"Without Crimea and Donbass an agreement is impossible”. The Russian president, Vladimir Putin, clearly set these two conditions for sitting down at the negotiating table and negotiating peace with Ukraine. He did so on Tuesday during a meeting in Moscow with the Secretary General of the United Nations, António Guterres.
“The one in Ukraine is an invasion – Guterres replied – but I come here with a pragmatic approach. Any rules established must be with the consent of the international community and in compliance with international law. This question must be resolved with instruments established by the UN Statute”.
A summit that surpasses NATO
Meanwhile, yesterday a new alliance met in Ramstein to expand NATO on a global scale. At the table, in addition to the USA and Germany, sat Albania, Australia, Belgium, Great Britain, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg , North Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, Holland, Poland, Qatar, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Turkey and Hungary.
The summit has been transformed into a monthly contact group, showing that the West expects a long war. In fact, like this surpasses NATO, bypassing its mandate constraints which require the Alliance to intervene only in defense of a member state such as Ukraine is not yet.
The most significant breakthrough was that of Germany, who announcing sending 50 panzers to Ukraine Gepard anti-aircraft, lifting the veto on heavy weapons. Germany could also authorize the sending of 108 Leopard tanks, offered today by the manufacturer Rheinmetall, but the supply must first be approved by Chancellor Scholz.
Italy, on the other hand, has passed the second decree to continue the deliveries made so far, but is evaluating the third for more powerful defensive systems.
