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Aid to Ukraine: Kremlin warns of “dangerous trend” and threatens “danger to the whole world”

2023-02-11T12:46:38.011Z


After battle tanks now fighter jets? A Russian diplomat warns of further arms deliveries and states conditions for negotiations with Ukraine. The news ticker.


After battle tanks now fighter jets?

A Russian diplomat warns of further arms deliveries and states conditions for negotiations with Ukraine.

The news ticker.

  • Fighter jets

    for

    Ukraine

    : According to Foreign Minister Baerbock "not a debate that we are having".

  • Danger

    "for the

    whole world

    ": Kremlin diplomat warns of arms deliveries to Ukraine.

  • Negotiations

    in the

    Ukraine war

    : Russia wants to speak on the basis of "existing reality".

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Update from February 11, 1:13 p.m .:

According to the Institute for War Studies (ISW), possible flights of Russian missiles over NATO territory should not lead to an escalation between Moscow and the defense alliance.

NATO and its member states could direct their own response to such provocations.

It can be assumed with a high degree of certainty that Russian President Vladimir Putin does not want to risk a direct conflict with NATO, the US think tank wrote in a report.

Two Russian missiles fired from the Black Sea towards Ukraine flew through Moldova's airspace and possibly also that of Romania on Friday.

Romania is a member of NATO and the EU.

The Ministry of Defense in Bucharest, however, contradicted the Ukrainian account that Romanian airspace had been violated.

The rockets flew across the border over the territory of neighboring Moldova.

The Foreign Ministry of the former Soviet Republic of Moldova summoned the Russian ambassador.

Baerbock on Fighter Jet Deliveries: "No Debate We Have"

Update from February 11, 12:39 p.m .:

In the debate about arms deliveries to Ukraine, Federal Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock urged caution.

These are "difficult decisions," Baerbock told the Berliner

Tagesspiegel

.

"It's not about toys, it's about heavy war material.

It is therefore important to always carefully consider how we can best protect life.”

Asked about a possible delivery of fighter jets to Ukraine, Baerbock told the newspaper that this was "not a debate that we are having".

It is important "that previous decisions are implemented quickly".

Ukraine war: Calls for fighter jet deliveries are getting louder

First message:

Moscow - In the past few weeks, a large number of European governments and the USA have promised to supply battle tanks to Ukraine.

The calls for the delivery of fighter jets are now getting louder.

For example, the former Ukrainian ambassador in Berlin, Andriy Melnyk, wrote via Twitter: "Ukrainian Top Gun pilots urgently need German fighter jets Eurofighter & Tornado".

While the discussions about the delivery of fighter jets in Germany and beyond the borders of the Federal Republic are being made, threats are coming from Moscow.

From the Kremlin, a "danger to the whole world" is repeatedly reminded.

In addition, one is ready for negotiations, but on the basis of "existing reality".

War in Ukraine: Kremlin warns against further arms deliveries to Ukraine

From Moscow it has been said several times about the course of the war in Ukraine that "the West" is interfering in the war by supplying arms to Ukraine.

Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Vershinin reiterated this narrative in his reaction to Western states' decision to send main battle tanks to Ukraine: "Unfortunately, lately, we have had an escalation from the Western powers, the Western capitals, in terms of military aid to Kiev experienced.

This is an extremely dangerous trend.

This trend must be stopped,” he said, as reported by the Russian news agency TASS.

He further said: "We must think big and realize that it is extremely dangerous for all parties and the whole world to fuel a completely irresponsible regime in Kiev".

Ukraine war: Russia wants negotiations based on 'existing reality'

Vershinin also commented on any negotiations between the two warring parties.

The Kremlin is ready for this.

However, based on the “existing reality”, as reported by the Russian newspaper

Kommersant

.

This is supposed to mean that Russia is keeping Crimea, which was annexed in 2014, as well as the areas in eastern Ukraine that it advanced into last year.

In all likelihood, this is not a basis for negotiations between Volodymyr Zelensky and his country.

The deputy foreign minister referred to last year's talks in Turkey and blamed Ukraine for the lack of a peaceful solution.

He also assumes that the decision to start negotiations will not be made in Kyiv, but in Washington and Brussels.

Regardless of these statements, the White House recently said that Ukraine would be supported so that President Zelenskyy could start negotiations with tailwind if he decided to do so, as reported by the American news channel CNN.

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Source: merkur

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