Heading towards World War III?

A ceasefire in Ukraine instead of anti-Russia sanctions is necessary to stop ‘wartime inflation’, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban claimed on Friday. However, he said his was the only country advocating this solution.

Speaking on Radio Kossuth, Orban explained that the majority of EU countries believe in imposing sanctions on Russia. He said Hungary, despite having some “red lines” including an oil embargo, has chosen to swim with the tide on this strategy.

However, the prime minister stated that what is needed is not sanctions, but an immediate ceasefire, which would allow both sides to discuss a peace negotiations framework.

“It is in the interest of Hungary and all countries to have peace,” Orban said.

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He added that his government is taking certain economic steps, such as limiting prices for certain products, to curb inflation, but this can only serve as a temporary solution.

www.rt.com/russia/558260-hungary-sanctions-oinflation-ceasefire

While near Lysychansk on the "Lisichansk Cauldron" where thousands of Ukrainian soldiers have been purportedly surrounded by Russian and LPR forces we found a set of small military positions next to a bridge that Ukraine property blew up to try and stop the progress of Russia. In this area we also found a body of what appeared to be a civilian with 3 bullet holes in his head. Close to the man's head was a black plastic bag with duck tape wrapped around it. It should be mentioned that Russia and LPR forces had only taken control of this area 2 days ago and the corpse was clearly decayed for weeks if not months. With all evidence, we saw there and documented, in this report the logical conclusion is the Ukraine forces arrested a civilian for an unknown reason then tapped a bag over his head and shot him 3 times in the top of the head.
In the spirit of full transparency below is a link with more uncensored photos of the site. I call on all government officials and journalists to fully investigate this apparent war crime by Ukraine forces

In this report you hear from residents in the "Lysychansk Boiler" Near Severodonetk and in Lysychansk speak about Ukraine Control vs Russian Control and "forced deportations"

Washington believes it’s too early to discuss peace talks between Moscow and Kiev since neither side is ready for such negotiations, the National Security Council (NSC) Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby told Fox News on Sunday.

When asked whether US President Joe Biden should “push” Russia and Ukraine towards peace talks, Kirby said instead it was “time for the US to continue to support Ukraine.” Washington’s goal is to make sure Kiev “gets to determine how victory is decided” in the ongoing conflict and “on what terms.”

“We do not want to see Ukraine defeated by Russia and that is why we are continuing to rush aid and assistance,” the senior NSC official said, adding that the US alone has already allocated $7 billion in aid and assistance to Ukraine.

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Speaking about possible future talks, Kirby said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “will tell you that the time is not now for those discussions.” Russian President Vladimir Putin “has shown no indication that he is interested in negotiated talks” either, the US official added.

Earlier this week, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Kiev could end the conflict in a day by ordering its troops and nationalist forces to lay down their arms and meet the demands put forward by Moscow. Russia has previously accused Ukraine of stalling peace talks, which have not taken place since March. The Ukrainian side has insisted it would only come back to the table when it was in a “stronger negotiating position.” Kiev’s top negotiator David Arakhamia suggested last week that such a moment might come in late August.

www.rt.com/news/558309-us-russia-ukraine-peace-talks

Ukraine's military has confirmed that the eastern city of Lysychansk has fallen to Russian forces.

"After heavy fighting for Lysychansk, the defence forces of Ukraine were forced to withdraw from their occupied positions and lines," the army general staff said.

Earlier Russia's Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu said his forces had captured Lysychansk and taken full control of Luhansk region.

Ukraine's troops were outgunned there.

Its general staff said that "in order to preserve the lives of Ukrainian defenders, a decision was made to withdraw".

It said the Russians had multiple advantages in artillery, aircraft, manpower and other forces.

President Volodymyr Zelensky pledged that Ukrainian forces would return to Lysychansk thanks to their tactics and "thanks to the increase in the supply of modern weapons".

www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62030051

Russia has accused Ukraine over explosions which reportedly killed three people in the city of Belgorod, near the border with Ukraine.

The regional governor said the blasts hit dozens of residential buildings and air defences had been activated.

The Kremlin said that Sunday's attack had been a deliberate attempt by Ukrainian forces to target civilians.

Ukraine dismissed the claim, saying the Russians had lied about similar incidents in the past.

Belgorod - a city of 370,000 that lies just north of Ukraine's second city, Kharkiv - has been attacked on several occasions since Moscow invaded Ukraine in February.

The latest incident happened in the early hours of Sunday morning.

Russian defence ministry spokesman Igor Konashenkov said air defences had destroyed three Ukrainian Tochka-U ballistic missiles with cluster warheads, but fragments of one of them fell on a block of flats.

www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-62025541