NATO is looking for its next secretary general, Türkiye already has its favorite; Kremlin says Ukrainian army is panicking and more

2024-04-30 10:49:51

The war between Russia and Ukraine comes to your day 796 since its beginning on February 24, 2022, when the Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered a “special military operation” to free the pro-Russian population from the Donbas region of Ukraine.

Hoy Monday April 29, 2024, Türkiye signals that it will support the Dutch Mark Rutte as the next NATO secretary general.

In it front they assure that the Russian army, which is gaining ground against the Ukrainian forces, because it claimed this Monday the capture of the town of Semenivka, in eastern Ukraine, where it is advancing rapidly.

The Russian Ministry of Defense stated in a statement that it had “liberated” this town located northwest of Avdiivkaa city taken by the russian forces in February.

The Ukrainian army, which has failure in his great counteroffensive Launched last summer, it faces the unstoppable Russian push since the fall of this symbolic city in February.

The last example occurred on Sunday, when the Russian Defense Ministry claimed responsibility for the capture of Novobajmutivka, a town located about 10 km north of Avdiivka, in Donetsk.

The commander-in-chief of the armed forces of Ukraine, Oleksandr Syrskyacknowledged on Sunday that the situation on the front had “worsened” and that Russian troops, superior in soldiers and ammunition, had achieved “tactical successes” in several areas.

The director of Ukrainian military intelligence, Kirilo Budanov, warned last week that the situation on the front was going to worsen towards mid-May and June, and that Ukraine would face a “difficult period.”

The former Soviet republic, where Moscow launched a special operation in February 2022, fears an even more powerful Russian offensive this summer.

kyiv, however, hopes that the approval in the US Congress of a new military aid package worth billions of dollars will allow it to soon stabilize the situation..

Blinken says war against Ukraine is a “strategic debacle” for Russia

The US Secretary of State, Antony Blinkenassured this Monday from Riyadh that the war against Ukraine launched two years ago by the Russian president, Vladimir Putinis a “strategic debacle” for Russiaa country that he considered to be now “weaker.”

“The last thing I’m going to say about this is that if you take a step back and analyze it, I think this Russian aggression has been a strategic debacle for Russia,” said the head of US diplomacy at the special session of the Economic Forum. World Cup (WEF, in English), which ends today in Riyadh.

Blinken noted that the way in which Russia has reoriented its economyespecially after sanctions and export controls, may “work in the short term, but it cannot be sustained in the long term.”

“On the whole, Russia is economically weaker. It is weaker militarily, given the destruction of so many of its forces. And she is weaker diplomatically in much of the world, not all, but much of it,” Blinken said.

He added that, at the same time, “the Ukrainians are united as they have never been before, even united against Russia, which was not the case before 2014, when Russia committed the first aggression against Ukraine.”

Likewise, he praised how Europe “has moved away from dependence on Russian energy in an extraordinary way and only in a period of two years.”

“All of this represents, I think, a huge strategic setback for Russia. In many ways, Putin has precipitated many of the things he sought to prevent. I hope that is recognized. And look, the moment Russia shows that it is really willing to negotiate, it will certainly be there. And I think the Ukrainians will be there,” he asserted.

Antony Blinken, United States Secretary of State (JACQUELYN MARTIN/AFP)

Kremlin says Ukrainian military is panicking and Russia must take advantage of it

He Ukrainian army is panicking and Russian forces must take advantage of this situation to continue advancing on the frontdeclared the spokesman for the Russian Presidency, Dmitri Peskov.

“Panic is growing on the front on the Ukrainian side… We all have old friends, relatives of friends and others who fight on the front. Some come on vacation and tell it, others share it on the phone, in letters. It is first-hand information, there, on the other side, panic spreads”

Dmitri Peskov, spokesman for the Russian Presidency

He Kremlin representative He added that “Now it is very important to support this dynamic, not stop and move forward in fulfilling” the objectives set by Russia in Ukraine.

Behind the failed Ukrainian military counteroffensive last summerlas Russian forces took the initiative, occupied the Ukrainian stronghold of Avdivka y They continue to advance gradually in eastern Ukraineal take advantage of the delay in Western aid to kyiv.

In the last week this situation has worsened after the sudden advance of the Russian Army towards the town of Ocherétinea strategic height northwest of Avdivka, in the Ukrainian Donetsk region, and the capture of several towns.

Furthermore, they maintain advance towards Chasiv Yarwhose eventual capture would allow the Russian Army to threaten the Ukrainian bastions of Slavic y Kramatorskkeys to the control of the region of Donetsk.

Dmitri Peskov, Kremlin spokesman (EFE)

Türkiye signals that it will support the Dutch Mark Rutte as the next NATO secretary general

He Government of Türkiye will support al dutch prime minister in office, the liberal Mark Rutteas next secretary general from I’LL TAKEthe Turkish news agency Anadolu reported on Monday.

Citing Turkish officials, the official agency reported that “Türkiye has announced that it will support Rutte as the new Secretary General of NATO”.

He Dutch politician visited Turkey last week and held a one-on-one meeting with President Recep Tayyip ErdoganIn Estambul asking for your support for the position of NATO Secretary General.

Anadolu assured today that “Türkiye has conveyed to NATO members that it will support Rutte.”

During the joint press conference with Erdogan last week, Rutte declared that NATO’s southern flank needs Turkey and its leadership.

“Türkiye plays a decisive role. He is making efforts to resolve the situation in Gaza and also in relation to the horrible war in Ukraine. In this sense, she is playing an important role,” said the Dutch leader, the strongest candidate to succeed the Norwegian Jens Stoltenberg at the head of the Alliance.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg (EFE/Oliver Hoslet)

2024-04-30 10:49:51