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  • Russia’s Lavrov blames West for deadlock over method ahead for Black Sea grain deal

    By Reuters: Moscow has seen “practically no results” from a pact with the United Nations that aimed to help Russia’s grain and fertilizer exports and blamed Western worldwide areas for making a deadlock, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.

    Russia has signaled that till a list of requires is met to remove obstacles to those exports, it isn’t going to agree to extend a related deal previous May 18 that allows the safe wartime export of grain from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports.

    Lavrov, at a info conference on the United Nations in New York, praised the work of U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and U.N. help chief Martin Griffiths of their bid “to reach agreement with countries that have announced illegitimate and lateral sanctions against the Russian Federation.”

    “But there has been practically no result,” Lavrov said.

    Russia signed a three-year deal closing July throughout which the United Nations agreed to help try to remove any obstacles to its grain and fertilizer exports. While these exports are normally not matter to Western sanctions imposed following the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Moscow says restrictions on funds, logistics and insurance coverage protection are a barrier to shipments.

    U.S. BANK TRANSACTION

    One of Russia’s requires is for the Russian Agricultural Bank (Rosselkhozbank) to return to the SWIFT banking system. Lavrov said that there have been no plans for that to happen and as an alternative Guterres had proposed that U.S. banks would possibly help the Russian Agricultural Bank with transactions.

    Lavrov said one monetary establishment “kindly consented to finance one operation,” nevertheless that this was not a long-term decision.

    “If you want every time for us and the U.N. Secretary-General to run back and forth and to plead with any given U.S. financial structure for them to be so magnanimous, then you understand that cannot work and it will not work,” he said.

    A provide conversant within the transaction said the U.S. State Department and U.S. Treasury had requested JPMorgan Chase & Co to carry out the “very limited and highly monitored” transaction in relation to the export of agricultural provides, which occurred this month. The provide said there might presumably be extra transactions.

    A JPMorgan Chase & Co spokesperson declined comment. U.S. Treasury did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

    ‘NOT THE DEAL WE REACHED’

    The pact with the United Nations helped persuade Russia to allow Ukrainian Black Sea grain exports under a deal – moreover brokered by the United Nations and Turkey in July closing 12 months – presupposed to cope with a world meals catastrophe that U.N. officers said was worsened by the invasion.

    Guterres met with Lavrov on Monday and gave him a letter to ship to Russian President Vladimir Putin that outlines a way forward aimed on the enchancment, extension and enlargement of the Ukraine Black Sea grain deal, a U.N. spokesperson said.

    “The reaction to this correspondence will arise after the recipient reads it,” Lavrov said at Tuesday’s info conference.

    In return for extending that settlement previous May 18, Russia has moreover demanded that the supply of agricultural gear to Russia be allowed, restrictions on insurance coverage protection be lifted and for Russian ships and cargo to be allowed port entry.

    It moreover needs a pipeline that delivers Russian ammonia to a Ukrainian Black Sea port to be restarted, and financial actions of Russian fertilizer companies to be unblocked.

    Unless Russia would possibly export grain and fertilizer globally with out hindrance, Moscow could not accept the selection of attending to “each time manually take the effort and plead” with American and European ports, banks and insurance coverage protection companies for help, Lavrov said.

    “That’s not the deal we reached on 22 July last year,” he said.

    He said Russia has not talked about the Ukraine grain Black Sea export care for Moscow’s strategic confederate China, which is the most important recipient of grain under the settlement.

    Nearly 29 million tonnes of grain has been exported under the Black Sea grain care for 6.7 million tonnes going to China, in line with information from the Joint Coordination Centre, which is made up of officers from Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the U.N. and oversees the implementation of the settlement.

  • Russia’s Lavrov blames West for deadlock over method ahead for Black Sea grain deal

    By Reuters: Moscow has seen “practically no results” from a pact with the United Nations that aimed to help Russia’s grain and fertilizer exports and blamed Western nations for making a deadlock, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov talked about on Tuesday.

