https://www.rt.com/russia/557229-another-billion-from-us-to-ukraine/

Biden to give $1 billion more in weapons to Ukraine
US will send artillery and advanced rockets to Kiev

Biden to give $1 billion more in weapons to Ukraine
US President Joe Biden © Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images

Washington will give Kiev another $1 billion in “security assistance,” including artillery, ammunition and advanced missiles, US President Joe Biden announced on Wednesday after a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky.

Biden informed Zelensky that the aid would include “additional artillery and coastal defense weapons, as well as ammunition for the artillery and advanced rocket systems that the Ukrainians need to support their defensive operations in [Donbass],” according to a readout of the call released by the White House.

WW3

https://www.rt.com/news/557220-china-russia-cooperation-security-issues/

China pledges support for Russia
The Chinese and Russian leaders speak by phone and agree on the need for mutual support on security issues

Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Russia. © Kremlin Press Office / Handout / Anadolu Agency / Getty Images

Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in a phone call Wednesday that Beijing will keep backing Moscow on issues of “sovereignty and security”.

“China is willing to continue to offer mutual support to Russia on issues concerning our core interests such as sovereignty and security, intensify strategic coordination between the two countries, and strengthen communication and coordination in major international and regional organizations such as the United Nations, BRICS, and the Shanghai Cooperation Organization,” Xi was quoted as saying by China’s state media outlet CCTV.

In the phone call, which fell on Xi's 69th birthday, the two leaders noted that relations between Russia and China “have reached an unprecedentedly high level and are constantly improving,” the Kremlin press service said.

Putin stressed that Moscow opposes any external forces’ attempts to interfere in China’s internal affairs, such as the situations in Xinjiang, Hong Kong and Taiwan, CCTV reported.

WW3

Ezekiel 11:18-20
King James Version

18 And they shall come thither, and they shall take away all the detestable things thereof and all the abominations thereof from thence.

19 And I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within you; and I will take the stony heart out of their flesh, and will give them an heart of flesh:

20 That they may walk in my statutes, and keep mine ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.

This is the Rapture

https://www.rt.com/business/557238-fed-rate-hike-1994/

Fed announces largest US interest rate hike since 1990s

The Federal Reserve chief said the rate increase is meant to combat rampant inflation
Fed announces largest US interest rate hike since 1990s

The US Federal Reserve has announced a 0.75% interest rate hike, the largest increase in 28 years, as the central bank’s chairman stressed the need to avoid a recession and tame runaway price inflation.

The Fed’s Open Market Committee announced the decision on Wednesday, saying it would raise short-term rates by 75 basis points in a move aimed at reducing inflation to 2%. Prior projections suggested that figure could reach 3.4% by the end of the year.

“We’re not trying to induce a recession now, let’s be clear about that,” Fed Chairman Jerome Powell told reporters following the committee meeting, but noted that spikes in certain commodity prices could “take the decision out of our hands.”

Luke 21:24-26
King James Version

24 And they shall fall by the edge of the sword, and shall be led away captive into all nations: and Jerusalem shall be trodden down of the Gentiles, until the times of the Gentiles be fulfilled.

25 And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;

26 Men's hearts failing them for fear, and for looking after those things which are coming on the earth: for the powers of heaven shall be shaken.

Export your inflation to the world via your dollar and cause economic turmoil everywhere

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The old world is over: Key takeaways from Putin's first major speech since Russia's military offensive in Ukraine
Russian leader has buried the old world order and outlined his view on Russia’s and the world’s future, in a key address

Those who believe that things will go back to the way they were before the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine are wrong, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.

“It is a mistake to suggest that the times of turbulent changes can be waited out and that things will return to normal; that everything will be as it was. It won’t,” Putin insisted during his speech at the the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Friday.

The changes that the world is going through at the moment are fundamental, radical, and irreversible, he added.

However, the ruling elites of some Western countries refuse to notice this obvious shift and choose to “cling to the shadows of the past,” he added.

“For example, they believe that the dominance of the West in global politics and economy is a constant, eternal value,” Putin said. But “nothing is eternal,” he reminded everyone.

Since claiming victory in the Cold War in the early 1990s, the US has “declared itself the messenger of God on Earth, who has no obligations, but only interests, and those interests are pronounced to be sacred,” the president said.

Those who believe that things will go back to the way they were before the outbreak of the conflict in Ukraine are wrong, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.

