04/21/2022
Ukraine war in the live ticker
+++ 00:11 Johnson: Negotiations with Putin are like with a crocodile +++
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has compared negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin to dealing with a crocodile. “How can you negotiate with a crocodile when it has your leg in its mouth? That’s the difficulty Ukrainians face,” he told journalists on the flight to India. It will be difficult for Ukraine to negotiate a peace treaty with a head of state who is so unreliable.
+++ 23:39 Melnyk: “Good, confidential conversation” with Esken +++
According to the Ukrainian ambassador to Germany, Andriy Melnyk, he had a “very good, confidential talk” with SPD leader Saskia Esken. Confidentiality was agreed on the content, says Melnyk in the “RTL Direkt” program. “It is clear that we have also presented our wishes to the SPD leadership and asked that there be more understanding within this large, important party that Ukraine not only needs heavy weapons today, but also an immediate embargo on oil and gas from Russia,” said the ambassador. He hopes “that the urgency of this topic will be even more noticeable not only for the SPD, but for the whole of Germany and that we will get the support we need,” Melnyk told RTL.
+++ 22:51 Kyiv proposes negotiations in Mariupol +++ to Moscow
In view of the catastrophic situation in Mariupol, which has been contested for weeks, Ukraine has proposed a “special round of negotiations” with Russian representatives in the strategically important port city in the south of the country. Negotiations could take place “without preconditions,” wrote Ukraine’s chief negotiator and presidential adviser, Mykhailo Podoliak. The aim is to save the Ukrainian fighters, soldiers and civilians.
+++ 22:34 New Russian nuclear missiles are to go into series production from autumn +++
The new Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile tested by Russia today, Wednesday, is to be delivered to the Russian military’s nuclear forces in the fall after further successful tests. This is reported by the Russian news agency Tass, citing Roscosmos boss Dimitri Rogozin. Each missile should be able to carry up to ten warheads. She can reach destinations all over the world.
+++ 22:15 Several finance ministers and central bank heads are boycotting Russian representatives +++
Western finance ministers and central bank heads protested against Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine with a boycott at a G20 meeting in Washington. US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and several of her colleagues from Canada and Great Britain, for example, left the meeting room when the Russian representative took the floor. Some finance ministers and central bank governors who attended virtually turned off their cameras. “Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a serious threat to the global economy. Russia should not attend such meetings,” Canada’s Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tweeted. Federal Minister of Finance Christian Lindner remained in the hall during the action of his colleagues.
You can read about previous developments here.