Putin Will Not Participate In The G20 Summit The Withdrawal Of Russian From Kherson Was Seen As Military Failure
World|Thursday, November 10, 2022 at 11:24 a.m.
An Indonesian government official said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin would not participate in the 20 summit group in Indonesia next week and avoided a possible confrontation with the US and allies in relation t
An Indonesian government official said on Thursday that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the Group of 20s summit in Indonesia next week and will avoid a possible confrontation with the United States and its allies over its war in Ukraine.
Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, head of support for G20 events, said Putin’s decision not to come was “best for all of us”.
Other world leaders, including US President Joe Biden, Chinese President Xi Jinping and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, will attend the two-day summit, which begins on November 15. The summit would be the first meeting between Biden and Putin. Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo is hosting the event on the island of Bali.
“It has been officially announced that Russian President Vladimir Putin will not attend the G20 summit and will be represented by a senior official, and this issue was discussed by Presidents Joko Widodo and Putin in previous phone calls,” Pandjaitan said in a statement. said. Security guards in Denpasar, Bali’s capital.
Putin’s decision not to join the G20 came after he said the Russian military would withdraw from Kherson, the only Ukrainian regional capital it had captured. Above is a damaged house in the village of Arkhanhelske in the Kherson region.
Whatever Russia’s decision is, it’s in the best interests of our common good and for all of us.”
Pandjaitan had previously said that the Russian delegation would be headed by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
Pandjaitan didn’t know why Putin had decided not to come, but said, “Maybe it’s because President Putin is busy at home and we have to respect that.” Pandjaitan confirmed that the same reasons could be keeping Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at home.
Kherson withdraws ‘complete military failure’: Russian analyst
Widodo traveled to Kyiv and Moscow earlier this year to get the two leaders to sit down and make peace in Bali.
The G20 is the largest of the three summits held in Southeast Asia this week and next week, and it remains unclear whether Lavrov will represent Russia in all. The Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit began in Phnom Penh, Cambodia on Thursday, followed by the G20 and then the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in Bangkok, Thailand.
Biden refused to meet with Putin if he were to attend the summit, saying the only meeting he could have with the Russian leader would be to discuss the deal to release Americans imprisoned in Russia.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly are expected to attend the G20, ASEAN and APEC summits.
WATCHIn Ukraine, some fear Russian withdrawal may be a trap:
Russia withdraws its troops from the Kherson region, the only Ukrainian capital it has captured Time 1:59 Russia announces the withdrawal from the capital of the Kherson region of Ukraine, a retreat along the Dnipro river that will mark a major defeat. However, some Ukrainian soldiers and officials are warning the world not to take Russia’s word.
Putin’s decision not to join the G20 came as Russia’s forces in Ukraine suffered significant setbacks. The Russian military has said it will withdraw from Kherson, the only Ukrainian regional capital it has captured and a gateway to the Russian-occupied Crimean Peninsula.
Russian political scientist Sergey Markov, who has previously advised Putin, told CBC News he was on the one hand stunned by the development, but not in another sense, given how the invasion had developed.
“The withdrawal of Russian troops from Kherson is a complete military failure because the Russian army was unable to protect the city,” he said.
Markov questioned his decision to wait until September to enlist more Russians for the war, citing the partial mobilization announced by Putin. But he said he doubted there was a wave of opposition in Russia threatening Putin’s authority.
“We understand now that we probably need to change our normal lives and start a real war instead of a special military operation,” he said, referring to the Kremlin term used to describe the invasion.
On Thursday, the commander-in-chief of the Ukrainian armed forces, Valeriy Zaluzhny, said that the enemy had no choice but to flee, as the Kyiv army “destroyed the logistics routes and supply system, disrupted the system of the enemy’s army.” in the “command” field.
Still, he said the Ukrainian military could not confirm or deny that Russian forces had indeed withdrawn from Kherson, as the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Thursday. The ministry said that on the opposite side of the Dnipro River, where Kherson is located, there was a “maneuver of the troops of the Russian group.”
Presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak claimed that Russian forces laid mines in Kherson on their way out.
US gives new estimate of heavy Russian casualties
US Joint Chiefs of Staff General Mark Milley said on Wednesday that Russia’s withdrawal from Kherson and a possible stalemate in the fighting during the winter months could provide both countries an opportunity for peace talks.
He said that as many as 40,000 Ukrainian civilians and more than 100,000 Russian soldiers were killed or injured in the war, which is now in its ninth month. “It’s probably the same thing on the Ukrainian side,” Milley said.
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Meanwhile, the head of eastern Ukraine’s Donetsk region, Pavlo Kyrylenko, said on Thursday that three civilians had been killed and 12 injured in the region in the last 24 hours. An overnight Russian ardment was reported in the city of Nikopol and the neighboring Zaporizhzhia region. Gotopnews.com
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