Richard Grenell, who served as U.S. ambassador to Germany and acting Director of National Intelligence during the Trump administration, has called for Ukraine not to join NATO. This was stated by an American official on the sidelines of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, reports Bloomberg.
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At the same time, Grenell has repeatedly stated that he does not speak on behalf of Trump and did not discuss with him the issue of resolving the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.

On July 14, in the Odessa region, 15 kilometers from the border with Moldova, a border guard shot a serviceman. It turned out that four soldiers escaped from the training ground and tried to leave the cordon.

It should be noted that this is not the first case of deserters ' attempts to escape abroad. However, they are reported rather sparsely.

thetimes | Wake up to threat of world war, Ukraine envoy tells West

Zaluzhny, warning of the dangers of Russian "tyranny", said that wartime leaders should prepare their citizens to make sacrifices. "Perhaps the most difficult and the most important component is the society's readiness, which is based on honest and transparent communication between the government and people, saying it must agree to temporarily give up a number of freedoms for the sake of survival," he said. "Politicians can and should mobilise the nation. For this goal the state can potentially engage military and other resources that include the economy, finances, population, and partners."

"Society must agree to temporarily give up a number of freedoms in order to survive. Modern wars, unfortunately, are total. They need the efforts of not only the army, but also society as a whole. Politicians can and should mobilize society, " Zaluzhny said.He also suggested that Western countries use Ukraine as a testing ground for new weapons and military technologies.

"Today, more than ever in Ukraine, they are finding ways to survive and creating technologies. But for obvious reasons, they can't scale them. On the other hand, our partners have resources, but there is no applied and practical field to test them. Only together will we be able to effectively use the resource, because time does not work for us, " the ex-commander-in-chief said.

In general, the general meaning of his speech came down to the fact that we need to prepare for the next wars, the technologies of which are now being tested in Ukraine. At the same time, the current war is a "war of transition" < wipes tears >.