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The specter of a direct clash with Moscow is once again being raised within the Atlantic Alliance. The occasion is the Warsaw Security Forum, and the messenger is the supreme commander, Alexus Grynkewich. “NATO does not seek war with anyone, but no one mistakes the fact that NATO is a defensive alliance as a weakness,” the US Air Force general warned. “If anyone is crazy enough to attack us, we will fight. In short – added Grynkewich – we will ensure that any attack against one of our allies will prove to be completely in vain.”
Moscow slows down on the energy truce
Meanwhile, Moscow is slowing down on the energy truce with Kiev announced by Donald Trump. “Contacts are ongoing, as soon as we have something to communicate, we will let you know,” the Kremlin pointed out. But for the Ukrainians, the Russians have no intention of stopping. “Today alone, they attacked six energy infrastructures in Ukraine, throughout the country, 33 people were injured,” wrote Volodymyr Zelensky on
In truth, not only Zelensky, but also a White House official quoted by Axios on Sunday evening had said that Russia had not accepted the partial ceasefire.
The Kremlin says no to the 60-day truce for the elections
And on Monday he sanctioned with official declarations the refusal of another truce, the 60-day truce proposed by Zelensky to organize presidential elections in Ukraine, hoped for by Trump. «The Supreme Commander-in-Chief», that is, President Putin, «will be ready not to order air strikes against Ukraine on election day, precisely on election day», underlined his spokesman, Dmitry Peskov. So, for 24 hours. But in any case “Kiev absolutely does not want to hold elections, it is absolutely obvious, and it needs a 60-day ceasefire not for the elections, but to reorganize, heal the wounds and continue the war”, added the Kremlin spokesperson.
Witkoff and Kushner’s mission to Moscow suspended
Axios also reported that US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner have suspended a visit they were due to make to Moscow this week. A US official quoted by the newspaper said that the trip has been postponed until there is clarification on the willingness of Ukraine and the Europeans to accept a unitary proposal to be presented to Vladimir Putin. An undertaking that appears very difficult at this time. Also considering the polemical tones that Zelensky continues to use towards Trump.
Kallas: «Now is not the time to ease the pressure»
As for Europe, which the Kremlin has defined as “the side of the war”, the foreign ministers “expressed themselves in favor of a truce between Ukraine and Russia regarding attacks on energy infrastructure, provided that Moscow respects it”, said EU High Representative Kaja Kallas. But «it is clear to everyone – he added – that this is not the time to ease the pressure on Moscow». Therefore, opposition to the six-monthly lifting of sanctions on Russian diesel exports decided by Trump remains clear.
Meanwhile, three people were killed in a Russian attack on a house near the city of Kramatorsk, close to the front line in the eastern Ukrainian region of Donetsk, authorities said. Among the victims, also a 13-year-old girl.