Comments by "Günther Berger" (@guntherberger1238) on "BBC News"
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Russia declares its willingness to resume gas deliveries to the Transnistria region of Moldova, which is controlled by pro-Russian forces. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov says Moscow is willing to "offer help to Transnistria," but does not elaborate on what that help would look like. On January 1, Russian gas supplies were stopped due to a financial dispute between Russia and the Moldovan government. On the same day, Ukraine stopped transporting Russian gas to Eastern European countries via its pipeline network, as a contract to transit the gas between Kiev and Moscow had expired. Logistically, measures must be taken by the Moldovan side "to secure the gas supply," Peskov continues. So far, Moldova has not yet shown any willingness, he stresses. According to Moldova, Russia could also supply Transnistria with gas via an alternative route, via Turkey and the Balkans.
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@joshuapaul2022 Meanwhile, the Ukrainian army began a surprise counteroffensive in the Russian region of Kursk, which has been partially occupied since the summer. "Kursk region, good news: Russia is getting what it deserves," the head of the presidential office in Kyiv, Andriy Yermak, wrote on Telegram on Sunday, indirectly confirming the initiative.
Russian military blogs had previously reported on increased Ukrainian attacks. In the Kursk region, the Russians were surprised, Ukrainian attacks went in several directions, said Andriy Kovalenko, the head of the Center for Countering Disinformation at the Security and Defense Council, which reports to the Ukrainian president.
Russian state media reported that Russian forces had repelled attacks. On Sunday, two attacks were repelled, news agencies reported, citing the Ministry of Defense.
The Russian Ministry of Defense later disseminated the message that Russian artillery and air forces had attacked a Ukrainian column on the way to the village of Berdin. Two tanks, a clearing vehicle and seven armored troop vehicles were destroyed. The fighting would continue. The information cannot be independently verified.
Meanwhile, reports from influential Russian war bloggers signaled that the latest Ukrainian attack had put Russian forces on the defensive. Artillery and small arms battles are taking place, and Ukraine is using Western armored vehicles to bring in large quantities of infantry, a report said.
According to the Ministry of Defense in Moscow and bloggers, the fighting was concentrated north of a highway that leads from Suzha near the border to Kursk, the capital of the region. But one blogger, Yuri Podolyak, said that this was most likely a Ukrainian diversionary tactic, possibly to prepare for an attack on Glushkovo further west.
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The Verkhovna Rada, which has existed since 1938, is the basis of Ukrainian independence and was reaffirmed on August 24, 1991 as a new Independence Day.
On December 5, 1994, the Budapest Memorandum was signed with new security guarantees for Russia under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty with the voluntary surrender of all nuclear weapons to Ukraine.
On May 27, 1997, the Russia-NATO Founding Act was adopted as a declaration of intent under international law, marking a milestone in the Cold War process.
At the 43rd Munich Security Conference on February 9, 2007, Putin spoke of a monopolar world order that represented a threatening power. He criticizes the EU and NATO as inappropriate conflict solvers.
At the UN General Assembly on September 28, 2015, Putin still speaks of the same nonsense and has waged war in Georgia and Syria in the meantime.
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