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Officials reject claims of ‘crack in the wall’ of Western support for Ukraine
After Ukraine filed a complaint at the World Trade Organization against Hungary, Poland and Slovakia over a ban on its agricultural products, there were calls to freeze aid to Kiev, which is facing a war imposed by Russia. A year and a half.
All three countries expressed their anger at Ukraine’s move, with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki responding that “we can no longer transfer any weapons to Ukraine because we are now arming ourselves with the latest weapons.”
Some EU officials have warned that Russian President Vladimir Putin is “experiencing a new episode of Western antagonism” as Ukrainian forces make slow gains in their counteroffensive against Russian forces still in control of large swathes of eastern and southern Ukraine.
High military spending
From Washington to Warsaw, the military spending and capabilities needed to help Ukraine have sparked controversy, although Western officials have downplayed the prospect of divisions among Kiev’s supporters.
Polish President Andrzej Duda said: “I don’t believe that a political disagreement will lead to a collapse,” and his prime minister only pointed out that the newly ordered weapons were destined for his country.
For his part, Jack Sullivan, the national security adviser in US President Joe Biden’s administration, said on Thursday that he hoped “Poland will continue to support Ukraine”.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, on a short trip to Washington this week, sought to bolster US support for his country, which has been factored into the political campaign ahead of next year’s presidential election.
Former US President Donald Trump and his main Republican challenger, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, want the US to stop sending weapons to Ukraine, they say.
Senator Joe Manchin, a Democrat from West Virginia, acknowledged after his meeting with Zelensky on Thursday that the amount of money spent on propping up Kiev was discussed, but he said, “But we are investing in democracy.”
Other GOP presidential candidates support Ukraine, including former Vice President Mike Pence, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.
Lithuanian President Kitanas Nausėda, a key supporter of Ukraine against Russia, appealed to his counterparts in Ukraine and Poland to “resolve their differences” on the X platform, formerly known as Twitter. ,” and said his country was ready to “facilitate” dialogue between them.
“Polish-Ukrainian relations have become hostages of the Polish election campaign,” said Piotr Boras, a senior fellow at the Warsaw-based European Council on Foreign Relations, referring to the country’s parliamentary elections next month.
However, he cautioned that the damage caused by Morawiecki’s comments is still there.
“It does great harm to the Ukrainian issue because this story echoes and legitimizes voices in Europe (mainly from the right) that question the need to provide arms to Ukraine,” Boras told The Associated Press.
Slovakia’s two-term prime minister, Robert Fico, is a front-runner in parliamentary elections, backs Russia and has pledged to end Slovakia’s military and political support for Ukraine if elected in the September 30 election.
Nicolas Mazohar, a military analyst at the Center for Defense Studies at the Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich, said some political parties could play on nationalism to “favour voters” and avoid the idea of ”unfair solidarity”. Ukraine” at the expense of domestic interests.
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Efforts to restore a cease-fire in Gaza, and news that Israel is willing to negotiate as the fighting continues
12/2/2023–|Last Updated: 12/2/202302:16 PM (Makkah Time)
Reuters and the Wall Street Journal quoted an Israeli official as saying Israel is willing to negotiate a ceasefire and prisoners held by Palestinian resistance in the Gaza Strip, but fighting continues.
The Washington-based official told Reuters that Israel was willing to offer additional pauses and could hold talks while the fighting continued.
Freeing the largest possible number of prisoners is a “priority” for Israel, he said, adding that “we have learned the lessons from our operations in northern Gaza and are applying them.”
The Israeli official added – according to the agency report – that Israel was working on a plan to minimize civilian casualties in any operation in southern Gaza, as he said.
Reuters cited a US official – described as a senior – that the US was working with Israel “on a plan to minimize harm to civilians in any operation south of Gaza”.
In turn, the Wall Street Journal quoted a U.S. official as saying that Israel had pledged to carry out “highly targeted” military action, which it described as aimed at minimizing civilian casualties and damage to buildings and other infrastructure.
