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Serbia’s president comments on the turn in Ukraine’s conflict Nord News 2–3 minutes _____ Just as it seemed Kyiv was going to win, “the Russians started to fight better,” Aleksandar Vucic said The conflict in Ukraine could last several more winters, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic said on Tuesday, adding that a ceasefire of some kind would be nice but was unlikely. He commented on the hostilities while visiting Norway, a NATO member he said Serbia should emulate in terms of technology and economic development. A question about Ukraine came during a long interview with Serbia’s TV Pink. Earlier this month, Vucic had told the same outlet that battle for Kherson <https://swentr.site/russia/566054-kherson-stalingrad-vucic-ukraine/> would be “Stalingrad” and a turning point in the conflict – only for Russia to evacuate from the city to the left bank of the Dnieper River. “When many people began to believe that the war is over and that Ukraine is winning, the Russians began to fight better.” Vucic said. “I’m not saying they have any kind of advantage, though. This is going to go on for quite a while, and I expect next winter and the one after that to be a lot worse than this one.” Asked to comment on the Russian missile attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure, Vucic said that both Moscow and Kyiv are using everything at their disposal, because “there is no love in war.” The Serbian president added that while he would personally be happy to see a ceasefire and some sort of resolution to the fighting, none of that was up to him. “I’m neither Russian nor Ukrainian – it’s up to them to solve this – or American to interfere in all this.” Vucic said. The EU has pressured Serbia to “harmonize” its foreign policy with Brussels and sanction Russia, but Vucic has insisted on an independent and neutral course for Belgrade. Russia has backed Serbia’s refusal to recognize its breakaway province of Kosovo as an independent state, something the EU demands as a condition for membership talks. Kosovo was originally occupied by NATO troops in 1999. Vucic is currently visiting Norway, which is a member of NATO but not the EU. After a tour of Oslo and Trondheim, he told reporters that he was “glad that Norway is our partner” and that Serbia could “learn a lot” from the Scandinavian country. Source: sn.dk -- http:www.antic.org --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SERBIAN NEWS NETWORK" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/senet/075b01d906fa%2477ffbe20%2467ff3a60%24%40gmail.com.
