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“It will be a pleasure to use the Kalashnikov against the Russians.” The Ukrainian deputy Goncharenko speaks

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What Oleksiy Goncharenko, Ukrainian deputy of the European Solidarity party, a federalist and pro-European center-right political group, said of the opposition leader Petro Poroshenko.

Thirty years after the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the world returns to tremble with the atomic threat. Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he had ordered the Defense Minister and the Chief of Staff to "put the deterrent forces of the Russian army on special alert". The translation is that the nuclear defense system has been put on alert . In order to avert a nuclear escalation, negotiations are underway between Russia and Ukraine to arrive at a peaceful settlement of disputes.

Negotiations are underway, peace is far away

“You must never, never, never trust Putin, that must be absolutely clear. We expect peace, but in reality I don't think a solution will be found today ”. Speaking is Oleksiy Goncharenko Ukrainian deputy of the European Solidarity party, a center-right federalist and pro-European political group, of the opposition leader Petro Poroshenko . “We don't know if Russia is ready to find a solution. Thursday they didn't want to talk to us, the next day they wanted to talk to us only if we gave up and today they want to talk to us – underlined Goncharenko interviewed by Antonino D'Anna for RadioLibertà – It's a good progress, I don't think today but in the the next few days it will be ready to talk about more concrete things to take the war out of our territories.

Goncharenko: "It will be a pleasure to use the Kalashnikov against the Russians"

Because President Putin decided today to send a delegation to sit at the negotiating table. "Let's look at the battlefield, the Russians are advancing but they are making little progress and they are doing it at a high price – suggests the deputy Goncharenko -. And this with all due respect to Lukashenko, the puppet in the hands of the Russian government and Putin who had said that the Russian army would arrive in Kiev in a couple of hours and subjugate the whole of Ukraine. Which for the moment has not happened ". The risk remains on the table that Belarus could also join the war and Putin could call other soldiers to reinforce the garrisons engaged in Ukraine. “Our morale is very high. We are ready to defend ourselves by any means. It will be a great pleasure to use the Kalashnikov against Russian equipment – adds Goncherenko showing his AK47 -. If Putin thinks he is making fun of us, he is making fun of himself ”.

Is Putin the only one who wants this war?

In recent days there was talk of the ouster of Gerasimov , the Chief of Staff of the Russian army. According to what Goncharenko told the BBC World Service, Putin would have ousted General Gerasimov and concentrated the command of operations on himself. “ According to reports from the Ukrainian secret services, Gerasimov has been shelved , in reality he is no longer working in the Russian headquarters, Putin is in charge of everything – says Goncharenko to RadioLibert à -. Since the Russians are heading towards defeat, we need someone to bear all the responsibilities on "

Putin is not a new Napoleon

The decision-making attitude has led some commentators to bring Putin closer to the figure of Napoleon. “ Putin is not the new Napoleon but the new Hitler – ventures Goncharenko -. He is going completely crazy and not listening to his generals, he thinks he is the best strategist in the world. Of course this is not the case and this will lead to consequences ".

Putin accuses the Ukrainian army of Nazi sympathies

The war in Ukraine is fought, like all wars, even with the weapons of propaganda. In recent days, Vladimir Putin has accused the Ukrainian army of having Nazi sympathies . The Russian President was referring to the Azov battalion , an irregular militia born in May 2014 in Mariupol , made up of neo-Nazi ultras who fought against pro-Russian Ukrainian rebels and which, according to Amnesty international and the OSCE , would also be guilty of atrocities against the civilian population . The battalion was placed in the National Guard and placed under the control of the Ministry of the Interior. “ He is completely crazy – Goncharenko says bluntly -. Yesterday Russian Foreign Minister Lavrov called the Israeli ambassador to ask him why he is supporting the Nazis in Ukraine. The Ukrainian President is Jewish, Putin is completely insane. Who is the Nazi? Whoever is defending their land and who has a Jew as president or whoever has is attacking a peaceful country, hitting kindergartens, hospitals and schools ".

The role of the oligarchs

The United States, the European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, the United Kingdom and Canada have decided to exclude some Russian banks from the SWIFT global financial messaging system, the world's leading international payments network. In addition, "restrictive measures" have been imposed on the Russian central bank. With Russian banks out of the Swift, Russia risks going out of this war hungry. The effects were not long in coming: the ruble is in free fall , the Moscow stock exchange has been closed , oil and gold soaring and the interest rate doubled to 20% by the Russian central bank. “The Americans say the oligarchs are about to carry out a coup against Putin . I sincerely hope that there can be a silent coup in Russia, after all in their history some tsars have been dethroned in this way – continues Goncharenko -. The sanctions and the economic crisis have intensified and clearly the oligarchs do not want this, they want peace, do business and enjoy the money . This morning the currency market on the Moscow stock exchange got off to a terrible start and this is just the beginning ”.

Ukraine in the European Union

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has asked for Ukraine's "immediate" accession to the EU . “ Without a safe Ukraine there cannot be a safe Europe . Ukraine has shown itself to be a democratic country, a free society, the army has shown itself to be strong, motivated, democratic in its structure – said Goncharenko -. The presence of Ukraine in Europe will eventually make Europe safer ”.

This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/goncharenko-sara-un-piacere-usare-il-kalashnikov-contro-i-russi/ on Mon, 28 Feb 2022 18:32:56 +0000.