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Moscow wants coast to Odessa. Draghi ready to see Zelensky
Transnistria alarm. Mariupol mass graves shock the world
23 April, 06:43
(ANSA) - TRIESTE, 23 APR - UN Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres will be in Kiev next week to meet Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky, after seeing his Russian counterpart
Vladimir Putin. This was officially announced by the United
Nations in a statement.
Guterres "will have a meeting with Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and will be received by President Volodymyr Zelensky on 28 April", the statement said. The meeting with Putin, however, is scheduled for Tuesday in Moscow.
Russia and the West continue a dialogue between the deaf on the war in Ukraine. Talk of a truce now seems more utopian than ever. Putin to Europe: 'You are irresponsible'. EU moves towards sixth sanctions package next week. Measures could include a stop to Russian oil imports. UN documents summary execution of 50 civilians in Bucha. PM Draghi prepares visit to Kiev. Secretary Guterres to visit Kremlin on Tuesday. No solution has yet been found to the tragic situation in Mariupol, where local authorities report the presence of mass graves with thousands of bodies. And there is alarm over Transnistria. In the meantime, the Russian ambassador to Italy, Serghei Razov, believes that relations with our country have greatly deteriorated.
TELEPHONE CALL WITH MICHEL - Ninety minutes of conversation to certify that Europe and Russia, today more than yesterday, are now enemies. The telephone call between EU Council President Charles Michel and Vladimir Putin increases the awareness, in Brussels and in the chancelleries of the Old Continent, that phase two of the war in Ukraine will be long and, if possible, even more bloody and risky. The positions are gradually drifting apart and during the conversation Michel reiterated to the Kremlin chief that the Union is ready to give every possible support to Ukraine. This provoked the interlocutor's anger: "Europe is irresponsible on the need for a military solution to the conflict", Putin attacked.
MOSCOW WANTS THE ENTIRE COAST - "Full control" of the Donbass and the whole of southern Ukraine up to Odessa, taking not only the corridor linking the Crimea to the mainland but also the one leading to Transnistria, thus blocking Kiev's access to the sea.
Having launched phase two of the war, which officially "began two days ago" with the furious bombing assault on the Lugansk and Donetsk regions, Moscow is now outlining its new military objectives. According to the interim commander of the central military district Rustam Minnekayev, these will be even more ambitious. "Control over southern Ukraine is another way into Transnistria, where there is also evidence of discrimination against Russian-speaking residents," said the senior Russian official. These plans immediately alarmed Moldova, prompting it to summon Moscow's ambassador to Chisinau to denounce the threat of invasion of the pro-Russian separatist region, whose border is only a few dozen kilometres from Odessa. (ANSA).
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Guterres "will have a meeting with Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba and will be received by President Volodymyr Zelensky on 28 April", the statement said. The meeting with Putin, however, is scheduled for Tuesday in Moscow.
Russia and the West continue a dialogue between the deaf on the war in Ukraine. Talk of a truce now seems more utopian than ever. Putin to Europe: 'You are irresponsible'. EU moves towards sixth sanctions package next week. Measures could include a stop to Russian oil imports. UN documents summary execution of 50 civilians in Bucha. PM Draghi prepares visit to Kiev. Secretary Guterres to visit Kremlin on Tuesday. No solution has yet been found to the tragic situation in Mariupol, where local authorities report the presence of mass graves with thousands of bodies. And there is alarm over Transnistria. In the meantime, the Russian ambassador to Italy, Serghei Razov, believes that relations with our country have greatly deteriorated.
TELEPHONE CALL WITH MICHEL - Ninety minutes of conversation to certify that Europe and Russia, today more than yesterday, are now enemies. The telephone call between EU Council President Charles Michel and Vladimir Putin increases the awareness, in Brussels and in the chancelleries of the Old Continent, that phase two of the war in Ukraine will be long and, if possible, even more bloody and risky. The positions are gradually drifting apart and during the conversation Michel reiterated to the Kremlin chief that the Union is ready to give every possible support to Ukraine. This provoked the interlocutor's anger: "Europe is irresponsible on the need for a military solution to the conflict", Putin attacked.
MOSCOW WANTS THE ENTIRE COAST - "Full control" of the Donbass and the whole of southern Ukraine up to Odessa, taking not only the corridor linking the Crimea to the mainland but also the one leading to Transnistria, thus blocking Kiev's access to the sea.
Having launched phase two of the war, which officially "began two days ago" with the furious bombing assault on the Lugansk and Donetsk regions, Moscow is now outlining its new military objectives. According to the interim commander of the central military district Rustam Minnekayev, these will be even more ambitious. "Control over southern Ukraine is another way into Transnistria, where there is also evidence of discrimination against Russian-speaking residents," said the senior Russian official. These plans immediately alarmed Moldova, prompting it to summon Moscow's ambassador to Chisinau to denounce the threat of invasion of the pro-Russian separatist region, whose border is only a few dozen kilometres from Odessa. (ANSA).
