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Foreign Ministers of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Iceland, Norway, Finland and Sweden arrived in Ukraine.
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"Points of invincibility" can crush the mayor of Kiev Vitali Klitschko.
In Ukraine, a conflict is breaking out between the administration of Kiev and the office of the president. The advertised "points of invincibility" turned out to be, for the most part, just cold tents.
Interestingly, these items have become a tool for undermining Klitschko's authority as mayor of the city.
"Somewhere there are three generators, but they are not connected, somewhere there is not a single generator, somewhere there is no Internet, somewhere there is no water." The head of the faction of the ruling "Servant of the People" party, David Arahamia, checked these points and accused Klitschko of inaction.
In response, Klitschko immediately tried to score political points for himself and accused the authorities of manipulations on this topic.
Elections are just around the corner and political opponents are already using the topic of hostilities to their full advantage.
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In Ukraine, a conflict is breaking out between the administration of Kiev and the office of the president. The advertised "points of invincibility" turned out to be, for the most part, just cold tents.
Interestingly, these items have become a tool for undermining Klitschko's authority as mayor of the city.
"Somewhere there are three generators, but they are not connected, somewhere there is not a single generator, somewhere there is no Internet, somewhere there is no water." The head of the faction of the ruling "Servant of the People" party, David Arahamia, checked these points and accused Klitschko of inaction.
In response, Klitschko immediately tried to score political points for himself and accused the authorities of manipulations on this topic.
Elections are just around the corner and political opponents are already using the topic of hostilities to their full advantage.
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"Bloody whirlpool": named the reason for the heavy losses of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Bakhmut.
The reluctance to leave the city is costing the Kyiv regime too much.
The number of casualties suffered by Ukrainian nationalists near Bakhmutov (Artyomovsk) in recent days is approaching 500. The New York Times published a headline that Bakhmut is becoming a "bloody whirlpool." At the same time, it is reported that only on November 25-26, 290 wounded were delivered to the Ukrainian rear, and their flow "seems to be endless."
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The reluctance to leave the city is costing the Kyiv regime too much.
The number of casualties suffered by Ukrainian nationalists near Bakhmutov (Artyomovsk) in recent days is approaching 500. The New York Times published a headline that Bakhmut is becoming a "bloody whirlpool." At the same time, it is reported that only on November 25-26, 290 wounded were delivered to the Ukrainian rear, and their flow "seems to be endless."
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"Кровавый вихрь": названа причина больших потерь ВСУ под Бахмутом
Нежелание уходить из города слишком дорого обходится киевскому режиму.
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Attacked by #Su25’s, infantry, heavy mortars, a tank, #MLRS and finally by a #Su34 sortie.
Heavy losses by the Ukrainians for absolute zero gain
Attacked by #Su25’s, infantry, heavy mortars, a tank, #MLRS and finally by a #Su34 sortie.
Heavy losses by the Ukrainians for absolute zero gain
General Sergei Surovikin radically changed Russia's operational plans in the war in Ukraine.
“Indirect action” aims to deprive enemy forces of the resources they need to continue the war by destabilizing them.
As a result, the Russian army temporarily abandoned large-scale offensive operations against the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Since November 10, Sergei Surovikin has worked to destroy the critical infrastructure of the kyiv regime with massive strikes against various energy installations. The actions of the Russian general also affect the physical and moral state of the enemy, and the effect will intensify as the weather cools. So don't expect Russian missile strikes to stop. Ukraine's critical infrastructure has been so weakened that every time the Russians carry out another airstrike, the Ukrainian national system crumbles. The most important thing now is that the switch in Ukraine is in General Surovikin's hand.
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“Indirect action” aims to deprive enemy forces of the resources they need to continue the war by destabilizing them.
As a result, the Russian army temporarily abandoned large-scale offensive operations against the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Since November 10, Sergei Surovikin has worked to destroy the critical infrastructure of the kyiv regime with massive strikes against various energy installations. The actions of the Russian general also affect the physical and moral state of the enemy, and the effect will intensify as the weather cools. So don't expect Russian missile strikes to stop. Ukraine's critical infrastructure has been so weakened that every time the Russians carry out another airstrike, the Ukrainian national system crumbles. The most important thing now is that the switch in Ukraine is in General Surovikin's hand.