“It is a mistake to suggest that the times of turbulent changes can be waited out and that things will return to normal; that everything will be as it was. It won’t,” Putin insisted during his speech at the the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Friday.

The changes that the world is going through at the moment are fundamental, radical, and irreversible, he added.

However, the ruling elites of some Western countries refuse to notice this obvious shift and choose to “cling to the shadows of the past,” he added.

“For example, they believe that the dominance of the West in global politics and economy is a constant, eternal value,” Putin said. But “nothing is eternal,” he reminded everyone.

Since claiming victory in the Cold War in the early 1990s, the US has “declared itself the messenger of God on Earth, who has no obligations, but only interests, and those interests are pronounced to be sacred,” the president said.

However, the idea of a unipolar world is flawed at its core, according to the Russian leader, as the norms of international relations can’t always be interpreted in favor of a single nation, “even if it’s a strong one.”

It seems as if Washington refuses to see the new centers of power that have emerged in recent decades and which have every right to “protect their interests and ensure their national sovereignty,” he said.

Gog of the land of Magog telling it to your face. GREAT SPEECH!

Ezekiel 39:1
Therefore, thou son of man, prophesy against Gog, and say, Thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal:

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The old world is over: Key takeaways from Putin's first major speech since Russia's military offensive in Ukraine
Russian leader has buried the old world order and outlined his view on Russia’s and the world’s future, in a key address

The old world is over: Key takeaways from Putin's first major speech since Russia's military offensive in Ukraine
Russian leader has buried the old world order and outlined his view on Russia’s and the world’s future, in a key address
New centers of power have emerged, the unipolar world order isn’t coming back, and the “colonial” way of thinking has failed, Russian President Vladimir Putin told the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Friday, in what the Kremlin described as an “extremely important” speech.

The old world order is gone with the wind
When the US declared victory in the Cold War, Americans designated themselves the “messengers of God on earth,” with interests that should be considered sacred and no obligations, Putin told the audience at SPIEF. New centers of power have since emerged, and have the right to protect their own systems, economic models and sovereignty.
These “truly revolutionary, tectonic changes in geopolitics, the global economy, in the technological sphere, in the entire system of international relations,” are “fundamental, pivotal and inexorable,” Putin said. “And It is a mistake to suggest that one can wait out the times of turbulent change and that things will return to normal; that everything will be as it was. It will not.”

Anti-Russian sanctions backfired on the West
When the US and its allies launched the campaign to “cancel” Russia over the conflict in Ukraine, they hoped to crash and undermine the Russian economy and society. The sanctions have instead boomeranged on their creators, aggravating social and economic problems, driving up the cost of food, electricity and fuel, and hurting the quality of life across the West, but especially in Europe.
“The European Union has completely lost its political sovereignty, and its bureaucratic elites are dancing to someone else’s tune, accepting whatever they are told from above, causing harm to their own population and their own economy,” Putin said.
EU citizens will pay the price for “decisions divorced from reality and taken contrary to common sense,” he added, as direct losses from the sanctions alone could exceed $400 billion in a year.

Energy prices and inflation are self-inflicted
Blaming the high energy prices and inflation in the West on Russia – “Putin’s price hike,” as the White House put it – is a “stupidity” and “designed for people who can’t read or write,” the Russian president said.
“Don’t blame us, blame yourselves,” Putin said.
The EU “blindly believing in renewable sources” and abandoning long-term natural gas contracts with Russia led to the spike in energy prices last year, according to the Russian leader. Meanwhile, both the US and the EU addressed the Covid-19 pandemic by printing trillions of dollars and euros.

‘Elite change’ awaits the West
Policies undertaken by EU and US leaders are exacerbating inequalities and divisions in their societies, not just in terms of welfare but in terms of values and orientations of various groups, Putin said.
“Such a detachment from reality, from the demands of society, will inevitably lead to a surge of populism and the growth of radical movements, to serious social and economic changes, to degradation and, in the near future, to a change of elites,” the Russian leader said.


If there’s a famine, it won’t be Russia’s fault
US and EU sanctions against Russia – in particular fertilizer and grain exports – are one of the reasons for growing global food insecurity, Putin pointed out. If there is famine in the world’s poorest countries, “this will be entirely on the conscience of the US administration and the European bureaucracy."

