukraine-News: Kremlin rejects Biden's condition for negotiations

Update from December 2, 3:10 p.m .:

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has described US President Joe Biden’s conditions for talks with Russia as “unacceptable”.

"In fact, President Biden said talks would only be possible if Putin left Ukraine," the state news agency Ria Novosti quoted the spokesman as saying.

However, the Kremlin will not accept this and the "military special operation" in Ukraine will continue, according to Peskov.

In addition, Washington does not recognize Russia's "new territories," which would "considerably complicate" the situation for negotiations, Putin's spokesman stressed.

At the same time, he said: "In order to achieve our goals, President Putin was and is open to talks with anyone." Russia prefers to achieve set goals through diplomacy.

Ukraine News: Scholz calls Putin and demands a diplomatic solution to the war

Update from December 2, 1:45 p.m .:

After the Kremlin, details of the telephone conversation between Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Vladimir Putin are now also coming from the federal government.

Apparently Chancellor Scholz urged the Russian ruler to find a diplomatic solution to the Ukraine war as quickly as possible.

Scholz told Putin that this would require a withdrawal of Russian troops, government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit said in Berlin.

The Chancellor also emphasized Germany's determination "to support Ukraine in ensuring its ability to defend itself against Russian aggression".

During the phone call, Scholz particularly condemned the Russian airstrikes against civilian infrastructure in Ukraine, the spokesman said.

According to Hebestreit, the Federal Chancellor and the Russian President also spoke about the global food situation, which is particularly tense as a result of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine.

Both stressed the important role of the recently renewed Grains Agreement.

Ukraine-News: Unknown people send packages to Ukrainian embassies

Update from December 2, 12:57 p.m .:

Several Ukrainian embassies have apparently received packages with bloody contents.

The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry said that packages with animal eyes had been received at diplomatic missions in Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Croatia, Italy and the Czech Republic.

"Incidents" are said to have taken place in front of the Ukrainian ambassador's office at the Vatican and the embassies in Kazakhstan and the USA.

The parcels and letters were received synchronously from "a European country".

"Unable to stop Ukraine on the diplomatic front, they are trying to intimidate us," Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba commented on the incidents.

Ukrainian diplomats would continue to work unperturbed.

Security precautions have been increased at all Ukrainian diplomatic missions.

In the middle of the week letter bombs were sent to politicians and embassies in Spain, including the Ukrainian embassy.

Putin makes serious allegations against Scholz: Kremlin reveals details from new phone call

Update from December 2, 12:29 p.m .:

Chancellor Olaf Scholz has called Putin for the first time since mid-September and talked to him about the Ukraine war.

The Kremlin said Putin had denounced Western military support for Ukraine as "destructive".

The Russian president criticized “the destructive line of Western states, including Germany, pumping weapons into the Kiev regime and training the Ukrainian military.”

This, as well as financial aid, led Ukraine to refuse negotiations with Russia, Putin claimed.

He asked Scholz to put German policy on Ukraine to the test.

According to the Kremlin, Putin called the severe Russian attacks on the energy infrastructure in Ukraine "necessary and inevitable".

They are the answer to "Kiev's provocations" against the civil infrastructure in Russia.

Putin was probably referring specifically to the bridge to Crimea, which was severely damaged by an explosion.

According to the Kremlin, Putin once again called for the "terrorist attack" against the Nord Stream 1 and 2 Baltic Sea pipelines to be clarified through transparent investigations involving Russian authorities.

New satellite images recently discovered two mysterious "dark ships" there.

Update from December 2, 12:26 p.m .:

How do Russian citizens see developments in the Ukraine war, is it a blessing for Russia or a curse?

A radio station survey of the mood on the streets of Moscow shows a divided opinion.

Update from December 2nd, 11.46 a.m .:

The Finnish head of government Sanna Marin has, in her words, made an “uncompromisingly honest” assessment of the European defense capability – and comes to a sobering conclusion: Europe is “not strong enough”.

