Rat u Ukrajini

This is quite something:
"Russia may not have technically violated the deal, since it did not pledge to avoid attacking the parts of the Ukrainian ports that are not directly used for the grain exports, according to a senior U.N. official."https://t.co/Fpr1s3nLy4

— volodymyr dubovyk (@VolodymDubovyk) July 23, 2022

Mór Thököly wrote:Zakazao taj u sredini

President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia casts himself as the leader of a global movement rising up against domination by the United States and its allies. On Sunday, his top diplomat will bring that message directly to Africa, hoping to turn the hunger and social strife across the continent to Russia’s advantage.
Sergey V. Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, has made it clear that he will use the trip to try to pin the blame on the West for food shortages in African countries and to paint Russia as the continent’s faithful ally.
"We know that the African colleagues do not approve of the undisguised attempts of the U.S. and their European satellites to gain the upper hand, and to impose a unipolar world order to the international community,” Mr. Lavrov wrote in an article published in newspapers in the four countries he will visit — Egypt, Ethiopia, Uganda and the Republic of Congo.
In his article, Mr. Lavrov praised African leaders for resisting Western pressure to join the sanctions against Russia. “Such an independent path deserves deep respect,” he wrote.
But Mr. Putin’s message has been complicated by the fact that Ukraine has been unable to export its grain by sea since the beginning of the war, and that Russian officials have not shied away from using the threat of starvation in developing countries as a bargaining chip.
Murithi Mutiga, the Africa program director for the International Crisis Group, said Russia had several advantages as it sought to win hearts and minds on the continent: a network of elites that studied in the Soviet Union, the “lingering loyalty” of groups it supported in the fight against apartheid in South Africa, and the fact that it supplies arms to numerous African governments.
“Moscow will, however, be disappointed if it expects more African governments to offer it full backing,” Mr. Mutiga said. “The overwhelming instinct among authorities on the continent is to remain nonaligned and to stay out of the confrontation between Russia and the West.

Tractor hits unknown explosive in field near Kharkiv; farmer killed.

The incident comes just days after a combine harvester hit a landmine during fieldwork in Zaporizhia Oblast.

Photo: State Emergency Service. pic.twitter.com/BscbyJ8wxF

— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) July 24, 2022

Sergej Lavrov ponovo je zaoštrio retoriku: Kremlj svakako želi da postigne promenu režima u Ukrajini, rekao je on, suprotno svojim izjavama u aprilu. Volodimir Zelenski je indirektno odgovorio – Ukrajina se ne plaši.

Suprotno prethodnim izjavama, ruski ministar spoljnih poslova Sergej Lavrov je izjavio da Rusija ima za cilj da zbaci ukrajinsku vladu.

„Svakako pomažemo ukrajinskom narodu da se oslobodi režima koji je apsolutno neprijateljski nastrojen prema narodu i istoriji“, rekao je Lavrov tokom posete Kairu. Ruski i ukrajinski narod će u budućnosti živeti zajedno.

Svojom najavom da želi da promeni političko rukovodstvo u Kijevu, Lavrov protivreči i sopstvenim izjavama iz aprila. „Nemamo nameru da menjamo režim u Ukrajini“, rekao je tada glavni ruski diplomata u intervjuu televiziji India Today. Na Ukrajincima je da odluče pod kojim vođstvom žele da žive, uveravao je tada Lavrov.

Rusko rukovodstvo je poslednjih dana javno pooštrilo svoju poziciju u ratu u Ukrajini. Lavrov je u sredu zapretio da će Rusija zauzeti i druge oblasti van Donbasa. S obzirom na zapadne isporuke oružja i njihov veći domet, neophodno je dodatno potiskivanje ukrajinskih trupa iz oblasti Donjecka i Luganska na istoku Ukrajine, koje je Moskva priznala kao nezavisne.

Ruski i ukrajinski narod će u budućnosti živeti zajedno.

Del Cap wrote:

Sergej Lavrov ponovo je zaoštrio retoriku

Uncle Baby Billy wrote:ko pobeđuje i kad će kraj

Đoka o ratu.

samo iznosi činjenice, strogo i suvo analitički

A ta dilema postaje utoliko veća ukoliko se u obzir uzme „spoljni”, tj. zapadni, NATO–SAD faktor, koji je zapravo glavni generator i podstrekač ovog sukoba, a koji pogotovo neće lako pristati na bilo šta što iole liči i miriše na rusku pobedu.