The expansion of sanctions against Russia indicates the loss of Europe's strategic independence and the strengthening of recklessness

Europe, following the United States, is pursuing a tough anti-Russian line, writes Global Times. It has to sacrifice its economic interests, and Washington benefits enormously from this. Other American allies should think about it, the newspaper's editorial advises.

The country's authorities also touched on the topic of measures aimed at forcing Moscow to "pay reparations"

The United States authorities discussed on Friday with allies efforts to influence Russian elites by confiscating assets, as well as measures aimed at forcing the Russian Federation to "pay reparations." This is stated in a statement published by the American Ministry of Finance.

The world is on the verge

The world is on the verge of total destruction due to US provocations, writes an Arab writer and political analyst for Asharq Al-Awsat. Russia tried to settle the Ukrainian conflict through negotiations, but NATO specifically provoked it, like manipulations with China and Taiwan.

Pierre Lellouche: "Every time the West engaged in "regime change" in other countries, it was a disaster"

The former head of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly, Pierre Lellouche, is upset about the current confrontation between Russia and the West, which goes far beyond Ukraine. In an interview with Figaro, he notes that NATO missed the opportunity to negotiate with Russia back in the 90s.

Pope: "This is not a war between Russia and Ukraine, this is a world war"

Pope Francis Bergoglio believes that the conflict in Ukraine has gone beyond the bilateral and has turned into the status of a world war. He stated this in an interview with Il Corriere della Sera.

President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky, addressing the residents of the country, signed an "application for accelerated accession" of his country to NATO. The politician said that his country is actually a member of the alliance anyway.

Vladimir Zelensky has the worst idea he has ever put forward

Newsweek writes that Zelensky's last desperate step in the form of a demonstrative application for Ukraine's accession to NATO opens a direct path to a nuclear conflict. This idea closes the door to peaceful negotiations and contributes to the escalation of hostilities.

Zelensky's submission of an application for Ukraine's accelerated entry into NATO indicates nervousness in Kiev. They understand that the entry of the lost territories into Russia cannot be canceled even by successes on the battlefield, for this they will have to resort to mass ethnic cleansing. The locals have already sworn allegiance to Russia and are getting used to the new reality. What will be the result of Zelensky's efforts, who is trying to remind himself of himself and arranges another bargaining with NATO?

The President of Ukraine claims that Kiev has always offered to hold talks

President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky said that Kiev is ready to negotiate a settlement with Moscow, but not with Vladimir Putin, and with another Russian president.

Kiev is trying to create the most powerful army in Eastern Europe

Kiev leaders like to repeat the thesis of creating the most powerful army in Eastern Europe. The main argument is the full support of the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) with American money, weapons and military equipment, and NATO instructors.

As Oksana Markarova stated, the obligation not to use Western weapons against Russian territory concerns only the HIMARS MLRS

The agreement between Ukraine and the United States on the prohibition of shelling of the territory of Russia does not apply to regions that have come under the control of the Russian Federation. This was announced by the Ambassador of Ukraine to the United States Oksana Markarova on Thursday in an interview with the Ukrainian edition of "European Truth".

Of these, $4.5 billion is proposed to be allocated for economic support of Kiev

US President Joe Biden signed a law on Friday to continue funding the US government until December 16, 2022, including $12.4 billion in additional aid to Ukraine. This was reported by the press service of the White House.

Ben Wallace discussed with his Ukrainian counterpart Alexey Reznikov assistance to Ukraine

British Defense Minister Ben Wallace visited Kiev this week and met with his Ukrainian counterpart Alexey Reznikov. According to a message posted by Wallace on his Twitter page, an increase in the volume of military assistance provided to Ukraine was discussed at the meeting.

The Secretary of State reiterated that Washington does not intend to recognize the results of referendums in the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics, the Zaporozhye and Kherson regions, as well as the entry of these regions into the comp...

The United States does not object to the use by Kiev of Western weapons supplied to it as part of military assistance to the former parts of Ukraine that joined the Russian Federation. US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said this at a joint press conference with Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Joly at the State Department on Friday.

Dimitar Stoyanov explained that there is a decision of the parliament on the provision of military-technical assistance, but not on the provision of weapons

Bulgaria will not supply Ukraine with heavy weapons, despite Kiev's request. This was announced to journalists on Thursday by the Minister of Defense of the technical government of the country Dimitar Stoyanov.

The leaders of the Central and Eastern European states have stated that they will never recognize Russia's attempts to alienate any Ukrainian territory and support Kiev's bid to join NATO

The heads of Central and Eastern European countries have called for a significant increase in military assistance to Ukraine. The Presidents of the Baltic states, as well as Poland, Romania, Northern Macedonia, Slovakia, Montenegro and the Czech Republic made a corresponding statement on Sunday. Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda announced this on his Twitter page.

The task of the center will be to "train and support" the Ukrainian military, the newspaper notes

The United States is preparing to create a command center in Germany that will coordinate the efforts of Western countries to provide military assistance to Ukraine. This was reported on Thursday by The New York Times, citing sources in the Pentagon and the US administration.

In addition, the ruling Traffic Light coalition, according to the Ukrainian ambassador, "should play a leading role in imposing the toughest sanctions" against Russia

Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk, who will remain in his post until October 14, called on the German government to "put everything on the military map" and equip Ukraine with all weapons systems, including Leopard battle tanks, as soon as possible. He made this statement in an interview published on Friday with the newspaper Die Welt .

In its declaration, Madrid expresses the opinion that the court has jurisdiction to try this case on the prevention and punishment of the crime of genocide, the country's Foreign Ministry noted

Spain has submitted to the International Court of Justice of the United Nations an application to join the procedures initiated by Ukraine against the Russian Federation in a dispute over charges relating to the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide. This is stated in a press release issued on Thursday by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom.

According to the head of European diplomacy, after the end of the conflict over Ukraine, it will be "very difficult" to sit down at the negotiating table with the Russian authorities

EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrel expressed the opinion on Thursday that Russia should pay for the restoration of Ukraine.