Putin conference table9/27/2023 Russia says the 2002 agreement has now been violated, with Lithuania banning the flow of sanctioned goods across its territory. When those countries joined, the exclave became surrounded on three sides by EU territory. In 2002, the EU and Moscow reached an agreement on travel between Russia and Kaliningrad, ahead of Poland and Lithuania joining the European Union in 2004. It was renamed from the German Königsberg in 1946. Kaliningrad was captured by Soviet troops from Nazi Germany in April 1945 and then became part of Soviet territory as a result of the Potsdam Agreement. The corridor separates the Russian standalone region of Kaliningrad from Belarus and connects Polish and Lithuanian territory. More on the Suwałki corridor: This thin strip of land, also known as the Suwałki gap, is the only overland link between the Baltic states - NATO members Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - and the rest of the European Union. Germany has pledged NATO would defend alliance member Poland in case of an attack. Putin also made a series of unsubstantiated allegations last week, accusing Poland of harboring plans to "directly intervene" in the war and "tear off" parts of Ukraine for itself, also claiming Warsaw has aspirations to annex parts of Belarus. Rising tensions: This is the latest example of regional tensions inflamed by Lukashenko welcoming Wagner troops into his country following their short-lived rebellion against Moscow.īelarus announced earlier in July that its forces will hold joint exercises with Wagner fighters near the border with Poland. "They will probably be disguised as Belarusian border guards and will help illegal immigrants to enter Polish territory, destabilize Poland, but they will also probably try to infiltrate Poland pretending to be illegal immigrants and this creates additional risks," he said. “No matter how the Russian authorities would like to turn a blind eye on this by saying they have intercepted everything … something does hit.” Now the war is affecting those who were not concerned,” the spokesman, Yurii Ihnat, said on Ukrainian television. “There’s always something flying in Russia, as well as in Moscow. Videos showed debris as well as emergency services at the scene.Ī spokesman for Ukraine’s Air Force said the latest drone attacks on Moscow were aimed at impacting Russians who, since the Kremlin invaded Ukraine in February 2022, felt the war was distant. The fifth and sixth floor of a 50-story building were damaged, and no casualties were reported, state news agency TASS reported. The Russian Defense Ministry said three drones were intercepted but a business and shopping development in the west of the capital was hit. Russia says Ukraine targeted Moscow with drones on Sunday, the latest in a series of attacks that have brought the Ukraine war to Russia’s capital. On critics: When asked by a journalist about the arrest of people in Russia who are critical of his leadership during the armed conflict with Ukraine, Putin replied: "It seems to me that he is living in his own universe," Cherevatyi said. When asked for comment by CNN on the Russian leader's claims, Serhii Cherevatyi, the deputy commander of the Ukraine military's Eastern Group for Strategic Communications, joked that "if we really had so much (material), we'd already be in Moscow. Ukraine's purported losses: Putin also said on Saturday that Ukrainian forces lost 415 of its tanks and 1,300 armored vehicles since June 4. Zelensky said allowing any negotiations while another nation's military is occupying Ukraine would only "freeze" the war, pain and suffering caused by Putin's invasion. Key context: This week at a summit with African governments, Putin said he was considering a peace initiative proposed by the leaders and blamed Kyiv for not coming to the table.īut Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has ruled out any peace negotiations with Russia until Moscow’s troops withdraw from his country’s territory, characterizing the conflict as an unprovoked war of aggression launched by Putin. "We cannot declare a ceasefire when we are attacked." The Ukrainian army is on the offensive, it is on the attack, on what is called a large-scale strategic offensive," Putin said.
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