Ukrainian troops on the contact line in Donetsk regionMOSCOW, Feb 15 Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, speaking at a hearing in the Australian Parliament on Tuesday, called on the Chinese government to condemn Russia over the situation in Ukraine. «We expect all countries, all governments in the world to condemn what is happening with threats of violence against Ukraine,» Morrison said, responding to the question about the actions of the Australian authorities in the current situation with Ukraine.Bulgarians ridiculed Biden for setting a date for Russia's «invasion» of Ukraine «The Chinese government has not condemned what is happening and I would urge the Chinese government and everyone here… to condemn these actions and allow for a proper response through the United Nations,» the Australian prime minister said. At the same time, at the end of last year, Australia announced the creation of an alliance with the United States and Great Britain — AUKUS, which involves the construction of a fleet of Australian nuclear submarines and is aimed at containing the alleged «threat» of China in the region. Previously, Australia has repeatedly condemned China under pretext of violating human rights.Lavrov criticized statements about the attack on UkraineChina and Russia issued a joint statement on international relations on the opening day of the Olympic Games, in which Beijing supported Moscow's approaches to security issues. The parties opposed the actions of external forces to undermine security and stability in common adjacent regions, declaring their intention to resist the interference of external forces under any pretext in the internal affairs of sovereign countries, and also opposed «color revolutions» and stated that they would increase cooperation in the aforementioned areas. The plans attributed to Russia to escalate the situation around Ukraine are categorically denied in Moscow and constantly declare that no one is threatened, and all such statements are used as an excuse to place more NATO military equipment near Russian borders. As Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said earlier, Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine. According to him, Russia does not rule out that the hysteria around Ukraine, hyped by the West, is aimed at covering Kiev's line of sabotaging the Minsk agreements on Donbass. Allegations that Russia is allegedly preparing provocations in Ukraine continue to come from the West, despite the return of Russian troops to their places of deployment after the exercises. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu at a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday reported that «some of the exercises are coming to an end, some will be completed in the near future.» The Southern and Western military districts of the Russian Federation have begun returning troops to their places of deployment, Major General Igor Konashenkov, an official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, told reporters on Tuesday. : The US got rich on gas supplies due to the crisis in Ukraine
