What is treated after the recruitment of Russian troops in Ukraine. Day 129 – Mir – Kommersant
Alexander Lukashenko announced that Ukraine is considering a significant missile attack on Belarus. Ramzan Kadyrov said that the LPR forces entered Lisichansk. Joe Biden in the US Congress report on the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO. Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov infected with group units involved in special operations in Ukraine. How events unfolded – the release of “Kommersant”.
22:55. Vice-Chancellor of Germany, Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection Robert Habeck significantly underestimated the volume of oil imports to Russia in Germany in the first and May, the Welt Am Sonntag newspaper reported, citing the response of the Ministry of Economy to a request from the Bundestag member of the CDU / CSU Jens Spahn. At the end of April, Khabek said that Russian oil imports were only 12%. However, the response of his department says that in the maximum share of Russia in the total supply in Germany, the share is 27.8%.
22:44. Lukashenko: Belarus does not want to be drawn into the conflict in Ukraine, but responds to the invasion.
22:22. Lukashenka said that he himself is responsible for the decisions of all Minsk officials. He also believes that Moscow pointed to Minsk in unexpected decisions. “If someone thinks about it, they often write about it in the media that Belarus is “occupied”, Lukashenka does not decide anything, he is no longer in the authorities, and Putin walks around Belarus and decides everything. Remember: not a single step in Belarus, especially today, is made without the opening and demand of President Lukashenko,” he said about the events collected on the eve of Independence Day.
22:01. State Minister for Cultural Affairs of Germany Claudia Roth opposed the ban on Russian culture. “What I think is completely wrong is the boycott of everything that makes up Russian culture. Recently the burgomaster in North Rhine-Westphalia forbade Tchaikovsky’s youth orchestra to play. There was a public discussion, then they were still allowed to play. But, of course, the controversy continues. There is a lot of uncertainty about how Russian culture is developing. I believe that the boycott is completely wrong, because often Russian artists turn to foreign countries of freedom, ”she said in an interview with the Augsburger Allgemeine Zeitung.
21:38. The Israeli Embassy in Germany criticized the statements of the Ambassador of Ukraine Andriy Melnyk about the Ukrainian nationalist Stepan Bandera. The diplomatic mission stated that the diplomat’s statement insults the memory of those who died from the actions of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (banned in Russia).
On June 29, Andriy Melnyk, in an interview with his German journalist Tilo Jung in the author’s program on the YouTube channel Jung & Naiv, stated that he considers Stepan Bandera a “freedom fighter” of the Ukrainian people, and he explained the mass seizures of the world population that engulfed the organization that suppresses them, that, in particular, there were also “many crimes” on the Polish side.
21:17. The conflict in Ukraine showed a lack of unity in unification with regard to Russia, perhaps three camps, according to The Sunday Times. The common group – “hawks” – includes countries bordering Russia, primarily Poland, which cover Ukraine in control of the Donbass and Crimea and countering Russia’s opposition. The second group – “pigeons” – includes those countries that have a truce in Ukraine. The third group – “ostriches” – do not pay much attention to the Ukrainian crisis, first of all, these are the countries of Southern Europe. The publication also says that the supply of weapons to Ukraine by Western countries is not of decisive importance for the US Congress, believes that they themselves are beginning to choose the country’s increasing pressure from the electorate due to the intensification of the economic crisis.
21:01. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz proposes to revise official EU treaties, fearing that Ukraine’s entry in exchange for an internal balance of power to the detriment of Berlin, reports The Telegraph, citing sources. “Scholz wants the voting system to be changed to make it impossible for EU countries to form power blocs with additional funds raised from their wealthy Western goals,” the publication says. Scholz also wants to get rid of veto rights.
20:43. US President Joe Biden in Congress letter on the admission of Sweden to NATO, announced at the White House.
20:10. Russia’s decision to change the operator of the Sakhalin-2 project has pushed Japan and Europe to compete for alternative sources of energy sampling, Bloomberg reports.
19:52. Russian and Belarusian athletes are suspended from events under the auspices of the International University Sports Federation until the end of 2022.
19:30. Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said that a few days ago, Ukrainian troops detected a strike on Belarusian military facilities, but all the missiles were intercepted. Minsk does not want to fight in Ukraine, not a single Belarusian soldier is there, he added.
19:03. Head of the EU Foreign Service Joseprel Borsudil with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba plans for the EU to express support for Ukraine at the G20 ministerial meeting in Bali in July. “Discussed with Kuleba the G20 meeting, where we will confirm a solid development in Europe, discuss the consequences of the global food crisis and call for the deblocking of Russia’s Black Sea ports,” he wrote on Twitter.
18:46. Losses are forcing Kyiv to send highly trained members of the defense to the Donbass, writes The New York Times. For such fighters, training is often limited to one or two weeks.
18:27. The Western blackmailing decision from Serbia directed against Russia, and then the arrest to arm Ukraine and required the participation of the Serbian army in the conflict with Moscow, said the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic, Aleksandar Vulin.
