“Stop the arms supply to Kiev”
Ukraine remains suspended between the hope of a diplomatic breakthrough from the ongoing talks and the reality of the siege and incessant bombing of cities. Welcomed with a standing ovation by the US Congress, the Ukrainian President Volodymir Zelenskyin video conference, launches once again theappeal to do morealso on the sanctions front: “Our country lives September 11 for three weeks“- he said, reiterating the request for a” no-fly zone “on Ukraine, together with the closure of American ports to Russia”. Then turning to Biden: “Being the leader of the world – he says – means being a leader of peace”. The US President announces another 800 million in aid, including drones and long-range anti-aircraft weapons. Immediate replication of Vladimir Putin, through the Tass declaration: the operations “are proceeding successfully”, – he says – but “Russia’s goal is not to occupy Ukraine”. One immediately “a real genocide” they have been the inhabitants of the Donbass for 8 years and the United States must “stop the supply of weapons” to Kiev.
But from Brussels, in parallel, it closes Jens Stoltenberg at the end of the extraordinary ministerial NATO Defense: “We must continue to provide significant support” to Ukraine, – declares the secretary general of the Alliance – “including military supplies, financial and humanitarian aid“. However, opposition to the no-fly zone remains for the real risk of a spiral of the situation.
United States and Russia that today they talked to each other, in what is one of the first contacts since the beginning of the war. Telephone conversation between the National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan and the Russian counterpart, the general Nikolay Patrushev. Over the course of the phone call, Sullivan warned Moscow about the “implications and consequences” of using chemical weapons“. The reply is dry: stocks already eliminated by completely fulfilling international obligations.
Meanwhile the International Court of Justice pronounces at the request of Kiev: “Russia must the military operation immediately on Ukrainian territory. “Zelensky rejoices on Twitter:” The order is binding under international law – he writes – Moscow stop the invasion “.
And from Strasbourg, another clear response to the Russian Federation. The European Council through a document voted unanimously The doors to Putin closes: expulsion procedure started “For the unjustified aggression” of a sovereign country, provided for by Article 8 of the Statute, despite the fact that Moscow, playing in advance, had already yesterday announced its withdraw.