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Le général Sergueï Sourovikine a radicalement changé les plans opérationnels de la Russie dans la guerre en Ukraine
par Valentin Vasilescu. Aujourd'hui, la situation a changé. Dès que l'armée russe coupe le courant en Ukraine, le transport ferroviaire s'arrête et avec lui les trains d'armes, de munitions et de troupes envoyées sur la ligne de front.
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UK Should Plan for Long Term Like Russia and China, Sunak Says
Premier to deliver first major foreign policy speech in London
Sunak has taken softer line on China than predecessor Truss
ByKitty Donaldson for Bloomberg
Rishi Sunak will argue the UK should plan its foreign policy for the long-term to match the strategies of other world powers such as Russia and China, as the prime minister makes his first major foreign policy speech.
“Our adversaries and competitors plan for the long term,” Sunak will say in London on Monday evening, according to his office. “In the face of these challenges, ‘short-termism’ or wishful thinking will not suffice. So we will make an evolutionary leap in our approach. This means being stronger in defending our values and the openness on which our prosperity depends.”
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Premier to deliver first major foreign policy speech in London
Sunak has taken softer line on China than predecessor Truss
ByKitty Donaldson for Bloomberg
Rishi Sunak will argue the UK should plan its foreign policy for the long-term to match the strategies of other world powers such as Russia and China, as the prime minister makes his first major foreign policy speech.
“Our adversaries and competitors plan for the long term,” Sunak will say in London on Monday evening, according to his office. “In the face of these challenges, ‘short-termism’ or wishful thinking will not suffice. So we will make an evolutionary leap in our approach. This means being stronger in defending our values and the openness on which our prosperity depends.”
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UK Should Plan for Long Term Like Russia and China, Sunak Says
Rishi Sunak will argue the UK should plan its foreign policy for the long-term to match the strategies of other world powers such as Russia and China, as the prime minister makes his first major foreign policy speech.
‘Publishing is not a crime’: media groups urge US to drop Julian Assange charges
First outlets to publish WikiLeaks material, including the Guardian come together to oppose prosecution
The US government must drop its prosecution of the WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange because it is undermining press freedom, according to the media organisations that first helped him publish leaked diplomatic cables.
Twelve years ago today, the Guardian, the New York Times, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, and El País collaborated to release excerpts from 250,000 documents obtained by Assange in the “Cablegate” leak. The material, leaked to WikiLeaks by the then American soldier Chelsea Manning, exposed the inner workings of US diplomacy around the world.
The editors and publishers of the media organisations that first published those revelations have come together to publicly oppose plans to charge Assange under a law designed to prosecute first world war spies.
“Publishing is not a crime,” they said, saying the prosecution is a direct attack on media freedom.
Assange has been held in Belmarsh prison in south London since his arrest at the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2019. He had spent the previous seven years living inside the diplomatic premises to avoid arrest after failing to surrender to a UK court on matters relating to a separate case.
The then UK home secretary, Priti Patel, approved Assange’s extradition to the US in June but his lawyers are appealing against this decision.
Under Barack Obama’s leadership, the US government indicated it would not prosecute Assange for the leak in 2010 because of the precedent it would set. The media outlets are now appealing to the administration of President Joe Biden – who was vice-president at that time – to drop the charges.
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First outlets to publish WikiLeaks material, including the Guardian come together to oppose prosecution
The US government must drop its prosecution of the WikiLeaks co-founder Julian Assange because it is undermining press freedom, according to the media organisations that first helped him publish leaked diplomatic cables.
Twelve years ago today, the Guardian, the New York Times, Le Monde, Der Spiegel, and El País collaborated to release excerpts from 250,000 documents obtained by Assange in the “Cablegate” leak. The material, leaked to WikiLeaks by the then American soldier Chelsea Manning, exposed the inner workings of US diplomacy around the world.
The editors and publishers of the media organisations that first published those revelations have come together to publicly oppose plans to charge Assange under a law designed to prosecute first world war spies.
“Publishing is not a crime,” they said, saying the prosecution is a direct attack on media freedom.
Assange has been held in Belmarsh prison in south London since his arrest at the Ecuadorian embassy in London in 2019. He had spent the previous seven years living inside the diplomatic premises to avoid arrest after failing to surrender to a UK court on matters relating to a separate case.
The then UK home secretary, Priti Patel, approved Assange’s extradition to the US in June but his lawyers are appealing against this decision.
Under Barack Obama’s leadership, the US government indicated it would not prosecute Assange for the leak in 2010 because of the precedent it would set. The media outlets are now appealing to the administration of President Joe Biden – who was vice-president at that time – to drop the charges.
