Ukrainian servicemen on the line of contact in Donetsk regionBEIJING, Feb 23The knot of the Ukrainian crisis must be untangled by Russia and Ukraine, confrontation and sanctions will not help reduce tensions, restraint, rationality, constructive efforts by the international community and direct dialogue between Moscow and Kiev are needed, according to an editorial published on Wednesday by the Chinese Global Times. «It is extremely regrettable that the Ukrainian issue has gone so far. The US continued to actively contain Russia, which eventually forced the Russian Federation to try to implement its security requirements in this way … The prospect of the situation between Russia and Ukraine remains very uncertain, «the article says. According to the newspaper, the current situation is a «double crisis» where a bilateral crisis between Russia and Ukraine is intertwined with the strategic repression that Russia is experiencing due to NATO's eastward expansion. reach a consensus This does not necessarily mean a complete breakdown in negotiations. It hasn't gotten to the point where the problem needs to be solved by war, the newspaper writes.The EU has decided: Russia must pay for European sins «Whether the situation will further aggravate depends mainly on the scale of US sanctions against Russia and whether Russia will be provoked into more aggressive measures,» the authors of the article believe. At the same time, it is emphasized that the world and the absence of war is in the common interest of all countries in Europe, and only by providing a «soft landing» for this crisis, Europe will be able to achieve peace. Genuine security, stressed in the Global Times, must be inseparable, common, the security areas of all parties should be respected and protected, but if the security interests of any side are ignored or even violated, geopolitical disputes will continue and will never stop. — authors added.
The states are craving China's help in UkraineAt the same time, according to the publication, the United States and NATO should move away from the Russian-Ukrainian crisis as much as possible, and there is no need to add complexities that could affect the situation. In particular, at a time when uncertainty arises in the situation, all parties should leave some space for problems to be solved directly by Russia and Ukraine, the authors believe. They believe that confrontation, sanctions or even open fighting will not help reduce tensions, most of all in this the situation needs restraint and rationality, as well as constructive efforts by the international community. At the same time, it is indicated that China has no interests of its own in the Ukrainian issue, Beijing has always adhered to a fair and responsible attitude. «Although all parties have different views on the Ukrainian crisis, the main priority now is to prevent any action that could increase tensions. The international community should reach such a consensus as soon as possible,» the authors of the article added.»Nationalists drink champagne». How did Ukraine perceive the recognition of the LDNRS? The leadership of the DPR and LPR announced the temporary evacuation of citizens to the Rostov region in connection with the threat of Ukraine's invasion. First of all, the evacuation concerns women, children and the elderly. The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, said that Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky may soon order the military to go on the offensive, to implement a plan to invade the DPR and LPR. On Saturday, February 19, the leaders of the DPR and LPR signed decrees on general mobilization, and then turned to Russia with a request to recognize the independence of the republics. On Monday, after the Security Council meeting, Russian President Vladimir Putin addressed the citizens of the Russian Federation and stated that he considers it necessary to immediately recognize the sovereignty of Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. He noted that the world prefers not to notice the horror and genocide in the Donbass, not a single day goes by without shelling, the killings of civilians and the blockade do not stop. As the President stated, in case of further bloodshed in the Donbass, the entire responsibility will be on the Kiev regime. Immediately after the appeal, the president in the Kremlin signed decrees recognizing the LPR and the DPR. In his decrees, Putin instructed to ensure the maintenance of peace in the DPR and LPR by the armed forces of the Russian Federation. Later, the Russian president said that Russia proposed to solve the problem of Donbass through peaceful negotiations and the implementation of the Minsk agreements, but this item has lost its relevance. According to him, the Minsk agreements were brought to naught by the efforts of the current Kiev authorities. He also added that the situation in Donbas tends to escalate.The development of the situation in Donbas is in the online report >>
