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The UN Secretary General met with Putin, while the defense ministers of 44 countries were going to discuss the supply of weapons to Ukraine

One day, the UN Secretary General met in the Russian capital with President Putin, trying to agree on a ceasefire in Ukraine, and an advisory group on the security of Ukraine - defense ministers, chiefs of staff and other military leaders from 44 countries gathered at the American military aircraft air forces - to discuss the coordination of urgent and large -scale supplies to Kyiv of modern weapons. Thus, the two main lines - on the diplomatic decision on the military victory of Ukraine, the possibility of which for the first time from February 24, representatives of the United States and NATO stated in parallel.

“I arrived in Moscow with the message of the world,” said the Secretary General of the UN Antoniu Gaterrish.

After a meeting with Foreign Minister Sergei Larov, skeptics were even more established in their forecast that this visit is unlikely to change something.

“We have two different opinions about what is happening in Ukraine,” the “main diplomat of the planet” stated, so the journalistic cliche determines the function of the head of the United Nations.

Last week, Gutherrish unsuccessfully called on Moscow and Kyiv to the four -day ceasefire during the Orthodox holiday: from the "passionate Thursday" to Easter Sunday. According to the American media, the ceasefire was rejected by Moscow, which stated that it was a trick that allows the Ukrainian military to relax and regroup.

By the way, the President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky called the visit of the UN Secretary General to Moscow (before Kiev). "Why? Transmit signals from Russia? What should we look for? There are no scattered corpses on Kutuzovsky Prospekt, ”he said, referring to one of the main avenues of Moscow. According to the Ukrainian president, Gutterisha should first be in Kyiv, Mariupol and other cities to see for the war crimes of the Russian armed forces. And only then meet with Putin.

At a press conference in Poland, according to the results of three hours of negotiations with Zelensky, Secretary of State Blinken noted that he met with the UN Secretary General last Friday-on the eve of Gutherrish’s trip to Moscow. The United States expect that he will transmit to Vladimir Putin a “very strong and clear message” about the need to immediately stop the war: about the ceasefire; About the humanitarian corridors, through which help could act, and people could leave the zones of military operations, about the need to "stop the abuse of Ukraine." “This is a clear, direct signal,” which the UN head should bear on behalf of almost the entire international community, Blinken noted.

On the other hand, as the American media noted, the UN Secretary General had the hope that he would come to Kyiv not empty-handed, but with some positive news after meeting with Putin. In Moscow, Gutherrish proposed creating a contact group on humanitarian issues, which would include Russia, Ukraine and the USA. “Countries should look for opportunities together to open safe corridors,” said the UN head at a press conference after negotiations with Lavrov. The “main diplomat” called for an independent investigation of “possible war crimes” in Ukraine. “I am concerned about repeated messages about violations of international humanitarian law, human rights, possible war crimes. They require an independent investigation for (bringing the perpetrators to) effective responsibility, ”said Guterrish. In addition, the UN is worried about the negative impact of hostilities in Ukraine on food security in other parts of the world.

Lavrov said that Moscow was ready to cooperate with the UN to help the civilian population of Ukraine. “Our goals are primarily the protection of the civilian population, and here we are ready to cooperate with our colleagues from the UN to facilitate the plight of the civilian population,” Lavrov said. He said that Russia advocates a solution to the conflict in Ukraine through peace negotiations, but said that the behavior of the Kyiv delegation and the president of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky is “depressing”. In general, as the crankcases say, "remained with their own."

The meeting of Gaterris with Putin was held in the Tet-A-Tet ​​format at a long-known world long table. She lasted about an hour, CBS News reported. Putin emphasized that all people are equal before God, this is recorded in the Bible and the Qur'an. And some countries cannot claim exclusivity. Russia provided military assistance to the DPR and LPR in accordance with the 51st article of the UN Charter. Gutterish emphasized that the violation of the territorial integrity of the country does not fully comply with the UN Charter and called it the “invasion of Russia”. They argued about the "precedent of Kosovo", with which Putin compared the Donbass. The UN Secretary General recalled that the UN does not recognize Kosovo. Putin noted that the fighting in Mariupol was discontinued and called negotiations in Istanbul a “big breakthrough”.

Here we must explain. The first to meet Gottershus during a European trip was the Turkish president. In the followed by a telephone conversation with Putin, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, called on the Russian president of Russia to agree to direct negotiations with Zelensky.

Negotiations of the delegation of the Russian Federation and Ukraine in Istanbul at the end of March were at a dead end after the President of Ukraine accused the Russian troops of committing war crimes in Buch.

Putin admitted that negotiations are at an impasse, and the military unit operating there was in the guards. Buch in Moscow was called "Ukrainian provocation." Ankara, who maintains close ties with both Kiev and Moscow, represents himself as a neutral intermediary in an attempt to put an end to hostilities.

According to experts, the diplomatic dialogue on the initiative of the UN could become this very way of Moscow from the active stage of military operations, if possible to “preserve the face” of the initiator of the war. If this is generally possible. The fact that Putin confirmed that he wants to achieve diplomatic agreements with Ukraine will become positive news only when negotiations will resume and lead to the result. Otherwise, as the cardigans say, everyone again "remained with their own."

