Assistant to the US President for National Security, Jake Sullivan, said that Washington has transferred to Kiev all the funds previously allocated for security assistance in 2021. It is indicated that additional funds were reserved in case there is an escalation in the Donbass.
According to Sullivan, Congress approved the allocation of assistance to Ukraine in the amount of $275 million this year. The reserve allocated another $100 million.
It is reported that the decision on the “reserve” was made at a time “when tens of thousands of Russian troops were on the Ukrainian border.” When these forces were withdrawn, the amount was sent to the reserve.
So Sullivan commented on the publications of local media, according to which, the American authorities allegedly paid the Ukrainians not all of the promised amount.
The US authorities will continue to impose new sanctions against Russian companies that participate in the Nord Stream-2 project. This was stated by assistant to US President Joe Biden Jake Sullivan on CNN.
In addition, Washington is preparing a new package of sanctions on the situation with Alexei Navalny. “We are preparing another package of sanctions to apply in this case,” Sullivan said.
Prior to this, US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken discussed with Polish Foreign Minister Zbigniew Rau the threat posed by the construction of Nord Stream 2. The Americans believe that this project threatens the energy security of the European Union. According to Washington, the basis of Europe’s energy security is a reduction in the supply of hydrocarbons from Russia. That is why the Russian pipeline has become the main threat.
Americans have long opposed the project. They need to sell their liquefied natural gas to the EU. Washington has imposed sanctions on construction contractors for the third year in a row.
The competent authorities of Serbia are already investigating the cause of a new explosion that occurred on June 19 at the defense enterprise “Sloboda” in the city of Ciacak. This was stated by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.
According to him, the first report he received revealed a “strange thing”. As it turned out, the last explosion occurred in a room that had no electrical wiring. In this regard, they are asked in as much detail as possible about all the causes of the fire and explosion, the website No. 1 reports.
At the ceremony on the occasion of Police Day, Vucic stressed that all the details will be studied in detail and investigated. He also said that the issue of responsibility in the management of the company will be raised.
Earlier, Milun Todorovic, the mayor of the Serbian city of Ciacak, whose defense enterprise was bombed on the evening of June 19, announced the evacuation of residents of nearby streets. The explosion occurred at about 20: 00 (21.00 Moscow time) near Chachak. After that, there was a second, smaller one. Then a cloud of smoke appeared over the Sloboda factory.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has prepared an article for the 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Great Patriotic War. This was reported in the program ” Moscow. The Kremlin. Putin” on the TV channel Russia 1.
This material will be published in one of the leading publications in Germany. In addition, on June 22, Putin will lay flowers at the Grave of the Unknown Soldier and make a speech.
Earlier, Vladimir Putin’s articles about the Second World War have already been published in various publications in Russia and around the world. In particular, on the website of the American The National Interest in June 2020, an article dedicated to the 75th anniversary of the Great Victory was posted. It was called ” Vladimir Putin: The Real Lessons of the 75th Anniversary of World War II”(Vladimir Putin: Real Lessons of the 75thanniversaries of the Second World War).
In it, he speculated about the prerequisites for war. Putin also assessed the consequences of this tragedy and called for lessons to be learned from it. Meanwhile, the Russian president noted the attempts of a number of European politicians to hide some facts that may present their countries in an unfavorable light.
The Hamas group has announced that it may resume rocket attacks on Israeli territory in the near future. The statement was made after the Israeli Air Force launched a series of airstrikes on the territory of the Gaza Strip on the night of June 17-18. A number of Palestinian organizations have supported Hamas and said they are ready to resume the war if the Israeli government continues to violate the terms of the truce. The possible date of the beginning of a new conflict in Palestine “MK” called the expert.
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The conflict between Israel and Palestine in May 2021 lasted 11 days and ended with the conclusion of a ceasefire agreement. The United States and Egypt acted as mediators between the parties to the conflict, which guaranteed compliance with the terms of the truce. However, neither the new Israeli Government nor the leadership of the Palestinian armed groups seems to have any intention of laying down their weapons.
In recent days, the Palestinians have launched hundreds of balloons with tethered incendiary charges that fall on Israeli territory. As a result of such attacks, agricultural land suffers, and dozens of fires break out.
On the night of June 17-18, the Israeli Air Force launched a series of airstrikes in Gaza. Their targets were the buildings of the civil administration of the Gaza Strip and military facilities. In response, several rockets were fired from Gaza. The forces of the Hamas group also managed to shoot down an Israeli guidance drone.
Armed Palestinian factions issued a joint statement warning Israel against further attacks and threatening to resume rocket attacks on enemy territory. The official statement ends with the phrase ” if you return, we will return.”
The Israeli side has not yet responded to the statements of the enemy. However, local residents report that the Iron Dome air defense system is on alert in case of possible rocket attacks.
Further escalation of tension may lead to a new war, which will surpass the previous one in terms of the level of bitterness. This opinion was shared with ” MK ” military expert Alexey Valyuzhenich. According to the expert, in the current situation, both sides of the conflict are interested in starting a new war.