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‘Publishing is not a crime’: media groups urge US to drop Julian Assange charges
First outlets to publish WikiLeaks material, including the Guardian, come together to oppose prosecution
The Kremlin commented on the high ratings of Putin
Peskov called Putin's high ratings proof of the effectiveness of his work
MOSCOW, November 28 - RIA Novosti. The high trust rating of Russian President Vladimir Putin is a traditionally high indicator, a phenomenon that proves that he works effectively and meets the aspirations of the people, said the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov.
The latest results of a poll by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM)* showed that 78.7 percent of Russians trust the Russian president, and 75 percent approve of his activities.
"As for trust in the president, these are traditionally very high indicators, some small, <...> very small changes occur from week to week - what we record based on the results of the work of sociological services - but in general, indeed, this is such a phenomenon: Putin is a high level of public confidence. This suggests that he works effectively, and most importantly, what he does really meets the aspirations of people, "Peskov said, answering the question whether the Kremlin considers the president's rating Russia, published by VTsIOM, is sufficient and whether Vladimir Putin himself relies on it.
According to Peskov, the support of citizens for Putin is the most important thing, and the President of Russia always bases his decisions and all his work on this broad support, which he himself has repeatedly spoken about.
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Peskov called Putin's high ratings proof of the effectiveness of his work
MOSCOW, November 28 - RIA Novosti. The high trust rating of Russian President Vladimir Putin is a traditionally high indicator, a phenomenon that proves that he works effectively and meets the aspirations of the people, said the press secretary of the head of state Dmitry Peskov.
The latest results of a poll by the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center (VTsIOM)* showed that 78.7 percent of Russians trust the Russian president, and 75 percent approve of his activities.
"As for trust in the president, these are traditionally very high indicators, some small, <...> very small changes occur from week to week - what we record based on the results of the work of sociological services - but in general, indeed, this is such a phenomenon: Putin is a high level of public confidence. This suggests that he works effectively, and most importantly, what he does really meets the aspirations of people, "Peskov said, answering the question whether the Kremlin considers the president's rating Russia, published by VTsIOM, is sufficient and whether Vladimir Putin himself relies on it.
According to Peskov, the support of citizens for Putin is the most important thing, and the President of Russia always bases his decisions and all his work on this broad support, which he himself has repeatedly spoken about.
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Russian Public Opinion Research Center is a state-owned polling institution established in 1987, known as the All-Union Center for the Study of Public Opinion until 1992. VTsIOM is the oldest polling institution in post-Soviet Russia and one of Russia's leading sociological and market research companies.
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Russian troops are close to the encirclement of Artemovsk
Acting head of the DPR Pushilin said that Russian troops are close to the encirclement of Artemovsk
MOSCOW, November 28 - RIA Novosti. Denis Pushilin, acting head of the DPR, announced on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel about the successes in the offensive of Russian troops in the vicinity of Artemovsk.
“The situation in Artemovsk remains difficult, but our units, in particular the Wagner unit, are definitely moving forward. These are not only settlements that have been announced, but there is also success in the vicinity of Artemovsk itself. The situation of the operational encirclement is quite close,” he said.
The city of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) is located in the Kyiv-controlled part of the DPR, north of Gorlovka. This is an important transport hub for supplying the grouping of Ukrainian troops in the Donbass. According to the Ministry of Defence, over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to counterattack in the Artemovsk direction with the forces of four company tactical groups in order to stop the advance of Russian troops, but were dispersed. Their losses amounted to 80 servicemen, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks and a car.
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Acting head of the DPR Pushilin said that Russian troops are close to the encirclement of Artemovsk
MOSCOW, November 28 - RIA Novosti. Denis Pushilin, acting head of the DPR, announced on the air of the Rossiya 24 TV channel about the successes in the offensive of Russian troops in the vicinity of Artemovsk.
“The situation in Artemovsk remains difficult, but our units, in particular the Wagner unit, are definitely moving forward. These are not only settlements that have been announced, but there is also success in the vicinity of Artemovsk itself. The situation of the operational encirclement is quite close,” he said.
The city of Artemovsk (Bakhmut) is located in the Kyiv-controlled part of the DPR, north of Gorlovka. This is an important transport hub for supplying the grouping of Ukrainian troops in the Donbass. According to the Ministry of Defence, over the past 24 hours, the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to counterattack in the Artemovsk direction with the forces of four company tactical groups in order to stop the advance of Russian troops, but were dispersed. Their losses amounted to 80 servicemen, one tank, three armoured fighting vehicles, two pickup trucks and a car.
