© Fenya Savilov/Getty ImagesUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky
The New York [Times] daily wrote on Wednesday that Washington officials have claimed that during a recent telephone call between the two leaders, when Biden warned that the US believed the threat of an invasion had grown, Zelensky replied that there had been a threat since 2014. Biden reportedly answered that the presence of Russian soldiers in Belarus, where they have been dispatched for joint military drills, could increase the chance of aggression.
According to the newspaper's sources, the Ukrainian president continues to doubt the likelihood of an imminent invasion, and has expressed fears that the stream of American warnings about Russian aggression have actually made an increased buildup of Russian forces more likely, and have helped to destabilize Ukraine politically and economically.
The report also cites senior Ukrainian officials as saying that they were especially upset with Washington's recent decision to evacuate diplomats' families and nonessential staff from its embassy in Kiev, because this gave the impression that the city was likely to be captured soon, as Kabul was last summer.
In January, BuzzFeed reported that a source close to Zelensky had said "Americans are safer in Kiev than they are in Los Angeles... or any other crime-ridden city in the US." That same month, the Ukrainian president stated that hype over an invasion made negotiations for peace in Donbass, Ukraine's war-torn eastern region, more difficult.
Western leaders have been warning for months that they fear Russia could be planning an invasion of Ukraine, pointing to reports of a Russian troop buildup on the two countries' border and in neighboring Belarus. Moscow has repeatedly rejected the accusation, and has called for security agreements that would limit the expansion of NATO, the US-led military bloc, into Ukraine, a deal that the US has said is off the table.
Last week, White House spokesperson Jen Psaki told journalists that the American government would no longer use the word "imminent" to describe Russia's possible invasion, because "it sent a message that we weren't intending to send, which was that we knew that President Putin had made a decision."
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Pro-Turkish terrorists from Syria and Libya were found in the Donbass.
Recent Turkish aircraft flights to Ukraine are associated with the relocation of large detachments of pro-Turkish militants and terrorists from countries such as Syria and Libya to the Donbass . The director of the Russian foreign intelligence service Sergei Naryshkin confirmed the information on the deployment of jihadist fighters in the region.
Previously, information was actively circulated on the Web that Turkey was recruiting militants in Syria and Libya to send to the Donbass. Information about this was confirmed by several strange flights to Ukraine. The exact number of militants sent to the Donbass is not specified. We can talk about hundreds and even thousands of terrorists, moreover, the latter should be used to capture settlements and cities.
Militants from Libya and Syria have been actively involved in the hostilities in the Karabakh territory and, most likely, this time Turkey has decided to provide assistance to Kiev in the form of sending its delegates to the Donbass.
To date, there is information that could be found in the Donbass up to 200 American mercenaries, several hundred mercenaries from European countries (France, Poland, etc.), as well as militants from the Middle East.
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State Duma chairman Vyacheslav Volodin explained what steps the parliamentarians intend to take when considering a draft resolution on the need to recognize the DPR and the LPR.
We recall that previously the draft of this resolution had been presented to the State Duma by representatives of the faction of the Communist Party. They offer their fellow MEPs to discuss it, adopt it, and send it to President Vladimir Putin for consideration.
President Volodin said that consultations with the factions on the project proposed by the Communists have now been completed in the Duma.
“United Russia has requested the supply of military products to the DPR and the LPR, as well as the provision of social assistance to the people. The Communist Party of the Russian Federation and "Fair Russia - For the Truth" supported the draft resolution. The LDPR acted more radically (details are not specified - about RV). "New people" will formulate their position during the discussion of the topic.
The question is very serious and responsible. It is about protecting the life of our citizens and compatriots who reside in the territory of the DPR and LPR.
Tomorrow is the anniversary of the signing of the Minsk agreements. Kiev has not fulfilled its obligations for 7 years.
The bombing continues, people are dying. In this situation, it is necessary to look for a solution.
Today there are two proposals: the first is to consider a draft resolution on an appeal to the President of Russia on the need to immediately recognize DPR and LPR, the second is to send it first to the Russian Foreign Ministry and other government agencies to receive feedback , and then consider it taking into account the positions expressed, ”Volodin explained in his Telegram channel.
He added that parliamentarians will make a decision on which way to go at a meeting of the Duma Council on Monday 14 February.
