Vladimir Putin visits for the first time since recapture border region Kursk – Diepresse.com
U.S. Secretary of State Rubio is pushing the Russian president into a ceasefire proposal after his phone call with Donald Trump. Italy’s Prime Minister Meloni called the Pope on possible negotiations in the Vatican. This is available as a broker role.
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has been visiting the Kursk region on the border with Ukraine for the first time since recapture. He traveled there for a « job visit » on Tuesday and met with representatives of volunteer organizations and visited the Kursk-II nuclear power plant, said the Kremlin. Ukrainian troops had surprisingly taken parts of the region last summer and were recently pushed back to Ukraine in months. At the end of April, Moscow declared that with the help of North Korean soldiers, the region had completely brought back control.
The messages took place two days after a telephone conversation between Putin and US President Donald Trump, which ended without an agreement on an ceasefire in the Ukraine conflict. Trump then had immediate negotiations in the Vatican about a ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine. However, Trump did not give any details – and was once again criticized not to put enough pressure on Moscow in his peace efforts. Trump Putin reported that there was no further sanctions against Russia for now.
« Putin will deal with deal if it is in his interest »
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio was « in the coming days » to present a ceasefire proposal by Russia on Tuesday. From the context of the Avized Russian proposal, one will then know what the thinking of the Russians is and where they are. « I think Putin will always take a deal when he believes that this is in his best interest, for the country, for Russia and for his view of the world. » Ukraine has been defending a Russian attack war for more than three years.
The first direct discussions between Russia and Ukraine in the war for more than three years had also brought no result last week.
Selenskij emphasizes the role of the United States as an engine in negotiations
The Ukrainian President Wolodymyr Selenskij accused Putin, With the conversations to only want to « push time ». Despite the waiting attitude of the USA, he campaigned for a leading role of Washington in further negotiations. « It is America that is feared by Russia, and it is the American influence that can save many lives when it is used as a means of pressure to move Putin to end war, » said Selenskij in his evening video message. « It is important that America continues to advocate peace. »
Selenskij praised the 17th sanction package that the EU had passed on Tuesday. « This is a step in the right direction, and there should be so many sanction steps as necessary so that Russia is interested in peace and gets the full price of his aggression and his desire to extend the war, » he said. There is a sanction decision of the United Kingdom and the EU« And it would be good if the United States would also contribute to it ».
The now 17th package with punitive measures provides for further tightening of the procedure against the so -called Russian shadow fleet for the transport of oil and oil products.
Pope Leo is available as a host for negotiations
In the meantime, according to the Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Pope Leo XIV confirmed his willingness to host the Ukraine War for negotiations. Meloni reported a phone call to the Pontifex, in which he confirmed the availability of the Vatican as a neutral place for possible negotiations between the aggressor from Moscow and Kiev. The new head of the Catholic Church made a corresponding offer.
Meloni announced that at a conference call on Monday, she was asked to ask Pope Leo again with Trump and European heads of state and government. She did this quickly. She would like to thank the Pontifex for his commitment and his will to work on a fair and permanent peace in Ukraine, it said from the Prime Minister’s office in Rome.
Russia sends 20,000 naturalized people to the front
According to their own statements, the Russian authorities sent around 20,000 migrants to the war against Ukraine after their naturalization. Military investigators regularly carried out raids to find newly naturalized men who did not want to register with the military, said the head of the investigative committee, Alexander Bastrykin, the state news agency Tass according to. « We fished 80,000 and recorded for military service and 20,000 of these ‘young’ young people in Russia, whom it does not like to live in Uzbekistan, Tajikistan or Kyrgyzstan for some reason, are already on the front. »
Russia is still the goal of many immigrants, especially from the Central Asian ex-Soviet republics, more than 30 years after the Soviet Union’s decay. In the states mentioned by Bastrykin, the standard of living is significantly lower than in Russia and there are no jobs, so that many young men come as guest workers and then try to acquire Russian citizenship.
In addition to immigrants, the Kremlin relies on financial incentives in order to attract volunteers from the poor regions of Russia. In addition, soldiers of the North Korean dictator Kim Jong-UN, allied with the Kremlin, were also used in recapturing parts of the West Russian region of Kursk. There are also reports on recruited citizens of other states such as China, India, Cuba or Senegal or Togo. (APA/Reuters)
