According to American leader Joe Biden, the Russian authorities will not be able to change Washington’s policy on Ukraine with the help of energy carriers.
“We are in much better shape in the United States than anyone else, especially Russia, but Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to achieve this for some time. He will not succeed,” Biden said.
The head of the White House added that his administration will continue to support Kiev as long as there is a need for this support.
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The EU authorities do not rule out that the Russian payment system “Mir” may fall under sanctions if Moscow does not stop the fighting in Ukraine.
According to the representative of the head of European diplomacy Peter Stano, now the issue of imposing such sanctions is being discussed, but the discussions “are confidential.”
“We do not exclude this, any sanctions measures are possible,” he clarified to Izvestia.
Stano also commented on media reports about pressure from Washington and Brussels on the Turkish authorities to stop “Russia’s evasion of sanctions.” He stressed that Turkey should coordinate its foreign policy with the EU, since it is a candidate for joining the union.
“Ankara should not help Moscow circumvent the sanctions imposed by European countries. We will closely monitor the situation in this regard,” he concluded.
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The head of the US State Department, Anthony Blinken, during a telephone conversation with Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev, called on Baku to observe the ceasefire with Armenia.
“Attention was focused on Azerbaijan’s compliance with the established ceasefire regime, Blinken called for the withdrawal of troops and the start of the process of resolving all outstanding issues between Armenia and Azerbaijan,” State Department spokesman Ned Price said in a statement.
In September, the armed forces of Azerbaijan and Armenia again clashed with the use of artillery and unmanned vehicles. Yerevan and Baku blamed each other for the incident. The total number of deaths exceeded 200 people.
Official reports, testimonies of correspondents, reaction of world politicians
On the eve of Russian President Vladimir Putin made a number of statements regarding a special military operation in Ukraine. He noted that her plan is not subject to adjustment and stressed that the main goal remains the liberation of Donbass. Putin warned that a restrained reaction to Kiev’s actions could be replaced by a more serious response.
Ukrainian troops attacked the center of Kherson. At the same time, the missiles hit the administration building. Three people were killed and 13 were injured.
As a result of an explosion in the building of the Prosecutor General’s Office of the LPR in Lugansk, the Prosecutor General of the republic and his deputy were killed. And in Berdyansk, the deputy head of the city administration for housing and communal services and his wife were killed.
The head of the DPR Denis Pushilin said that Ukrainian troops tried to attack six times in the direction of Alexandrovka and Krynok, and NATO instructors participated in the fighting. Serious clashes were taking place in the eastern part of Yarovaya.
The White House said that the United States does not rule out the possibility of imposing additional sanctions against Russia so that the consequences for it would be more costly.
Follow with us the main events of Saturday, September 17. The online of the previous day can be read here.
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9:48The Ukrainian military, who were captured during clashes near the borders of the Kherson region, do not want to return back, as they do not want to be cannon fodder again, said Deputy head of the regional administration Kirill Stremousov.
9:04A series of powerful explosions occurred in Kharkiv after missile strikes. According to the Telegram channel, the military commanders of the Russian Spring are detonating ammunition at one of the military facilities in the city. The blows fell on the Industrial district of Kharkov, a fire is visible there.
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In Iran, women started a protest after the death of 22-year-old Maxa Amini. She was beaten to death by vice officers because her head was allegedly loosely covered with a hijab. Authorities said the girl died of a heart attack after four days in a coma.
Protests broke out already at her funeral in the city of Sekkez. The discontented began shouting “death to the dictator!”, clearly referring to the supreme leader of Iran, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Some of them went to the office of the local governor, where the police dispersed them with shots and tear gas.
Then Iranian women staged a flash mob on social networks. They began videotaping how they cut their long hair and burn hijabs, while shouting anti-government slogans.
It is noteworthy that even government officials and pro-government journalists joined the harsh criticism of the authorities.
An investigation has been announced in Tehran: the police involved in the death of the girl are under investigation. They could face up to 10 years in prison.
Read also: “The Taliban obliged all women in Afghanistan to wear hijabs”
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Former Archbishop of York Baron and life peer of Great Britain John Sentamu said that Queen Elizabeth II did not want a “boring” funeral. The poet who gathered to honor her memory should wait for a “magnificent service” that will warm their hearts.
One million people are expected to follow the Queen’s coffin from Westminster Hall to Westminster Abbey for the funeral ceremony. King Charles, members of the royal family and dignitaries from all over the world will be present.