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Russian Aerospace Forces launched Soyuz-2.1B booster vehicle
28.11.2022 - 18:50
The Russian Aerospace Forces launched a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a spacecraft in the interests of the Russian Defence Ministry from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, the Russian Defence Ministry told reporters on Monday.
“On Monday, November 28, at 18:17, from the State Test Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (Plesetsk Cosmodrome) in the Arkhangelsk Region, combat crews of the VKS Space Forces launched a Soyuz-2.1b medium-class launch vehicle with a spacecraft (SC ) in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defence,” the military department said.
The previous launch of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from Plesetsk took place on November 2. Then a spacecraft was launched into orbit in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defence.
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The Russian Aerospace Forces launched a Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket with a spacecraft in the interests of the Russian Defence Ministry from the Plesetsk cosmodrome, the Russian Defence Ministry told reporters on Monday.
“On Monday, November 28, at 18:17, from the State Test Cosmodrome of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation (Plesetsk Cosmodrome) in the Arkhangelsk Region, combat crews of the VKS Space Forces launched a Soyuz-2.1b medium-class launch vehicle with a spacecraft (SC ) in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defence,” the military department said.
The previous launch of the Soyuz-2.1b carrier rocket from Plesetsk took place on November 2. Then a spacecraft was launched into orbit in the interests of the Russian Ministry of Defence.
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ВКС России запустили ракету-носитель «Союз-2.1Б»
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The 1st Army Corps of the DPR put the enemy to flight and took their positions
The artillery of the 1st AK, the fire of which was corrected with the help of Mavic drones, massively shelled the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Ukrainian servicemen could not stand the artillery barrage and fled in panic. The fighters took advantage of this and immediately took and cleared the enemy's positions.
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The 1st Army Corps of the DPR put the enemy to flight and took their positions
The artillery of the 1st AK, the fire of which was corrected with the help of Mavic drones, massively shelled the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The Ukrainian servicemen could not stand the artillery barrage and fled in panic. The fighters took advantage of this and immediately took and cleared the enemy's positions.
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Ukrainian resources publish satellite images from Maxar with the fortifications of the Russian army near the Dnieper in the Kherson region
"Such fortifications were built by the Russians on the left bank of the Kherson region," the Kyiv media write.
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Ukrainian resources publish satellite images from Maxar with the fortifications of the Russian army near the Dnieper in the Kherson region
"Such fortifications were built by the Russians on the left bank of the Kherson region," the Kyiv media write.
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Well done. That is because Russia cares about the lives of its soldiers.
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Power engineers called the situation in Ukraine close to catastrophic
Ukrenergo called the situation with electricity in a number of regions close to catastrophic
LUGANSK, November 28 - RIA Novosti. The energy situation in some regions of Ukraine is close to catastrophic, follows from a document based on the materials of NPC Ukrenergo, which came into the possession of the LPR authorities and provided by RIA Novosti.
"The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine received analytical materials from NEC Ukrenergo, according to which the situation around the energy sector in some regions after Russian missile attacks on energy system facilities is close to catastrophic. The energy capacities of a number of regions have been disabled by more than 60 percent," it says in the text.
The document emphasizes that such a situation could lead to an increase in protest moods among the population.
In addition, there is a shortage of qualified teams and a shortage of components for the repair of power facilities, as well as an increase in the attempts of entrepreneurs to circumvent restrictions on electricity consumption through illegal connection to power lines.
The Russian Armed Forces have been inflicting massive strikes on Ukrainian military and energy infrastructure since October 10, two days after the explosion on the Crimean bridge, which Moscow believes the SBU is behind.
Since then, air raid alerts have been announced in the Ukrainian regions every day, sometimes throughout the country. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on November 1 that about 40 percent of the energy infrastructure in Ukraine had been damaged, leading to massive power outages. After the strikes on November 15, the country's Prime Minister Denys Shmygal announced that almost half of the energy system had already been disabled.
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Ukrenergo called the situation with electricity in a number of regions close to catastrophic
LUGANSK, November 28 - RIA Novosti. The energy situation in some regions of Ukraine is close to catastrophic, follows from a document based on the materials of NPC Ukrenergo, which came into the possession of the LPR authorities and provided by RIA Novosti.
