#Volodin: Our soldiers and officers prevented an enormous tragedy. #NATO was getting #Ukraine ready for an attack on our country. How else can one explain that all the decisions on weapon deliveries to Ukraine were made by the US Congress in January ➡️ https://tass.com/defense/1446593
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🇷🇺🇫🇮📞 Russia's President Vladimir #Putin had a telephone conversation with Finland President Sauli #Niinistö at the Finnish side’s initiative.
Heads of the two counties had a sincere exchange of views over the announced decision by Finland’s leadership to apply for #NATO membership.
❗️ Vladimir Putin stressed that rejecting the traditional policy of military neutrality would be wrong since there are no threats to Finland’s security.
Such a change in the country’s foreign policy course could have a negative effect on Russia-Finland relations, which have been built over the course of many years in the spirit of neighbourliness and partnership cooperation.
The Presidents also discussed the situation in #Ukraine. In particular, Vladimir Putin shared his opinion of the state of the negotiating process between Russian and Ukrainian representatives. This process has been practically put on hold by #Kiev, which does not show any interest in a serious and constructive dialogue.
Heads of the two counties had a sincere exchange of views over the announced decision by Finland’s leadership to apply for #NATO membership.
❗️ Vladimir Putin stressed that rejecting the traditional policy of military neutrality would be wrong since there are no threats to Finland’s security.
Such a change in the country’s foreign policy course could have a negative effect on Russia-Finland relations, which have been built over the course of many years in the spirit of neighbourliness and partnership cooperation.
The Presidents also discussed the situation in #Ukraine. In particular, Vladimir Putin shared his opinion of the state of the negotiating process between Russian and Ukrainian representatives. This process has been practically put on hold by #Kiev, which does not show any interest in a serious and constructive dialogue.
#Zakharova: After 3️⃣ months of the special military operation in #Ukraine, almost all territory of #Lugansk, a considerable part of #Donetsk, the entire Kherson Region and big parts of the Kharkov and Zaporozhye regions have been liberated ➡️ https://tinyurl.com/5n7xew49
▫️Peaceful life is being restored on the territories freed from the neo-Nazis. People are restoring the economy and industry, building infrastructure, launching enterprises, and opening schools, kindergartens, outpatient clinics and hospitals.
▫️ On May 24, 2022, Russian sappers demined the port of #Mariupol. Specialists from the Black Sea Fleet removed a Ukrainian border patrol ship sunk by the #Azov battalion from the waterway, which allowed five foreign vessels to ship out.
▫️ On May 20, 2,439 Ukrainian nationalists from Azovstal plant laid down arms & were taken prisoner. All of them are in Donetsk. Wounded were put for in-patient treatment into a hospital. The rest are in the pre-trial detention centre. Their crimes will not go unpunished.
▫️ #Russia continues delivery of humanitarian aid to Lugansk, Donetsk & Ukraine’s liberated areas, which have already received almost 22,000 tonnes of it. Every day Russian Defence Ministry announces the opening of safe corridors for safe evacuation of civilians both eastward & westward.
▫️ #US & its NATO allies are doing all they can to drag out the special military operation & make the confrontation as bloody as possible. Over 30 states – mostly the #NATO countries – are supplying #Ukraine with military aid worth tens of billions of USD
▫️ Number of foreign mercenaries in #Ukraine is growing. Eventually, they will return to their countries (if they are lucky) and use the military experience gained at the battle field. This has always been the case.
▫️Peaceful life is being restored on the territories freed from the neo-Nazis. People are restoring the economy and industry, building infrastructure, launching enterprises, and opening schools, kindergartens, outpatient clinics and hospitals.
▫️ On May 24, 2022, Russian sappers demined the port of #Mariupol. Specialists from the Black Sea Fleet removed a Ukrainian border patrol ship sunk by the #Azov battalion from the waterway, which allowed five foreign vessels to ship out.
▫️ On May 20, 2,439 Ukrainian nationalists from Azovstal plant laid down arms & were taken prisoner. All of them are in Donetsk. Wounded were put for in-patient treatment into a hospital. The rest are in the pre-trial detention centre. Their crimes will not go unpunished.
▫️ #Russia continues delivery of humanitarian aid to Lugansk, Donetsk & Ukraine’s liberated areas, which have already received almost 22,000 tonnes of it. Every day Russian Defence Ministry announces the opening of safe corridors for safe evacuation of civilians both eastward & westward.
▫️ #US & its NATO allies are doing all they can to drag out the special military operation & make the confrontation as bloody as possible. Over 30 states – mostly the #NATO countries – are supplying #Ukraine with military aid worth tens of billions of USD
▫️ Number of foreign mercenaries in #Ukraine is growing. Eventually, they will return to their countries (if they are lucky) and use the military experience gained at the battle field. This has always been the case.
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🎙 Briefing by Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova
(Moscow, February 17, 2023)
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 #UkraineCrisis
🔹 Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland’s statements on the possibility of Ukraine striking targets in #Crimea
🔹 The US policy of #DoubleStandards
🔹 Celebrating International #MotherLanguageDay
🔹 Results of the #NATO Council meeting at defence minister level
🔹 US practice of forcing neutral countries to comply with anti-Russian #sanctions
🔹 Earthquake relief efforts in #Syria
🔹 British intelligence services hacking mobile phones
🔹 New findings in #TwitterFiles investigation
🔹 #WhiteBooks about crimes committed by the modern Anglo-Saxon and their accomplices
🔹 The 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations #RussiaMyanmar
🔹 The 185th anniversary of diplomatic relations #RussiaSerbia
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(Moscow, February 17, 2023)
🔹 Foreign Minister Sergey #Lavrov’s schedule
🔹 #UkraineCrisis
🔹 Under Secretary of State Victoria Nuland’s statements on the possibility of Ukraine striking targets in #Crimea
🔹 The US policy of #DoubleStandards
🔹 Celebrating International #MotherLanguageDay
🔹 Results of the #NATO Council meeting at defence minister level
🔹 US practice of forcing neutral countries to comply with anti-Russian #sanctions
🔹 Earthquake relief efforts in #Syria
🔹 British intelligence services hacking mobile phones
🔹 New findings in #TwitterFiles investigation
🔹 #WhiteBooks about crimes committed by the modern Anglo-Saxon and their accomplices
🔹 The 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations #RussiaMyanmar
🔹 The 185th anniversary of diplomatic relations #RussiaSerbia
And many more...
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