Sergei Lavrov urges NATO to stop arming Ukraine. “If the United States and NATO are really interested in resolving the Ukrainian crisis, then above all they must wake up and stop delivering weapons and ammunition to the regime in kyiv”said thee Russian Foreign Minister, in an interview published on Saturday. He also claimed that the Russian invasion of Ukraine is taking place “strictly according to plan”. Follow our live.
Moscow confirms having hit kyiv during the visit of the UN Secretary General. “Russian forces destroyed with high-precision long-range weapons the workshops of the space enterprise Artyom in the city of kyiv”, said the Russian Ministry of Defense. The head of French diplomacy Jean-Yves Le Drian condemned these “indiscriminate strikes”and Germany these “inhuman strikes”which according to the mayor of kyiv, Vitaly Klitschko, left at least one dead and four injured.
Zelensky and Putin invited to the G20. Indonesian President Joko Widodo announced that he had invited his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky and confirmed that he had invited the Russian president to the G20 summit in Bali in November. Vladimir Putin has indicated that he will participate. “The United States continues to believe that we cannot ignore Russia’s participation in the international community or international institutions”, responded the deputy spokesperson for the US State Department. She did not specify whether, because of this invitation, Washington would refuse to go to the summit or not.
One American killed, two Britons “captured”. A 22-year-old American former Marine was killed in Ukraine where he left in mid-March to fight Russian forces, family members said. The Pentagon responded by urging US nationals “not to surrender” in this country. Two British volunteers were also “captured” by Russian soldiers, the UK-based nonprofit Presidium Network said on Friday.