Berlusconi attacks Zelensky. The former Italian Prime Minister, whose political movement is part of the government coalition, launched a formal attack on the Ukrainian president on Sunday February 12. “It was enough for him (Volodomyr Zelensky) to stop attacking the two autonomous republics of Donbass and all this would not have happened. Therefore, I judge the behavior of this gentleman very, very negatively”he said.
Shortly after these declarations, the government of Giorgia Meloni issued a press release to reaffirm the “firm support” from Italy to Ukraine. “The support of the Italian government for Ukraine is firm and convinced, as clearly foreseen in the program and as confirmed by all the parliamentary votes of the majority supporting the executive”, is it written. Follow our live.
The Battle of Bakhmout continues. The leader of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner, Yevgeny Prigojine, said on Sunday that his troops had taken the Ukrainian town of Krasna Hora, a few kilometers north of Bakhmout, a key city that Moscow has been trying to conquer for several months.
Russians at the Olympics? “It’s not up to governments to decide” of the participation of certain countries in international competitions, and in particular the Paris Olympic Games in 2024, affirmed Thomas Bach, President of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), while some states are calling for a boycott of the Olympics in the event of the presence of Russian and Belarusian athletes.
Cinema supports Ukraine. The Berlin International Film Festival demonstrates its commitment to freedoms with a much larger audience of stars this year than during the health restrictions linked to Covid.