"Without the US, we would be in trouble right now," Marin told Australia's Lowy Institute on Friday (December 2).

The Ukraine war revealed Europe's weaknesses and strategic mistakes in dealing with Russia.

The Finnish Prime Minister stressed that Ukraine must be given "whatever it takes" to win the war.

The US has played a crucial role in supplying Ukraine with arms, money and humanitarian aid, she added.

"We have to make sure that we also build these capabilities when it comes to European defense and the European defense industry."

Marin said Europe had long taken the approach of "strengthening our economic ties, buying energy from Russia," believing it would prevent war.

That was "completely wrong".

Ex-Chancellor Angela Merkel, who followed exactly this strategy during most of her term in office, recently defended her policy towards Russia again - but also admitted that she had little influence on Putin at the end of her term in office.

Update from December 2, 11:12 a.m .:

“Internal unrest” is growing in Russia as the Ukraine war continues.

This is now reported by US experts.

According to him, Putin is struggling with the increasing economic strain on Russia and a growing rift between the parties.

You can read more about the current analysis here.

Biden reiterates front against Russia in Ukraine war: "Strong as ever"

Update from December 2, 10:50 a.m.:

"As strong as ever" is the front against Russia and its attack on Ukraine.

US President Joe Biden emphasized this during the state visit of French President Emmanuel Macron in Washington: "Today we, France and the United States, together with all our allies - our NATO allies and the G7 countries, the European Union - reaffirm that we are as strong as ever against Russia's brutal war against Ukraine," he said.

Biden emphasized that they would continue to counter "brutality" together. "I knew that Russia was brutal.

But I didn't expect them to be so brutal." Putin must be held accountable.

US President Joe Biden (r) and French President Emmanuel Macron at the press conference in the East Room of the White House.

© Susan Walsh/AP/dpa

"Our people, our people": Putin denies Ukrainians in annexed areas their nationality

Update from December 2, 9:30 a.m.:

In a meeting with young scientists on Thursday (December 1), Vladimir Putin denied that the residents of the Ukrainian regions of Luhansk and Donetsk were Ukrainian.

"They are our people," he reportedly said, according to the Russian state news agency Tass.

The two Ukrainian regions were annexed by Russia in violation of international law at the beginning of October after Putin had forcibly invaded there seven months earlier.

"I think it is clear to everyone here why we recognized the independence of Donetsk and Luhansk," Putin is quoted as saying by Tass. "Let's take young women, for example.

Why should a girl whose surname is Fydorova and who lives in the Republic of Luhansk be different from girls with the surname Fydorova in Novosibirsk, St. Petersburg or Moscow?

She is no different!”

Putin continued: "They are our people and we have to do everything we can to support them." For example, he wants to introduce "support measures" there that also exist in Russia in the field of education and science.

"All the necessary decisions are being made," he said.

At the end of October it became known that the new compulsory subject “Russian Ideology” was to be introduced at Russia's universities, which was said to contain some frightening theories.

Zelenskyy wants to stop the influence of the Russian Church - "Defend independence in the religious field"

Update vom 2. Dezember, 6.35 Uhr: Der ukrainische Präsident Selenskyj will den Einfluss der russisch-orthodoxen Kirche auf das geistliche Leben in seinem Land stoppen. Die Ukraine müsse ihre „Unabhängigkeit auch auf religiösem Gebiet verteidigen“, sagte der Staatschef in einer Videobotschaft. „Wir werden niemals irgendjemandem erlauben, ein Imperium innerhalb der ukrainischen Seele zu bilden.“

Auf einer Sitzung des Nationalen Sicherheitsrats seien zahlreiche Fakten von Verbindungen religiöser Kreise mit dem Aggressor Russland zur Sprache gekommen, sagte Selenskyj. Das Parlament solle nun ein Gesetz ausarbeiten, das religiösen Organisationen Verbindungen zu Einflusszentren in der Russischen Föderation verbiete.