    Russia has signaled that till a list of requires is met to remove obstacles to those exports, it will not agree to extend a related deal previous May 18 that allows the protected wartime export of grain from Ukraine’s Black Sea ports.

    Lavrov, at a data conference on the United Nations in New York, praised the work of U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and U.N. assist chief Martin Griffiths of their bid “to reach agreement with countries that have announced illegitimate and lateral sanctions against the Russian Federation.”

    “But there has been practically no result,” Lavrov talked about.

    Russia signed a three-year deal remaining July by means of which the United Nations agreed to help attempt to remove any obstacles to its grain and fertilizer exports. While these exports is not going to be subject to Western sanctions imposed following the February 2022 invasion of Ukraine, Moscow says restrictions on funds, logistics and insurance coverage protection are a barrier to shipments.

    U.S. BANK TRANSACTION

    One of Russia’s requires is for the Russian Agricultural Bank (Rosselkhozbank) to return to the SWIFT banking system. Lavrov talked about that there have been no plans for that to happen and in its place Guterres had proposed that U.S. banks could help the Russian Agricultural Bank with transactions.

    Lavrov talked about one monetary establishment “kindly consented to finance one operation,” nevertheless that this was not a long-term reply.

    “If you want every time for us and the U.N. Secretary-General to run back and forth and to plead with any given U.S. financial structure for them to be so magnanimous, then you understand that cannot work and it will not work,” he talked about.

    A provide accustomed to the transaction talked about the U.S. State Department and U.S. Treasury had requested JPMorgan Chase & Co to carry out the “very limited and highly monitored” transaction in relation to the export of agricultural provides, which occurred this month. The provide talked about there could very effectively be further transactions.

    A JPMorgan Chase & Co spokesperson declined comment. U.S. Treasury did not immediately reply to a request for comment.

    ‘NOT THE DEAL WE REACHED’

    The pact with the United Nations helped persuade Russia to allow Ukrainian Black Sea grain exports beneath a deal – moreover brokered by the United Nations and Turkey in July remaining 12 months – speculated to take care of a worldwide meals catastrophe that U.N. officers talked about was worsened by the invasion.

    Guterres met with Lavrov on Monday and gave him a letter to ship to Russian President Vladimir Putin that outlines a way forward aimed on the enchancment, extension and enlargement of the Ukraine Black Sea grain deal, a U.N. spokesperson talked about.

    “The reaction to this correspondence will arise after the recipient reads it,” Lavrov talked about at Tuesday’s data conference.

    In return for extending that settlement previous May 18, Russia has moreover demanded that the availability of agricultural gear to Russia be allowed, restrictions on insurance coverage protection be lifted and for Russian ships and cargo to be allowed port entry.

    It moreover wants a pipeline that delivers Russian ammonia to a Ukrainian Black Sea port to be restarted, and financial actions of Russian fertilizer companies to be unblocked.

    Unless Russia could export grain and fertilizer globally with out hindrance, Moscow could not accept the selection of attending to “each time manually take the effort and plead” with American and European ports, banks and insurance coverage protection companies for help, Lavrov talked about.

    “That’s not the deal we reached on 22 July last year,” he talked about.

    He talked about Russia has not talked about the Ukraine grain Black Sea export address Moscow’s strategic affiliate China, which is the most important recipient of grain beneath the settlement.

    Nearly 29 million tonnes of grain has been exported beneath the Black Sea grain address 6.7 million tonnes going to China, in response to data from the Joint Coordination Centre, which is made up of officers from Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the U.N. and oversees the implementation of the settlement.

  • US Secretary of State Antony Blinken in South Africa on Africa tour

    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken started his three-nation tour of Africa along with his arrival in South Africa on Sunday.

    Blinken’s go to to Africa is seen as a part of a contest between Russia and Western powers for assist from African nations over the battle in Ukraine. Blinken’s journey to Africa follows current excursions by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and French President Emmanuel Macron.

    South Africa is considered one of many African nations which have maintained a impartial stance on the battle and haven’t publicly criticized Russia.

