While U.S. foreign and defense leaders are expected in kyiv on Sunday, UN Secretary -General Antonio Guterres was also present, but only after a visit to Moscow, a route criticized by the president.Ukrainian Volodymyr Zelensky.
Visiting Kyiv by Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Defense Minister Lloyd Austin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced on Saturday that they would discuss the delivery of U.S. weapons to Ukraine.
Do not forget the Boutcha, Irpin, Borodyanka, Gostomelhe pleaded, listing like a litany a series of other places where Ukraine accuses Russian forces of atrocities against civilians.
” Our hearts are full of fiery anger, our souls are full of fiery hatred towards the conquerors and all they have done. “
Mr. warned. Zelensky on Saturday that kyiv would abandon negotiations in Moscow if fighters buried in Azovstal were killed by the Russian army. He called again to meet with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to end the war.
L ‘UN called for a halt immediately in Mariupol to allow the evacuation of approximately 100,000 civilians still trapped in this strategic port that is almost entirely controlled by the Russian army.
There needs to be a break in the battle right now to save lives. As time goes on, more lives will be put in danger. They should be allowed to evacuate now, now. Tomorrow will be too latesays its coordinator in Ukraine, Amin Awad.
Every day, every hour that passes has a horrible amount of humanregretted the International Committee of the Red Cross in a press release the day after the failure of a new attempt to evacuate civilians from Mariupol by Ukrainian authorities.
Guterres’s route confused Zelensky
On Monday, the secretary general ofUN Antonio Guterres will travel to Turkey, a key mediator in the conflict in Ukraine, before going to Moscow and kyiv, the organization said on Sunday.
A timeline criticized by the Ukrainian president who criticized Mr. Guterres ’decision to travel first to Moscow and then only to Kyiv, saying no there is no justice and no logic in this order.
The war is in Ukraine, there are no corpses on the streets of Moscow. It would be logical to go first to Ukraine, to see the people there, the consequences of the occupationsaid Mr. Zelensky.
Ankara is currently trying to arrange a summit in Istanbul between MM. Zelensky and Putin, although Turkish officials admit that the prospects for such talks currently remain vague.
Meanwhile, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen arrived in India on Sunday for a two -day trade, security and climate visit, where she also hopes to discuss New Delhi’s neutrality in the war with Ukraine.
India seeks a difficult balance between its relations with the West and those with Russia, which provides it with most of its weapons and energy needs. He refrained from openly condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and from participating in votes to that effect at the United Nations.
Ms von der Leyen will meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday, who in recent weeks has received visits and calls from several other Western leaders urging him to distance himself from Moscow. , including British Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Thursday and Friday.
On the occasion of Orthodox Easter, celebrated this Sunday, Pope Francis once again called for a ceasefire in the fighting in Ukraine and an end to the attacks on depleted populations.
Today marks two months since this war beganon February 24, he recalled after Sunday prayer in front of thousands of believers gathered in Saint Peter’s Square, some of whom raised the Ukrainian flag.
Source: Radio-Canada