Kyiv also announced it had opened a war crimes investigation after two separate reports of Russian troops shooting captured Ukrainian soldiers emerged. Ukraine’s general staff reported 14 failed Russian attacks on the village of Lastochkyne, around 2km (one mile) to the west of Avdiivka’s northern edge. Ukraine’s foreign minister, Dmytro Kuleba, said he had discussed the prospects for peace in Kyiv’s war against Russia with his Chinese counterpart. It’s nothing surprising and we are not afraid,” she told Reuters on Sunday on the sidelines of the Munich conference. When asked by Reuters whether she was interested in any future European role, she said: “We are not there yet.”

Source: The Guardian February 19, 2024 09:57 UTC