The Israel-Gaza war is “taking away the focus” from the conflict in Ukraine, the country’s President Volodymyr Zelensky has admitted. He said this was “one of the goals” of Russia, which launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. He did not say how many soldiers died in what Ukraine’s military said was a Russian missile strike in the southern Zaporizhzhia region on Friday. Speaking at Saturday’s briefing in Kyiv with visiting European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Mr Zelensky said: “It’s clear that the war in the Middle East is taking away the focus” from Ukraine. He said Russia wanted this focus to be “weakened”, but stressed that “everything is in our powers”.

Source: Nigerian Tribune November 05, 2023 18:49 UTC