Russia-Ukraine war, from the Pope to world leaders: reactions to Putin’s speech

The president’s televised speech Vladimir Putin it has sparked reactions from almost every world leader. The tsar spoke of “russophobia” and added that the invasion of Ukraine was inevitable and that his goals remained the same. Finally he recalled, with words that sound like one threat: “Those who try to blackmail us with nuclear weapons should know that we have them too ”

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Soon the reaction came of the EU. The speech of the Russian president “it is further proof that Putin is not interested in peace but in escalation. His announcements are a clear signal that he is only interested in continuing this destructive war, it is a clear signal of despair” and it is something “which will also have negative consequences on the Russian population”stressed the spokesman for the EU External Action Service Peter Stano. “He did not decide to attack only Ukraine but the entire international community”he added

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Even before the speech, the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz at the United Nations General Assembly in New York he said: “Putin will give up his war and his imperialist ambitions only if he realizes that he cannot win”. For Scholz, the head of the Kremlin “is not only destroying Ukraine, but is ruining the country itself”. The chancellor made it clear that none “peace imposed” would be accepted and that Ukraine will have to be further armed to repel the Russian invasion

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Shortly before the chancellor left Germany for New York, the Berlin government had promised further arms deliveries to Kiev, including four other self-propelled howitzers. Russia’s actions in Ukraine were not only a disaster for Europe, but also for global order and world peace, Scholz later pointed out in New York: “That is why it was so important that 141 states unequivocally condemn the Russian invasion here in this room”he noted, referring to the UN Assembly vote in March after the Russian attack

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Even the premier Mario Draghi he re-launched the proposal to the UN General Assembly to strengthen the commitment to Ukraine. “We need to do more at the European level. As Italy has long argued, the European Union must impose a ceiling on the price of gas imports, also to further reduce the funding we send to Russia. Europe must support the member states while they support Kiev ”. Then he remembered that “to maintain a united, resolute position consistent with our values, it is essential to preserve social cohesion ”

Draghi at the UN: Stop against Putin

For Dragonsso far “Russia has not shown that it wants an end to the conflict: the referendums for independence in the Donbass are a further violation of international law which we strongly condemn ”. Also at the general assembly of the UN took a clear position on Japanese premier Fumio Kishidanel: the Russian invasion of Ukraine “it should never have been tolerated” And “tramples on the philosophy of the UN charter ”

Ukraine, Putin: “The West wants to destroy Russia”

Regarding the Russia-Ukraine situation, he also spoke Pope francesco: “I would like to point out a terrible situation in the tormented Ukraine. Card. Krajewski went there for the fourth time, yesterday he phoned me and is taking time there, helping in the Odessa area and nearby. He told me about the pain of this people, the wickedness, the monstrosities, the tortured corpses they find. Let us join this noble and martyr people ”. Then he defined thinking about nuclear weapons “madness”

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There China instead calls on the parties involved in the crisis in Ukraine to cease fire and to engage in dialogue and consultations for a peaceful resolution, after the speech with which Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the use of all necessary means and the partial mobilization that provides for the recall of 300,000 reservists, in the midst of the difficulties encountered in the invasion of Ukraine. The Chinese position on the crisis in Ukraine is “consistent and clear”Foreign Ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said

The Putin-Xi-Jinping summit

The partial mobilization ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin is a sign of “weakness”. This is what theUS ambassador to Ukraine. “Farce referendums and mobilization are signs of weakness, of Russian failure”wrote Bridget Brink on Twitter. “The United States will never recognize Russia’s claim to annex Ukrainian territory, and we will continue to stand alongside Ukraine for as long as necessary ”

For the British governmentRussian President Vladimir Putin’s speech shows that the Russian invasion of Ukraine “is failing”. Defense Minister Ben Wallace said so. “No amount of threats or propaganda can hide the fact that Ukraine is winning this war, that the international community is united and that Russia is becoming a global outcast”he has declared

Vladimir Putin’s announcement of partial military mobilization in Russia constitutes one “dramatic news, which confirms that this is a long and cruel war, enormously unjust and hard” for both Ukrainians and i “Russian citizens forced to call to arms”: so the Spanish Deputy Prime Minister Teresa Riberareached by the microphones of Cadena Ser and other Iberian media. “It portends a complicated winter”added Ribera

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