Spain's Foreign Minister said that neither the EU nor NATO is a good fit, nor his country is preparing for any war, despite the threat from Russia and the aggression it has unleashed against Ukraine. Albares was responding to a comment made by some political parties, about the government's allegedly bellicose rhetoric and explained that the Spaniards are well aware, what is happening in Europe now, they know that there is a war of aggression by a permanent member of the UN Security Council. That
is why, according to him, Spain is helping Ukraine, because it cannot let this happen, for war to return to Europe as a way to resolve conflicts between states. At the same time, the Spanish Foreign Minister emphasized the most interesting point, that there is no other threat. According to him, the Spaniards are very well aware, that neither the European Union, nor Nato, nor, of course, Spain, nor the Spanish government is preparing for any war, Because "none of the countries in the Alliance,"
and I'm quoting him now, "of which Spain is a member, is offensive. They are all defense alliances." This is how strange these statements look, despite the fact that that Russian propagandists, as I said, have repeatedly threatened EU countries on their broadcasts, Nato countries, they said that if they had to, they would, in fact, If they go further there and do not stop at Ukraine, they will not restrain themselves. That's how it is. But we also have this statement, which I think is more posit
ive, at least, India needs to make sure that this is the case, because due to the tightening of sanctions against the Russian Federation, India is increasing its supplies of American oil. And next month, more than 7.5 million barrels of American oil will arrive in India. And this is the highest figure for the last year amid tighter sanctions against Russian oil. It is noted that India, which is, let me remind you, the world's third largest importer and consumer of oil, is seeking to diversify it
s supplies, as the new US sanctions against the Russian Federation threaten to reduce the sale of Russian oil to India. By the way, India was the largest buyer of Russian oil last year, after how other groups refused to make purchases after the West's sanctions against Moscow for its invasion of Ukraine in February 2012. And last month, the United States stepped up efforts to reduce trade in Russian oil, by adding sanctions against the state-owned shipping company Sovcomflot. And now, according
to Reuters, the Indian Reliance Industries, the operator of the world's largest oil refinery complex, will no longer buy Russian oil, loaded onto tankers operated by Sovcomflot. In fact, after the recent US sanctions, more Indian refiners are planning to avoid Sovcomflot vessels. This may also complicate the import of Russian oil and leave Russia with fewer sales for its flagship product. And this is also important, even though the Russian government has already ordered companies to cut oil prod
uction in the second quarter to 9 million barrels per day by the end of June. Accordingly, by the way, it is fulfilling its obligations to OPEC+. And it is reported, that the Kremlin has also set specific production reduction targets for each company. And the production cut will contribute to the seasonal peak in maintenance at refineries, By the way, many of them have already reduced fuel production as a result of failures and attacks by Ukrainian drones. So I'd like to remind you, my fellow Uk
rainians, that as you can see, the drones are doing their job. So please join the fundraiser to ensure that our defense forces have as many Iron Birds as possible, to get them where they need to go and, as I said, do their job. Of course, as usual, I remind you that you see a QR code on your screens, By scanning it, you can also contribute to the collection for the needs of the defense forces, in order to that those who are doing everything possible and impossible to ensure that Ukraine survives
and remained an independent state, yet they now have everything they need to do so, So let's support the defense forces. I would also like to say something to you here, I often read a lot in the comments, in particular under my broadcasts, which, by the way, I regularly follow on YouTube, when Ukrainians write that they can ask for donations when they are deputies, officials are profiting from the war, when corruption is rampant in Ukraine, and so on. You know, quite frankly, I want to tell eve
ryone once again, you know, while this is happening, perhaps not the best in our country, in particular, with corruption, until we managed to eradicate it and we still need to fight it in parallel with the external enemy, which attacks us every day, both figuratively and literally, Let's not forget that those MPs and government officials who are now trying to profit from the war, Sooner or later, they too will be held accountable for their actions. I think they will be held accountable for every
thing, for corruption and for stealing from the army, But while we are fighting all this, we must not forget that we cannot pause on the front. We can't tell the defense forces to wait now, Wait until we are here fighting in the rear with MPs or those who are now trying to make money from the war. They can't wait, because every minute is worth its weight in gold. It is worth the lives and health of our defenders. So let this be a worthy answer to the question of how much we can talk about donati
ons on our broadcasts. We will talk as long as necessary. Because I am really convinced that that only the armed forces of Ukraine can put an end to this terrible war. Everything that is happening in Ukraine right now, including corruption, which is so painful and tired for all Ukrainians now, but it should not stop us from fighting our greatest enemy. I remind you, this is the Russian Federation, that continues to destroy us. Unfortunately, we cannot tell the Russians: "Wait, don't attack us wi
th missiles, don't attack us on the frontline, because we have some problems here, that we need to solve now, and then we will return to the war there. It just so happens that Ukrainians need to fight both an external enemy and an internal one, But let's not forget, please, that it is true that we have already had such a fate, it means that we can do it, because I tell myself every morning, for example, What else can we do? Just give up and then what? No, so we keep fighting, We continue to work
in the rear to support the defense forces, and, of course, against the backdrop of all the news that we tell you about in our daily broadcasts, often not very comforting news, because we see how foreign politicians react to situations, that are happening in the world today, and in particular, what is happening in the marshes. So we have to understand that, probably, the further we go, the more of them will be found, Who will somehow decide what to say to us that we need to negotiate with Putin
now, and the sooner we end this war, because no one likes it anymore. It is not beneficial to anyone, including Putin himself, because indeed, the further we go, the more we see now, that things are not so simple in Russia, but again, we understand, What it means is a clear realization that we are doing everything right. Yes, it is a terrible and exhausting war, but we must not give up, which is why we always return to donors. No matter what happens, it is important to support the defense forces
. I have been saying this and will continue to remind you of it as long as I have the opportunity, and I would also like to remind you now, that while we are trying to fight the external enemy, we are also trying to fight the internal enemy, This is also the case with our security services, which, as you can see, are also trying to identify collaborators on a daily basis, and those people who are betraying Ukraine and are trying to do everything now, to make sure that there are as few people lik
e that as possible, so we can see that everyone is working now, who can and everyone who is trying to bring victory closer. And Ukrainian diplomacy is also working, in particular, analyzing the latest article by our Dmytro Kuleba, In an interview, by the way, that he gave to Politico, he clearly said. And it was a very clear signal to the West that we need support, we need weapons. And we also need money, financial assistance, we need it very much. And I really liked what he said when answering
journalists' questions, that, nevertheless, Western countries must understand that we need more than just their support in words, but also on actions. He even noted that the actions of the allies now, And I quote: "do not always correspond to their rhetoric." They say the war is dragging on, Meanwhile, the allies are returning to the usual way of implementing policies. Dmytro Kuleba also noted that he thinks that Western politicians now want to, I don't want Ukraine to fight with its hands tied
behind its back. I really liked this one, Because really, as I said, there is something wrong with this world. At first they support us, and then they try to hide some obvious things from us, somehow failing to provide timely financial and military assistance, and so on.
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