IPSE by Day - 17 February 2024

Mykola Bielieskov

Inserted 1 year ago

“Avdiivka is a very important strong point in the Ukrainian system of defense, because it protects Pokrovsk, about 30 miles to the northwest, a logistical hub for the Ukrainian Army. Taking control of Avdiivka might create an opening for Russia.”

Nytimes

Military analyst at the National Institute for Strategic Studies in Ukraine

17 Feb 2024 4 1

Benjamin Netanyahu

Inserted 1 year ago

“We shall not bow down to international dictates in regards to a future deal with the Palestinians. Such a compromise should be through direct negotiations with no preconditions. How can we give recognition to such a state after the massacre of October 7. This would be a reward for terrorism.”

Aje

Prime Minister of Israel

17 Feb 2024 2 2

Sameh Shoukry

Inserted 1 year ago

“The Israeli offensive in Rafah could have very tragic consequences for the people in the area. You can imagine that any extensive military action there will have a devastating effect on the humanitarian situation. People are already suffering for lack of shelter, food, medicine, sanitation. The current scale of the conflict … is [already] leading to a daily loss of life for men, women, and children. And I think the international community is conscious, if not tainted … and strained by what is happening to civilians in Gaza.”

Aje

Egyptian Foreign Minister

17 Feb 2024 4 3

Cui Heng

Inserted 1 year ago

“Europe faces a dilemma in aiding Ukraine: Providing assistance requires significant financial commitment, and there is considerable opposition within Europe; however, refraining from giving aid would completely undermine years of political correctness. Europe will still provide assistance to Ukraine, but the extent and speed of aid will be reduced. The previously approved 50 billion euro aid package may not be implemented as quickly as anticipated. Regardless of how the situation unfolds in the future, the European powers will not be dragged into conflicts. Zelensky has gained the support of the European powers he desired, achieving a win-win situation with a document that holds little substance.”

Globaltimes

Scholar from the Shanghai-based China National Institute for SCO International Exchange and Judicial Cooperation

17 Feb 2024 2 2

Oleksandr Tarnavsky

Inserted 1 year ago

“In a situation where the enemy is advancing over the corpses of their own soldiers with a 10-to-one shelling advantage, under constant bombardment, this is the only right decision.”

Aljazeera

Ukrainian brigadier general commander of the Avdiivka area

17 Feb 2024 1 1

Oleksandr Syrskii

Inserted 1 year ago

“I decided to withdraw our units from the town and move to defence from more favourable lines in order to avoid encirclement and preserve the lives and health of servicemen.”

Aljazeera

Commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine

17 Feb 2024 1 1

Yi Wang

Inserted 1 year ago

“We cannot allow this humanitarian disaster to continue. An international peace conference [must be held] as soon as possible to revive the two-state solution.”

Aje

State Councillor and China's foreign minister

17 Feb 2024 5 2

Andrea De Domenico

Inserted 1 year ago

“There are about 300,000 people in the north and I have no idea how they've survived. What we managed to bring up there is absolutely not enough. It is pure misery. Repeatedly, when we are allowed to cross the checkpoint at Wadi Gaza to deliver food assistance, thousands of people block and unload the trucks at the risk of being shot.”

Aje

Head of the UN humanitarian agency OCHA in the Palestinian territories

17 Feb 2024 3 2

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“Avdiivka is a very important strong point in the Ukrainian system of defense, because it protects Pokrovsk, about 30 miles to the northwest, a logistical hub for the Ukrainian Army. Taking control of Avdiivka might create an opening for Russia.”

“We shall not bow down to international dictates in regards to a future deal with the Palestinians. Such a compromise should be through direct negotiations with no preconditions. How can we give recognition to such a state after the massacre of October 7. This would be a reward for terrorism.”

“In a situation where the enemy is advancing over the corpses of their own soldiers with a 10-to-one shelling advantage, under constant bombardment, this is the only right decision.”

“I decided to withdraw our units from the town and move to defence from more favourable lines in order to avoid encirclement and preserve the lives and health of servicemen.”

“We cannot allow this humanitarian disaster to continue. An international peace conference [must be held] as soon as possible to revive the two-state solution.”

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