now, alljurors must vote unanimously in order to sentence bowers to death. otherwise, he will face life in prison. nada tawfik there. after a meeting with president zelensky in kyiv on friday, a delegation of african leaders are expected to hold talks with russia s president putin in st petersburg in the coming hours. ukraine s president, volodymyr zelensky, told the group, led by south africa s president cyril ramaphosa, that diplomatic efforts were not what was needed right now and that while he couldn t stop them from visiting president putin, he recommended they stay away. the delegations proposals are thought to include a russian troop pull back, the lifting of sanctions against russia, and for the international criminal court to withdraw its arrest warrant against president putin. their visit comes after president putin confirmed that some of russia s tactical
talking about the response that the visit had had from president zelensky, but how has it been viewed by the international community? well, i think. you know, there were very low. continue, mayeni. i think there were very low expectations about this visit to begin with. many people didn t necessarily see a link between the conflict in ukraine and africa. i think the delegations made it clear that that link does exist, that they have a vested interest there. i think it s also important to highlight that a lot of african countries prior to yesterday hadn t really taken a stance in this conflict, diplomatically. various countries know where they might lean, but officially, no african countries had taken sides in this conflict, and they say that s because they see this as strictly business
interests are threatened. and specifically, it s talking about the us trade relations. talking about the response that the visit had had from president zelensky, but how has it been viewed by the international community? well, i think. you know, there were very low. continue, mayeni. i think there were very low expectations about this visit to begin with. many people didn t necessarily see a link between the conflict in ukraine and africa. i think the delegations made it clear that that link does exist, that they have a vested interest there. i think it s important to highlight that a lot of african countries prior to yesterday hadn t really taken a stance in this conflict, diplomatically. various countries know
and are now stationed in neighbouring belarus. the us says it s watching developments closely, but says there s no indication the kremlin plans to use them. meanwhile, a delegation of african leaders will soon hold talks with president putin in st petersberg. it comes after the same group led by south africa s cyril ramaphosa met with ukraine s president zelensky in kyiv on friday. earlier i got the latest from our correspondents shingai nyoka in harare and mayenijones in kyiv. well, president zelensky held a presser with those seven representatives of african countries yesterday, immediately after their meeting. and he said that he couldn t stop them from going to russia but he really felt that, at this moment, diplomatic overtures towards russia were not what was needed. instead, they should freeze russia out diplomatically. the reason he was advocating for that approach he said it would send a clear message to mr putin s people, to the russian people that the reason
and earlier this week, belarus president alexander lukashenko said he had already received weapons that he claimed were three times more powerful than the atomic bombs that were dropped onjapan at the end of the second world war. 0ur north america correspondent davies willis therefore. meanwhile, a delegation of african leaders will soon hold talks with russia s president putin in st petersberg. it comes after the same group, led by south africa s cyril ramaphosa, met with ukraine s president zelensky in kyiv on friday. let s go live to our correspondents for more on this. mayenijones is in kyiv, and shingai nyoka is in harare. thank you both forjoining us. what has been the response in kyiv to the african leaders heading straight to have talks with putin just off the back of meeting president zelensky?