Posted on 07/29/2022 2:12:11 AM PDT by Cathi
"Now he has a busy schedule with international contacts: the SCO Ministerial Council in Tashkent, bilateral meetings," said spokesperson Maria Zakharova.
“Foreign Minister Lavrov is in the midst of travel so I don’t have any update to provide in terms of when they may be able to connect,” said State Department spokesperson Ned Price.
Price on Thursday suggested that Moscow has not meaningfully engaged on the (prisoner swap) proposal.
"The fact that, now several weeks later, we are where we are, I think you can read into that as being a reflection of the fact that this has not moved to the extent we would like," Price said.
CNN reported earlier Thursday that Biden administration officials are frustrated that Moscow has yet to respond in a meaningful way to the proposal. Officials told CNN that they felt Moscow would jump at the offer, but it is now almost August and they have not received a substantive response.
(Excerpt) Read more at cnn.com ...
Yeah, the Azov guys are going to do the High-Heeled Clown for this one.
Denis Pushilin, Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR): This was a deliberate strike. The Azov POVs had just started to testify. Now we see a fairly typical attitude towards their own, those who were captured, those who were held by us. And here it is quite obvious a deliberate shelling and a desire to destroy those representatives, in particular of Azov, who began to testify. There are quite a lot of testimonies and some of them went into the public field. But, even more are taken, of course, by our investigative authorities now. Naturally this is unfavorable for Kiev.
And like, if earlier we saw....This is not the first shelling of in that area let’s say, not the first shelling of Yelinovka. But, now this is an absolutely accurate strike, an absolutely accurate hit on those barracks where the prisoners from Azov were kept. (Dead have been revised up to 53.)
We should offer them LeBron James for Brittney Griner
Russian officials requested adding convicted murderer to Griner/Whelan prisoner swap
Natasha Bertrand - 1h ago
Russian government officials requested that a former colonel from the country’s domestic spy agency who was convicted of murder in Germany last year be added to the US’ proposed swap of a notorious arms dealer for Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, multiple sources familiar with the discussions told CNN.
The Russians communicated the request to the US earlier this month through an informal backchannel used by the spy agency, known as the FSB, that they wanted Vadim Krasikov released in addition to Viktor Bout, the sources said. Krasikov was convicted in December of murdering a former Chechen fighter, Zelimkhan “Tornike” Khangoshvili, in Berlin’s Kleiner Tiergarten in 2019 and sentenced to life in prison.
The request was seen as problematic for several reasons, the sources told CNN, among them that Krasikov remains in German custody. As such, and because the request was not communicated formally but rather through the FSB backchannel, the US government did not view it as a legitimate counter to the US’ offer which was first revealed by CNN on Wednesday.
Russian government officials requested that a former colonel from the country’s domestic spy agency who was convicted of murder in Germany last year be added to the US’ proposed swap of a notorious arms dealer for Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan, multiple sources familiar with the discussions told legitimate counter to the US’ offer which was first revealed by CNN on Wednesday.
The conversations were never elevated to the top levels of the German government and including Krasikov in a potential trade has not been seriously considered, the German source said. But the previously unreported discussions reveal that Russian officials have at least somewhat engaged with the US’ proposal.
While the request was not made through formal channels, the FSB has an expansive remit and is a core part of the Russian security apparatus. Russian President Vladimir Putin famously worked for its powerful predecessor, the KGB.
Blinken spoke with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Friday about the proposed swap. They had a “frank and direct conversation” Blinken said.
“I pressed the Kremlin to accept the substantial proposal that we put forth on the release of Paul Whelan and Brittney Griner,” Blinken added.
The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Lavrov “strongly suggested” to Blinken that the United States should return to a mode of “quiet diplomacy” regarding a possible prisoner exchange “without speculative information stuffing.”
It’s unclear if Krasikov was discussed on the call.
Multiple sources told CNN that even if it is not Krasikov, the Russians will likely demand two prisoners be released in exchange for Griner and Whelan. Russian government officials have indicated publicly in recent weeks that they want to see the release of Bout and Roman Seleznev, a convicted hacker currently serving a 27-year sentence in the US.
“I’m not sure that any additional activity, especially in the public sphere, will help a correct, balanced compromise and find a basis to alleviate the fate of a lot of our compatriots such as Viktor Bout, who has health problems, [or] such as Seleznev, and many others,” Deputy Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov told reporters earlier this month.
But US officials believe Russia is just trying to buy time by making unserious offers until Griner’s trial is over.
There are interviews with the Azovs in DNR media. Ze wanted them to stop talking.
Yes, I already posted the link to the video that Karl posted. Very powerful.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/aro4Cs1g7Fcs/
Despite the immediate plea from the OP to the State Department and Europe to call it a terrorist attack, the U.S. wouldn’t bite.
Gossip
#Exposure
The United States has hundreds of satellites 24/7 filming the situation in Ukraine, but they are not aware of the shelling of Yelenovka ... The United States does not have sufficient intelligence on the shelling of the pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka
This was stated by the coordinator for strategic communications at the National Security Council at the White House John Kirby.
” We can’t confirm this, we don’t have enough intelligence,” Kirby said.
Dr.Snekotron
@snekotron · 13h
Evidence from the HIMARS strike on the prison.
Look up the numbers. The debris is of a GIMLR.
Creepy footage: Reuters reporters visited a pre-trial detention center in Yelenovka in the DPR, where 53 captured Ukrainian militants were killed and dozens injured by a HIMARS strike by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.
Shanks, retaining rings, small fragments and other separate components made of thick-walled metal were found at the site of the APU strike on the colony - “these are the characteristic features of the US MLRS,” Colonel M. Khodarenok wrote earlier.
Azmilitary1🛰🌏🌍🌎
‼️ 💥 Fragments of HIMARS missiles found at the site of the strike on the colony with Ukrainian prisoners of war in Yelenovka UKRAINE TOTALITARIAN REGIME,STOP LYING THE ENTIRE WORLD ‼️
Here is proof that the attack on the Ukrainian prisoners was carried out by the AFU - the wreckage of an American missile from the HIMARS MLRS. They were found by investigators in a destroyed barrack. Now they will be attached to the criminal case
Denis Pushilin, Head of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR): This was a deliberate strike. The Azov POVs had just started to testify. Now we see a fairly typical attitude towards their own, those who were captured, those who were held by us. And here it is quite obvious a deliberate shelling and a desire to destroy those representatives in particular of Azov who began to testify. There are quite a lot of testimonies and some of them went into the public field. But, even more are taken, of course, by our investigative authorities now. Naturally this is unfavorable for Kiev. And like, if earlier we saw....This is not the first shelling of in that area let’s say, not the first shelling of Yelinovka. But, now this is an absolutely accurate strike, an absolutely accurate hit on those barracks where the prisoners from Azov were kept. (Dead have been revised up to 53.)
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