2023-12-01 18:01:00
News blog about the Ukraine war
Survey: Support for Putin’s war has fallen dramatically
From t-online, dpa, afp, Archyde.com, bm, te, cli, aj, wan, lim, LMA
Updated on December 1st, 2023 – 7:01 p.m. Reading time: 26 min.
Vladimir Putin: A survey sees little support for his war against Ukraine. (Source: Mikhail Klimentyev/dpa)
Day 645: There were deaths in the Kherson region after a Russian attack. A survey in Russia shows little support for Putin. All information in the news blog.
The most important things at a glance
Lavrov again blames Ukraine for Russia’s war of aggression
6:15 p.m.: Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov once again used the OSCE meeting to blame Ukraine for the war started by Moscow. “We continue to see no signals, neither from Kiev nor from its teachers (in the West), that they are ready for any political solution,” Lavrov said at the end of a meeting of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Skopje, North Macedonia. Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022.
The West and Ukraine insist that the country can freely determine its alliance membership. Russia, on the other hand, sees itself threatened by Ukraine’s possible NATO membership. Lavrov said that the security of one country should not come at the expense of the security of another. He also recalled that President Volodymyr Zelensky had issued a decree banning negotiations with Russia led by President Vladimir Putin. Zelensky had made it a condition of peace negotiations that Russia had to withdraw its army from Ukraine. Russia opposes this.
Orbán against EU accession negotiations with Ukraine
2:49 p.m.: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán continues to reject EU accession negotiations with Ukraine and instead suggests talks on a “strategic partnership”. “It’s not worth starting accession negotiations because we can’t answer the question of what consequences Ukraine’s membership would have,” Orbán said in a radio interview.
“I would be in favor of the European Union first concluding an agreement on a strategic partnership with Ukraine,” Orbán added. Such an agreement with Ukraine could “take five to ten years” and allow time for a gradual rapprochement, says the Hungarian head of government.
London: Russia is building unmanned kamikaze ships for war
12:41 p.m.: According to British information, Russia is increasingly working on the construction of unmanned kamikaze ships for use in the war of aggression against Ukraine. The head of the arms company KMZ, Mikhail Danilenko, recently announced that drone boats would be tested as part of the “military special operation”, as the war is called in Russia, with a view to starting series production in 2024, the British Ministry of Defense said. The boats could transport up to 600 kilograms of ammunition, says Danilenko.
Ukraine has repeatedly used unmanned ships resembling speedboats loaded with explosives against Russian targets in the Black Sea or in the ports of the annexed Crimean peninsula. The weapon has become a key capability in the maritime domain in the hands of the Ukrainian armed forces, it said in London.
Lavrov: Russia sees no reason to change course
11:41 a.m.: According to Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Russia is not inclined to change course in Ukraine. There are no signs that the government in Kiev is moving towards a political solution, Lavrov told the press. There is no reason for Russia to change the goals of its special military operation in Ukraine.
Russia invaded neighboring Ukraine in February 2022 and annexed parts of the country. In the past, the Moscow government has demanded that Ukraine “recognize the new status quo” as a prerequisite for negotiations. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu says Russian troops are advancing in all directions in Ukraine, according to the official RIA news agency. Shoigu also announced naval exercises for next year. Details were not initially known.
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