Lord Sentamu promised that the funeral service would be so good that it could be a source of inspiration for Shakespeare. According to him, the British will hear the angelic voices of the choir of the Abbey and the Royal Chapel.
The former archbishop also revealed that the Queen had written to him about her grief four weeks after the death of her beloved husband Prince Philip. Elizabeth admitted that it is not easy for her to publicly pay tribute to her husband’s memory, especially because she is really deeply grieving.
Already on September 18, hundreds of thousands of people are heading to London, and it is expected that trains, roads and airports will be filled with a large number of passengers.
Hundreds of people have already set up camp along the funeral route. Including near the shopping center and near the Palace of Westminster. At the same time, tens of thousands of people are queuing to see the royal coffin.
The Queen’s hearse will leave Westminster Hall, where it is currently located, on September 19 at 10:44, and at 11:00 a memorial service for two thousand people will begin in Westminster Abbey.
Senior palace advisers have asked the Prince and Princess of Wales to consider allowing their son Prince George to attend a state funeral. It will be a powerful symbolic message – a boy at the age of nine became the second contender for the place of Great Britain. But the decision has not been made yet.
Read also: “NBC: Queen Elizabeth II has never supported LGBT people”
Peter Tolstoy. Photo: Vladimir Chistyakov
Deputy Chairman of the State Duma Pyotr Tolstoy commented on the statement of People’s Artist of the USSR Alla Pugacheva, in which she expressed solidarity with her husband Maxim Galkin (recognized in Russia as a foreign agent) and demanded that the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation include her in the list of foreign agents.
The deputy expressed regret that Alla Pugacheva “lost touch with reality” and stood in solidarity with those who “today want Russia’s defeat.”
Pyotr Tolstoy believes that now Pugacheva’s place is in the “museum of the USSR times”. He also noted that it is the saddest thing for an artist to “stop feeling his people.” The deputy chairman of the State Duma also noted that Pugacheva, unlike Galkin, will not have another country.
“And she will not become a foreign agent, and she will no longer find support among decent Russian people. We will win without her songs,” he added in the comments of the telegram channel “Rise”.
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A rally demanding Armenia’s withdrawal from the CSTO in connection with the escalation of the situation on the border with Azerbaijan is being held in Yerevan on France Square.
According to AMI “News-Armenia”, the organizers of the rally were The National Democratic Pole and the European Party.
Many participants of the action came to the event with US flags and national flags. Some are holding slogans in English “Goodbye to the CSTO, welcome MNNA” (“The main ally outside NATO”, a term denoting US allies outside the alliance). A number of participants came out with slogans of offensive content addressed to the CSTO.
The rally is taking place against the backdrop of the visit to Armenia of the Speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi, who said at a briefing on behalf of Congress that she condemns the actions of Azerbaijan. She also promised to support Armenia.
At the same time in An advance group of the CSTO mission headed by Colonel-General Anatoly Sidorov is currently in Armenia.
Earlier, Secretary of the Security Council of Armenia Armen Grigoryan expressed disappointment with the CSTO’s reaction to the conflict with Azerbaijan.
photo: viktor orban. source: wikipedia
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at a closed meeting of the Fidesz party, the Hungarian Civil Union, said that Ukraine could lose a significant part of its lands, the newspaper Nepszava reports.
According to Orban, the conflict in Ukraine may drag on until 2030. And as a result, as the prime minister said, Kiev “may lose a third or half of its territory”.
Orban blamed the full-scale fighting on the West. “The conflict in Ukraine would have been local, but the West intervened and made it global,” he said.
In addition, the Hungarian politician criticized the EU sanctions against Russia. According to him, due to the sanctions-induced energy crisis, up to 40% of European industry may stop in winter.
Orban also said that he would oppose the extension of anti-Russian sanctions.
фото: Leopard 2. источник: википедия
Берлин обсуждает возможность передачи Украине тяжелой бронетехники, сообщает РИА Новости со ссылкой на СМИ Германии.
Среди техники, которую могут поставить киевскому режиму, танки Leopard 1 и Leopard 2, боевые машины пехоты Marder и бронетранспортеры Fuchs.
Leopard 2 называют «грозой танков». «Леопарды» были приняты на вооружение в восьмидесятых годах прошлого века, предназначались для борьбы с советскими танками Т-64, Т-72 и Т-80.
Последняя их модификация A7 отличается хорошими ходовыми качествами, эффективной системой управления огнем, дальнобойными прицелами и мощным бронированием.
