Russia And China Do Not Condemn The War In Ukraine At The G20 Summit
Zelenskyy meets with prosecutors from the International Criminal Court
Day 371 (1 March 2023)
Lukashenko of Belarus is on a 3 day visit to China that began on 28 February. This is a concern, because Belarus is a satellite state of Russia at present and Lukashenko was invited by Xi Jinping. China keeps stating they are neutral, yet their actions seem to be anything but neutral.
Zelenskyy meets with Karim Khan, a prosecutor for the ICC in Kyiv. This is a positive step forward to setting up a special tribunal to try the Russian war crimes.
The battle in Bakhmut continues and it bloody and the most dangerous place in Ukraine at present. Ukraine is sending additional troops to the region, after the Colonel General Oleksandr Syrskyi, Commander of Ukraine's land forces and eastern operational command, visited the front line on 25 February.
Reports claim that Russia lost a tank battle in Vuhledar where at least 130 tanks were destroyed
Intelligence suggest that Russia is launching Shahed drones from Bryansk as it is closer to Kyiv.
The US believes that China has been supplying the Wagner group, satellite images which has enabled them to circle troops in Bakhmut.
China has been importing Russian uranium (6.5 tonnes), which has raised concerns as uranium can fuel nuclear reactors, by creating weapons grade plutonium, and can create weapons as a byproduct. This means that the number of nuclear warheads that China can produce could rapidly increase.
Zelenskyy has been invited to the NATO Summit in Vilnius in July.
Serbia has been trying to crackdown on the Wagner group recruiting Serbians to fight in Ukraine. The president, Aleksandar Vučić has said Serbians would be arrested upon returning to Serbia if they fought in Ukraine for the Wagner group.
The IAEA has stated that there have been delays in the rotation of monitoring staff in occupied Zaporizhzia. This was expected, and the new team was supposed to have rotated 3 weeks ago.
The European Commission has been looking at ways to increase the production of ammunition in Europe to replace the stocks that have been supplied to Ukraine, but also to replenish the stocks in the EU countries. It has prepared a three stage plan, even though other countries have already begun to implement their own plans. The EU has too many plans and not enough action, and the plans should have been drawn up last year when military aid was being offered to Ukraine. It was obvious that stocks would need to be replenished then.
Lithuania has provided a power auto transformer that can provide power for up to 200,000 households. The transformer is to be installed at a high voltage substation and is helping to provide power while the energy infrastructure is being repaired.
More corruption being outed in Ukraine. The former head of Ukraine state-owned Boryspil International Airport was sentence to 5 years in prison after Yevhenii Dykhne was found guilty of abuse of power with $429,000 worth of damages. Anton Shevtsov, a former police chief for Vinnytsya has been charged with treason in absentia. This is the second time he has been charged with treason, the first time was in 2016 when his pro-Russian views were discovered.
Day 372 (2 March 2023)
The G20 Summit in New Delhi, ended without a customary joint summation as China and Russia refused to condemn the war in Ukraine. Lavrov and Blinken (Foreign Ministers for Russia and US) met briefly for 10 minutes, where the only details of the exchange revealed by Blinken, is that the US would continue to support Ukraine as long as it takes.
We must continue to call Russia to end its war of aggression, and withdraw from Ukraine for the sake of international peace and economic stability. (Blinken)
A unanimous rejection was expressed of attempts to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries, to impose unilateral approach is through blackmail and threats, and to oppose the democratisation of international relations. (Lavrov)
Unfortunately, one G20 member prevents all the other 19 from focusing all the efforts. On these issues the G20 was created for.
(Addressing Lavrov)It is good that you are here in the whole to listen. Stop the war. Not had a month or a year but today. Because every family that loses a father, a brother, a mother, a child loses a whole world. (Annalena Baerbock, German Foreign Minister)
Russian accused Ukraine of attacking a border village. The incident in Lyubechane in Bryansk, appears to be a staged false flag, carried out for propaganda purposes.
Moldova has passed a resolution declaring that Russia has carried out war crimes in Ukraine with acts of aggression, thus breaching international law. It further urges Russia, to withdraw its forces from Ukraine. Great words, however, Russia really doesn't care what anyone else thinks, and it has no respect for international law either.
The US believes that China has provided non-lethal military aid to Russia already, and is on the brink of sending lethal aid to Russia. Should this happen, it is unlikely that China will admit to it, and transportation is likely to be via a their party to avoid detection.
They have been Russian attacks across 10 Ukrainian oblasts, where Zaporizhzha has been hit hard. Residential buildings have been targeted again, and has resulted in entire buildings being destroyed. There have been deaths and casualties which are rising as more bodies are found.
Slovakia is considering giving Ukraine, some of their Soviet Mig-29 Jets.
In the US, Biden signs and executive order, prolonging the national emergency where Russian aggression poses a threat to the country. This will last for one year. Back in March 2014, Obama signed an executive order when Russia invaded Crimea and Donbas, where Biden renewed this executive order on 21 February 2022, when Putin declared that Russia recognise Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states.
The Bypol group have claimed responsibility for the explosions at the Machulishchy airfield that damaged an A-50U jet.
In Kozatske, in Kherson, the Russians Open fire on a humanitarian aid distribution centre, where nine civilians were wounded.