In addition, the leadership of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church should be checked for connections to the Moscow Patriarchate by means of a religious expertise.

Structures need to be reformed and authorities given new powers to protect the interests of Ukrainians and the state, the President stressed.

"With this and other decisions, we will guarantee Ukraine's spiritual independence." Russia, on the other hand, accuses Ukraine of also restricting religious freedom.

Read the

interview to find out why Putin can count on the support of the Russian Orthodox Churches in the Ukraine war.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wants to stop the influence of the Russian Church in his country.

© Pool Philip Reynaers / dpa

Macron und Biden beschwören Front gegen Russland: Aggressor soll zur Rechenschaft gezogen werden

Update vom 1. Dezember, 21.52 Uhr: US-Präsident Joe Biden ist nur offen für ein Gespräch mit Kremlchef Wladimir Putin, falls Russland zu einem Ende des Kriegs gegen die Ukraine bereit ist. „Aber Tatsache ist, dass ich keine unmittelbaren Pläne habe, Herrn Putin zu kontaktieren“, sagte Biden am Donnerstag im Weißen Haus bei einer Pressekonferenz mit Frankreichs Staatschef Emmanuel Macron. „Ich bin bereit, mit Herrn Putin zu sprechen, wenn seinerseits tatsächlich ein Interesse besteht, und er nach einer Möglichkeit sucht, den Krieg zu beenden. Das hat er bisher nicht getan.“ Sollte dies der Fall sein, wolle er sich mit den Verbündeten beraten.

Update vom 1. Dezember, 19.56 Uhr: US-Präsident Joe Biden hat bei einem Besuch von Frankreichs Staatschef Emmanuel Macron in Washington die gemeinsame Front gegen Russland hervorgehoben. „Heute bekräftigen wir, Frankreich und die Vereinigten Staaten, gemeinsam mit all unseren Verbündeten - unseren NATO-Verbündeten und den G7-Staaten, der Europäischen Union - dass wir so stark wie eh und je gegen den brutalen Krieg Russlands gegen die Ukraine sind“, sagte Biden am Donnerstag im Weißen Haus.

Man werde gemeinsam weiter der „Brutalität“ entgegentreten, betonte der US-Präsident. „Ich wusste, dass Russland brutal ist. Aber ich habe nicht erwartet, dass sie so brutal sein würden.“ Die USA und Frankreich würden weiter zusammenarbeiten, um Russland zur Rechenschaft zu ziehen.

Update vom 1. Dezember, 19.05 Uhr: Mehr als neun Monate nach Kriegsbeginn haben Russland und die Ukraine insgesamt 100 weitere Gefangene ausgetauscht. Das Verteidigungsministerium in Moskau berichtete am Donnerstag von 50 russischen Soldaten, die nun zur medizinischen Behandlung in die russische Hauptstadt geflogen werden sollen. Auch der Chef des ukrainischen Präsidentenbüros, Andrij Jermak, bestätigte den Austausch. „Wir haben 50 Verteidiger der Ukraine befreit“, schrieb er im Nachrichtendienst Telegram.

Update vom 1. Dezember, 17.49 Uhr: Während Wladimir Putin die Ukraine bombardieren lässt, nimmt sich Dimitrij Medwedew einmal mehr den Westen zur Brust. Diesmal wettert der frühere russische Präsident gegen die Nato.

Vermittler China? Xi sichert „konstruktive Rolle“ zu - Lawrow verteidigt Angriffe auf Infrastruktur

Update vom 1. Dezember, 17.26 Uhr: Im Ukraine-Krieg hofft die Europäische Union auf China als Vermittler. EU-Ratspräsident Charles Michel drängte Peking am Donnerstag, Einfluss auf Russland für Ende des Kriegs auszuüben. Chinas Staatschef Xi Jinping sagte eine „konstruktive Rolle“ zu. Doch rasche diplomatische Erfolge sind nicht in Sicht. Russlands Außenminister Sergej Lawrow teilte erneut verbal gegen den Westen aus und verteidigte die massiven Angriffe auf Strom- und Energienetze in der Ukraine, für die sein Land international am Pranger steht.

