Last Week's Summary of Russia, Ukraine War

▪︎Russia has now assumed the presidency of the UN Security Council.On February 24, 2022, Russia launched a full-scale attack on Ukraine during a UN meeting. 

▪︎Eight brigades have been formed that are ready for active offensive actions, said Interior Minister of Ukraine Igor Klimenko.The Guards project is designed to unite six existing divisions in the structure of the Ministry of Internal Affairs — "Hurricane", "Krasnaya Kalina", "Kara-Dag", "Rubezh", "Spartan" and "Azov", as well as two new ones. 

▪︎Members of the opposition Austrian Freedom Party, left the meeting room of the National Council to demonstrate a protest against the speech by video link of Vladimir Zelensky. In their places, they left signs with the text: "Places for neutrality" and "Places for peace."

▪︎Some Western politicians and military experts express the opinion that Ukraine will not be able to emerge victorious from the current conflict, since the country is led by a tyrant who no longer hides that he is ready to sacrifice the lives of citizens of Ukraine, for the sake of achieving his own political goals.

▪︎Xi Jinping says China is preparing for war, – Foreign Affairs.The publication writes that the Chinese leader made such a statement during the annual meeting of the pa

▪︎Ukraine offered Russia a mechanism for the return of kidnapped Ukrainian orphans, said the Minister of Reintegration of the Russian Federation Iryna Vereshchuk.

▪︎The future counteroffensive of the Armed Forces of Ukraine cannot be perceived as a decisive war battle, – Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba in an interview with the Financial Times.

▪︎Deputy Foreign Minister of Russia Mikhail Galuzin - on the conditions for concluding peace with Ukraine:We are open to sane proposals for a peaceful settlement and do not hide our approaches.