[Donetsk/Moscow19thArchyde.com]–The situation in Ukraine, where tensions continue, is being watched by President Putin on the 19th, while Russian strategic nuclear forces are conducting exercises, while foreign ministers of seven major countries (G7) gathered in Munich, Germany. Called Russia to withdraw its troops and diplomatically resolve it.
According to the Presidential Administration of Russia, an exercise was conducted to launch cruise missiles “Calibre” and hypersonic cruise missiles “Zircon” from ships. Aiming at a target on the Kamchatka Peninsula, thousands of kilometers east, they launched ballistic missiles one by one from submarines in northwestern Russia and the Barents Sea.
President Putin ordered the exercises to begin at the Kremlin’s “Situation Center.” He sat side by side with President Lukashenko of Belarus and watched.
Meanwhile, the G7 will hold a foreign ministers’ meeting in Munich on the 19th. There is no evidence that Russian troops are curtailing activity near the Ukrainian border, and they have issued a joint statement that they are still “deeply concerned” about the situation.
In a statement, foreign ministers of the seven countries demanded that “we urge Russia to choose a diplomatic path, work to ease tensions, withdraw most of its troops from near the Ukrainian border and comply with international promises.” “As a first step, I look forward to the publicly announced withdrawal of the military. No evidence of the withdrawal of the military can be confirmed.”
Separately, Secretary of Defense Austin, who is visiting Lithuania, met on the 19th and warned that Russia could invade Ukraine at any time. “Russia has deployed troops and is ready to attack,” said Austin, an Army graduate. “I have my own experience, but I am in the right position to attack and get into the attack,” he said.
Russia gathers large troops around the border with Ukraine. It demands that the United States and NATO members ensure Russia’s security and claims that it will not invade Ukraine.
According to the Russian Foreign Ministry, Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drov told French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian on the 19th, “Ignoring Russia’s sovereignty in the region will have the opposite effect on the stability of the European continent as well as the world. “.
The European Security Cooperation Organization (OSEC), which monitors the situation in eastern Ukraine where clashes between pro-Russian armed groups and Ukrainian government forces are occurring, announced on the 19th that there were more than 1,400 explosions in one day. Warned that the bombardment was on the rise.
Germany and France called on their citizens staying in Ukraine to evacuate on this day.