Troubles with food supply have arisen over the past several years – not months – due to the “short-sighted actions of those who are accustomed to solving their problems at someone else's expense,” distorting the trade flows by printing money in a sort of “predatory colonial policy,” Putin said.

Russia is ready to send food to Africa and the Middle East, where the threat of famine is most acute, but faces “logistical, financial, transport” obstacles imposed by the West, he said.

Reasons for the Ukraine conflict
Russia sent troops into Ukraine in February because the West refused to abide by its obligations, and it was “simply impossible to reach any new agreements with them,” Putin said. The decision was “forced, but necessary,” as Russia had every right as a sovereign country to defend its security and protect its citizens and residents of Donbass from “genocide by the Kiev regime and neo-Nazis who received the full protection of the West."

The West spent years turning Ukraine into an “anti-Russia” state and pumping it with weapons and military advisers, Putin said, pointing out they “did not give a damn” about Ukraine’s economy or the lives of its people, but “spared no expense to create a NATO foothold in the east, directed against Russia, to cultivate aggression, hatred and Russophobia."

“All the objectives of the special military operation will be unconditionally achieved,” Putin said.

Economic development is an expression of sovereignty
In the 21st century, sovereignty can’t be partial, Putin argued. All of its elements are equally important and complement each other, and the economy is one of them. There are five key principles Russia will follow in economic development: Openness, freedom, social justice, infrastructure, and technological sovereignty.

Russia will “never follow the path of self-isolation and autarky,” but will expand interactions with anyone who wishes to trade, Putin said, adding there are “many such countries.” Moscow will also support private enterprise, build and repair its transportation infrastructure, seek to reduce social inequality, and ensure its key technologies are not dependent on foreign imports.

“Truly sovereign states are always committed to equal partnerships,” while “those who are weak and dependent, as a rule, are busy looking for enemies, planting xenophobia, or finally losing their originality, independence, blindly following the overlord,” he said.

Gog of the land of Magog spilling the truth like magma from a volcano

Esau will have it wotowotoworiously. From Agag's house to the citadels of Rome, vengeance belongs to the LORD!

Isaiah 34:4-6
King James Version
4 And all the host of heaven shall be dissolved, and the heavens shall be rolled together as a scroll: and all their host shall fall down, as the leaf falleth off from the vine, and as a falling fig from the fig tree.
5 For my sword shall be bathed in heaven: behold, it shall come down upon Idumea, and upon the people of my curse, to judgment.
6 The sword of the Lord is filled with blood, it is made fat with fatness, and with the blood of lambs and goats, with the fat of the kidneys of rams: for the Lord hath a sacrifice in Bozrah, and a great slaughter in the land of Idumea.

John 10:10
The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy:

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US wants Eurasia as ‘space of warring nations’ – Moscow
Washington also wants to balkanize entire Eurasia, top Russian official has claimed

he US has a strategic goal to balkanize Eurasia, making the region an easy target for its colonial policies, a senior Russian security official warned on Friday. NATO is Washington’s tool, and it is ready to wage war in Eastern Europe, he told his counterparts from members of a regional security organization.

“Turning Eurasia into a conflagration space of warring nations, which would be turned into puppet colonial states similar to Ukraine, is a long-term goal for the West,” the secretary of Russia’s Security Council, Nikolay Patrushev, said.

The dire warning was addressed to his opposite numbers from member states of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO), who’d gathered in Armenia. He said attempts to disrupt regional integration organizations like the CSTO, made by the US and its allies, served as proof of their intentions.

Patrushev pointed to NATO as the main vehicle for the alleged Western plot to diminish Russia and its neighbors. The bloc “is used as a tool of foreign policy by a single nation,” he said. “This is done in an aggressive manner that further degrades an already difficult state of international security,” he assessed.

NATO’s expansion in Eastern Europe has already placed its military infrastructure next door to Russia and Belarus, the official said. He expressed concern about the rapid military buildup in the region, arguing it had disturbing ramifications for the region’s security.

“It’s obvious that NATO perceives Eastern Europe as the most likely theater of war,” he said.

Western nations claim that NATO is a purely defensive organization and that its increased military activities in Europe were a reaction to Russia’s aggressive behavior. Moscow says the US and its European allies have repeatedly broken their promises not to expand NATO eastward, creating an ever-serious threat to Russian national security.