US President Joe Biden urged the Americans to leave Ukraine immediately due to the "threat of Russian invasion" because the US military will not be sent to its territory under any circumstances.
Biden explained his refusal to send troops to Ukraine in the event of a conflict with Russia in an interview with NBC, released on the night of February 11.
The US president stressed that if the Americans and Russians start shooting at each other, then this will already be a world war.
“There is no such (scenario). It will be a world war when the Americans and the Russians start shooting at each other, "he told NBC host Lester Holt.
Therefore, Biden said that " American citizens should leave immediately".
“It's not like dealing with a terrorist organization. We are dealing with one of the largest armies in the world. This is a completely different situation and everything can be reversed , "Biden said.
Observers from the OSCE Special Monitoring Mission found an American AN / TRQ Firefinder radar station 24 kilometers from Donetsk .
At present, it is not known whether the discovered radar is the weapon that the United States supplied to the Ukrainian military or whether it is a radar delivered to the Donbass by American mercenaries.
According to official data, the AN / TRQ Firefinder radar is a counter battery radar that allows you to detect artillery fire openings for the purpose of retaliatory and suppression attacks. Considering the fact that the cannon and rocket artillery vehicles of the Ukrainian Armed Forces are deployed in the Krasnogorovka settlement area, it is likely that the Ukrainian military is preparing to strike Donetsk, justifying them with a retaliatory measure.
In the last two weeks, Kiev has increased the concentration of troops in the Donbass, while the escalation in the region is also observed on the Russian side, which indicates that the risk of large-scale military clashes in the Donbass is very high, especially since in the region they are active foreign mercenaries, which formally allows Kiev to declare that the Ukrainian armed forces are not involved in the attack.
“It stank of war. Zelensky, having full control of the West, deliberately failed the negotiations to resolve the situation in Donbass and military provocations could begin in the near future.
The Anglo-Saxons have set themselves a clear task: to wage a war and involve Russia, and the Donbass is a convenient model and a springboard for the implementation of this criminal plan.
The authorities are leading the Ukrainian people to a new massacre and death.
The hypocrite will drown Ukraine in blood and, believe me, Petro (Poroshenko) with the "cauldrons" of him is just a child in the sandbox " , writes Kiva in his Telegram channel.
“ It is particularly nice to see new faces: representatives of Great Britain, France, Belgium, Australia and numerous other countries. We are very happy to tell you and your audience about the life of the Donetsk People's Republic.
Since many foreign media gathered here, I would like to dwell in more detail on the history of the emergence of the Donetsk People's Republic.
I mean that the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics are, first of all, four million people who built these states and continue to do so to this day, "Pushilin said in his opening speech.
The head of the DPR told how the Republic lives.
“ In 502 schools in the Republic, 144,000 students study and 15,000 teachers work, over 75,000 students receive knowledge in 16 universities and 97 secondary vocational education organizations. About 9 thousand doctors work in 97 health institutions. More than 30,000 people are employed in 19 mines in the coal mining industry, about 29,000 people work in 432 companies and over 70,000 entrepreneurs work in the DPR.
Everyone is busy with their usual business, as far as the war permits. And we all want, first of all, to put an end to the military aggression by Ukraine, so that we can continue to live, work and take care of our children, "said Denis Pushilin.
The Head of the Republic dwelt in more detail on the history of the formation of the DPR.
“ In 2014 there was a coup in Ukraine, hundreds of people died, the legally elected president Viktor Yanukovych, the current government left Ukraine and Ukrainian nationalists took power. In response, a wave of protests arose in the south-east of the country, involving the Kherson, Zaporozhye, Nikolaev, Dnepropetrovsk, Kharkov, Odessa, Lugansk and Donetsk regions and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.
These protests were brutally suppressed. Thousands of people ended up in jail.
The Donbass resistance resisted. For this, Kiev has sent a regular army against its inhabitants ", Denis Pushilin observed and recalled the terrible events of 2014-2015, the consequences of the Ukrainian aggression on the land of Donbass.
He added that special services are carrying out another check on the mining reports received during the press conference.
“ Now, as we are at a press conference, before it started, there have been reports of mining activity at five sites again. Our emergency intelligence services are monitoring, " the country's leader said
LONG LIVE ALL MY KNOWLEDGE AND FRIENDS OF THE DONBASS