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The urgent imperative to maintain NATO’s nuclear deterrence

The dismal performance of Russia’s conventional forces in the early days of the war in Ukraine risks convincing some in NATO that the future Russian threat to the Alliance can be deterred primarily via NATO’s conventional superiority, and that enhancing deterrence of Russian nuclear use in a future conflict is therefore no longer a high priority. This is a dangerous fallacy.

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02/10/2023

Ukraine:EU HR Borrell’s remarks on Russia’s information manipulation

Through these war of propaganda and disinformation, Russia is trying to deflect its responsibility for the war, denying the occupation, annexations, atrocities, blaming others for the consequences of the food and energy crises, and trying to make the world to believe that the same power who is blocking the export of grain from the Ukrainian ports is innocent of the hunger, and “the hunger is not created by the naval

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02/10/2023

Russia: Vladimir Putin meets with Head of Chechnya Ramzan Kadyrov

“Before we begin discussing the state of affairs in the republic, I would like to say a few words about what we have been doing from the beginning of the special military operation to this day. We even wanted to report about our achievements in the humanitarian and combat areas. The unit is showing excellent results capturing prisoners and destroying [enemy’s] equipment every day. Those Abrams tanks are no threat

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29/09/2023

EU HRVP Borrell: Multipolarity without multilateralism

We live indeed in a more and more multipolar world, but multilateralism is in retreat. It is a paradox. Why? Because when the number of participants in a game increases, the natural response should be to strengthen the rules governing the game. However, we are facing the opposite trend: the rules governing the world are running out of steam. We must find ways to overcome this paradox.

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25/09/2023

UN Security Council: Statement by EU Council President Michel on Ukraine

The Kremlin dreams of restoring the old Russian empire. After Ukraine, who will be next? Who will be next to satisfy Putin’s fantasy of the past? And if Russia succeeds in Ukraine, what other countries would be tempted to copy its actions? At this crime scene, we also have the victim, the attacked. Ukraine and all Ukrainians, fighting a battle they did not start, defending their country against a war

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21/09/2023

Netherlands: Foreign minister Slot spoke with Ukrainian children abducted by Russia

Since the start of the war, Russia has abducted thousands of Ukrainian children from Ukraine. Russia’s intention is to break the children’s connection with their Ukrainian families, identity, language and culture. The International Criminal Court in The Hague has issued arrest warrants for Vladimir Putin, President of Russia, and Maria Lvova-Belova, Russian Commissioner for Children’s Rights, for the unlawful deportation and transfer of Ukrainian children.

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18/09/2023

Ukraine digitalising public services with Swiss support

At its meeting on 15 September 2023, the Federal Council approved additional support for digitalisation in Ukraine. This will enable citizens, refugees and businesses to access public services and have a political say despite the ongoing war. The ‘E-governance for Accountability and Participation’ (EGAP) project will receive a contribution of CHF 15 million this year.

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15/09/2023

The United States impose further sanctions in response to Russia’s illegal war against Ukraine

Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) is imposing nearly 100 sanctions on Russian elites and Russia’s industrial base, financial institutions, and technology suppliers as the United States continues to leverage sanctions and economic restrictions to undermine Russia’s capacity to wage its war against Ukraine. The Department of State also designated more than 70 persons. Today’s sanctions focus on persons benefiting from, supporting, and

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15/09/2023

Kremlin: Russia-North Korea talks

“As you mentioned, the Soviet Union played a major role in liberating our country and helping it become an independent state, and our friendship has deep roots. Currently, our relations with the Russian Federation are the top priority for our country. I am confident that our meeting will serve as another step in elevating our relations to a new level.”

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13/09/2023

Russia’s war: EU Council prolongs individual sanctions over territorial integrity for a further six months

The existing restrictive measures provide for travel restrictions for natural persons, the freezing of assets, and a ban on making funds or other economic resources available to the listed individuals and entities. Sanctions will continue to apply to almost 1 800 individuals and entities altogether, many of which are targeted in response to Russia’s ongoing unjustified and unprovoked military aggression against Ukraine.

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13/09/2023

Ukraine: Volodymyr Zelenskyy meets with German Foreign Minister

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a meeting with Federal Minister for Foreign Affairs of Germany Annalena Baerbock, who is on a visit to our country. The Head of State thanked Germany for its significant support for Ukraine, particularly military and financial. The President emphasized a new package of defense assistance from Germany and a significant contribution to bolstering Ukraine’s air defense.

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11/09/2023

Russia/Ukraine: EU HRVP on regional and local elections

On 8-10 September, regional and local elections were organised in Russia and illegally also in the territories of Ukraine that Russia has temporarily occupied. The European Union strongly condemns the holding of these illegitimate so-called “elections” in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the City of Sevastopol and in parts of the Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson regions of Ukraine.

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11/09/2023

The Kremlin has pre-determined the results of sham elections: UK statement at the UN Security Council

Now Russia is committing another violation of the UN Charter by holding so-called “elections” within these four oblasts and in illegally annexed Crimea. Russia claims it is protecting the right to self-determination. But as my Foreign Secretary has said, you can’t hold elections in someone else’s country. Not only are Russia’s actions illegal and illegitimate, but we have information that the Kremlin has pre-determined the results of the sham elections

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08/09/2023
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