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  • Russia bombards Zelensky's hometown with missiles

     Russian troops carried out a missile strike on the city of Kryvyi Rih, the hometown of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, in central Ukraine .

  • Bakhmut under Russian pressure

     After the Ukrainian city of Bakhmut was almost completely surrounded by Russian troops, the British Ministry of Defense said in an intelligence analysis posted on Twitter that there was" heavy fighting going on in and around the city " in the eastern region of Donetsk.


  • The group of seven affirm that their meeting represents a decisive moment in the world's response to Russian and Chinese aggression

     The foreign ministers of the group of seven major industrial powers concluded their meeting in the Japanese city of Karuizawa while a statement was prepared as a model for world leaders to use at the G7 summit to be held in Hiroshima next month, and included language on Iran, Myanmar, Afghanistan, nuclear proliferation and other "serious threats.”


     

    Edited by| Paul Mitchel

    Politic section -  CJ journalist

    KARUIZAWA, Japan - April,18,2023   


       The G-7 envoys stressed that their meeting represents a crucial moment in the world's response to Russian and Chinese aggression, two crises seen as challenges to the rules-based international order after World War II.

    the G-7 communique laying out their commitments also included strong words over an unprecedented run of North Korean missile tests. But it was China’s growing assertiveness in Asia and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine that highlighted the three-day summit hosted by Japan in this hot springs resort town.

    “There can be no impunity for war crimes and other atrocities such as Russia’s attacks against civilians and critical civilian infrastructure,” the ministers said.

    “We remain committed to intensifying sanctions against Russia, coordinating and fully enforcing them,” the communique said and would support “for as long as it takes” Ukraine as it defends itself.

    But two crises stood out: China’s increasing threats against, and military maneuvers around, Taiwan, the self-governing democracy that Beijing claims as its own, and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Russia’s current offensive is largely stalled and Ukraine is preparing a counteroffensive, but there’s widespread global worry about the Russian leader’s repeated threats to use tactical nuclear weapons.

    “Russia’s irresponsible nuclear rhetoric and its threat to deploy nuclear weapons in Belarus are unacceptable,” the ministers said.

    Leaders and foreign ministers of G-7 countries, most recently France and Germany, have recently concluded visits to China, and there is growing worried after China recently sent planes and ships to simulate an encirclement of Taiwan. Beijing has also been rapidly adding nuclear warheads, taking a tougher line on its claim to the South China Sea and painting a scenario of impending confrontation.

    The G-7 ministers said that peace and stability between China and Taiwan in the Taiwan Strait is “an indispensable element in security and prosperity in the international community,” and they called for “the peaceful resolution of cross-Strait issues.”

    On Taiwan, “there is clear unanimity in the approach we are taking,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters of his talks with other ministers in Karuizawa.

    “What I heard was a remarkable convergence on concerns related to (China) and what we’re doing to address those concerns,” he said.

    On stalled discussions with the Chinese, Blinken said the United States placed a premium on keeping communications channels open as President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping agreed to last year.

    “My expectation would be that we will be able to move forward on that, but it does require China to make clear its own intentions in doing that,” Blinken said.

    The communique also urged China to “abstain from threats, coercion, intimidation or the use of force. We remain seriously concerned about the situation in the East and South China Seas.... There is no legal basis for China’s expansive maritime claims in the South China Sea, and we oppose China’s militarization activities in the region.”

    In Beijing, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Wenbin said the G-7 had “grossly interfered in China’s internal affairs and maliciously slandered and smeared China.”

    He said the communique “is full of arrogance, prejudice and sinister intentions against China. We strongly oppose and deplore this and have lodged solemn complaints with the Japanese side, the host country of the meeting.”

    Despite indications, notably comments from French President Emmanuel Macron, that the G-7 is split over China, U.S. officials said in Karuizawa that there is a shared worry among G-7 nations over China’s actions, and a desire to continue a coordinated approach on working with Beijing even as nations confront Chinese coercion and attempts to water down or circumvent international rules regarding trade and commerce.

    Japan’s worry about China can be seen in its efforts to make a major break from its self-defense-only post-World War II principles, which include work to acquire preemptive strike capabilities and cruise missiles.

    “For the first time as the G-7, we noted in a statement our commitment to a rules-based, free, and open international order and our strong objection to unilateral attempts to change the status quo anywhere in the world,” Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi told reporters.

    He said that Japan, as the only G-7 member in Asia, brought a focus to the Indo-Pacific region.

    Besides China, a key worry is North Korea, which since the beginning of last year has test-fired around 100 missiles, including intercontinental ballistic missiles that showed the potential of reaching the U.S. mainland and a variety of other shorter-range weapons that threaten South Korea and Japan.

    “We demand North Korea refrain from any other destabilizing or provocative actions, including any further nuclear tests or launches that use ballistic missile technology,” the communique said, adding that future actions “must be met with a swift, united and robust international response, including further significant measures to be taken by the UN Security Council.”

    “It is critical that sanctions be fully and scrupulously implemented by all states and remains in place for as long as North Korea’s WMD (weapons of mass destruction) and ballistic missile programs exist,” the ministers said.

