Russian Defense Minister Shoigu has ordered troops to withdraw from the city of Kherson in southern Ukraine. The Ukrainian army is stepping up its reversal offensive in Kherson Oblast.
Russian Defense Minister orders withdrawal from Kherson city, beating Putin (2)
Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the Group of 20 (G20) summit next week, according to a person familiar with the matter. The move is said to aim to protect the president from heightened tensions between leaders over the invasion of Ukraine.
First Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy of Ukraine SviridenkoMid-term elections in the United StatesHe said he was confident that the United States will continue to provide financial aid to Ukraine even if the Republicans get a majority in both houses of Congress.
“I think the US will help Ukraine until it wins,” Sviridenko said in an interview with Bloomberg News. House Republican majority leader John McCarthy said last month that he would not give Ukraine a “blank check” if his party got a majority in the midterm elections. Biden expressed concern that a Republican victory would cut aid to Ukraine.
Arhanherske village, Kherson province, occupied by Russian troops (3rd) Photographer: Bulent Kilic / AFP / Getty Images
Recent developments on the situation in Ukraine are as follows.
Putin’s closest aide visits Iran
Russian Security Council Secretary Patrushev visited Tehran and met with Iran’s top leadership. He has pledged to deepen ties to counter pressure from the United States and its allies.
Russia sees “strategic cooperation” with Iran as an important element of national security, Patrushev said during a meeting with Raisi. This was reported by the Russian state news agency TASS.
While Russia denies using Iranian weapons, it is increasingly relying on Iranian drones after the attack on Ukraine depleted its missile inventory.
The Russian Defense Minister orders the withdrawal from the city of Kherson
In a televised press conference on Thursday, Shoigu ordered the troops to be withdrawn from the western bank of the Dnipro and transferred to the eastern bank. The Russian military commander Slovikhin suggested the withdrawal to Shoigu, saying that he “understands that this is an extremely difficult decision”.
Putin will miss the G20 summit, wary of confrontation and cold treatment
The decision to skip the summit to be held in Bali, Indonesia from 15th to 16th this month was made after avoiding the possibility of facing other leaders like US President Biden and being alienated from European leaders. Biden called Putin a “war criminal”.
Russia should send Foreign Minister Lavrov to represent Putin, one of the people said. Officials spoke on condition of anonymity because the information was not made public. The Russian foreign ministry and the president’s office did not respond to requests for comment.
Russia seeks to ease tensions over nuclear use
A Russian diplomat tried to dispel concerns about the use of nuclear weapons by explaining that they would be used against conventional enemy forces only if the existence of the state was threatened.
In Russia’s second attempt this month to clarify its nuclear doctrine, a diplomatic document was circulated among representatives of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). Concerns have increased in recent months that Russia may resort to tactical nuclear weapons after failing to achieve the desired results in Ukraine.
According to the document, the Russian nuclear strategy doctrine allows “the use of nuclear weapons as a hypothetical story”, but only if the use is in retaliation for preventive use by another state or “when the very existence of the state is threatened. ” it is limited to cases where “The most pressing issue is to avoid military confrontations between nuclear-armed states,” he said.
Russia has the largest nuclear reserve
Arms control negotiations have reduced some classes of weapons deployed
Source: Federation of American Scientists
Next NATO summit to be held in Lithuania next July
NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg announced that the next summit will be held in Vilnius, Lithuania, from 11-12 July next year. Vilnius is close to the border with Belarus, an ally of Russia.
Rise of the hardliners in the Russian government
Outspoken hardliners are on the rise in the Russian government. Within the administration, fears are growing that Putin will listen to the intransigent who are asking for a confrontation with foreign countries and total repression at home.
Russian elite class trembles – Rise of hardliners seeking “Stalin-era repression”
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Latest Ukraine: Russia orders withdrawal from occupied Kherson(extract)
