Pope Francis said in an interview that Ukraine should have what he called the courage of a “white flag.” He then negotiates with Russia to end the war. Francis made the comments in an interview recorded last month with Swiss broadcaster RSI, well before Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan made his latest offer on Friday to host a summit between Ukraine and Russia aimed at ending the war. did. “Don’t be shy and negotiate before things get even worse,” the 87-year-old pope said.
Turkish and US officials held comprehensive talks on the wars in Ukraine and Gaza as well as various bilateral issues during their meeting in Washington.Turkey’s foreign minister said late Friday. Foreign Minister Hakan Fidan said he has discussed ways to end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine with his U.S. counterpart, Antony Blinken, and other officials, and Ankara believes the time is right to discuss a path to ending the war. Turkey reiterated that it does not understand this ambition of Kiev and Moscow. “There needs to be a basis for dialogue to stop this war and prevent a more serious crisis, and this is what we are calling for,” Fidan said.
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron said he opposes sending Western troops to Ukraine.In an interview with German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung published on Saturday, he said the same was true for training missions. Prime Minister David Cameron said training missions were best carried out overseas. He said keeping foreign soldiers in Ukraine would make him a target for Russia.
Polish Foreign Minister says NATO military presence in Ukraine is ‘not inconceivable’ He also said he was grateful to the French president for not ruling out the idea. President Emmanuel Macron said last month that he could not rule out the possibility of Western troops being sent to Ukraine. Radek Sikorski said he appreciated Mr Macron’s efforts, saying: “It’s because we are afraid of President Putin, not because we are afraid of President Putin.”
Ukrainian authorities said Saturday that Russian shelling killed two people, including a teenage boy.. The governor of Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, Serhiy Lysak, announced that a 16-year-old boy was killed and a 22-year-old man was injured in shelling that hit the town of Chervonovrykhorivka in the morning.
Ukrainian authorities said Saturday that a Russian bomb landed near an apartment complex in the southern city of Kherson. Injured a child overnight. They released a video of the destroyed building, with a large crater on the outside. “The 7-year-old boy affected by the shelling is under medical supervision,” authorities said in a statement.
Russian air defense forces shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 fighter jet over the Donetsk region of Ukraine.RIA quoted the Russian Ministry of Defense as saying on Saturday. Ukrainian authorities have not reported any fighter losses in recent days.
Motor traffic was temporarily suspended on the Crimean Bridge on Saturday., Russian authorities said attacks on the messaging app Telegram were often the result of anticipated or actual attacks. This bridge connects mainland Russia and Crimea. Crimea was annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014, but Kiev still considers it Crimean territory.
A Moscow court sentenced a student who changed the name of his Wi-Fi network to 10 days in prison. Raising pro-Kiev slogans during a military offensive in Ukraine, Rianovosti news agency reported on Saturday. A student at Moscow State University replaced the network name on his Wi-Fi router with the Ukrainian military’s rallying cry, Slava Ukraine, which means “Glory to Ukraine.” The court found him guilty of “public demonstration of Nazi symbols… or symbols of extremist organizations,” Rianovosti said.
Russia announced on Saturday that it had destroyed 47 Ukrainian-made drones overnight over the country’s southern regions, mainly the Rostov region. It borders Ukraine. Kiev regularly launches drones into Russia in response to Moscow’s military attacks.
