Ukraine does not want to negotiate with Putin.
Meanwhile, the United States is planning further military aid.
News ticker on diplomacy in the Ukraine war.
Fighting
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Bryansk
: Putin accuses Ukraine of "terrorism".
Russia
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West
: Both countries accuse "blackmail and threats".
Russian accusation
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: Alleged biological laboratories on Ukrainian soil
Update March 3, 8:48 a.m
.: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov has said Russia will “not allow the West to blow up gas pipelines again.”
"We will no longer rely on the West as an energy partner," Lavrov said.
Russia accuses the West of having blown up the Nord Stream pipelines.
The journalist Seymour Hersh also raises this accusation against the USA.
To date, the case has not been resolved.
Ukraine-News: Ukraine does not want to negotiate with Putin at the moment
Update from March 3, 7:22 a.m .
: In an interview with the
Bild newspaper
, the Ukrainian Defense Minister, Oleksiy Resnikov, confessed that President Zelenskyi had declared “that we will not negotiate with the current head of the Kremlin”.
Resnikov said the only talk would be "reparations, an international tribunal and responsibility for the war crimes committed by Kremlin personnel."
The Secretary of Defense also said with regard to arms deliveries: "I am sure that we will get two to three different types of fighter jets".
The delivery of fighter jets to Ukraine is highly controversial internationally.
Ukraine-News: US plans new military aid
Update from March 3, 6:41 a.m
.: The USA is planning to announce new military aid to Ukraine on the sidelines of Olaf Scholz's (SPD) visit.
John Kirby, spokesman for the US National Security Council, said the main issue would be ammunition for weapons systems that Ukraine already has.
According to Kirby, further aid for Ukraine would certainly also be a topic of talks between Chancellor Scholz and US President Biden.
NATO enlargement: The growing defense alliance
NATO enlargement: The growing defense alliance
Ukraine-News: Lula announces peace efforts
Update from March 3, 06:04
: Brazil's President Lula has again announced international peace efforts.
After a phone call with Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensyky, the Brazilian prime minister tweeted that he had "[reiterated] Brazil's desire to talk to other countries and engage in all initiatives related to building peace and dialogue." He wants to encourage other states to join peace talks, said President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva - previously he had already made proposals for a "peace club".
Ukraine-News: Ukraine announces evacuations
Update from March 2, 9:44 p.m .:
On Thursday, Ukraine ordered the evacuation of particularly vulnerable residents from the embattled frontline town of Kupjansk and adjacent areas in northeastern Ukraine.
"The forced evacuation of families with children and residents with reduced mobility has started in the municipality of Kupyansk," the website of the military administration of the Kharkiv region said.
Ukraine news: Blink confirms meeting
Update from March 2, 6:09 p.m .:
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken confirmed the first meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on the sidelines of the G20 summit since the beginning of the Ukraine war.
He also made two demands.
Blinken urged Russia to reverse its irresponsible decision and return to implementing the new START treaty.
“Mutual compliance is in the interests of both our countries.
This is also what people around the world expect from us as nuclear powers," he said
at a news conference in New Delhi on Thursday, according to
CNN .
Blinken also urged Russia to end its war in Ukraine and enter into negotiations.
He also reiterated US support for Ukraine.
"Every G20 member and virtually every country continues to bear the cost of Russia's war of aggression," Blinken said.
Ukraine-News: Putin accuses Ukraine of "terror": "They invaded the border area"
Update March 2, 4:30 p.m.:
In light of Russia’s claims that Ukrainian troops have invaded the Russian border region of Bryansk, the head of the Ukrainian Security Council, Oleksiy Danilov, has drawn attention to “anti-fascist” movements in Russia.
"A movement of anti-fascist militias is spreading in the Russian Federation," Danilov wrote on Twitter.
After all, it is easy to get drones and even armored vehicles and other military equipment in Moscow military shops, according to the head of the Security Council.
Ukraine-News: Putin speaks of "terror" after Bryansk incident
Update from March 2, 2:25 p.m .:
Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin has accused Ukraine of terrorism after reports of fighting in the southwestern Russian border region of Bryansk.
It was "another terrorist attack and another crime," said the Russian President at a video conference.
Kiev has now denied responsibility for the incidents and speaks of targeted Russian disinformation.
According to Russian sources, a motorist was killed and a 10-year-old child was injured when Ukrainian sabotage squads fired in the Bryansk region.
“They entered the border area, where they opened fire on civilians.
You saw that it was a civilian vehicle, that there were civilians and children in it," Putin said.