Russia attacked Ukraine in late February, citing NATO’s creeping expansion into the neighboring country as one of the reasons. The relationship between Moscow and the West has plunged to a new low after that, with an unprecedented number of economic sanctions imposed against Russia in an attempt to hurt its economy. Washington has declared a “strategic defeat” of Moscow as its goal in Ukraine.

Gog's men spitting liquid fire

Wahala for them money mongers. Commodities are more valuable than money Hunger stares Esau and his dogs in the face

https://www.rt.com/business/557315-our-product-our-rules-gazprom/

‘Our product, our rules’ – Russia's Gazprom
Under current circumstances commodities are more valuable than money, according to Alexey Miller

Under current circumstances commodities are more valuable than money, according to Alexey Miller
‘Our product, our rules’ – Russia's Gazprom

The world economy is experiencing a global tectonic shift, with commodities becoming more valuable than money, the head of Russia’s state energy giant Gazprom, Alexey Miller, said on Thursday, adding that from now on it is a case of “our product, our rules.”

“The game of nominal value of money is over, as this system does not allow to control the supply of resources,” Miller said during a panel discussion at the St Petersburg International Economic Forum on Thursday. “Our product, our rules. We don’t play by the rules we didn’t create,” he added.

According to the Gazprom boss, the world economy is going through a global tectonic shift with new economic rules emerging.

“Russia will determine the contour of the new economic structure of the world,” Miller said.

Speaking about Europe’s decision to reduce natural gas reliance on Russia, he said that Gazprom doesn’t “hold a grudge” as gas prices have risen “several times” and, coupled with increasing exports to Asian countries, that has helped Russia make up for the loss in exports.

Gog's men spitting nothing but truth. Africa is rich in resources and commodities

Extreme poverty changing temporary HQ in Africa to permanent HQ in Esau-dom!

ki e fun'ra yin ni brain

https://www.rt.com/russia/557353-nuclear-putin-warning-west/

Putin issues a warning to ‘irresponsible’ Western politicians
Russia is not threatening anyone with nuclear arms, but the president told the West to remember what Moscow is capable of

Russia is not threatening anyone with nuclear weapons but everyone should know what it has and what it could use if the need arose, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a plenary session of the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Friday.

Putin said he was aware that some “irresponsible” Western politicians, despite their seniority, have been “ranting” about Russia allegedly upping the nuclear ante.

“What are we supposed to do? We respond accordingly. As soon as we answered, they cling to us and say: Here is Russia threatening. We do not threaten anything, but everyone should know what we have and what we will use if necessary to protect our sovereignty,” the Russian leader said.
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Two weeks ago, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said that “nobody should forget” about circumstances that could force Russia to use nuclear weapons, but also stressed that “no one wants nuclear war.”

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Medvedev, who currently serves as deputy chair of the Russian Security Council, said that while he doesn’t want to scare anyone, “when people say that something is impossible, because it is never possible, they are always wrong.”

Russia is not threatening anyone with nuclear weapons but everyone should know what it has and what it could use if the need arose, Russian President Vladimir Putin said during a plenary session of the Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) on Friday.

Putin said he was aware that some “irresponsible” Western politicians, despite their seniority, have been “ranting” about Russia allegedly upping the nuclear ante.

“What are we supposed to do? We respond accordingly. As soon as we answered, they cling to us and say: Here is Russia threatening. We do not threaten anything, but everyone should know what we have and what we will use if necessary to protect our sovereignty,” the Russian leader said.
Nuclear war can’t be ruled out – ex-Russian president READ MORE: Nuclear war can’t be ruled out – ex-Russian president

Two weeks ago, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev said that “nobody should forget” about circumstances that could force Russia to use nuclear weapons, but also stressed that “no one wants nuclear war.”

In an interview with Al Jazeera, Medvedev, who currently serves as deputy chair of the Russian Security Council, said that while he doesn’t want to scare anyone, “when people say that something is impossible, because it is never possible, they are always wrong.”

Prior to Medvedev, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said that the risk of atomic war was “serious, real, and we must not underestimate it.” His remarks were widely criticized in the West, with both US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chair General Mark Milley accusing Russia of “nuclear saber-rattling.”

Putin himself faced similar allegations from the West after escalating the alert status of Moscow’s nuclear forces soon after launching a military offensive in Ukraine in late February.

Moscow has consistently denied accusations of ‘playing the nuclear card’, saying that such claims are part of an anti-Russia “propaganda campaign” launched by the West.