    On Sunday after an early morning arrival, Blinken is to go to the Hector Pieterson memorial in Soweto township, which commemorates a scholar killed in 1976 when protesting South Africa’s regime of racial oppression, apartheid, which led to 1994.

    On Monday, Blinken will describe the United States’ methods for sub-Saharan Africa in a serious coverage speech on the University of Pretoria. Africa has been hard-hit by the impact of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic and the rising meals and oil costs attributable to Russia’s battle in Ukraine.

    Blinken and Pandor may also maintain a press convention Monday through which the 2 nations’ completely different positions on the Ukraine battle are anticipated to be seen.

    Blinken will go on to go to Congo and Rwanda this week to finish his worldwide tour which additionally took him to Cambodia and the Philippines.

  • Russia tells Iran it backs revival of 2015 nuclear deal

    Moscow totally helps the revival of the 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and main powers, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov mentioned on Thursday after talks in Tehran together with his Iranian counterpart. Repeating Iran’s stance at a joint information convention with Lavrov, Hossein Amirabdollahian mentioned all sanctions in opposition to Iran ought to be eliminated to revive the pact and blamed Washington for stalling talks that began over a 12 months in the past. 

    “We are pursuing the full re-establishment of the deal with no concession on our position,” Amirabdollahian mentioned, including he hoped to maintain negotiations on monitor and invited the United States to be pragmatic and assist the talks enter a remaining section.  

    Indirect talks between Tehran and U.S. President Joe Biden’s administration to reinstate the pact have been on maintain since March, mainly over Tehran’s insistence that Washington take away the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps from the U.S. checklist of designated terrorist organisations. 

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  • Actively helps Russia’s transfer to develop BRICS bloc, says China

    China, which is holding the rotating Presidency of BRICS bloc this 12 months, mentioned on Friday that it actively helps the growth of the five-member group, a day after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov mentioned that Saudi Arabia and Argentina desired to hitch the grouping.

    Riyadh and Buenos Aires have proven curiosity in BRICS actions, Russia’s state-run Tass information company quoted Lavrov as saying in an interview on Thursday.

    “The interest in it (BRICS) is shown by our Saudi friends and Argentina, which stated the desire to become a full-fledged BRICS member, coming from the mouth of its (Argentina) Foreign Minister Santiago Cafiero,” Lavrov mentioned.

    The subsequent BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) summit is being ready, Lavrov mentioned. “The outreach format will be established within its framework, where around a dozen developing economies will participate,” he added.

    Responding to Lavrov’s BRICS growth feedback, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin instructed a media briefing right here that “as the BRICS Chair this year, China actively supports the start of the BRICS expansion process and broadens ‘BRICS Plus’ cooperation”.

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    Wang mentioned the recently-held assembly of BRICS Ministers of Foreign Affairs reached consensus on the BRICS growth course of and held the first-ever ‘BRICS Plus’ international ministers’ assembly, “which fully shows that the BRICS cooperation is open and inclusive”.

    “China will work on BRICS-related parties to continue to have in-depth discussions on BRICS expansion and determine the standards and procedures for that on the basis of consensus.

    “We look forward to more like-minded partners joining the big family of BRICS,” he said.

    Foreign Ministers and top officials of Kazakhstan, Saudi Arabia, Argentina, Egypt, Nigeria, Senegal, the UAE and Thailand took part in the foreign ministers meeting of the five-member group held virtually on May 19 under Beijing’s ‘BRICS Plus’ initiative.

    External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar took part in the BRICS Foreign Ministers meeting convened by his Chinese counterpart Wang Yi.

    China is making preparations to hold this year’s BRICS summit, dates for which are yet to be announced.

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    BRICS’ New Development Bank (NDB) has already admitted Bangladesh, the UAE, Egypt and Uruguay as its members.

    Russian foreign minister Lavrov in his interview to TASS had also indicated that many countries of the Arab world are showing interest in establishing partner relations with the eight-member Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) in which India and Pakistan are members besides China. The other members are Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan.