Putin blamed the leadership in Kiev for the shelling, which he once again portrayed as supposed “neo-Nazis”.
The 70-year-old claimed that they used violence to rob Russia of its historical identity and language.
"But I repeat myself: they will not succeed and we will crush them." Meanwhile, Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov has warned NATO of a "disaster", as FR.de
reports
.
Ukraine-News: Russia and China attack West at G20
Update from March 2, 1:00 p.m .:
According to Russian information, Russia and China have accused Western countries of “extortion and threats” against other countries.
After talks on the sidelines of the G20 foreign ministers' meeting in New Delhi, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and his Chinese colleague Qin Gang "unanimously rejected attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries and (...) to push through attempts by blackmail and threats ' the Russian Foreign Ministry said in Moscow.
The two ministers also discussed Russia's military offensive in Ukraine, including Beijing's proposal to end the conflict, Moscow said.
The statement noted a "high level of agreement" on the issues discussed.
The ministers also expressed their "satisfaction" with the "rapid development of bilateral political dialogue and practical cooperation" between Moscow and Beijing, the statement said.
Russian accusation against USA: Alleged biological laboratories on Ukrainian soil
Update from March 2, 12:00 p.m .:
In the course of the Ukraine war, Russia repeatedly accuses the USA of funding alleged bio laboratories in Ukraine.
Even more than a year after the beginning of the war, Moscow is sticking to this accusation.
The head of Russia's consumer protection agency Rospotrebnadzor, Anna Popova, warned of new "unknown and advanced pathogens" that could escape from these "US-funded biolabs".
This is a threat to both the people of Ukraine and other states, she said in an interview with the state agency Ria Novosti.
Russian MPs claim there are around 400 such laboratories in Ukraine.
Ukraine News: Scholz appeals to China about possible arms deliveries for Putin
Update from March 2, 10:20 a.m.:
During his government statement in the Bundestag, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) criticized China in connection with the Russian attack on Ukraine and called on Beijing to work with Moscow to withdraw troops from the neighboring country.
“Use your influence in Moscow to urge the withdrawal of Russian troops!
And: Do not deliver weapons to the aggressor Russia!” Scholz said in the Bundestag.
Scholz praised the fact that China's President Xi Jinping had "unmistakably opposed any threat of nuclear weapons or even their use in Russia's war against Ukraine".
That contributed to the de-escalation.
It is good that China recently repeated the clear message against the use of nuclear weapons in its 12-point plan.
However, he called it "disappointing" that Beijing was no longer prepared at the most recent meeting of G20 finance ministers in India to reaffirm what had been the consensus at the G20 summit in Bali last year: "A clear condemnation of the Russian attack .”
Ukraine-News: Baerbock addresses Putin's foreign minister at G20 meeting
Update from March 2, 8:38 a.m
.: Germany's Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock addressed Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov directly at the G20 meeting in New Delhi.
Baerbock stated "It is good that you are here in the room to listen".
Their unequivocal demand towards Russia: “Stop this war.
Stop violating our international order.
Stop bombing Ukrainian cities and civilians”.
Baerbock urged Lavrov that an end to the war must happen "not in a month or a year, but today."
Habeck wants to allow arms exports beyond Ukraine “more selectively” in the future
Update from March 2nd, 7:00 a.m.:
According to Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (Greens), Germany wants to allow arms exports to be much more “selective” in the future.
The Vice Chancellor announced on Thursday (March 2) in Wirtschaftswoche that arms exports should be approved “value-based
”
.
It must be asked "who is the perpetrator and who is the victim".
"With regard to Ukraine, I think it's right that the blanket taboo on arms deliveries to war zones has been lifted," explained Habeck.
"In terms of general political practice, this can only mean that when it comes to our export permits, we must ask ourselves in future who is the perpetrator and who is the victim, aggressor and defender - and make decisions accordingly."
Germany should supply countries with weapons "that are close to us in terms of value, that are our partners," the minister said.
"And be rather reserved towards dictatorships."
Ukraine can count on additional ammunition
Update from March 1, 6:31 p.m .:
The EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell proposes an “extraordinary aid package of one billion euros” to the member states, with which 155 millimeter caliber guns are to be delivered for the Ukraine war, as stated in a paper means that the news agency AFP is available.
The EU countries should therefore hand over the guns from their own stocks to Ukraine.
In a second step, Europe's warehouses are to be replenished through a joint order.
The caliber 155 millimeters corresponds to the NATO standard for artillery.
Such guns are used, among other things, in the Panzerhaubitze 2000, which Germany has supplied to the Ukraine.
