2023-05-31 21:49:00
Macron: Negotiations with Putin more important than his arrest
Von dpa, afp, Archyde.com, t-online
Updated on 05/31/2023 – 23:49Reading time: 21 min.
Day 462 since the beginning of the war: Kremlin spokesman Peskov accuses the West of “Russophobia”. Russia’s ex-president Medvedev threatens Great Britain. All information in the news blog.
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For Macron, negotiations with Putin are more important than his arrest
11:33 p.m.: French President Emmanuel Macron currently considers negotiations with Vladimir Putin to be more important than bringing the Russian President before an international court. At the Globesec forum in Bratislava, Macron said: “If a negotiation window should open in a few months, the question will arise between negotiations and a trial with the representatives that are available, and I think negotiations are a priority.” You can get into a position where you say, “I want you to go to jail, but you’re the only one I can deal with.” Nevertheless, he wanted evidence to be collected against Russia and its leadership.
The International Court of Justice in The Hague issued an arrest warrant for Russian head of state Vladimir Putin in March 2023. He is accused of responsibility for war crimes and the illegal transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia. Ukraine has long been demanding a tribunal against Russia to be set up similar to the Nuremberg war crimes trials.
Kremlin spokesman accuses West of “Russophobia”.
9:22 p.m.: After drone attacks on Moscow, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov accused Germany and other Western countries of anti-Russian reactions. “One can feed Russophobia and they (the European states) feed Russophobia,” Peskov said on Russian state television on Wednesday evening.
He was reacting to statements by German government spokesman Steffen Hebestreit. However, he did not explicitly comment on the drone incidents in Moscow. Instead, earlier in the day, when asked how he viewed attacks on the Russian heartland, he said: “Basically, international law provides that a country defends itself.”
The defense against the attack by Russian forces on Ukraine is legitimate. “However, the Chancellor has repeatedly made it clear that as far as the use of German weapons is concerned, they are there to defend Ukrainian territory.”
When asked whether that meant, conversely, that Hebestreit considers the attacks by Ukrainians with Ukrainian weapons on the Russian heartland to be legitimate, he said: “I didn’t quote the actual attack, but international law. And international law considers such attacks to be legit.”
Governor: Ukraine attacks Belgorod region with artillery
4:27 p.m.: According to the Russian regional governor, Ukrainian forces have again attacked targets in Belgorod. Two towns in the border area were shelled by artillery, Vyacheslav Gladkov said on Telegram. There are no reports of casualties.
Prigozhin: The judiciary should investigate crimes committed by the Russian military
1:56 p.m.: The head of Russia’s Wagner mercenary group, Yevgeny Prigozhin, is urging prosecutors to investigate crimes committed by senior military and government officials before and during the war in Ukraine. Specifically, Prigozhin will not. Prigozhin has previously accused Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu of using incompetence to sabotage the Russian mission in Ukraine.
Anti-aircraft defenses in Moscow are to be improved
12:44 p.m.: According to the Russian government, there is still room for improvement in defending against air attacks on Moscow. Government spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists a day after the most extensive drone attacks on the Russian capital to date.
Russia reports successes in Donetsk
12:44 p.m.: According to the Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russian troops have pushed out Ukrainian units from positions around the settlements of Krasnohorivka and Yasynuvata in the Donetsk region.
Fierce fighting continued in nearby Avdijwka. The place was completely destroyed after months of fighting. The ministry also announced that the last remaining Ukrainian warship was destroyed in a rocket attack in Odessa.
Russian Army: Ukraine’s “Last Warship” Destroyed
12:02 p.m.: According to the Russian army, it has destroyed the last large warship of the Ukrainian naval forces. It was destroyed on Monday in a “high-precision strike” by the Russian air force on a berth in the port of Odessa, the Russian army announced on Wednesday. According to the information, the ship is the “Yuri Olefirenko”.
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