Moscow accuses Kiev of a planned nuclear provocation, but gives no evidence for the accusation.
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Update from February 20, 5:56 a.m
.: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has issued new sanctions against Russia's financial sector in order to weaken the aggressor's war economy.
Accordingly, not only representatives of the banking system in Russia are subject to punitive measures, but also the Moscow Stock Exchange.
Selenskyj announced this in his most recent video speech.
The sanctions issued by decree are the basis for allies in the West to also issue such punitive measures.
In addition, the foreign ministers of the European Union want to discuss new sanctions in Brussels this Monday (February 20).
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US Secretary of State Blinken: China is considering arms deliveries to Russia in the Ukraine war
Update from February 19, 2023, 8:13 p.m .:
According to US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, China is considering supporting Russia in the Ukraine war with weapons.
"The concern we have now based on the information we have is that they are considering providing lethal support," Blinken told CBS on Sunday, referring to China.
At a meeting with China's foreign policy expert Wang Yi at the Munich Security Conference, Blinken warned China of the "consequences" of supporting Russia.
When asked what "deadly support" meant, the secretary of state told CBS "everything from ammunition to the weapons themselves."
Any arms shipments to Moscow would cause "serious problems," Blinken warned.
Blinken said on ABC on Sunday that US President Joe Biden had already warned Chinese President Xi Jinping about arms deliveries to Russia last March.
Since then, China has been careful "not to cross that line," US officials said.
Moscow accuses Kiev of planned “nuclear provocation”.
Report from February 19, 2023, 7:20 p.m.:
Munich – The war in Ukraine has been going on for almost a year.
Russia has repeatedly accused the Ukrainian military of carrying out or planning alleged provocation.
This was also the case shortly before the first anniversary of the bloody war: in a statement, the Russian Defense Ministry accused the Ukrainian leadership of preparing a “nuclear provocation” in the war zone.
In the statement released on Sunday (February 19), Russia's military leadership claims that Kiev would then blame Moscow for the "gross violation" of nuclear safety.
However, the ministry does not explain how this allegation came about.
In addition, the ministry did not provide any evidence for the allegation.
Russian President Vladimir Putin had previously claimed that he knew the location where Kiev was building a dirty bomb containing nuclear material.
Experts from the International Atomic Energy Agency traveled to Ukraine to investigate the allegations.
There was no confirmation of the Russian claims.
A Year of the Ukraine War: The Origins of the Conflict with Russia
A Year of Ukraine War: The Origins of the Conflict with Russia
Moscow accuses Kiev of planned “nuclear provocation” – but provides no evidence
According to Russian information, next week, on the first anniversary of the war of aggression ordered by Kremlin chief Putin on February 24, Kiev plans to accuse Moscow of indiscriminate bombing of nuclear objects and "radioactive contamination" of the environment.
For this purpose, some containers with radioactive substances had been transported by a European country, which was not named, circumventing customs regulations.
The material should then be used to stage contamination of radioactive dangerous objects.
Ukraine, in turn, repeatedly accuses Russia of wanting to trigger a nuclear catastrophe with rockets flying past nuclear power plants.
The leadership in Kiev speaks of terrorism and sanctions against Moscow's nuclear industry.
The diplomatic negotiations surrounding the Munich Security Conference can be found here.
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