The Russian military operation in Ukraine completes its first year today, Thursday, while bloody battles and street wars continue between the two countries, as it tries The Russian army extended control over the Ukrainian regionswhile Kiev receives Western logistical and military support in the face of the Russian bear.
Beijing exhibited in Moscow Her vision of a “political settlement” of the conflict in Ukrainewhile the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, at the opening of the General Assembly of the international organization, condemned the Russian military operation in Ukraine, describing it as an “insult to the collective conscience.”
Britain said in an intelligence bulletin today that the Russian forces may be preparing for another attack in the town of Volidar in the eastern Donbass region, where the town is under heavy bombardment. It added that fighting also continued in the eastern city of Pakhmut over the past two days.
In the latest field developments, Al-Arabiya and Al-Hadath correspondent reported that Russian air defenses intercepted several Ukrainian missiles targeting the heart of Donetsk.
Simultaneously, the Russian Ministry of Defense said that the Russian army attacked the areas of Liman and Kobyansk on the outskirts of Donetsk province, the Donetsk region and the south of the province, and the Ukrainian army suffered casualties amounting to about 500 soldiers. The acting presidential advisor in the Donetsk Republic of Russia said that control of the city of Bakhmut is close, stressing that it is likely that the Ukrainian forces will surrender soon.
The Russian Ministry of Defense also revealed the plans of the Kiev regime to carry out a provocation against the unrecognized Republic of Transnistria in the near future, noting that it will be carried out by units of the Ukrainian armed forces with the participation of the “Azov” battalion.
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The ministry noted that as a pretext for the invasion, it is planned to simulate an alleged attack by Russian forces from the territory of Transnistria, explaining that “to do this, the Ukrainian saboteurs participating in the planned invasion will be dressed as soldiers of the Russian armed forces.” The Ministry of Defense stressed that it is closely monitoring the situation on the border between Ukraine and the Pridnestrovian Moldovan Republic and is ready to respond to any changes in the situation.
Politically, the Pentagon’s deputy press secretary, Sabrina Singh, announced that the United States maintains open channels of communication with Russia, and welcomes dialogue with Moscow, but will not discuss with it the conflict in Ukraine without the participation of Kiev itself.
Singh confirmed that the United States did not change the status of its nuclear forces after Russia’s decision to suspend its participation in the “START” treaty, noting that China would face sanctions if it deepened its relations with Russia.
In turn, the Russian ambassador to the United Nations, Vasily Neby-Nzya, accused the West of being ready to sacrifice Ukraine and the developing world in order to defeat Russia “in all possible ways.”
The Russian ambassador said, in a special meeting of the United Nations General Assembly, that the United States and its European allies ignore what he described as “neo-Nazism in Ukraine” to use the country as a means to crush Russia.
Nebe Nzya accused these countries of being ready “not only to sacrifice Ukraine but to plunge the whole world” into war.
Guterres denounced what he described as the “Russian invasion of Ukraine,” saying that it was an affront to the collective conscience of the international community. Guterres said during the opening of the UN General Assembly, which was held on the eve of the first anniversary of the start of the Russian war in Ukraine, he said that this anniversary constitutes a grim station for the Ukrainian people and that “the Russian invasion constitutes a violation of the United Nations Charter and international law.” He also called on Russia to stop its threats. possibility of using nuclear weapons.
For his part, European Union foreign and security policy chief Josep Borrell called for an end to the Russian war in Ukraine so that no other country in the world would be subjected to similar aggression, he said.
As for the US Ambassador to the United Nations, Linda Thomas Greenfield, she called for more efforts to achieve peace in Ukraine in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations and its basic principles.
Kiev and its allies are hoping to garner as much support as possible for a draft resolution in the United Nations General Assembly calling for a “just and lasting peace” a year after the start of Russia’s operation in Ukraine.
And a high-ranking Ukrainian official announced, on Wednesday, that the Chinese government did not consult with Kiev during the preparation of its proposed peace plan for Ukraine, which is supposed to be announced this week.
The official told a number of media outlets, on condition of anonymity, that “China did not consult us.”
Beijing promised to publish its proposal for a “political settlement” to the conflict this week, coinciding with the first anniversary of the start of the Russian offensive in Ukraine on February 24, 2022.