In Argentina, they understand that there is no real invasion Russia to Ukraine. What is there?
No rights – no games. These Chinese do not like the sports festival. Groups of over a hundred people have organized in New York, Washington, San Francisco… The protesters on different coasts of America equally shame everyone: both the PRC authorities and the IOC leadership.
“We have a request to the athletes: even if you win a medal, do not accept it. Only for the sake of justice, human rights and what is happening in China with the Uyghurs and other peoples,” says Lobsan Dorji, representative of the regional Tibetan Youth Congress, San Francisco.
For roughly the same reasons, there is not a single official from the United States in Beijing’s Olympic stadiums. The US authorities have declared a boycott of the Games, but, judging by the comments of the White House, they are jealously watching what is happening there. Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping in a joint statement emphasized that the attempts of some countries to act as hegemons are a threat to peace and stability. Washington heard them, but they didn’t listen, but immediately threatened everyone: “We note the global risks to security and the economy associated with further Russian aggression against Ukraine. We also emphasize that a destabilizing conflict in Europe will affect China’s interests around the world. And, Of course, China should take this into account.”
Jen Psaki managed to accuse Russia of preparing some propaganda videos that would become a pretext for invading Ukraine. The official representative of the White House, like the day before her colleagues from the State Department and the Pentagon, had only words, but no evidence.
Russian Ambassador Anatoly Antonov drew attention to this: “This lie is part of the information war against Russia. US vial of white powder to justify the invasion of Iraq.”
The Ukrainian authorities asked the West to lower the degree and not to escalate. Zelensky sees no threat to the country, but Bild knows better. The latest issue also contains fresh thoughts about the post-war development of Ukraine: Russia will annex its neighbor, create a puppet government and a new Rada. German journalists also write competently about the camps: “The task of the new pro-Russian government would be to declare a state of emergency and implement the Russian plan to create camps in which those Ukrainians who showed themselves to be dissenting would be weeded out.”
Bloomberg went even further and the day before released the news that Russia had already invaded. After half an hour, the message was deleted and even found the strength to apologize. The UN drew attention to the militant headlines of Western publications. “We believe that all parties should avoid any action or rhetoric that could escalate the situation,” said Farhan Haq, Deputy Spokesperson for the UN Secretary General.
Meanwhile, Pentagon planes landed in Poland and Germany the day before, transferring 2,000 American soldiers to Europe. This is moral support for Ukraine, a bonus to those hundreds of tons of weapons that the States are importing to Kiev, scaring everyone and everything with the mythical Russian threat.
“We very much want Russia to choose the path of diplomacy and dialogue, but if it does not, we are fully prepared for an alternative,” US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said. So the head of the State Department discussed security in Ukraine with his Polish counterpart. Immediately after this meeting, Kiev called Blinken to tell the Ukrainian Foreign Minister Kuleba about his negotiations with Sergey Lavrov. He called to reassure, although the Americans are gradually evacuating their embassy in Ukraine.
“I ultimately decided to send the families home. Out of caution. We have many families here, and I wanted to ensure that they can safely return on commercial flights, without having to rush to leave,” said Christina Quinn, US Ambassador to Ukraine .
The diplomat, apparently, still cannot recover from the summer failure in Kabul, when the employees of the American embassy from the city flooded with the Taliban had to be taken out by helicopter. In the case of the US diplomatic mission in Kiev, everything is much more complicated. The Ambassador assessed their presence as “very massive”. In numbers, this is about 900 people, that is, one of the largest American embassies in Europe. But after all, Washington in Ukraine is not only engaged in diplomacy.