Ukraine, live coverage – Putin: “The West is an existential threat.” US General Milley: “It is unlikely that the Russians will be expelled within a year”

Metropolitan of Kiev under house arrest: “It justifies Russian aggression”

Metropolitan Pavel of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra was placed under house arrest, as he himself stated in a video posted by the newspaper. Get dressed. The news has not been officially confirmed. The Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) announced earlier that Metropolitan Pavel is suspected of sedition and working for Russia. The Kiev prosecutor’s office wrote on Telegram that “Metropolitan Pavel of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate offended the religious feelings of Ukrainians and justified the Russian Federation’s aggression against Ukraine.” In particular, the former abbot of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra was informed by a ruling of the judicial authorities of Ukraine “on the suspicion of denying the justification for the armed aggression of the Russian Federation against Ukraine and the glorification of its participants.”

German Defense Minister: “Support for Ukraine is in danger with the US elections”

The outcome of the 2024 presidential election in the United States may pose a risk to support for Ukraine. This was stated by the German Defense Minister, Boris Pistorius, in an interview with the weekly Welt am Sonntag. “If an American president takes office in the White House and distances himself from Europe and NATO, we will currently face unimaginable challenges,” Pistorius said, adding that in a similar scenario, Europe would have to make up for the lesser commitment of the United States.

Putin signs a new foreign policy doctrine: “The Western Existential Threat”

In the 42-page document outlining Russia’s new foreign policy doctrine, replacing the previous 2016 text, Moscow labels the West an “existential threat”. During a videoconference meeting of Russia’s Security Council, the Kremlin leader justified the news with “turmoil in the international arena,” while Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov explained that the new doctrine reveals “the existential nature of the threats posed by the actions of hostile states.” He referred to the United States as “the main instigator.” On the anti-Russian line.” Last year, just weeks after the all-out invasion of Ukraine, Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, warned that nuclear weapons would be used precisely if Russia’s existence was threatened.

Shoigu visits the troops: “Increased weapons production”

Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited the headquarters of the Joint Forces Group to hear reports on the special operation in Ukraine and said it had “significantly increased the production of weapons for the forces, both conventional and high-precision”. This was announced by the Russian Defense Ministry, citing tax. “All this allows us to achieve the goals set by the Supreme Commander-in-Chief on the basis of the special military operation plan,” Shoigu said, stressing that “the Russian government and the Ministry of Defense keep arms supplies under constant control.” .

Metropolitan of Kiev: “They accuse me of insulting Zelensky”

Metropolitan Pavel, abbot of the Pechersk Lavra in Kiev, reported that he had been formally charged by the Ukrainian authorities, and that his home would be searched. Russian media reported it. “They say I cursed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky,” said the bishop, explaining that they were instead references to verses from the Bible. Pavel said he was accused of “collaboration with Russia and hatred of religions”. Russian State Agency RIA NovostiCiting eyewitnesses, he reports that officers of Ukraine’s intelligence service, the SBU, have already begun searching the 42nd building of the Lavra, where the abbot lives.

Putin signs a new foreign policy strategy: “Eliminate the domination of enemy states”

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed off on a new Russian foreign policy strategy aimed at reducing Western “hegemony” and identifying China and India as key partners in the future. bring it back guardian, which states that the new document reinforces a deep divide — Cold War-style — between Russia and the West. “The Russian Federation intends to give priority to removing traces of the hegemony of the United States and other hostile states in world politics,” the document said. Russia uses the term “enemy states” to refer to those countries, especially in Europe and North America, that have condemned Moscow’s military campaign in Ukraine and imposed sanctions on it.

British intelligence: “The Russian chief of staff is in the balance, many failures”

“On many front lines in the Donbass, Russian forces achieved only marginal successes at the cost of tens of thousands of casualties, squandering the advantage of partial mobilization of military personnel.” And British Ministry of Defense intelligence wrote it in the daily report on Twitter. “It is realistic to think that the chief of staff, Valery Gerasimov, is going beyond the limits of tolerance for the failures of the Russian leadership,” she added. It is reported that Gerasimov had to establish Russian control over the Donbass: “After eighty days it is increasingly clear that this project has failed.”

Defense Intelligence Agency latest update on the situation in Ukraine – April 1, 2023.

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Milley: “For the time being, we will not supply long-range missiles to Kiev”

To date, there is a political decision not to supply long-range Atacms to Ukraine. at the moment. Atacms has a longer range, but other systems cover the same distance. There are drones for example that can do the same job, and the British have two systems. Those are some of the things that we’re evaluating to give the Ukrainian military more legs,” said Mark Milley, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in an interview with one defence.

Milley: It is unlikely that the Russians will be expelled from Ukraine within a year

It is unlikely that Ukraine will be able to remove all Russian forces from its territory this year, and I do not think that this can be done in the short term. The US Joint Chiefs of Staff, Mark Milley, said in an interview with: It is a very difficult military mission one defence. These are the 200,000 Russians who are still in occupied Ukraine. I’m not saying it can’t be done. It is difficult, he explained. He added that, meanwhile, Russia has “failed” from a strategic and operational point of view, “and now it is also failing from a tactical point of view.”