The delivery of ammunition to Kiev is "urgent," according to Borrell's presentation for the informal meeting of EU defense ministers in Stockholm next week.
The supplying EU countries are to be compensated from the so-called peace facility.
So far, the member states have delivered weapons worth 3.6 billion euros to Ukraine from outside the EU budget.
Including the ammunition, it would then be 4.6 billion euros.
Scholz: "In the event of an attack, we will defend every square centimeter of NATO territory together"
Update from March 1, 4:35 p.m.:
For Latvia, Germany's help is crucial to Ukraine's survival in the Russian war of aggression.
"From a Latvian perspective, Germany's support is key to Ukraine's survival," said Latvia's Prime Minister Krišjānis Kariņš after talks with Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin.
"The chance we have is perseverance." Putin will not give up so easily.
Chancellor Scholz affirmed that he would protect NATO territory.
"As allies, we agree: In the event of an attack, we will defend every square centimeter of NATO territory together," said the SPD politician.
This is an important message for the Baltic States.
“Putin did not expect this decisive reaction when he gave the order to invade Ukraine.
That surprised and irritated him," added the Chancellor, emphasizing that
Ukraine-News: Finnish Parliament approves NATO membership
Update from March 1, 1:35 p.m
.: The path from Finland to NATO is clear – at least from the Finnish side.
The parliament in Helsinki has now voted with a large majority for a corresponding legislative proposal.
However, ratification by Turkey with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan and by Hungary with President Viktor Orbán is still missing for the accession of the Finns.
Finland shares a 1340 km border with Russia.
In view of the Ukraine war, the EU country, like Sweden, applied for NATO membership in May 2022.
Ukraine-News: Lukashenko invokes good relations with Xi in China
Update from March 1, 12:57 p.m .
: Alexander Lukashenko met Xi Jinping in Beijing and assured him of his full support for the Chinese position paper on the Ukraine war.
In addition, the Belarusian ruler, when meeting his Chinese counterpart, swears by the good relations between his country and China.
"They should first and foremost aim to prevent a slide into a global confrontation that will see no winners," Lukashenko told Xi.
Beijing's 12-point plan is highly controversial in the West.
Lukashenko is a close ally of Putin;
his country is financially and politically dependent on neighboring Russia.
Ukraine-News: Stoltenberg invites Selenskyj to NATO summit
Update from March 1, 12:35 p.m
.: NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg has invited Volodymyr Zelenskyj to the NATO summit in Vilnius in July.
This is reported by the
Kyiv Independent
, citing an interview by Stoltenberg this Wednesday (March 1).
Allegations against Macron and Scholz: Kremlin criticizes the lack of calls
Update from March 1st, 7:53 a.m .
: The Kremlin has expressed criticism that neither Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) nor French President Emmanuel Macron have recently contacted Vladimir Putin.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Sergeyevich Peskov said, “We heard many statements from Scholz and Macron saying they would continue to talk to Putin to find ways out of the situation.
However, there have been no initiatives recently."
Macron has declared his willingness to hold talks five or six times, but according to Peskow there have been no inquiries.
Special tribunal in the Ukraine war: Volodymyr Zelenskyj denounces Russian crimes
First report from March 1st, 8:12 a.m
.: An action by the International Criminal Court, for example against Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin, is currently not possible, among other things, because neither Russia nor Ukraine are contractual partners of the Rome Statute as the legal basis for this court.
Kiev is campaigning for international support for a special tribunal.
A Year of the Ukraine War: The Origins of the Conflict with Russia
A Year of the Ukraine War: The Origins of the Conflict with Russia
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj has now emphatically spoken out in favor of a criminal investigation of the Russian war of aggression against his country at international level.
"We will smash this entire Russian genocidal system - from the cogs to the architects - and bring it to justice," Zelenskyy said in his recent video address.
This is not an easy task.
However, if the "Russian crimes" were punished by an international court within the framework of the rule of law, this would guarantee security for Ukrainians and other peoples in the long term.
Talks with the International Criminal Court: Selenskyj exchanges views with Khan
The Russian attack on Ukraine will inevitably have legal ramifications for everyone who conceived, approved and implemented such a policy, Zelenskyy said.
"And I would like to emphasize: It's not just about the executors, but also about the supreme political and military leadership of the terrorist state."
He spoke about this on Tuesday (February 28) in Kiev with chief prosecutor Karim Khan from the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Zelensky said.
Particular attention was paid to the children brought to Russia from the occupied Ukrainian territories.
Kiev describes the process as "violent kidnapping".
(frs with material from dpa and AFP)
