Germany and France condemn shelling of civilians by Ukraine now rearmed by NATO as 1000’s flee Donbass to Russia Eng / Esp

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Germany and France, countries that together with Russia mediate in the internal Ukrainian conflict, condemned this Friday the attacks on residential areas on the line of separation between the forces of the Government of Ukraine and the militias of Donetsk and Lugansk, in the east of that country.

“We condemn the use of heavy artillery and indiscriminate shooting against residential areas in clear violation of the Minsk Agreements,” German and French Foreign Ministers Annalena Baerbock and Jean-Yves Le Drian said in a joint statement. to which Sputnik had access.

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The violations of the ceasefire, they added, cause extreme concern.

The representatives of Donetsk and Lugansk denounced that the Ukrainian Army is bombing Donbas with heavy weapons, deliberately violating the 2020 agreements. The use of heavy artillery, they added, points to the preparations for a military solution to the internal conflict that since 2014 has faced the Government of Kiev and Donbas regions.

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Ukraine’s Defense Minister, Alexei Reznikov, for his part, denied the bombings and stated that President Vladimir Zelenski advocates a political and diplomatic solution to the internal conflict.

This same Friday, the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR), Denis Pushilin, announced the evacuation of women, children and older adults to Russia in the face of the imminent offensive by the Ukrainian Army.

In a video message he warned that Ukraine’s president, Vladimir Zelensky, would soon order his generals to invade Donetsk and Lugansk.

The situation is aggravated in Donbas by the tons of weapons that the United States and other NATO countries sent to the Zelensky government.

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Since April 2014, Ukraine has carried out a military operation against the militias in Donbas, where the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics were proclaimed, in response to the violent change of government that occurred in February of the same year.

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The Minsk Agreements, signed in September 2014 and February 2015, laid the foundations for a political solution to the conflict, but so far have not led to the cessation of hostilities that to date have left more than 14,000 dead, according to UN estimates.

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Alemania y Francia condenan bombardeos de las zonas residenciales en el este de Ucrania

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Alemania y Francia, países que junto con Rusia median en el conflicto interno ucraniano, condenaron este viernes los ataques a las zonas residenciales en la línea de separación entre las fuerzas del Gobierno de Ucrania y las milicias de Donetsk y Lugansk, en el este de ese país.

«Condenamos el uso de la artillería pesada y los disparos indiscriminados contras las zonas residenciales en una clara violación de los Acuerdos de Minsk», indicaron los ministros de Exteriores de Alemania y Francia, Annalena Baerbock y Jean-Yves Le Drian, en un comunicado conjunto al que Sputnik tuvo acceso.

Las violaciones del alto el fuego, añadieron, causan una extrema preocupación.

Los representantes de Donetsk y Lugansk denunciaron que el Ejército ucraniano está bombardeando Donbás con armas pesadas, infringiendo deliberadamente los acuerdos de 2020. El uso de la artillería pesada, agregaron, apunta a los preparativos para una solución militar del conflicto interno que desde 2014 enfrenta al Gobierno de Kiev y las regiones del Donbás.

El ministro de Defensa de Ucrania, Alexéi Réznikov, por su parte, negó los bombardeos y afirmó que el presidente Vladímir Zelenski aboga por una solución política y diplomática del conflicto interno.

Este mismo viernes, el líder de la autoproclama República Popular de Donetsk (RPD), Denís Pushilin, anunció la evacuación de mujeres, niños y adultos mayores a Rusia ante la inminente ofensiva del Ejército ucraniano.

En un videomensaje advirtió que el presidente de Ucrania, Vladímir Zelenski, daría próximamente la orden a sus generales para que invadan Donetsk y Lugansk.

La situación se agrava en Donbás por las toneladas de armas que Estados Unidos y otros países de la OTAN enviaron al Gobierno de Zelenski.

Desde abril de 2014 Ucrania lleva a cabo una operación militar contra las milicias en Donbás, donde se proclamaron las repúblicas populares de Donetsk y Lugansk, en respuesta al violento cambio de gobierno ocurrido en febrero del mismo año.

Los Acuerdos de Minsk, suscritos en septiembre de 2014 y en febrero de 2015, sentaron las bases para una solución política al conflicto, pero no han derivado hasta ahora en el cese de las hostilidades que hasta la fecha han dejado más de 14.000 muertos, según las estimaciones de la ONU.