The mighty Gog of the land of Magog

Ezekiel 38:2
Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal,

lavy baba


https://www.rt.com/russia/557362-lavrov-bbc-eyes-west-mercenaries/
Russia doesn’t care what the West thinks – Lavrov
Moscow is worried about international law, not how the West views things, its foreign minister has explained

he fate of British fighters captured in Ukraine and sentenced to death as mercenaries is for the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) to decide under international law, and Russia doesn’t care how that looks to the West, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov told UK state broadcaster BBC in an interview on Thursday, on the sidelines of the annual Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF).

Two British nationals – Shaun Pinner and Aiden Aslin – were among a trio of foreign fighters found guilty of being mercenaries by the Supreme Court in Donetsk last week. They were sentenced to death, alongside Moroccan citizen Saadun Ibrahim.

When the BBC reporter asked Lavrov about them on Thursday, the Russian foreign minister said this was a matter for the DPR, which Moscow recognizes as an independent state and an ally.

“In the eyes of the West, Russia is responsible for the fate of these people,” Rosenberg began, but Lavrov cut him off.

I am not at all interested in the ‘eyes of the West.’ I am only interested in international law, according to which mercenaries are not combatants. So what’s in your eyes doesn’t matter.

When Rosenberg protested that the two men were not mercenaries but had served in the Ukrainian military, Lavrov said that was a matter for the court – one as legitimate and as independent as the British courts.

Britain wants to ‘bring Russia to its knees’ – Lavrov
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Britain wants to ‘bring Russia to its knees’ – Lavrov

Asked if the British government had reached out to Moscow about the fate of Aslin and Pinner, Lavrov said he hadn’t heard of such a request.

“They are used to doing everything in public. They began to declare that they were concerned about the fate of their subjects. I don’t know if they contacted us or not. They should talk to the DPR,” the foreign minister said.

Lavrov also told BBC that relations between Moscow and London were dismal and described Britain as “a country that once again tries to sacrifice the interests of its people for the ambitions of politicians, who only think about the next election and nothing else.”

British PM Boris Johnson, who just survived a no-confidence vote within his own party, arrived in Kiev on Friday to support Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky. Gog has men. Strong men

Ephesians 6:4 (King James Version)
And, ye fathers, provoke not your children to wrath: but bring them up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Ephesians 5:25-26 (King James Version)
Husbands, love your wives, even as Christ also loved the church, and gave himself for it; That he might sanctify and cleanse it with the washing of water by the word,

Marriage is a partnership in which the man is he head. The man is commanded to love his wife while the wife is advised to love and submit to her husband in all things. A man that loves his wife will even submit to her. So the advise to couples is an advise to mutual submission

https://www.rt.com/business/557705-russia-pays-sovereign-debt-rubles/ Russia pays sovereign debt in rubles
Interest payments on dollar-denominated bonds have been made in accordance with the new payment scheme
Russia pays sovereign debt in rubles
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Russia’s Finance Ministry announced on Thursday it has settled two issues of dollar-denominated Eurobonds “in full” by sending 12.51 billion rubles ($234.5 million) in coupon payments to the National Settlement Depository (NSD). It’s the first payment made under a new mechanism, which enables transactions in rubles.

According to the ministry, the payments were on Eurobonds maturing in 2027 and 2047.

“Thus, obligations on servicing the state securities of the Russian Federation were fulfilled by the Finance Ministry in full,” the statement said.

Finance Minister Anton Siluanov argued that the transition to ruble payments does not imply a debt default. The US has prevented Russia from making debt payments in foreign currency, and last month Washington ended a bond payments waiver, intending to stop Russia from servicing its sovereign debt. Moscow has accused Washington of trying to engineer an artificial default, as the country has the funds to pay its debts.
READ MORE: Russia sets rules for foreign debt payments

Thanks to the new mechanism, Russia will be able to fulfil its obligations not only to creditors whose rights are confirmed through the national depositories, but also to those “who cannot transfer funds under standard procedures,” the ministry said.

Investors will need to open a ruble account to receive the funds, it explained.