When diplomatic efforts lead only to the statement of good intentions and existing disagreements, the military enters the advance.

At a press conference, following the negotiations of the American delegation with Zelensky, the US Secretary of Defense Austin spoke out unequivocally, and his words ended up in the headlines of world news: “We want Russia to be weakened to such an extent that it could not do what it did during the invasion of Ukraine.” Someone immediately announced the words of the head of the Pentagon about the “weak Russia” by evidence that the United States was conducting a proxy-warrior in Ukraine (a war by the hands) against Russia, repeating the Kremlin narrative and not paying attention to the second part of the phrase: “so that it could not invade Ukraine” (read, and other parts of Europe and Asia, which in the Kremlin can declare the “Russian world”). In other words, who started everything?

Another phrase of an American general is no less indicative, where he accidentally or deliberately repeated the pronouns “they” and “we”, speaking of the possibility of a military victory over Russia. Literally: “They (Ukrainians-a.p.) believe that we can win; We believe that they, we can win. They can win if they have the right equipment, proper support. And we are going to do everything possible - to continue to do everything possible to achieve this. ” Let me remind you that before the start of hostilities, the head of the Joint Committee of the Chiefs of Staffs of the United States Mark Mill, answering the question of one of the legislators at the hearing in Congress, suggested that the Russian army could take Kyiv in 72 hours. The Pentagon radically changed its analysis of the situation after two months of hostilities. On April 26, in an interview with CNN Milli, participating in the Arms Summit on the basis of Rammstein, he said that he agreed with Austin. If Ukraine receives the requested weapons from the Western allies, it can defeat: to preserve sovereignty and weaken Russia to the state that further invasions will become impossible. The bet in this conflict is greater than Ukraine, the general emphasized.

Before negotiations with Blinken and Ostin, Zelensky said that he would expect results from the Americans, both by weapons and in security guarantees. “You can’t come to us empty-handed today, and we are waiting for not just gifts or some cakes, we are waiting for specific things and specific weapons,” he said. The last personal meeting of Zelensky with a high-ranking American official took place on February 19 in Munich with Vice President Kamal Harris, five days before the start of the “special operation”. Zelensky repeatedly emphasized that his country needs more heavy weapons, including large -range air defense systems and combat aircraft.

Biginen and Austin reported the allocation of more than 713 million dollars in the form of foreign military funding for Ukraine and 15 other allies and partner countries in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans. More than 322 million US dollars are intended for Ukraine. Money from Washington will also help the NATO allies to replenish the military potential, which they handed over to Ukraine from their own reserves. Since February 24, the United States allocated about $ 3.7 billion to help in the field of security and provided more than $ 4.3 billion from the date of the Biden administration. This week, American diplomats return to Ukraine - first to Lviv, but the possibility of resuming the work of the embassy in Kyiv will be considered. President Biden will nominate Bridget Brink, which is currently the US Ambassador to Slovakia, and previously worked in Uzbekistan and Georgia, to the post of ambassador in Ukraine. This position remained vacant since the last ambassador approved by the Senate in the country of Marie Yovanovich was removed from his post President Trump in 2019.

The Russian media doubted that the American ministers visited Kyiv, suggesting that this Ukrainian delegation arrived to meet in Poland. However, at a press conference, following the visit of Blinken and Austin, they said that several hours got to the Ukrainian capital on a train from the southeast of Poland. A few hours after the American delegation also left Ukraine by train, Russian troops struck missile strikes on five railway junctions. Coincidence? - American journalists are wondering.

The 44 countries participate in the weapons summit for Ukraine - the best evidence of which side is supported in this military conflict.

As the Secretary of State Blinken noted: “The strategy that we have developed is massive support for Ukraine, massive pressure on Russia, solidarity with several dozen countries participating in these efforts - gives real results. We see that when it comes to the military goals of Russia, it fails, and Ukraine succeeds. Russia sets the main goal to completely subjugate Ukraine - to deprive it of its sovereignty, to deprive it of independence. This was not possible. Russia seeks to affirm the power of its armed forces and economics. We see the exact opposite: the armed forces that are clearly lagging behind (in development); The economy in decline - as a result of sanctions, as a result of a mass outcome from Russia, which seeks to divide the West and NATO. And of course, we see the exact opposite-the North Atlantic Alliance more than I have ever seen, and the new countries (Sweden, Finland -A.P.) are considering the possibility of submitting applications for membership. ”

We must not forget: for a radical change in the situation, Moscow has a terrible argument, the possibility of using which “cannot be underestimated” (Russian politicians, military and propagandists) - nuclear weapons. The American military reluctantly commented on this scenario. The head of the Pentagon Lloyd Austin called talk about the possibility of the outbreak of nuclear war counter -productive and attributed them to dangerous rhetoric. The general response of the US military is short and expected: "We are seriously treated, we will be ready."