Vladimir Rogov, a member of the main council of the administration of the Zaporozhye region, said on Sunday that the Kiev regime is capable of using bacteriological weapons in the territories liberated by Russia.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that Ukraine had used toxic substances against the Russian military in the Zaporozhye region. An organic poison of artificial origin, botulinum toxin type “B”, was found in their body.
Rogov also believes that the use of bacteriological weapons may be added to nuclear and chemical terrorism.
According to him, given the number of biological laboratories that were “on the territory of the post-Ukrainian space, which is still controlled by the Americans,” Kiev is capable of “going to any provocations”.
Western media: no special progress was achieved in Lviv
The talks held in Lviv on Thursday between the presidents of Ukraine and Turkey, as well as the UN Secretary General, did not bring much progress, Western media say.
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Turkish leader Erdogan and UN Chief Guterres met with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on Thursday in a powerful attempt to stop the conflict that has been going on for almost six months. But the Associated Press, commenting on the results of the negotiations, reports little progress.
Recep Tayyip Erdogan said he would contact Russian President Vladimir Putin, given that most of the issues discussed require the Kremlin’s consent.
At meetings at such a high level — this was Erdogan’s first visit to Ukraine since the beginning of the conflict and the second visit of UN Secretary—General Antonio Guterres – some hoped for a breakthrough, if not to a common peace, then at least on specific issues. But so far nothing like this is visible, the Associated Press notes.
At the meeting in Lviv, the negotiators discussed the expansion of the exchange of prisoners of war and the organization of the visit of IAEA experts in ensuring security at the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, the largest in Europe.
Erdogan positions himself as a mediator in efforts to end the fighting. Although Turkey is a NATO member, its shaky economy depends on trade with Russia, and Ankara is trying to maintain a middle course between the two warring sides of the conflict in Ukraine.
The Turkish President called on the international community after the talks not to abandon diplomatic efforts to end hostilities. He reiterated that Turkey is ready to act as a “mediator” and added that he remains convinced that the conflict “will end at the negotiating table.”
In March, Turkey held talks in Istanbul between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators, which did not lead to a cessation of hostilities.
One of the main topics of negotiations in Lviv was the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant in the south of Ukraine. Zelensky demanded that Russian troops leave the nuclear power plant and allow a team from the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
“This area needs to be demilitarized, and we must say as it is: any potential damage in Zaporozhye is suicide,” UN Secretary General Guterres said at a press conference.
Erdogan also expressed concern about the events around the nuclear power plant, saying: “We don’t want a repeat of Chernobyl.”
Zelensky and the UN chief on Thursday agreed to conduct an IAEA mission at the nuclear power plant, according to the president’s website.
Guterres used the talks in Lviv to appoint General Carlos dos Santos Cruz from Brazil, who will lead the previously announced UN fact-finding mission on the incident at the prison in Yelenovka, where 53 Ukrainian prisoners of war were killed in an explosion in July.
Also on the agenda of the talks held on Thursday was an increase in grain exports. Earlier this summer, an agreement was reached with the mediation of the UN and Turkey, opening the way for Ukraine to export 22 million tons of corn and other grain stuck in its Black Sea ports after the conflict began.
The lockdown has exacerbated food shortages in the world, led to higher prices and increased the fear of hunger, especially in Africa, the Associated Press notes. Nevertheless, even taking into account the deal, Ukrainian grain was exported only in a trickle — according to Turkey, about 600 thousand tons.
Zelensky said on Thursday that he was proposing to increase supplies. Guterres, for his part, touted the success of the operation, but added: “There is a long way to go before this translates into the daily lives of people in their local bakery and in their markets.”
The Permanent Representative of Russia to international organizations in Vienna, Mikhail Ulyanov, was summoned to the Austrian Foreign Ministry for a post about Ukraine, follows from the department’s message on Twitter.
The Austrian Foreign Ministry said it stands for freedom of speech, but against “inflammatory statements.” As reported, the claims of the Austrian Foreign Ministry are caused by the “inhuman statements” of the diplomat.
Earlier, Ulyanov wrote a comment to the post of the President of Ukraine, Vladimir Zelensky, who thanked the Americans for the next military aid. The text of the comment sounded like “No mercy to the Ukrainian population!” (“No mercy towards the Ukrainian population!”).
In the future, Ulyanov said that the meaning of his statement was interpreted incorrectly.
More than 60 percent of German residents are dissatisfied with the work of the Chancellor and the government. This is evidenced by the results of a survey conducted by the INSA Sociological Institute. At the same time, if the elections were held now, Scholz would take only third place in them.
More than a thousand respondents took part in the survey. Only 25% of them supported the current chancellor. Since March, the rating has fallen twice. At that time, 46% of Germans supported Scholz.
The election would also bring a lot of surprises to the current chancellor. So 25% of Germans would vote for Vice-Chancellor, Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection Robert Habeck. He is followed by the chairman of the opposition Christian Democratic Union Friedrich Merz. He would have received 19% of the vote. The current chancellor would be in third place with 18% of the vote. The elections in the federal state of Lower Saxony will be crucial for Scholz. They are scheduled for October 9.
