List Of Countries Supporting Russia During The Ongoing RussiaUkraine Crisis
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced a special military operation in Ukraine in a televised address on Thursday and sent 150,000 troops to the Ukraine border. Ukraine Police confirmed that Russia has carried out 203 attacks on 24th Feb.
Russian foreign minister took to microblogging social media platform Twitter saying, “President #Putin: The purpose of this operation is to protect people who, for 8 years now, have been facing genocide perpetrated by the Kiev regime. To this end, we will seek to demilitarise & denazify Ukraine, bring to trial those who perpetrated bloody crimes vs civilians.”
List of Countries supporting Russia
The US has earlier indicated during the last two weeks that war seems to be imminent. US and several other nations have advised their respective citizens to leave Ukraine immediately.
This drastic step by Russia caused its currency ruble to plunge and a huge decline in its benchmark stock indices. The US and its allies imposed sanctions on Russia.
Experts opine that invasion by Russian troops will have repercussions all across the world and it will rattle world markets. There is even the possibility of plunging Europe into its worst security crisis.
Volodymyr Zelensky, President of Ukraine tweeted, “A package of additional tough sanctions against Russia from the EU is approaching. Discussed all the details with @EmmanuelMacron. We demand the disconnection of Russia from SWIFT, the introduction of a no-fly zone over Ukraine, and other effective steps to stop the aggressor.”
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* Armenia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Belarus which were earlier part of the Soviet Union will take the side of Russia in this ongoing conflict.
* Cuba, a close ally of Russia also extended its support to Putin.
* Iran blamed NATO for the crisis and supported Russia. The Iranian Foreign Minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, said, “The crisis is rooted in NATO’s provocations.”
* North Korea‘s supreme leader Kim Jong Un came openly in Putin’s support and demanded the US to cease its hostile policy for isolating Russia.
* Syria is in favor of Russia as Putin supported Bashar Assad, Syrian President in 2015.
* Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro expressed open support to Russia by saying the country would have “powerful military co-operation” with Russia.
* Nicaragua was one of the first countries to voice its support to Russia. Nicaragua’s President Daniel Ortega blamed Ukraine for provoking the war by looking for NATO membership.
* While India has maintained a neutral stance being a non-aligned state as it has good relations with both Russia and Ukraine.
* China has aimed to strike a fine balance between Russia and western countries and act diplomatically. Wang Yi, China’s foreign minister, asked all parties involved to “exercise restraint.” China cannot endorse the invasion of Ukraine by Russia as it would deteriorate its relationship with Western nations and on the other side, Chinese president Xi Jinping is looking forward to strengthening its relationship with Russia.
Both Xi and Putin share common goals: to expand their influence in the international markets and counter the power of the United States.
The Russian-Ukrainian crisis is not recent and has continued for more than a decade now.
Let’s hope that we have a concrete resolution for this crisis as the world cannot afford war after battling with Coronavirus for more than two years now.
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