Armistice extension
In this regard, Qatar – which has played a key role in mediation efforts – has said that negotiations with the Israelis and Palestinians to return to the ceasefire are still ongoing, but renewed Israeli bombardment of Gaza is complicating mediation efforts.
For its part, the Wall Street Journal quoted Egyptian officials as saying that Egypt and Qatar’s mediators failed to reach a breakthrough on a ceasefire in Gaza yesterday Friday, and mediators are expected to resume talks today. They stumbled upon the background of deciding whom the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) would release later.
Officials said – according to the newspaper – that Hamas wants Israel to release its remaining women and children, and that the movement is offering to release the bodies of dead and elderly prisoners.
The ceasefire, which began on November 24, has been extended twice, and Israel said it could continue if Hamas released 10 prisoners each day, but mediators could not find a formula for freeing more prisoners, including Israeli soldiers.
A Palestinian official said the ceasefire broke down after Israel demanded the release of female soldiers detained by Hamas.
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As soon as the cease-fire expired on Friday, Israel returned to a violent bombardment of the Gaza Strip, killing more than 240 Palestinians and injuring hundreds more within hours.
Yesterday, the Israeli occupation dropped leaflets in the eastern parts of Khan Yunis, ordering the evacuation of residents of 4 towns, not to the rest of the town as happened before, but to the southern town of Rafah.
Israel released a link to a map dividing Gaza into hundreds of zones, which it said would be used to determine safe zones in the future.
Despite this, Israel continues to bombard Rafah and other areas in the south, where hundreds of thousands of Gazans have taken refuge from fighting in the north. Doctors and witnesses said the blasts were intense yesterday in Khan Younis and Rafah.
Genocide and ethnic cleansing
For his part, US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin told a press conference in California that “we will continue to work with Israel, Egypt and Qatar towards the return of peace”, blaming the Hamas movement.
The Wall Street Journal quoted a US official as saying that Israel has pledged to carry out a more targeted military operation aimed at reducing civilian casualties and damage to buildings and other infrastructure.
The official said that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken had pressed Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli wartime government about how long the war would last and had not received a clear answer.
The officials explained International pressure could force Israel to halt its operations as early as this year, especially if civilian casualties continue to be high, a timetable Israel does not accept.
Hamas accused Washington of green-lighting a “war” on Israel. Genocide and ethnic cleansing.” He said in a statement, “Today you shamelessly repeat Zionist lies …
Hamas takes responsibility for resuming the war and not extending the humanitarian peace.
Meanwhile, Senator Mark Warner, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told Reuters that Washington must pressure Israel, “We must push Israel to realize that this is not just a military conflict, but a conflict of hearts and minds. People in the world and people in the United States.” “.
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The order comes as both Ukraine and Russia seek to make gains on the ground and regroup their forces in a conflict that has seen little change on the front lines in recent months.
This brings the total number of Russian military personnel to about 2,200,000, including 1,320,000 soldiers.
This is the second such military deployment since 2018. This previous reinforcement of 137,000 soldiers, ordered by Putin in August 2022, puts the army at around two million personnel and an estimated 1,150,000 soldiers.
“The Army’s standing force increase is due to the increasing threats to our country associated with special military operations and the continued expansion of NATO,” the military statement said.
He said the number of troops in service would increase by around 170,000, which he said would be an “appropriate” response to the “hostile activity of the NATO camp”.
The report indicated there were no plans to make changes to recruitment rules or organize another mobilization campaign, an unpopular move that saw a mass flight of men from Russia last year.
Instead, in recent months the military has focused on recruitment campaigns with promises of lucrative financial rewards, particularly in remote areas.
But Kremlin critics saw the move as a “disguised” mobilization, as recruitment into the army continues unabated.
What are NATO’s movements?
- NATO joint forces are being formed near Russia’s borders, and additional air defense systems and offensive weapons are being deployed.
- NATO’s tactical nuclear capabilities are increasing, the statement said.
- The ministry added that the Russian troop build-up was an appropriate response to NATO’s “aggressive actions”.
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