Bei einem Besuch von EU-Ratschef Michel in Peking sagte Xi nun nach Angaben des Staatsfernsehens, Friedensgespräche seien notwendig. China unterstütze die EU, ihre Vermittlung zu verstärken und die Schaffung einer ausgewogenen Sicherheitsarchitektur in Europa anzuführen. China wolle weiter eine „konstruktive Rolle auf seine eigene Weise“ spielen.

Update vom 1. Dezember, 16.45 Uhr: Litauen hat erneut einen Mitarbeiter der russischen Botschaft in Vilnius zur unerwünschten Person erklärt und des Landes verwiesen. Auf Aufforderung des Außenministeriums muss der Diplomat den baltischen EU- und Nato-Staat binnen fünf Tagen verlassen. Die Ausweisung wurde am Donnerstag in einer Mitteilung mit nicht näher beschriebenen Handlungen des Mannes begründet, die „nicht mit seinem diplomatischen Status vereinbar“ seien. Dies ist bereits das vierte Mal seit Beginn des russischen Angriffskrieges in der Ukraine am 24. Februar, dass Litauen russische Diplomaten des Landes verweist.

Litauen hatte erstmals im März aus Solidarität mit der Ukraine vier Botschaftsmitarbeiter zur Ausreise aufgefordert. Nach Enthüllungen schwerer Gräueltaten in der Umgebung von Kiew stufte der Baltenstaat dann im April seine diplomatischen Beziehungen zu Russland zurück und wies den Botschafter aus. Auch wurde der litauische Botschafter in Moskau nach Vilnius zurückbeordert. Zuletzt wurde im Oktober der kommissarische Geschäftsträger Russlands zur unerwünschten Person erklärt.

„Unverantwortlich und hochgefährlich“: Neue China-Kritik für Russland im Ukraine-Krieg

Update vom 1. Dezember, 16.00 Uhr: Immer wieder wird diskutiert, inwiefern die russische Bevölkerung den Angriffskrieg von Wladimir Putin unterstützt. Laut einer internen Kreml-Umfrage nimmt die Unterstützung allmählich ab.

Update vom 1. Dezember, 14.16 Uhr: Nach der Einstufung der Hungersnot „Holodomor“ in der Ukraine als Völkermord durch den Bundestag hat Moskau Berlin eine Dämonisierung Russlands vorgeworfen. Die Abgeordneten hätten „entschieden, diesen politischen und ideologischen Mythos trotzig zu unterstützen, der von den ukrainischen Behörden auf Betreiben von ultranationalistischen, nazistischen und russophoben Kräften gepflegt wird“, erklärte das russische Außenministerium nun.

Ukraine-News: Chinas Regierungschef Xi warnt vor Eskalation im Ukraine-Krieg

Update vom 1. Dezember, 13.33 Uhr: Neue Details zu den Gesprächen in Peking: Xi hat die Europäer vor „allen Formen eines neuen Kalten Krieges“ im Zuge einer Eskalation der aktuellen Lage im Ukraine-Krieg gewarnt. Solche Denkweisen und ideologische Konfrontationen müssten überwunden werden, sagte der chinesische Staatschef. Es sei wegen der unterschiedlichen Geschichte nur normal, dass es Differenzen gebe. Doch müssten beide Seiten „angemessen“ damit umgehen und ihre jeweiligen Kerninteressen respektieren, fuhr er laut Staatsfernsehen fort.