    “These are processes of increase significant and optimistic, non-antagonistic alliances, not aimed in opposition to anybody,” Lavrov mentioned.

    The joint assertion issued after the May 19 BRICS’ international ministers assembly mentioned, “The ministers recalled the BRICS efforts of extending its cooperation to other developing countries and emerging markets and supported further promoting the BRICS Outreach and BRICS Plus Cooperation, in line with the updated Terms of Reference adopted by the BRICS Sherpas in 2021through inclusive and equal-footed and flexible practices and initiatives.”

    “The ministers supported promoting discussions among BRICS members on the BRICS expansion process. They stressed the need to clarify the guiding principles, the standards, criteria and procedures for this expansion process,” in accordance with the joint assertion posted on the Chinese Foreign Ministry web site.

  • Two highly effective blasts heard in Russian metropolis close to Ukraine border: Witnesses

    Two highly effective blasts had been heard on Thursday within the Russian metropolis of Belgorod, close to the border with Ukraine, two witnesses advised Reuters.
    Russia has in latest days reported what it says are a collection of assaults by Ukrainian forces on Russian areas which border Ukraine, and has warned that such assaults increase a danger of serious escalation.

    Ukraine has indirectly accepted duty however has described the incidents as payback and “karma” for Russia.

  • Moscow bars entry to Russia for UK’s Johnson, Truss, Wallace

    British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and a number of other prime UK Cabinet ministers and politicians are banned from Russia for his or her “unprecedented hostile actions” of imposing sanctions over the Ukraine battle, the Russian Foreign Minister mentioned in a press release on Saturday.

    The full record of 13 British politicians on the so-called “stop list” issued from Moscow contains Indian-origin ministers – UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak, Home Secretary Priti Patel and Attorney General Suella Braverman – in addition to Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab, Foreign Secretary Liz Truss and defence secretary Ben Wallace.

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    The Russian Foreign Ministry mentioned the record will probably be expanded within the “near future” to incorporate extra British politicians and parliamentarians.

    “In connection with the unprecedented hostile actions of the British government, expressed, in particular, in the imposition of sanctions against top officials of the Russian Federation, a decision was made to include key members of the British government and a number of political figures in the Russian ‘stop list’,” mentioned the assertion from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation.

    “This step was taken as a response to London’s unbridled information and political campaign aimed at isolating Russia internationally, creating conditions for containing our country and strangling the domestic economy. In essence, the British leadership is deliberately aggravating the situation around Ukraine, pumping the Kyiv regime with lethal weapons and coordinating similar efforts on the part of NATO,” reads the assertion, translated from Russian.

    “The instigation of London is also unacceptable, which is strongly pushing not only its Western allies, but also other countries to introduce large-scale anti-Russian sanctions, which, however, are senseless and counterproductive,” it provides.

    With reference to a string of financial sanctions imposed on Russia by the British authorities in current weeks, the ministry accuses the British authorities of a “Russophobic course” aimed toward stirring up a destructive perspective in direction of Russia and curtail bilateral ties in nearly all areas, which it says is detrimental to the well-being and pursuits of the inhabitants of Britain itself.

    “Any sanctions attacks will inevitably hit their initiators and receive a decisive rebuff,” it mentioned.

    “In the near future, this list will be expanded to include British politicians and parliamentarians who contribute to whipping up anti-Russian hysteria, pushing the ‘collective West’ to use the language of threats in dialogue with Moscow, and shamelessly inciting the Kiev neo-Nazi regime,” it provides.

     

    Other UK politicians on the “stop list” embody UK Transport Secretary Grant Shapps, Minister of Entrepreneurship, Energy and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng, Minister of Digitalisation, Culture, Media and Sport Nadine Dorries, Minister for the Armed Forces James Heappey, First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon, and Conservative Party MP and former British Prime Minister Theresa May.

    In March, Moscow imposed an analogous ban towards US President Joe Biden in retaliation for American sanctions towards the Kremlin over the battle in Ukraine.