For the new government of Israel, which replaced the cabinet of Benjamin Netanyahu, it is now important to show its determination and readiness to go to the end. Especially since the current Prime Minister, Naftali Bennett, is known for his statements against the Arabs and generally has a reputation for being such a “hawk”. So right now he has a great opportunity to win the trust of former supportersNetanyahu. Show your teeth, play with your muscles. They know that they are violating the truce, and they know that they are provoking a response. Well, Hamas is just waiting for the opportunity to win points. Now there are reports that they are removing hidden missiles from underground storage facilities and bringing the installations to combat positions. Last night, they fired a salvo of 2-3 missiles. This is a sample of the pen. Tomorrow, the number of missiles may be 200-300.
Tomorrow – the day after tomorrow-quite. So far, everything is moving along the knurled line. First the Arab rallies, then the crackdown. Incendiary shells fly from Gaza, and they are answered with bombs. Now they began to respond to the bombs with missiles. This is how all the previous conflicts began. So the answer to the question about the beginning of a new conflict is the next few days. The deceptive silence in the media should not reassure anyone. This is the calm before the storm.
Alexander Lukashenko explained why he does not get vaccinated. It controls the level of antibodies. And when the indicators fall, the president of Belarus goes to the” red zones “of hospitals and there” feeds ” on antibodies.
Lukashenko told about all this during a visit to the 2nd city Children’s Clinical Hospital in Minsk. At the same time, he asked the staff of the medical institution – whether they checked their antibody titer and what indicators.
The head of Belarus added that he sees no need to introduce mandatory vaccination against COVID-19 in the country. At least for now, the situation in the country remains relatively stable. But he is ready to consider this option if the number of cases begins to increase dramatically.
The fact that he had been ill with coronavirus, Lukashenko said in July last year. At the same time, he believes that he suffered from the disease with almost no symptoms. And the doctors told him that he was ill. Since then, the head of Belarus refuses to vaccinate.
Russian Ambassador to Washington Anatoly Antonov arrived at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo airport on the morning of June 20 and boarded a plane that will soon fly to the United States.
The agreement between the two countries on the resumption of the work of the ambassadors was reached during the summit in Geneva on June 16 between Presidents Vladimir Putin and Joe Biden. The Russian Foreign Ministry later reported that the head of the diplomatic mission, Antonov, will spend the next working week in Washington.
US Ambassador to Moscow John Sullivan said that he will return to work soon.
Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov will travel to Washington on Sunday, June 20. This was told by an informed source.
“The Ambassador will go to the United States on Sunday and on the morning of Monday, June 21, will already be at work,” he explained
Recall that the Russian Ambassador to the United States Antonov was invited to Moscow for consultations on March 21. After US President Joe Biden said that the Russian authorities will have to “pay the price” because of the attempts attributed to Moscow to interfere in the US elections. Then the head of the US administration answered in the affirmative to the question whether he considers Russian President Vladimir Putin a “murderer”.
The American Ambassador to Russia, John Sullivan, left for consultations in the US capital on April 22. Since then, Russian-American relations have been in a strained state, and after that they did not return to their places of business trips.
The head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov called the reaction of Ukraine to the flooding on the Crimean Peninsula “schadenfreude”.
As he said on the air of “Solovyov LIVE”, Kiev is happy about any negative event in the Crimea. He called it “impotent schadenfreude” on their part.
“They are happy about any accident, any event that occurs in a negative way on the territory of the Russian Crimea,” said Aksenov.
Earlier, the Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Alexey Danilov spoke about the situation with flooding in the Crimean cities. According to him, Crimea has long asked for water.
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Weapons companies from Russia, China, and Turkey will come to Minsk
The international exhibition of weapons and military Equipment “MILEX-2021” will be held for the tenth anniversary time in Minsk from 23 to 26 June 2021. But, compared to last year, this time many Western countries refused to participate in the Minsk Defense Exhibition.
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MILEX is the largest international arms show. The exhibition is held every two years. The goal is to present the products of the Belarusian defense industry in the field of high technologies, as well as to demonstrate the potential of military enterprises. The exhibition is organized by the State Military-Industrial Committee and the Ministry of Defense of Belarus. The exhibition program also includes an International Scientific conference.
In 2019, 59 official delegations from 35 countries visited MILEX. Hundreds of companies from many countries presented their products. However, in 2021, the scale of the foreign representation has sharply decreased. This was due to a new package of Western sanctions that were imposed on Belarus after the 2019 presidential elections, mass demonstrations of the opposition.
The situation with sanctions worsened after an Irish airline plane made an emergency landing in Minsk, and two of its passengers, Roman Protasevich and Sofia Sapega, were detained. Western countries have imposed restrictions on the flights of their aircraft in the airspace of Belarus, and also banned the flights of the Belarusian airline to Europe. The sanctions also affected the Minsk Defense Exhibition.
In 2019, companies from Brazil, Germany, Italy, Poland, Serbia, Slovakia, Ukraine, South Africa, the United Arab Emirates, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan and other countries came to Minsk for MILEX. In 2021, most of these companies decided not to participate in the Belarusian exhibition.
Only companies from Russia, China, Turkey, Iraq and Uzbekistan have announced their participation in MILEX-2021.
In turn, Rosoboronexport announced its broad participation in MILEX-2021 and the company’s course for military-technical cooperation with Belarus. Director General of Rosoboronexport Alexander Mikheev said that it is proposed to implement joint projects in the field of production of military equipment and expand the areas of interaction.