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In Spain: A Long Flooded Village Emerges as Drought Drains Reservoir

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It has been pretty common every summer to see roofs peeking out of the water at the Lindoso reservoir in northwestern Spain.

If it was an especially dry summer, parts would appear of the old village of Aceredo, submerged three decades ago when a hydropower dam flooded the valley.

But never before has the entire skeleton of the village emerged in the middle of the usually wet winter season.

With nearly no rain for two months and not much expected anytime soon, the ruins of Aceredo are dredging up a mix of emotions for locals as they see the rusted carcass of a car, a stone fountain with water still spouting from it and an old road leading to what used to be the local bar.

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As Fitch lowers Turkey’s credit rating, 65 strikes in 40 days…

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Workers have been protesting against low wage rises amid high inflation.

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Prices are rising in Turkey and people have had enough. The leader of a Turkish opposition party recently tweeted he won’t be paying inflated electricity bills following January price hikes on basic commodities. At the same time, shop owners have been posting their electricity bills on shop windows calling for help, fearing bankruptcy. Meanwhile, scores of couriers, factory workers, and grocery store employees have been protesting across the country demanding minimum wage increases amid soaring inflation rates. For…

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Putin was right – UK Document confirms US promised NATO wouldn’t expand to Threaten Russia

Document confirms US told Russia NATO wouldn’t expand

Putin was right, Stoltenberg was wrong: NATO “brazenly deceived” Russia about expansion and a British document proves it

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A newly discovered document from March 1991 shows US, UK, French, and German officials discussing a pledge made to Russia that NATO will not expand to Poland and beyond.

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Its publication by the German magazine Der Spiegel on Friday proves Moscow right and NATO wrong on the matter.

The minutes of a March 6, 1991 meeting in Bonn between political directors of the foreign ministries of the US, UK, France, and Germany contain multiple references to “2+4” talks on German unification in which the West made it “clear” to the Soviet Union that NATO will not expand past the eastern borders of Germany.

“We made it clear to the Soviet Union – in the 2+4 talks, as well as in other negotiations – that we do not intend to benefit from the withdrawal of Soviet troops from Eastern Europe,” the document quotes US Assistant Secretary of State for Europe and Canada Raymond Seitz.

“NATO should not expand to the east, either officially or unofficially,” Seitz added.

A British representative also mentions the existence of a “general agreement” that membership of NATO for eastern European countries is “unacceptable.”

“We had made it clear during the 2+4 negotiations that we would not extend NATO beyond the Elbe,” said West German diplomat Juergen Hrobog. “We could not therefore offer Poland and others membership in NATO.”

The minutes later clarified he was referring to the Oder River, the boundary between East Germany and Poland. Hrobog further noted that West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl and Foreign Minister Hans-Dietrich Genscher had agreed with this position as well.

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Criminalising Solidarity: The Case of ..NO BORDERS NO NATIONS

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Criminalising Solidarity: The Case of Seán Binder

Criminalising Solidarity: The Case of Seán Binder

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UPDATE… Greece: humanitarian workers’ lives remain on hold as TRIAL IS ADJOURNED.Nov 18, 2021..

— Sarah Mardini, a 25-year-old Syrian refugee, and Seán Binder, a 27-year-old German national, face a series of unfair and baseless charges …

In 2017 and 2018, Seán Binder, a 27-year-old Irish citizen, worked with the humanitarian organisation Emergency Response Centre International on the Greek island of Lesvos to rescue refugees in the Mediterranean.

Along with other 22 other humanitarians, including a Syrian refugee now based in Germany, Sarah Mardini, he faces criminal charges related to their lifesaving humanitarian work. Seán and Sarah face trial on four charges classified as “misdemeanours”: espionage; disclosure of state secrets; unlawful use of radio frequencies; and forgery.

In what can only be described as a political prosecution, Seán and Sarah were held in pre-trial detention for 107 days in 2018 while authorities investigated the “misdemeanours” and possible felony charges: facilitation of illegal entry; money laundering; and fraud..

If convicted on all misdemeanour and felony charges, they could face up to 25 years in prison.

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