Kyiv and its partners must recognize that Russia is more effective in its military efforts, Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in an interview with Foreign Policy on May 1.
Europe News: Turkey's parliament ratifies Sweden's NATO membership after a protracted delay, strengthening the alliance's resolve against Russia's war on Ukraine.
BEIJING (Reuters) -Chinese President Xi Jinping warned against decoupling from China as he opened the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) forum in Beijing on Wednesday, criticizing Western efforts to reduce dependence on the Chinese economy. Representatives of more than 130 countries, largely from the Global South, attended the forum including several heads of state, of whom the most prominent was Xi's "dear friend" Russian President Vladimir Putin.
GENEVA (Reuters) -Russia failed in its bid to return to the United Nations' top human rights body on Tuesday, with rivals winning considerably more votes at the General Assembly in an election seen as a key test of Western efforts to keep Moscow isolated. In the secret ballot, Russia won 83 votes versus 160 for Bulgaria and 123 for Albania, which had competed against it in the same eastern Europe grouping for two seats on the Geneva-based Human Rights Council for a three-year term beginning on Jan. 1. "UN member states sent a strong signal to Russia's leadership that a government responsible for countless war crimes and crimes against humanity doesn't belong there," said Louis Charbonneau, United Nations director at Human Rights Watch.