On Wednesday, President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on a temporary procedure for Eurobond payments. The document states that Moscow will now consider its obligations completed “if they are fulfilled in rubles in an amount equivalent to the value of obligations in foreign currency” at the exchange rate on the day the funds are transferred to the central depository (NSD), through which they will be paid to creditors. Gog declares sovereignty

https://www.rt.com/business/557703-putin-global-economic-crisis/Putin suggests way out of global economic crisis
Honest cooperation is key to overcoming difficulties, the Russian president says
Putin suggests way out of global economic crisis
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The West’s selfish attempts to blame the entire world for its own mistakes have led to the global economic crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, appearing via video link at the 14th BRICS Summit.
The West’s selfish attempts to blame the entire world for its own mistakes have led to the global economic crisis, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, appearing via video link at the 14th BRICS Summit.

“Only on the basis of honest and mutually beneficial cooperation is it possible to find a way out of this crisis situation that has gripped the global economy due to the thoughtless and selfish actions of certain states,” Putin said.

The Russian leader stressed that today, as never before, the leadership of the BRICS countries is needed in order to develop a unifying policy for the shaping of a truly multipolar system of intergovernmental relations, and that it ought to be based on the universally recognized norms of international law and the key principles of the UN Charter.

According to Putin, the BRICS states (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) have a truly enormous political, economic, scientific, technological and human potential. Their influence on the global arena is increasing with every year, he pointed out.

“Russia is ready to continue developing close multifaceted interaction with all the [BRICS] partners and contribute to the enhancement of its role in international affairs,” Putin promised.

https://www.rt.com/russia/557749-ukraine-russia-resuming-talks-lavrov/

Russia warns of conditions for resuming Ukraine peace talks
Negotiations will depend on the “situation on the ground,” according to the Russian foreign minister
Russia warns of conditions for resuming Ukraine peace talks
FILE PHOTO: Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu gives a thank you speech during the peace talks between delegations from Russia and Ukraine at Dolmabahce Presidential Office in Istanbul, Turkiye on March 29, 2022. © Cem Ozdel / Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Two months after talks aimed at ending the Ukraine conflict broke down, at Kiev's instigation, Russia has issued a warning about the possibility of restarting the process. If Ukraine seeks to return to the negotiating table, Moscow will have to look at the “situation on the ground,” Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in an interview on Thursday.

He accused some Western countries of not allowing the Kiev authorities to re-engage with a diplomatic effort to stop the fighting.

“When [Ukraine] deigns to turn to us with a proposal to resume the diplomatic process, which, as I understand it, the Europeans are urgently asking them to do, but the Anglo-Saxons do not allow this, we will look at the situation on the ground,” Lavrov said in an interview with Belarusian state TV.

“There are liberated areas, and the majority of the population there don’t even entertain the thought of returning under the control of neo-Nazi authorities or authorities that indulge neo-Nazism in every way possible,” he added.

Talks between Moscow and Kiev have stalled since they were last held in Turkey in late March. Since then, the Ukrainian side has maintained that it will resume talks only when it is in a “stronger negotiating position,” while Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that he would restart negotiations only after Kiev recovers land lost after February 24.
Ukraine’s top negotiator predicts when peace talks could resume
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Ukraine’s top negotiator predicts when peace talks could resume

Last week, Ukraine’s top negotiator David Arakhamia said the authorities in Kiev believe they could achieve a “favorable position” by late August by conducting “counteroffensive operations in certain areas.” He reiterated that Ukraine “will never accept the loss of territory,” insisting this is “legally impossible,” and that a minimum agreement with Moscow could only be considered if Russian troops return all the territory seized since the start of its military offensive.

“We could consider some political treaty like the one proposed in Istanbul. For example, we would not touch on the Crimean issue for several years. We would do it not militarily but diplomatically,” Arakhamia noted.

Meanwhile, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitry Kuleba stated in an op-ed published last week that if Kiev received enough heavy weaponry from the West, it could defeat Russia and take back its land by force. He also urged the West not to suggest “unacceptable” peace terms for Ukraine.

Russia attacked Ukraine following Kiev’s failure to implement the terms of the Minsk agreements, first signed in 2014, and Moscow’s eventual recognition of the Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk. The German- and French-brokered protocol was designed to give the breakaway regions special status within the Ukrainian state.

The Kremlin has since demanded that Ukraine officially declare itself a neutral country that will never join the US-led NATO military bloc. Kiev insists the Russian offensive was completely unprovoked and has denied claims it was planning to retake the two republics by force. Peace safety and sudden destruction of the wicked. Dont gawk. if you gawk you squawk