     


  • Zelensky| "We will find the murderers "

    In response to a video showing the killing of an unarmed soldier in Ukrainian combat fatigues near what appears to be a fighting position. and can be heard saying “Slava Ukraini” (Glory to Ukraine), before fighters off camera fire several shots at him.


  • Medvedev : they only understand the language of force

     A top Russian security official warned Thursday about the rising threat of nuclear war and blasted a German minister for threatening Russian President Vladimir Putin with arrest, saying that such action would amount to a declaration of war and trigger a Russian strike on Germany.

  • Josep Borrell : It is so important that China understands that what is happening in Ukraine is an existential threat for us

     

    ‘We expect that China will use its role and its responsibilities’ to resolve ‘existential threat for us’, says EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell

    Beijing practising ‘pro-Russian neutrality’, Borrell tells Post on eve of foreign ministers’ debate focused on China

  • A new US aid package for Ukraine worth 1.2 billion dollars

     As Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russian troops approaches, the United States announces a 1.2 billion dollar security aid package for Ukraine.

  • An Ukrainian operation embarrasses the Kremlin and sows anxiety among Russian civilians

     Ukrainian operations are continuing inside Russian territories after the Russian-Ukrainian war entered its second year in an attempt by Ukraine to transfer the battles to Russi, using the drone attacks earlier this week.


  • And finally .. The arrival of US Patriot missile systems to Ukraine

     After a long wait, Ukraine has received the American-made Patriot surface-to-air missile systems that it has long craved and that Kyiv hopes will help protect it from Russian strikes during the war.

  • Biden celebrates two years since the end of the longest war in American history

     

    President Joe Biden lauded the sacrifice of generations of U.S. troops who died fighting for their country as he marked Memorial Day with the traditional wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

  • Concern in Washington and Tel Aviv about the flow of Western weapons used in Ukraine to the Middle East

     

    With the influx of weapons into the conflict in the Russian-Ukrainian war and the presence of various military forces on both sides of the border, analysts specializing in this issue support the hypothesis that the war in Ukraine has most likely led to an increase in illegal arms transfers to the Middle East.

  • Conflicting narratives between Russia and Ukraine after the new attack on Crimea

     

    After an attack on a Russian cruise missile while being transported by train in the Crimea, conflicting accounts between Russia and Ukraine .

  • Council of Europe meets for the first time in 20 years to reaffirm support for Ukraine

    In the fourth summit since its establishment 75 years ago and not held for 20 years, the leaders of the Council of Europe are heading to Iceland to participate in the meeting of the Council of Europe to express their solidarity with Kyiv and the unity of their position against Moscow and increase the means of holding it criminally responsible for the destruction and crimes caused by its invasion of Ukraine.


  • Finland starts deforestation to build a fence along the border with Russia

     

    Finland is one of the few Nato countries that shares borders with Russia, and following the Russian-Ukrainian war, Finland began to build barrier walls on its eastern border with Russia. The border guard said in a statement that the pilot phase of the eastern border fence project began on Tuesday.

  • For the first time ... Zelensky visits Rome for meetings with Pope Francis and Meloni

     

    Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy touched down in Rome for meetings with Pope Francis and Italian officials on Saturday, in his first visit to the country since the beginning of the Russian invasion.

  • France : there are no French troops participating in operations in Ukraine

     After the leaked documents indicated the presence of French soldiers on the ground in Ukraine, Le Monde newspaper reported, the French government denied this, and the team of the minister of the armed forces sverbastein licorno said "there are no French troops participating in operations in Ukraine".

  • G7 diplomats pledge to take a tough stance on China, North Korea and support Ukraine

     Senior diplomats from the group of seven countries gathered for talks aimed at paving the way for action by the G-7 leaders when they meet next month in Hiroshima, diplomats pledged to take a tough stance on China's growing threats to Taiwan and North Korea's long-range missile tests unchecked while building momentum on ways to strengthen support for Ukraine and punish Russia for its invasion, and the Russian war in Ukraine also consumed a large part of the agenda of diplomatic envoys.

  • How Ukraine is preparing for a counterattack in the spring?

     Europe’s biggest armed conflict since World War II is poised to enter a key new phase in the coming weeks. With no suggestion of a negotiated end to the 13 months of fighting between Russia and Ukraine, a counteroffensive by Kyiv’s

  • Kiev suffered the largest Russian drone attack since the war began

     

    Wave upon wave of deadly strikes hit the Ukrainian capital as it prepared to celebrate of Kyiv Day.

    Ahead of the anniversary of its founding in 482 A.D., Kyiv suffered the largest drone attack since the start of the war with Russia, Ukrainian officials said Sunday.

  • Lukashenko visits China amid international expectations

     

    Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko is paying a visit to China amid international expectations that will get hints clarifying China's position on theRussian-Ukrainian war .

    China has always had a close relationship with Lukashenko. But his visit also illustrates the depth of Beijing's ties with Russian leader Vladimir Putin and his allies.