2023-04-18 08:09:53
► Putin went to the Kherson region to meet with the military
Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to the Kherson region in southern Ukraine to meet the military deployed there as part of the Russian operation launched more than a year ago, said announced the Kremlin on Tuesday.
“The Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation visited the General Staff of the military grouping “Dnieper”” in the Kherson region, the Kremlin said in a statement, without specifying when this trip took place.
► The G7 promises to make countries helping Russia in Ukraine pay a “high price”
G7 foreign ministers promised on Tuesday that countries providing assistance to Russia for its war in Ukraine would pay for it “high price”in a statement released after a meeting in Japan.
The representatives of the seven countries also intend to strengthen the application of the sanctions already taken against Russia and judged “unacceptable” Moscow’s announcement of its intention to send nuclear weapons to Belarus.
► Brazil rejects American criticism, defends its relations with Moscow
Brazil’s foreign minister on Monday defended his country’s relationship with Russia and dismissed criticism from Washington that Brasilia “echoes Russian propaganda” on the conflict in Ukraine.
“I don’t know how or why (White House National Security Council spokesperson) came to this conclusion. But I don’t agree with it.” Mauro Vieira told reporters in Brasilia, where President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Monday.
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