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February 24 marks the anniversary of the Russian war of aggression in the Ukraine for the first time. Fighting continues to rage fiercely, especially in the east of the country. While NATO continues to support Ukraine financially and militarily, the USA China last accused weapons at Russia to want to deliver. That would mean a further escalation of the war.

Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden made a surprise trip to Kiev on Monday. With his first visit since the beginning of the war, he emphasized America’s solidarity with Ukraine.

In our news blog you can read all the important developments in the Ukraine war.

21st of February

11:55 a.m .: Russia suspends the “New Start” nuclear disarmament treaty

Russia now wants to suspend the last nuclear disarmament treaty with the United States, as Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Tuesday. According to Putin, this is not an exit, but a suspension of the so-called “New Start” treaty.

10:34 a.m .: US government rejects allegations as “absurd”.

The US government has dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s allegations as absurd. “No one is attacking Russia,” US President Joe Biden’s National Security Advisor, Jake Sullivan, told reporters on Tuesday. The notion “that Russia was in some form of military threat from Ukraine or anyone else” is therefore an “absurdity”. Putin had previously blamed the West for the escalation of the Ukraine conflict.

10.15 a.m .: Putin gives a speech – and blames the West for the war

At 10 a.m., Russian leader Vladimir Putin began his State of the Union address. He agitated against the West and expressed his conviction that Western countries were to blame for the current conflict. “They started the war. We’re turning Violence to end it”he said, alluding to the eastward expansion of NATO.

He also draws parallels with the Austro-Hungarian monarchy, which “back then” would have tried to annex areas like the Ukraine. “Everything repeats itself,” he said. The West uses the regional conflict to turn it into a global one. Now they want to “do away with Russia once and for all”.

And further:

Regarding the current invasion, he said: “We are not at war with Ukraine.” Rather, the country is a prisoner of its new Western rulers, who have driven the country to ruin and “social decay” in recent years. He also says: The more far-reaching the deliveries of weapon systems go, the further Russia will take this threat away from its own borders. “That’s quite logical.” Putin now wants to “systematically” continue the offensive in Ukraine.

3:05 a.m .: Putin gives speech on the state of the nation

Russian President Vladimir Putin will deliver his State of the Union address on Tuesday. The Federal Assembly meets near the Kremlin. According to the Kremlin, Putin will address the war and the current situation in Russia. In addition, he wants to Business and to social policy to express. Because of the sanctions imposed by the West, the Russian economy is under massive pressure.

Under dictator Alexander Lukashenko (right), Belarus is already considered a vassal state of Russia.Image: BelTA Pool / Nikolai Petrov

US President Joe Biden will also give a speech a few hours later war in Ukraine hold. This is to take place as part of a visit to Poland at Warsaw Castle. In it he should address Putin, who will give his speech a few hours beforehand.

2:34 a.m .: Alleged Russian plans to take over Belarus leaked

According to a media report, Russia apparently has plans for a gradual takeover of its neighboring country Belarus by 2030. This is suggested by a document from the Moscow presidential administration reported by the “Süddeutsche Zeitung” (Tuesday edition) and published jointly with WDR, NDR and nine other media had been evaluated.

Accordingly, the strategists of Russian President Vladimir Putin apparently want to infiltrate Belarus politically, economically and militarily. The goal would be a common union state under Russian leadership, as the newspaper reports, citing the document. Western security circles consider the paper to be authentic, according to the “Süddeutsche Zeitung”.

Putin and Lukashenko are allies in Russia’s war against Ukraine.Image: IMAGO / ITAR-TASS / imago images

You can find older news about the war in Ukraine here.

(ast / nik / with material from dpa and AFP)