NewsGlobal tensions rise: Diplomatic efforts and military moves
Global tensions rise: Diplomatic efforts and military moves
It happened while you were sleeping. Here's what global agencies reported overnight from Thursday to Friday.
ed. Maciej Zubel
- President Donald Trump announced on Thursday that a meeting of representatives from Russia, Ukraine, and the USA will be held in Munich on Friday. Ukraine does not foresee talks with the Russian side on Friday in Munich, Dmytro Lytvyn, the communication adviser to the Ukrainian president, said.
- The White House reported on Thursday that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio discussed the need for bold diplomacy with his Ukrainian counterpart Andriy Sybiha to end the war and achieve lasting peace. The diplomat also emphasized the US commitment to Ukraine's independence.
- Finland advocates convening an extraordinary European Union leaders' summit on Ukraine - said Prime Minister Petteri Orpo during a speech in parliament in Helsinki on Thursday.
- In an interview with the Financial Times, French President Emmanuel Macron warned against a peace in Ukraine that would be tantamount to capitulation. He doubted whether Russian leader Vladimir Putin is genuinely ready for a lasting ceasefire.
- Russian Alexander Vinnik, who was accused in the USA of involvement in money laundering on a cryptocurrency exchange, returned to Moscow on Thursday. He was released from an American prison and handed over to Russia in exchange for former US embassy worker in Moscow Marc Fogel.
- President of Burundi Evariste Ndayishimiye warned neighbouring Rwanda that Burundians will not allow themselves to be killed like the residents of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but will respond militarily to any provocations or attacks from Kigali.
