The French President, Emmanuel Macron, and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, agreed on a telephone call today the need to find a diplomatic solution to the Ukrainian crisis, as disseminated by the France leader's office. The Chancellors of the two countries will meet for this purpose and will work in organizing a summit at the highest level with Russia, Ukraine and Allies to establish a new security order in Europe, said the Elysee Palace.
Both leaders expressed serious concerns about the worsening situation in Donbras, in East Ukraine, while Russian president retained Ukrainian forces from the escalation of conflict, denouncing the militarization of Ukraine by NATO.
Following the indications of both presidents, the Foreign Minister of Russia, Sergei Lavrov; And the French counterpart of him, Jean-Yves Le Drian, will keep a phone call tomorrow Monday.
French mediation in search of an exit arrives while Ukraine sinks in the same warlike environment of 2014. This Sunday, the media reported explosions in the center of Donetsk, the main capital of the eastern zone of Donbores controlled by separatists backed by Russia, as well as strong bombings in other parts of the region.
The most pessimistic auguries come one more day from Washington. According to the Secretary of State of the United States, Antony Blinken, everything indicates that Russia is on the verge of invading Ukraine. Even so he promised that Washington would take advantage of all the opportunities until the last minute to see if diplomacy disades Moscow to move forward with his war plans. Various Western leaders have been warning about an imminent Russian intervention in Ukraine, calculating that more than 150,000 Russian soldiers have surrounded the country.
The President of Ukraine, Volodimir Zelenski, who spoke with Macron yesterday, Saturday, today asked for immediate fire in the eastern part of the country.
In Ukraine, the tension also reaches on the other side of the border. Belarus announced at first time that the joint military exercises with Russia that are carried out in its territory for 10 days, and that they should have ended this Sunday, will continue. The justification: the growing tensions with the West and the conflict in neighboring Ukraine.
NATO denounces that Russia has up to 30,000 soldiers in Belarus and could use them as part of an invasion force to attack Ukraine. Russia denies it, despite the deployments of troops, which ensures being partially removing. But he insists that the security architecture of Eastern Europe must be renegotiated and threatens with a military technical response if their demands are not taken care of.
Belarus, which is the main ally of the Russians in this crisis, argued that Minsk and Moscow are trying to avoid a war. According to the Minister of Defense of Belarus, Viktor Jrenin, during the simulations, the troops were exercised in repelling an external aggression by a defensive operation, to face terrorism and defend the interests of Russia and Belarus. Jrenin denounced that border countries with Belarus and Russia are "Available of Advanced Weapons", especially offensive weapons, and that numerous troops amassed in their territory.
In addition, the number of "unclear maneuvers and operations that are carried out near the borders" and "and" clearly point against Russia and Belarus has been multiplied. "The idea of an imminent war with the 'neighbors of this' has covered deep in the collective consciousness of the West," according to the analysis of Jrenin.
In the same line, according to the Kremlin communiqué on the conversation, Putin denounced in his talk with Macron that Kiev decreased by the military resolution of the conflict and, as a result, "suffers the civilian population of the popular republics of Donetsk and Lugansk , who are forced to evacuate Russia to be saved from the attacks that are intensified. "
Date Of Update: 20 February 2022, 18:12
