Vladimir Putin targets NATO. The secretary general of the Atlantic Alliance: 'We will have to strengthen the defenses of the Baltic region'. The US warns China and Berlin raises the alarm about hackers. Kiev is also preparing for the spring counter-offensive in the Crimea. But Zelensky admits: 'Peace is not enough, we will defend ourselves for ten years'
Vladimir Putin does not back down an inch. He accuses the Atlantic Alliance of 'complicity in the crimes of the Ukrainian regime' but warns against him: 'We cannot ignore NATO's nuclear capability'. Jens Stoltenberg raises the alarm level: 'We will have to reinforce the defenses of the Baltic region'. US warns China not to supply arms to Moscow. Kiev announces the counter-offensive for the spring: it will also hit the Crimea and the Belgorod ammunition depots, in Russian territory. – photo | video 1 | video 2 | video 3 | video 4 | video 5 | video 6 | video 7 | video 8
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TOWARDS THE COUNTEROFFENSIVE - The dreaded ship on the Black Sea that carried missiles Caliber she withdrew. There are 7 left, but none of them are missile carriers. In the Kharkiv region, 46 mines have been defused. And the damage from the bombings of recent days is counted, including 4 private homes in Kupiansk and 5-storey condominiums in the village of Kupiansk-Vuzlovyi. The deputy chief of intelligence of the Kiev Defense Ministry, Vadym Skibitskyi, announces the counter-offensive for the spring, which will also include the reconquest of Crimea: 'We will stop only when we restore the country within the limits of 1991'. But that's not all: 'Ukraine will hit ammunition depots on Russian territory, including the Belgorod region, the attacks start from there'. But Volodymyr Zelensky knows that even if peace is reached, the tension will not stop: 'Ukraine will defend itself for 10 years'. However, in his evening speech, he adds: “Ukraine will not abandon anyone, it will not leave anyone to the enemy. We will return all our people and all that is ours from Russian captivity. In 2014, Russian aggression began with the seizure of Crimea. It stands to reason that by liberating Crimea, we will put a historic end to any attempt by Russia to ruin the lives of Ukrainians and all peoples of Europe and Asia that the Kremlin once claimed it was conquering. International law will prevail here, in the lands of Ukraine: in the Donbass, in the Sea of Azov, in the Kherson region and in the Crimea'. The US State Department spokesman, Ned Price, also intervenes on the Crimea issue, which was not under discussion before the conflict: “Nine years ago, Russia invaded Ukraine and took over Crimea, a clear violation of the international law, of the sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine. The United States does not and will never recognize Russia's alleged annexation of the peninsula. Crimea is Ukraine”.
THE ARMS RACE - Estonia has sent a new aid package to Kiev that includes assault rifles, pistols, drones, thermal imaging cameras, generators, chargers and clothes. And for the first time Saudi Arabia is also taking action, sending a package of 400 million dollars in humanitarian aid and oil products, as revealed by the Cnn . NATO secretary general Jens Stoltenberg looks ahead and in an interview with Lithuanian TV announces the 'strengthening of the eastern border' of the Atlantic Alliance: 'We have already started preparations and I think the Vilnius meeting will demonstrate our unity in providing support for Ukraine. I am convinced that we will agree on new steps and measures of long-term support to Ukraine through further development of its partnership with the alliance.'
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THE WORDS OF THE HEAD OF THE CIA - CIA Director William Burns speaking at the Cbs , he says: “We know that the Iranians have already supplied hundreds of armed drones to the Russians, which they are using to inflict pain on Ukrainian civilians and on Ukrainian civilian infrastructure. We know that they also supplied ammunition for artillery and tanks. And we are also seeing signs that Russia is proposing to help the Iranians with their missile program and is considering the possibility of supplying Iran with fighter jets as well'. Burns believes Putin is 'too confident' in his military strength: 'At some point, he will also face mounting costs, in coffins going home to some of the poorest parts of Russia.' At the Cnn Instead, Jake Sullivan, National Security Advisor of the White House, is addressing to send a warning to China: 'Beijing will have to make its own decisions on how to proceed, whether or not to provide military assistance, but if it follows this path there will be real costs for the China'. Finally, in Europe, great concern is felt in Germany about hacker attacks, as Nancy Faeser, German interior minister, explains: 'Concerns about computer security have been exacerbated by the war. Attacks by pro-Russian hackers have increased.'
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PUTIN'S WORDS - Interviewed by Russia-1 , Vladimir Putin points his finger at the Atlantic Alliance: 'The NATO countries, albeit indirectly, are complicit in the crimes of the Kiev regime, which, among other things, is bombing residential areas of Novorossia and Donetsk'. As to the suspension of the treaty Start on nuclear disarmament, the Moscow leader says he does not want to send any message to the US: “It depends on them what to understand. We understand what we have to do. And we must preserve our country, guarantee security, strategic stability'. But he is forced to admit: 'We cannot fail to take into account not only the nuclear capabilities of the United States but also those of other NATO countries'.
Source: oggi.it