Author: Steven Sahiounie

On Monday, Biden said a new personal meeting with Putin was possible, adding that prospects for such talks would depend on their agenda A meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Joe Biden is possible only after a significant de-escalation in Ukraine, White House Director of Communications Kate Bedingfield told reporters on Tuesday. “He said yesterday that he would be willing to meet with President Putin again or talk to him,” she said. “I’m not going to set preconditions for a conversation between President Biden and President Putin, except to say that we have been very clear…

This to be done for the purpose of the implementation of Ukraine’s off-bloc and nuclear-free status Kiev’s proposals envisage that Ukraine will be proclaimed a neutral state under guarantees of a number of guarantor nations of its security, Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, who leads the Russian delegation to the talks with Ukraine, said on Tuesday, after an Istanbul round of talks. “We have received the Ukrainian delegation’s proposals. As far as I understand, they were agreed with Ukraine’s leadership. In brief, they are: Ukraine is proclaimed a permanently neutral state under international legal guarantees for the purpose of the…

Nikolay Patrushev emphasized that “the entire world is interested in answers to these questions” The US should explain to Europeans the true designation of funds directed at the financing of Ukrainian biological labs, Secretary of Russia’s Security Council Nikolay Patrushev said in an interview with the Argumenty i Fakty weekly. According to him, “the creation of biological weapons by Washington and its lack of desire to destroy poisonous substances pursue quite definite goals.” “This is why the Group of Seven should above all ask the US about its plans to use these types of weapons of mass destruction, about whether…

If the work on the treaty and a required compromise proceeds swiftly, the possibility of peace will be much closer, Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky noted Russia suggests a meeting between Russian and Ukrainian Presidents, Vladimir Putin and Vladimir Zelensky, be organized concurrently with the initialing of a bilateral treaty by the two countries’ foreign ministers, Russian presidential aide Vladimir Medinsky, who leads the Russian delegation to the talks with Ukraine, said on Tuesday. “After today’s meaningful conversation, we agreed and suggest a solution, under which a meeting between the heads of state is possible concurrently with the initialing of…

Moscow said the move was for the sake of successful peace negotiations Russia has “drastically” reduced its military activity near Kiev and Chernigov as talks with Ukraine enter the “practical” stage, the deputy minister of defense Alexander Fomin announced on Tuesday. Speaking to the press following the talks with the Ukrainian delegation, Fomin said that “a decision was made to drastically, in several times, reduce the military activity on the approaches to Kiev and Chernigov.” “We expect that relevant key decisions will be taken in Kiev and the conditions for further normal work will be created,” he said. Fomin called on Ukraine “to fully abide by the…

The Russian Foreign Ministry summoned the ambassadors of the three Baltic States (Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia) on Tuesday to inform them Moscow’s decision to expel a number of their diplomats from the Russian territory. RT website quoted a source at the Russian Foreign Ministry as saying that three ambassadors were summoned to the ministry’s headquarters and they will be informed of Russia’s decision to expel a number of diplomats from those countries on the basis of the principle of reciprocity. Source: SANA

Some are reportedly worried that sending jets and tanks to Ukraine will “pour oil on the fire” NATO allies strongly disagree about the extent of military aid the US-led bloc should provide to Ukraine and the prospects of talks with Russia, Bloomberg reported on Monday, quoting numerous sources and documents. Some members were said to have been “adamant” about wishing to avoid a direct war with Russia, and even suggested that President Vladimir Putin might deploy weapons of mass destruction if they armed Ukraine too heavily. A French official was quoted as saying that sending tanks and aircraft would “pour…

Moscow’s envoy described conditions for Putin’s talks with Zelensky Russia has agreed to meet Kiev half-way and will allow a meeting of its leaders to be held on the same day that the final version of a peace treaty is pre-approved by the two nation’s foreign ministers, Moscow’s top negotiator said on Tuesday, after a new round of talks in Istanbul. Previously, Moscow had insisted that a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky could only be set after the deal would be finalized. Vladimir Medinsky described the talks in Turkey as ‘constructive’ and said…

Record Pentagon budget for 2023 to focus on Ukraine aid, build-up against China and Russia US President Joe Biden has proposed the largest-ever military budget, asking Congress for $813.3 billion in the coming year – $31 billion more than the budget approved for 2022. Lawmakers are likely to add even more funding, as representatives from both parties have complained it doesn’t go far enough because of inflation. “I’m calling for one of the largest investments in our national security in history, with the funds needed to ensure that our military remains the best-prepared, best-trained, best-equipped military in the world,” Biden said…

Tensions in the battlefields of Ukraine persist. Hostilities continued on various front lines. Some tactical successes were achieved during the night operations by the Russian and DPR/LPR troops. On the evening of March 28, high-precision air-launched cruise missiles destroyed a large fuel base near the settlement of Klevan in the Rivne region. Fuel supplies for Ukrainian military equipment to the suburbs of Kiev were carried out from this base. In terms of tactical maneuvers, there were no particular strategic accomplishments recorded. The Russian and Ukrainian armies engaged in exchanges of fire on all fronts during that night. The Russian military…