2023-04-26 21:34:13
I expected a Ukrainian counterattack… and hinted at undermining the grain deal
Wednesday – 6 Shawwal 1444 AH – 26 April 2023 CE Issue Number [16220]
Moscow: Raed Jabr Kiev – New York: Asharq Al-Awsat
In a tangible escalation in the tone of warning that Moscow launches from possible developments against the background of the Russian-Ukrainian war, the Vice-President of the Russian Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, drew attention to the dangers of the world sliding towards a new world war, saying that the possibility of its occurrence “is possible, although it is not inevitable.” . Medvedev stressed that the world may be standing on the brink of a new world war. But he added: “Is this development inevitable? No, it is not,” adding that “the possibility of a nuclear war is increasing every day.”
Meanwhile, the state news agency “Novosti” published a report about Kiev’s readiness to launch an attack on Russian forces in the coming weeks, and quoted Western sources as saying that “Ukraine is preparing to launch a counterattack against Russian forces early next month.” According to leaked Pentagon documents that give an idea of Kiev’s timeline, “12 Ukrainian combat brigades, each with about 4,000 soldiers, are expected to be ready by the end of April.”
In a related context, the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Antonio Guterres, presented a “path” that he proposed to follow in order to allow the extension of the agreement on grain exports through the Black Sea, which expires in mid-May. After a meeting with the Russian Foreign Minister, Sergey Lavrov, Guterres’ office said that the UN Secretary-General “took note of the Russian Federation’s concern” regarding the impact of applying the agreement on its exports of foodstuffs and fertilizers, but Lavrov said that “so far there has been no significant progress,” expressing He regretted the lack of “the willingness of Western countries to do what is really necessary for the two parts of the agreement to be successfully implemented.” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov hinted at the deal’s collapse, saying the deal, whose extension expires in mid-May, “has not yet been fully implemented.”
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