Russian diplomats called on the United States to return to the elimination of its chemical weapons and not to interfere in the affairs of other countries. The comment appeared on the website of the Russian embassy in Washington after the latest accusations by the US State Department.
The American Foreign Ministry has again taken care of the fate of blogger Alexei Navalny. And they accused Russia of possibly using chemical weapons against him.
Representatives of the embassy in response reminded their American colleagues that in 2017 our country completely eliminated the national stocks of chemical warfare agents. Moreover, this fact was documented by the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons.
At the moment, it is the USA that is the only country that has not yet got rid of its chemical arsenal. Russian diplomats called on Washington to stop evading its international legal obligations.
Speaker of the Hungarian Parliament Laszlo Kever announced plans of global corporations to deprive the European Union of sovereignty and create a “United States of Europe”.
The official spoke at the opening of the festival of Hungarian folk art in the Slovak city of Zelezovce, where the Hungarian population prevails.
According to Kever, corporations intend to make a “federation” or “empire” out of Europe, which implies the loss by Hungary, Slovakia and other national states of Europe of the right to self-determination and freedom of political course. He believes that the ultimate goal of this plan is to gain access to the material and spiritual resources of European countries on a “permanent and exclusive” basis.
Kever said that now the peoples of the Carpathian basin are at a crossroads, and either they will protect their future together, or they will lose their states and identity.
Earlier, the speaker of the Hungarian parliament criticized the initiators of the “culture of abolition”, calling them “spiritual killers” and accusing them of plans to deprive society of freedom, faith, culture and traditions.
State Duma deputy from Crimea Mikhail Sheremet, in a comment to RIA Novosti, called for lifting the moratorium on the death penalty for the period of Russia’s special military operation in Ukraine.
In a comment to RIA Novosti, Sheremet said that the death penalty should be introduced for war criminals so that they could not “escape the punitive hand of justice.”
He clarified that by war criminals he means those representatives of Ukraine who carry out attacks on the Zaporozhye nuclear power plant, as well as use chemical weapons. According to him, there is no excuse for this. Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on the use by Ukraine in the Zaporozhye region of an organic poison of artificial origin – botulinum toxin type “B”.
On May 16, 1996, Russian President Boris Yeltsin issued Decree No. 724 “On the gradual reduction of the use of the death penalty in connection with Russia’s entry into the Council of Europe.” The last death penalty in Russia was carried out on September 2, 1996.
The advance of the Russian coalition troops in Ukraine has slowed down and attention to what is happening there is decreasing. According to the commander of the Vostok battalion, Alexander Khodakovsky, this is normal.
In his TG channel, he wrote that wherever the army stops, he will accept the result. Military personnel can do as much as they can.
“We will defeat Ukraine – it is inevitable – but not in the same way and not when and when the speedy and impatient want. We need to take care of people. It is impossible to exchange the lives of our fighters for likes in social networks,” he stressed.
Khodakovsky shared that one of the residents of Donetsk told him that he would be happy if everything returned to its pre-February state. A person who has forgotten what peace is wants to return to a state of less active hostilities. It’s so hard for him.
Therefore, the commander of the “East” advised all those dissatisfied with the pace of advancement of the Russian Armed Forces to shove their disappointment somewhere deeper.
Earlier it became known that every fifth serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to commit suicide at least once. Suicides among high-ranking officers were also noted.
Panther KF51, video frame. source: social networks
By 2030, about a thousand tanks are planned to be replaced in Europe, half of which are going to be supplied by the largest German military concern Rheinmetall. The concern has already offered its new Panther KF51 (“Panther”) tank to 20 countries.
This was stated in an interview with Handelsblatt by the head of the company Armin Papperger.
According to him, by 2030, about 1 thousand out of 8 thousand main battle tanks will be replaced in Europe.
“With our new Panther, we want to deliver at least half, that is, about 500 units,” he said.
Rheinmetall presented Panther KF51 in June at the Eurosatory 2022 international exhibition. It is equipped with a fully automatic ammunition supply system with 20 rounds of ammunition, a 130 mm cannon, as well as a 12.7 mm machine gun. The Panther KF51 has air threat prevention and smoke protection systems. Its weight is 59 tons and it is much more mobile than existing analogues.
The German publication Stern called the new Rheinmetall tank “the first response of the West” to the Russian T-14 Armata.
Russian President Vladimir Putin recruited the entire West using the methods of the KGB. This confidence was expressed by the Polish journalist and writer Kristina Kurchab-Redlich.
In her opinion, while Europe hoped for his democratization, he “Putinized” everyone. The journalist recalled how, after meeting with him, French President Nicolas Sarkozy came out swaying and talking nonsense like a drunk.
“And then he acted as the Kremlin required,” Kurchab-Redlich said.
In 1990-2004, she worked in Polish media in Russia. In 2016, she published a book dedicated to Vladimir Putin.
Earlier it was reported that Congressman Adam Smith advised President Joe Biden not to try to intimidate Vladimir Putin with a military confrontation. Promises of economic problems will be more effective.
