Russia fired guards who refused to go to Ukraine, Britain called for sending long-range weapons to Kiev

The case came to light this week when a Russian court rejected a class-action complaint filed by more than 100 former Rosgvardia members about their recent decision to fire them.

According to the court’s ruling posted on the official website, the case was dismissed after the judge determined that the guards were justifiably removed from the force for “refusing to perform their official duties”. was to fight in Ukraine and return to the garrison instead.

According to The Guardian, the protest took place in Nalchik, the capital of the Kabardino-Balkarian republic in Russia’s Caucasus region, where the Rosgvardia unit is stationed.

Since the outbreak of hostilities, Western media and intelligence have repeatedly reported on low morale in the military. Russia as well as the refusal of some soldiers to fight in neighboring countries.

Moscow did not comment on such reports.

UK calls for delivery of advanced long-range weapons to Ukraine

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on May 27 that Russian forces were making “slow but clear” advances in the Donbass region of eastern Ukraine. He called on countries to provide more military support to Ukraine.

“I think it’s very important that we don’t be lulled by the incredible heroism of the Ukrainians in driving the Russians out of the Kiev gates… What they (Ukraine) need right now is this kind of thing. weapons such as the multiple rocket launcher system (MLRS). The MLRS will allow them to defend themselves against intense Russian artillery shelling,” he said in an interview with Bloomberg news agency.

British government leaders also warned about the dangers of negotiating with the Russian president Vladimir Putin.

“How can you deal with a crocodile when it’s eating your left leg? He (Putin) will try to freeze the conflict. He will try to call a ceasefire while still holding the grip.” ownership of substantial parts of Ukraine,” Johnson said.

Moscow – Kiev fail to reach agreement on “maritime corridor”

Kiev has not agreed on “maritime humanitarian corridors” announced by the Russian military earlier this week, a Ukrainian official said on May 27.

CNN quoted Serhii Bratchuk, a spokesman for the Odesa regional government, accusing the Russian Defense Ministry’s statement about safe routes for ships to be “an attempt to create an informational alibi for Moscow”. Bratchuk also accused Russia of “trying to blame Ukraine for the global food crisis”.

The US and its Western allies consider Russia’s blockade of ports Ukraine, which impedes the neighboring country’s agricultural exports, is contributing to a global shortage of cereals. The Kremlin recently said that Moscow is ready to take necessary steps to reduce the crisis, including allowing exports of a wide range of grains and fertilizers if the West lifts sanctions “with the main motive”. treat”.

Earlier this week, the Russian military announced that it would open two “humanitarian maritime corridors”, one from the ports of Kherson, Mykolaiv, Chornomorsk, Ochakiv, Odesa as well as Pivdennyi (Yuzhny) and the other from the port of Mariupol on the coast. Sea of ​​Azov. In a phone call on May 26 with Italian Prime Minister Mario Draghi, Putin asserted that the Ukrainian side had prevented the establishment of these two corridors.

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