Russia: Ukraine Gathering in Jeddah Unsuccessful

The Russian ambassador to the United States called the Jeddah meeting on Ukraine fruitless. A two-day meeting to review the Ukraine crisis was held on Saturday evening, August 5, in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, without Russia present, but attended by security advisers from about 30 countries, including Ukraine, donors and neutral countries. Anatoly Antonov, Russian Ambassador to the United States in a statement Monday (7/8/2023) said that the Jeddah meeting on Ukraine was fruitless because Russia was not present at the meeting. "We witnessed another failed attempt by Washington to convey their demands, but they did not succeed diplomatically in Jeddah," Antonov said.

"Washington tries to present a beautiful picture of the support of countries in the south of the world for America's efforts to isolate Russia," he stressed. The Russian diplomat views America as following an unreasonable way to isolate Russia from peace talks at the international level, and claims that Moscow does not want to participate in the talks. Ironically they claim to mediate, but at the same time send tanks to Kyiv. Meanwhile, US State Department Spokesman Matthew Miller announced that US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken spoke with Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kulba about the Ukraine peace meeting in Jeddah. most neutral international experts believe it is impossible to achieve progress in the Ukraine peace talks without Russia's presence. (PH)

A spokesman for the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Ukraine is selling human body parts on the black market. According to Sky News, Maria Zakharova, Spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia said Monday (7/8/2023) “Ukraine takes body parts from people who lived and died in wars and sells them on the black market to customers in European Union countries. and NATO,". So far, Kyiv has not responded to the claims. Zakharova added, "Ukraine, as one of the world leaders in organ transplantation on the black market, has been harvesting organs from the dead since 1990, and this problem has increased since 2014." "There is evidence that in June 2023, representatives of the Ministry of Health of one of the NATO countries reached an agreement with the Ukrainian side on the transfer of carriages filled with human organs, which are mainly used in organ transplants," said a spokesperson for the Russian foreign ministry. "These organs include the eye cornea, bones, heart and liver," he said. (PH)