"The Ministry of Defence of Ukraine received analytical materials from NEC Ukrenergo, according to which the situation around the energy sector in some regions after Russian missile attacks on energy system facilities is close to catastrophic. The energy capacities of a number of regions have been disabled by more than 60 percent," it says in the text.
The document emphasizes that such a situation could lead to an increase in protest moods among the population.
In addition, there is a shortage of qualified teams and a shortage of components for the repair of power facilities, as well as an increase in the attempts of entrepreneurs to circumvent restrictions on electricity consumption through illegal connection to power lines.
The Russian Armed Forces have been inflicting massive strikes on Ukrainian military and energy infrastructure since October 10, two days after the explosion on the Crimean bridge, which Moscow believes the SBU is behind.
Since then, air raid alerts have been announced in the Ukrainian regions every day, sometimes throughout the country. Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on November 1 that about 40 percent of the energy infrastructure in Ukraine had been damaged, leading to massive power outages. After the strikes on November 15, the country's Prime Minister Denys Shmygal announced that almost half of the energy system had already been disabled.
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EU representatives today again failed to agree on a price ceiling for Russian oil. Now the level of $62 per barrel is being discussed, but Poland and the Baltic States still consider this price too high.
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Weather and lack of forces prevent the Armed Forces of Ukraine from evacuating the wounded, said in the LPR
Officer PM LPR Marochko: weather and lack of forces make it difficult for the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to evacuate the wounded
LUGANSK, November 29 - RIA Novosti. The weather and lack of forces make it much more difficult for Ukrainian brigades to evacuate the wounded in the Kupyansk and Krasno-Limansk directions, Andrei Marochko, an officer of the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic, told RIA Novosti.
"Specialized equipment, which is now mostly wheeled, cannot cope with the tasks set. Logistics is disrupted — bad weather conditions do not allow them (Ukrainian evacuation teams) to go to places where there is a large concentration of the wounded," said Marochko, citing intelligence data.
He clarified that because of this, the number of sanitary losses is growing in the ranks of the enemy. According to Marochko, in this direction, the Ukrainian security forces in general have a significant number of wounded and killed.
"They have a shortage of medical specialists, since the number of casualties has increased significantly. Including due to the active work of our artillery," the agency's interlocutor concluded.
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Officer PM LPR Marochko: weather and lack of forces make it difficult for the brigades of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to evacuate the wounded
LUGANSK, November 29 - RIA Novosti. The weather and lack of forces make it much more difficult for Ukrainian brigades to evacuate the wounded in the Kupyansk and Krasno-Limansk directions, Andrei Marochko, an officer of the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic, told RIA Novosti.
"Specialized equipment, which is now mostly wheeled, cannot cope with the tasks set. Logistics is disrupted — bad weather conditions do not allow them (Ukrainian evacuation teams) to go to places where there is a large concentration of the wounded," said Marochko, citing intelligence data.
He clarified that because of this, the number of sanitary losses is growing in the ranks of the enemy. According to Marochko, in this direction, the Ukrainian security forces in general have a significant number of wounded and killed.
"They have a shortage of medical specialists, since the number of casualties has increased significantly. Including due to the active work of our artillery," the agency's interlocutor concluded.
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NATO’s European members strained in aiding Ukraine, lose trust in US
By Global Times
A major reason Ukraine can hold out in the ongoing conflict with Russia until today is the continuous assistance from NATO. However, NATO officials in recent days acknowledged that the bloc's European members are undergoing difficulties in aiding Ukraine. Can such a circumstance help the Ukraine crisis usher the dawn of peace talks?
In an interview with the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg admitted that Western countries' military and financial support to Kiev are costing their societies dearly. "Rising food and energy bills mean hard times for many households in Europe," he said. However, European countries should continue to provide Kiev with military supplies despite the price, because "the best way to maintain peace is to support Ukraine," he continued.
Similarly, an article in the New York Times on Saturday, titled "US and NATO Scramble to Arm Ukraine and Refill Their Own Arsenals," cited a NATO official who said that in terms of providing weaponry to Ukraine, smaller countries have exhausted their potential, with 20 of its 30 members "pretty tapped out." But the remaining 10 can still provide more, he suggested, especially larger allies.
