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Lula wants China and the United Arab Emirates to have more weight in the Ukraine conflict issue. Visiting Abu Dhabi after his visit to Beijing, the Brazilian president wanted the two countries to join a “political G20” to try to end the war. The reason was “decisions made by two countries,” he said on Sunday, April 16th. “President Putin takes no initiative to end the war. Zelensky of Ukraine takes no initiative to end the war, he argued, Europe and the United States continue to contribute to the continuation of the war. Follow our lives.
Dialogue between Kyiv and Paris. Presidents Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Emmanuel Macron discussed “almost an hour and a half” on Saturday, the Ukrainian head of state assured on Telegram. “The results of President Macron’s recent visit to China have been discussed,” he said. “The two Presidents have discussed the steps that will be taken to organize a summit for peace,” said the Elysée.
Ukraine on the G7 menu. The diplomatic leaders of the G7 countries meet in the Japanese tourist town of Karuizawa on Sunday for talks that promise to be dominated by China’s growing pressure on Taiwan and the Ukraine conflict. This summit will be an opportunity for the Japanese host to reaffirm his certainty that the Russian invasion only reinforces the need to redouble our vigilance in Asia.
Eleven dead in attack on Sloviansk. The death toll in a Russian attack on a building in Sloviansk in eastern Ukraine rose to 11 on Saturday, a day after a rocket was launched, said service spokeswoman Veronika Bachal on TV.
Russians advance at Bakhmout. The Russian military has claimed territorial gains on the northern and southern outskirts of Bakhmut, the epicenter of fighting for months and where Moscow forces have slowly advanced until they control most of it. “Wagner’s attack units have successfully advanced and captured two blocks on the northern and southern outskirts of the city,” the Russian Defense Ministry said on Telegram, reporting on the “heaviest fighting” on the front lines.