Ukraine-News: Nach Lawrow-PK – Xi warnt vor „Formen eines neuen Kalten Krieges“ im Ukraine-Krieg

Nach der Warnung von Xi vor einer Eskalation hat Michel auch China aufgefordert, seinen Einfluss auf Russland für eine Beendigung des Ukraine-Krieges zu nutzen. Als ständiges Mitglied im UN-Sicherheitsrat trage China „besondere Verantwortung“, sagte er vor Journalisten in Bezug auf Chinas Rolle gegenüber Russland im Krieg gegen die Ukraine.

Xi bestätigte außerdem, dass China bereit sei, den Menschenrechtsdialog mit Europa wiederaufzunehmen - „auf der Basis der Gleichheit und des gegenseitigen Respekts“.

Neues Gesetz soll Kritik am Ukraine-Krieg in Russland tilgen

Update vom 1. Dezember, 13.13 Uhr: Ist jegliche Kritik am Ukraine-Krieg bald ausgeschlossen? Für Andersdenkende in Russland wird die Lage noch gefährlicher: Moskau verschärft sein Gesetz zu „ausländischen Agenten“.

Lawrow verurteilt Papst-Bemerkung zum Ukraine-Krieg: „Unchristlich“

Update vom 1. Dezember, 12.44 Uhr: Auf seiner Pressekonferenz zum „Frieden in Europa“ hat Lawrow außerdem Äußerungen des katholischen Kirchenoberhauptes als „komplett unchristlich“ verurteilt. Papst Franziskus habe „zwei russische Nationalitäten in eine Kategorie“ eingeordnet, „von der während der Feindseligkeiten Gräueltaten zu erwarten sind“.

In einem am 29. November veröffentlichten Interview hatte Papst Franziskus gesagt, einige der „Grausamsten“ in den russischen Militärrängen in der Ukraine seien vielleicht jene, die „nicht der russischen Tradition“ angehörten, sondern Minderheiten wie „die Tschetschenen, die Burjaten und so weiter“. Auch Putins Bluthund hatte die Äußerungen des „Heiligen Vaters“ zu den Zuständen im Russland-Ukraine-Krieg schwer verurteilt und von einer „Schande“ gesprochen.

Lawrow gibt Pressekonferenz: Russland laut ihm „existenziell bedroht“ worden

Update vom 1. Dezember, 11.55 Uhr: Das Wichtigste aus der Lawrow-Pressekonferenz in Kürze: Er sieht Russland weiterhin als „Opfer“ des Russland-Ukraine-Kriegs: Die USA hätten nämlich von der Ukraine aus eine „existenzielle“ Bedrohung für sein Land geschaffen, zitierte der österreichische Der Standard aus seiner im russischen TV übertragenen Rede.

Moscow's approach is aimed at minimizing the number of civilian casualties, Lavrov also claimed in the current outlook on the Ukraine war.

"Compare the hysteria unleashed in the Western media now with what happened when the US bombed Iraq."

He also defended the attacks on the Ukrainian energy infrastructure, the increasing attacks in the war against Ukraine.

He accused NATO and the USA of having pursued such warfare in Yugoslavia and Iraq in the past.

Sergei Lavrov (photo taken November 30) defends Russia's war of aggression in Ukraine.

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Update vom 1. Dezember, 11.11 Uhr: 39,5 Prozent der Chinesen halten Putins Angriffskrieg auf die Ukraine für „Selbstverteidigung“. Zu diesem Ergebnis kommt eine aktuelle Umfrage des japanischen Thinktanks Genron NPO und der China International Communication Group (CICG).

Die russische Staatsagentur Tass nannte den Krieg gemäß Sprachregelung in der entsprechenden Meldung allerdings „militärische Spezialoperation“ und strich hervor, dass der 21 Prozent der Befragten angaben, dass Russlands Vorgehen „gegen internationales Recht verstoße und abzulehnen sei“.

Deutschland landet in Ukraine-Umfrage bei einer Frage auf dem letzten Platz

Update vom 1. Dezember, 10.39 Uhr: Wie hoch ist hierzulande die Bereitschaft, auch persönliche Einbußen hinzunehmen, um unabhängig zu werden von russischen Energielieferungen? Laut einer neuen Umfrage im EU-Vergleich am niedrigsten. Die Bertelsmann-Stiftung befragte seit März rund 13.200 Menschen.