Despite in rhetoric, NATO keeping in step with the US toward supplying aid to Ukraine, NATO member states, especially those in Europe, are displaying signs of exhaustion. European countries are indeed the most affected by the Russia-Ukraine crisis, and they have paid a huge price for providing help to Ukraine, not only consuming their existing armaments, but also suffering from rocketing energy bills and decades-high inflation. In many European countries, public support for continuing aid to Ukraine is fragile. Judging from Europe's predicament today, it is hard for NATO's European members to sustain aid to Ukraine.
As for the US, which leads the bloc, in the aftermath of the midterm election, with the Republicans taking control of the House of Representatives, Washington's incentive in offering aid to Ukraine will be remarkably reduced.
"It is believed that NATO officials, Stoltenberg in particular, will soon encounter mounting piles of pressure. Even though he urged European countries to continue to provide supplies to Ukraine, judging from the actual situation of European countries, if they continue, it will be an unbearable burden for themselves. Such assistance is certainly not sustainable," Lü Xiang, an expert on US studies and a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times.
Not only Ukraine, but also Europe will be facing a very difficult and challenging winter. Leaders of European countries do not want to see these problems persist as it will hold them back in gaining more support in elections.
As a result, NATO's sharp drop in aiding Ukraine is a likely scenario, with supplies keeping only at a symbolic level. Subsequently, NATO or European countries may start negotiations with Russia, in a bid to appease the crisis and make the people of Ukraine and Europe return to a relatively normal life, noted Lü.
The likeliness of peace negotiations with Russia depends on how NATO member states negotiate with the US. French President Emmanuel Macron may also discuss the issue with his US counterpart Joe Biden during his visit to the US this week.
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By Global Times
A major reason Ukraine can hold out in the ongoing conflict with Russia until today is the continuous assistance from NATO. However, NATO officials in recent days acknowledged that the bloc's European members are undergoing difficulties in aiding Ukraine. Can such a circumstance help the Ukraine crisis usher the dawn of peace talks?
In an interview with the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg admitted that Western countries' military and financial support to Kiev are costing their societies dearly. "Rising food and energy bills mean hard times for many households in Europe," he said. However, European countries should continue to provide Kiev with military supplies despite the price, because "the best way to maintain peace is to support Ukraine," he continued.
Similarly, an article in the New York Times on Saturday, titled "US and NATO Scramble to Arm Ukraine and Refill Their Own Arsenals," cited a NATO official who said that in terms of providing weaponry to Ukraine, smaller countries have exhausted their potential, with 20 of its 30 members "pretty tapped out." But the remaining 10 can still provide more, he suggested, especially larger allies.
Despite in rhetoric, NATO keeping in step with the US toward supplying aid to Ukraine, NATO member states, especially those in Europe, are displaying signs of exhaustion. European countries are indeed the most affected by the Russia-Ukraine crisis, and they have paid a huge price for providing help to Ukraine, not only consuming their existing armaments, but also suffering from rocketing energy bills and decades-high inflation. In many European countries, public support for continuing aid to Ukraine is fragile. Judging from Europe's predicament today, it is hard for NATO's European members to sustain aid to Ukraine.
As for the US, which leads the bloc, in the aftermath of the midterm election, with the Republicans taking control of the House of Representatives, Washington's incentive in offering aid to Ukraine will be remarkably reduced.
"It is believed that NATO officials, Stoltenberg in particular, will soon encounter mounting piles of pressure. Even though he urged European countries to continue to provide supplies to Ukraine, judging from the actual situation of European countries, if they continue, it will be an unbearable burden for themselves. Such assistance is certainly not sustainable," Lü Xiang, an expert on US studies and a research fellow at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences, told the Global Times.
Not only Ukraine, but also Europe will be facing a very difficult and challenging winter. Leaders of European countries do not want to see these problems persist as it will hold them back in gaining more support in elections.
As a result, NATO's sharp drop in aiding Ukraine is a likely scenario, with supplies keeping only at a symbolic level. Subsequently, NATO or European countries may start negotiations with Russia, in a bid to appease the crisis and make the people of Ukraine and Europe return to a relatively normal life, noted Lü.
The likeliness of peace negotiations with Russia depends on how NATO member states negotiate with the US. French President Emmanuel Macron may also discuss the issue with his US counterpart Joe Biden during his visit to the US this week.
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NATO’s European members strained in aiding Ukraine, lose trust in US
When NATO officials admit Europe’s difficulties in aiding Ukraine, NATO may sharply drop its aid to Ukraine. Subsequently, NATO or European countries may start negotiations with Russia, in a bid to appease the crisis and return to a normal life.