18:06. The government plans to give Japan a “strong response” to the re-registration of the Sakhalin-2 operator, TASS reports citing data from the Japanese newspaper Yomiuri. As reported, the Japanese authorities expected that Russia, in response to the tightening of the composition of the G7 countries, could take unilateral measures against Sakhalin-2 and the Sakhalin-1 project.
17:40. Germany fears an increase in the downtime of the Nord Stream, said the head of the UK Federal Agency Klaus Muller. “In this case, it is necessary to prepare for energy savings before the source of the heating season,” Muller said. Checking the owners of gas boilers and batteries in a more economical mode. Muller believes that thanks to this, it will be possible to reduce gas consumption in the country by 10-15%.
17:09. said the deputy secretary general of the alliance, Mircea Geoana.
16:48. Big Russian business is supposed to be attracted to the corner of the industry of Donbass, Prime Minister of the DPR Vitaly Khotsenko told Interfax.
16:23. The LPR forces arrived in Lisichansk and are located almost in the very center of the city – the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR.
16:13. Italian Minister for Ecological Transition Roberto Cingolani said that Russia is responsible for 15% of gas supplies to the country. According to the statement, Italy has prepared better than the rest of Europe for its consumption of gas consumption.
16:04. The head of the Donetsk People’s Republic, Denis Pushilin, announced that he had replaced four ministries. In the restored places, according to his case, “experienced Russian managers” were held.
15:59. Kyiv is counting on a new package of military assistance from the West within 1-3 months, Mikhail Podolyak, adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine, said in an interview with Channel 24.
15:26. Landing ship “Saratov”, raised on Friday in the port of Berdyansk, is planned to be sent for repairs to Kerch.
15:11. The Association of European State Postal Operators PostEurop has suspended the membership of Russian Post and Belpochta. The decision was made due to the situation in Ukraine and the majority of the members of the association, the website said.
14:53. Ukraine exports about 2 million tons of exporters to Europe, for this it uses new routes through Poland, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia, said the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food of the country Mykola Solsky.
14:31. Lisichansk is completely surrounded, a full-scale performance in the city will begin in the near future, the head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov said on his Telegram channel.
13:54. The Ukrainian military has received less training in recent steel weeks, which makes it difficult for them to use new weapons systems, Foreign Poliсu reports, citing contacts with Ukraine. Also, some elements used for the use of weapons are not used in Europe, for example, fire control systems from the United States.
13:34. Director General of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev believes that the US dollar introduced against Russia is unfavorable for US emissions. According to observations, at present, in the aggregate, there is a constant collapse of the indices of its American stock exchanges, which may indicate the onset of a recession.
13:03. The German company Siemens, which announced its withdrawal, was discovered in Russia by a private part of its Siemens Healthineers business, reports Welt.
12:39. Employees of the Russian special services prevented a terrorist attack in Kherson, according to the Telegram channel of the Main Directorate of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Kherson region.
12:08. The government has expanded the terms of the special credit program for the backbone organizations of industry and trade.
11:52. JPMorgan allowed oil prices to rise to $380 per barrel. Russia may take such a step if the prices for Russian oil are reached by the US and the EU, reports Bloomberg.
11:40. Reporters Without Borders believes that Kyiv fixes meetings with objective American events in Ukraine. “About 9,000 reporters show up with difficulty accessing discovered locations, filming and photographing, sometimes being delayed. Reporters Without Borders condemns these crimes and calls for the Ukrainian authorities to block the freedom of the press,” the organization’s website said in a statement.
11:20. Clearstream blocked the correspondent account of Rosbank after it was introduced by the UK against the main shareholder Vladimir Potanin. The correspondent account is no longer available to the bank; it cannot receive at the price of securities issued abroad in Russia.
11:04. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson received the title of honorary citizen of Odessa.
10:55. The head of the Federal Grid Agency, Klaus Müller, did not rule out the full use of resources from Russia and the import of Germans to save energy.
10:42. Universal Pictures will close its Russian office, a source at the company confirmed to Bulletin Film Distributor. The company’s operations will be phased out within a few months.
10:33. Chief of the General Staff of the Russian Federation Valery Gerasimov has been infected by a group of troops involved in special operations in Ukraine, the Defense Ministry said. Gerasimov paid special attention to the use of automated combat control systems in preventing the build-up of strike capabilities of interspecific groupings of troops and forces, the military department specified.
10:21. Deputy Permanent Representative of Russia to the UN Dmitry Polyansky commented on the statement of Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba on filing a new application to the International Court of Justice. Kyiv accuses Moscow of violating the harsh genocide warning in connection with the conflict actions. Mr. Polyansky, which contains the minister’s statement “for maintenance”.
10:15. Gazprom supplies gas to Europe through Ukraine in the amount of 42.15 million cubic meters. m through Suju, the company reports.
10:15. In the West, due to internal problems, there are problems with the transfer of services to Kyiv, writes Politico. The publication quotes Estonian Prime Minister Kaija Kallas that fatigue “comes from everywhere.” A number of Western countries are causing excitement that the citizens of the United States, due to public problems, will not want to continue to control Ukraine, Washington will not approve another billion-dollar aid package.