    The UK sanctions have included monetary measures designed to break Russia’s economic system and penalise Russian President Vladimir Putin, high-ranking officers and Russian oligarchs near the Kremlin. Britain has been on the forefront of rallying help for Ukraine, with Boris Johnson in common contact with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and likewise paying a go to to the conflict-torn area.

  • UK PM Johnson meets Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in Kyiv

    Britain’s Boris Johnson, certainly one of Ukraine’s staunchest backers, flew to Kyiv on Saturday to pledge tighter sanctions on Russia and supply President Volodymyr Zelenskiy extra defensive arms, a transfer the Ukrainian chief stated others ought to observe.

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    At a gathering shrouded in secrecy till Johnson appeared within the Ukrainian capital, the 2 leaders cemented the shut ties they’ve nurtured since Russia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24. The transfer caps weeks of lobbying by Johnson to satisfy Zelenskiy.

    With each males standing at podiums in entrance of cameras, they praised one another for his or her cooperation because the Russian invasion, which Moscow calls a “special operation” to demilitarise and “denazify” its neighbour. Zelenskiy rejects the outline, saying Russia is bent on destroying his nation.

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    “We must put more and more pressure on the Russian Federation, work harder to help the people of Ukraine defend it against the Russian Federation, and step up sanctions,” Zelenskiy stated.

    “Other democratic Western states should follow the example of Great Britain. It’s time to impose a complete ban on Russian energy supplies, and increase the delivery of weapons to us.”

    Johnson replied: “Together with our partners, we are going to ratchet up the economic pressure and we will continue to intensify, week by week, the sanctions on Russia.”

    He added that the measures would come with transferring away from using Russian hydrocarbons. Earlier, his Downing Street workplace stated Britain would supply the nation with 120 armoured automobiles and new anti-ship missile programs.

    Johnson’s aides say the 2 leaders have spoken virtually day by day since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

    The British chief, underneath strain over alleged events at his Downing Street residence throughout a COVID-19 lockdown, has been vocal in his assist of Zelenskiy.

    Earlier on Saturday, the Ukrainian chief’s workplace revealed footage exhibiting the 2 males chatting throughout a desk.

    Johnson met Zelenskiy “in a show of solidarity with the Ukrainian people”, a Downing Street spokesperson stated.

    On Zelenskiy’s Telegram channel, Johnson was described as “one of the most principled opponents of the Russian invasion, a leader in putting sanctions on Russia and providing defensive support to Ukraine”.

     

  • US intelligence means that Putin’s advisers misinformed him on Ukraine

    (Written by Julian E. Barnes, Lara Jakes and John Ismay)

    President Vladimir Putin of Russia has been misinformed by his advisers in regards to the Russian navy’s struggles in Ukraine, based on declassified U.S. intelligence.

    The intelligence, based on a number of U.S. officers, exhibits what seems to be rising stress between Putin and the Ministry of Defense, together with with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, who was as soon as among the many most trusted members of the Kremlin’s internal circle.

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    Speaking in Algiers, Algeria, Secretary of State Antony Blinken acknowledged Putin had been given lower than truthful data from his advisers.

    “With regard to President Putin, look, what I can tell you is this, and I said this before, one of the Achilles’ heels of autocracies is that you don’t have people in those systems who speak truth to power or who have the ability to speak truth to power,” Blinken mentioned. “And I think that is something that we’re seeing in Russia.”

    In a information convention Wednesday afternoon, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby mentioned the Defense Department believed that Putin has not had entry to an correct account of his military’s failures in Ukraine.

    “We would concur with the conclusion that Mr. Putin has not been fully informed by his Ministry of Defense at every turn over the last month,” Kirby mentioned.

    “If Mr. Putin is misinformed or uninformed about what’s going on inside Ukraine, it’s his military, it’s his war, he chose it,” Kirby mentioned. “And so the fact that he may not have all the context — that he may not fully understand the degree to which his forces are failing in Ukraine, that’s a little discomforting, to be honest with you.”

