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sl8

(16,245 posts)
Sun May 26, 2024, 05:20 AM May 2024

Zelenskiy, from Kharkiv, urges Biden, Xi to join peace summit

https://www.reuters.com/world/zelenskiy-kharkiv-urges-biden-xi-join-peace-summit-2024-05-26/

Zelenskiy, from Kharkiv, urges Biden, Xi to join peace summit

By Reuters
May 26, 2024 4:20 AM EDT Updated 2 hours ago

KYIV, May 26 (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy appealed to U.S. President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Sunday to join an upcoming peace summit as his country struggles to stave off unrelenting attacks by Russia in its 27-month-old invasion.

Moscow's forces have in recent weeks advanced on the battlefield and stepped up air strikes on cities, and Kyiv hopes the June meeting in Switzerland will help pile international pressure on Russian President Vladimir Putin.

In English-language video recorded inside the charred remains of a printing press destroyed on Thursday in a Russian air strike, Zelenskiy said the summit would "show who in the world really wants to end the war".

"I am appealing to the leaders of the world who are still aside from the global efforts of the Global Peace Summit – to President Biden, the leader of the United States, and to President Xi, the leader of China," he said.

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Zelenskiy, from Kharkiv, urges Biden, Xi to join peace summit (Original Post) sl8 May 2024 OP
If President Biden doesn't join in, gab13by13 May 2024 #1
The only peace Putin understands just fell out the window. GreenWave May 2024 #2

gab13by13

(25,267 posts)
1. If President Biden doesn't join in,
Sun May 26, 2024, 06:44 AM
May 2024

I guarantee that TSF will try to send someone, or give the appearance of sending someone.

GreenWave

(9,189 posts)
2. The only peace Putin understands just fell out the window.
Sun May 26, 2024, 07:03 AM
May 2024

What he wants is a piece of Ukraine, then another, etc.

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