As Ukraine appears ready to prepare for war , German Chancellor Olaf Scholz asked Russia for "immediate signs of de-escalation" in the crisis, before traveling to Kiev and then to Moscow. "We expect immediate signs of de-escalation from Moscow," he said, stressing that "a new military aggression will have serious consequences for Russia".
De-escalation is the appeal also launched by the G7 finance ministers: "Our immediate priority is to support the efforts to de-escalate the situation" but if Moscow intensifies military action, the G7 "is ready to collectively impose sanctions economic and financial consequences with enormous and immediate consequences on the Russian economy ", they affirm.
After the stalemate in negotiations at the highest levels, with the conversation between Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin that led only to the generic promise to continue with the dialogue, in the last hours, a supply of the Stinger anti-aircraft missile system landed from Lithuania, while another 180 tons of ammunition has been transferred by the United States, for a total of about 1,500 since the start of the crisis.
"No one should be surprised if Russia creates an accident to justify the military action it had always planned", reiterated US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, once again sounding the alarm on the "false pretext" to invade Ukraine. Coordination with the allies of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky remains constant. After an interview in the late morning with the President of the European Council Charles Michel, who reiterated the solidarity of the 27, a new briefing arrived with President Joe Biden, who updated him after the phone call with Putin.
The White House reiterated that in the event of Russian aggression the response will come "quickly and decisively", explaining that the two leaders agreed "on the importance of continuing to pursue diplomacy and deterrence".
From the juxtaposition of British Defense Minister Ben Wallace between negotiations with Putin and the Munich Conference, which in 1938 marked the diplomatic surrender to the Nazi regime of Adolf Hitler, to Poland announcing preparations for a wave of refugees in the event of conflict across the border with Ukraine, the allies try this time not to be caught off guard by Moscow's moves. Which, for the moment, is limited to observing the chaos.