    Other U.S. officers have mentioned that Putin’s inflexible isolation throughout the pandemic and willingness to publicly rebuke advisers who don’t share his views have created a level of wariness, and even worry, in senior ranks of the Russian navy. Officials consider that Putin has been getting incomplete or overly optimistic studies in regards to the progress of Russian forces, creating distrust along with his navy advisers.

    Putin appeared genuinely unaware that the Russian navy had been utilizing conscripts in Ukraine and that drafted troopers have been amongst these killed in motion, based on the U.S. officers. Putin’s ignorance confirmed “a clear breakdown in the flow of accurate information to the Russian president,” based on a U.S. official, who spoke on the situation of anonymity to debate the declassified, however nonetheless delicate, materials. There “is now persistent tension” between Putin and the Defense Ministry, the official mentioned.

    The U.S. intelligence evaluation additionally mentioned that Putin had an incomplete understanding about how damaging Western sanctions had been on the Russian financial system, officers mentioned.

    The warfare continues to go poorly for Russian forces. Ukraine’s navy has not solely held its personal but additionally begun counterattacking. Some U.S. officers consider that senior Russian officers are cautious of delivering truthful assessments — doubtlessly afraid that the messengers of unhealthy information might be held liable for the battlefield failures.

    The Russian navy’s stumbles have eroded belief between Putin and his Ministry of Defense. While Shoigu had been thought-about one of many few advisers Putin confided in, the prosecution of the warfare in Ukraine has broken the connection.

    Putin has put two high intelligence officers below home arrest for offering poor intelligence earlier than the invasion, one thing which will have additional contributed to the local weather of worry.

    With proof of Putin’s frustration rising, the United States has in current weeks been increase an intelligence case that he had not been getting correct assessments from the Ministry of Defense and different senior officers. The U.S. officers consider that Putin is continuous to be misled and that senior advisers are unwilling to inform the reality.

     

    What U.S. intelligence sources there could be within the Kremlin is a tightly held secret. But since Russia started its troop buildup alongside Ukraine’s borders final 12 months, U.S. intelligence officers have precisely predicted Putin’s strikes.

    The declassified data was reported Wednesday by The Associated Press.

    Russian forces introduced a shift of their posture round Kyiv, the Ukrainian capital, on Tuesday, though U.S. officers voiced skepticism that Russia was stopping its assaults as a peace gesture. Rather, some consider the strikes are an extra signal that Russia is adjusting its failing technique. It can also be potential that the shifting technique is an indication of dysfunction and miscommunication within the higher ranks of the Russian Defense Ministry.

  • Humanitarian support for Ukraine is dwindling, says well being official

    The quantity of humanitarian support arriving in Ukraine is starting to wane even because the Russian bombardment persists, Ukrainian Deputy Health Minister Oleksii Iaremenko stated on Sunday.

    Speaking in a cargo warehouse close to Warsaw’s Chopin airport throughout a supply of medical tools facilitated by charity Direct Relief, Iaremenko stated he was grateful to the worldwide neighborhood for the reduction supplied up to now.

    The cargo sure for Ukraine included every part from metallic beds to gauze to bronchial asthma inhalers and oxygen concentrators. But extra assist was desperately wanted, Iaremenko added, calling on different organisations to ship support.

    “For the last week what we see that the level of humanitarian support is a little bit down. We hope that it will be some pause to find new resources and because Russian aggression are increasing and they are bombing civilians,” he advised Reuters.

    “What we are asking, if you can support, please support right now,” he stated. “Don’t wait for weeks and months, because we need the support right now.”

     

    The battle in Ukraine has brought on a humanitarian disaster and displaced an estimated 10 million folks, almost 1 / 4 of the nation’s inhabitants, in accordance with the United Nations.

    Moscow says it’s conducting what it calls a “special military operation” with the intention of demilitarising and “denazifying” its neighbour, and denies focusing on civilians.

    Ukraine and its Western allies characterise Russia’s actions as an unprovoked invasion.