In Deutschland regierten nur 62 Prozent der Befragten zustimmend auf obige Frage - Schlusslicht. Die meisten Befragten zeigten sich in Polen willig, persönliche Kosten zu schultern: 80 Prozent.

„Unverantwortlich und hochgefährlich“: Xi kritisiert Putin im Ukraine-Krieg

Update vom 1. Dezember, 10.02 Uhr: Xi Jinping hat Putins Angriffskrieg in der Ukraine lange nicht kritisiert. Dann die Überraschung: beim Treffen mit Kanzler Scholz mahnte Jinping Putin wegen dessen Atomwaffen-Drohungen. Nun hat der chinesische Staatschef erneut vor einer Eskalation des Konflikts gewarnt: Die „Nebenwirkungen des Krieges“ müssten „kontrolliert“ werden, sagte er laut Staatsfernsehen bei einem Treffen mit EU-Ratspräsident Charles Michel in Peking. Nach europäischen Angaben bekräftigen Xi und Michel, dass „atomare Drohungen unverantwortlich und hochgefährlich“ seien.

Selenskyj hofft auf „historische“ Waffenlieferung der Regierung unter Scholz

Update vom 1. Dezember, 9.29 Uhr: Wolodymyr Selenskyj hofft weiterhin darauf, dass die Ampel-Koalition Patriot-Luftabwehrsysteme liefert. Eine derartige Entscheidung Berlins wäre „historisch“ , sagte der ukrainische Präsident in seiner jüngsten Videoansprache zur aktuellen Lage in Russlands Krieg gegen die Ukraine. Bisher will Kanzler Olaf Scholz (SPD) mit den Systemen nur Polen helfen, seinen Luftraum zu sichern. Warschau hält eine Stationierung auf ukrainischem Boden aber für sinnvoller.

Ukraine-News: Lawrow-PK zu „Frieden in Europa“ erwartet

Erstmeldung vom 1. Dezember: Moskau - Der Tonfall in den Ukraine-Russland-Verhandlungen ist weiterhin nicht ermutigend. Der russische Außenminister nannte die ukrainischen Bürger jetzt sogar „Verbrauchsmaterial“ - für den Westen. Kurz zuvor hatte Polen ihn ausgeladen, Hintergrund war der Angriffskrieg von Kremlchef Wladimir Putin auf die Ukraine. „Beispiellos und provokativ“, schimpfte das Außenministerium in Moskau Richtung Warschau.

Mit News zu Kriegsverhandlungen? Lawrow tritt vor die Medien

Außenminister der OSZE-Mitgliedsstaaten tagen am Donnerstag (1. Dezember) also im polnischen Lodz - Sergej Lawrow wird ab 9 Uhr eine Pressekonferenz in Moskau halten. Das Thema: „Sicherheit in Europa“, so die offizielle Ankündigung. Thema könnte auch der russische Überfall auf die Ukraine sein - im Kremlsprech immer noch nur eine „militärische Spezialoperation“. Ebendiese gefährdet aus westlicher Sicht gerade die Sicherheit in Europa.

Ukriane-News aktuell: Ex-US-General zum Ukraine-Krieg - Ende nur durch Verhandlungslösung

Meanwhile, former US four-star general and former CIA boss David Petraeus is certain that there will be no military victor in the conflict.

The war will end with a negotiated solution, he told the

on November 30 - although neither Putin nor his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskyy are currently willing to negotiate an end to the Ukraine war given the current situation in the Russia-Ukraine war.

According to Petraeus, Putin "still believes that Russia can suffer longer than the Ukrainians, Europeans and Americans".

Petraeus also assumes that Putin will be taught better in the Ukraine war.

But that will take time.