Breaking news: While the crisis between Russia and Ukraine continues to increase, eyes all over the world are turned to the hot zone. There are new developments every hour regarding the hot agenda, which is followed by one after another. Finally, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmitro Kuleba made a joint statement.
Headlines from Blinken and Kuleba’s statements are as follows:
US Secretary of State Blinken: Putin’s statements are disrespectful to millions of patriotic Ukrainians. Putin’s plan from the very beginning was to disturb and invade Ukraine. The Russian invasion of Ukraine begins.
Putin’s opposition to the Minsk convention is a major crisis. Russia opposed the Minsk convention. I was to meet Lavrov on the 24th, but my only condition was that the invasion not start. Meeting with Lavrov does not make sense.
Putin opposed all contracts. We saw that Russia was preparing for war and was against democracy.
Kuleba, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine: Russia caused the biggest crisis since the Second World War. The Minsk agreements were killed by Putin. Putin wanted to take the war to Europe. Russia’s economy should now be hit hard.
BM: WE ARE AT A TIME AT TENSION RISE
On the other hand, United Nations (UN) Secretary General Antonio Guterres made a statement on the Russia-Ukraine crisis. “We are at a time of escalation. The crisis could be bad for Russia and Ukraine,” Guterres said. used the phrases.
UKRAINE CALLS SERVICES TO DUTY
On the other hand, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskiy stated in the video message he shared on social media that there is no need for a mobilization at present.
Zelenskiy stated that it is necessary to reinforce the army, and that is why he signed the decree on calling reserve soldiers to duty in special periods.
The law, approved in Ukraine in November 2021, allows to call reservists into the army without declaring mobilization “during special periods”.
WHAT HAPPENED?
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed two decrees allowing the recognition of Russia’s so-called Donetsk and Luhansk people’s republics.
The upper house of the Russian Parliament, the Federation Council, approved Putin’s application for the Russian army to operate outside the Russian territory.