Putin believes that the war in Ukraine is “coming to an end.” Vladimir Putin said on Saturday that the war in Ukraine was coming to an end. During an exchange with journalists after the May 9 celebrations, commemorating the Soviet victory against Nazi Germany in 1945, the Russian president was questioned about Western support for Ukraine. A “globalist wing of Western elites is fighting us through the Ukrainiansâ€he said, ignoring the fact that “it was Russia that launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022â€underlines The Kyiv Independent. “I think this is coming to an end, but the situation remains serious…he added. Vladimir Putin also declared that he was ready to meet his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky in a third country – a first since the start of hostilities – but only to initial a final peace agreement, not to begin direct negotiations.
Brazil: The Supreme Court suspends a law reducing Bolsonaro’s prison sentence. Brazil’s Supreme Court on Saturday suspended the application of a law, approved in December by Parliament, which could “Reduce the sentences of former President Jair Bolsonaro and others convicted of attempted coupâ€Ã©crit Folha de Sao Paulo. The text was censored by left-wing president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, but parliamentarians overturned the presidential veto at the end of April and the law was promulgated on Friday. Judge Alexandre de Moraes considered that it was appropriate to wait “l’arrêt de la Cour suprême sur la constitutionnalité du texteâ€which is the subject of multiple “legal challengesâ€explains the Brazilian daily. “Once again, it is democracy that is shaken…reacted Flavio Bolsonaro, senator and son of the former president.
United States: a person struck and killed by a plane on takeoff. A Frontier Airlines plane “struck and killed an individual who had crossed the perimeter fence and entered the runway of Denver International Airport, Colorado, late Friday eveningâ€reports The Denver Post. The device, bound for Los Angeles, was “in the acceleration phase for takeoff†at the time of the accident, which caused “engine fireâ€leading to the evacuation of 224 passengers and seven crew members, and leaving twelve injured, reports the local American daily. The Denver airport clarified that the pedestrian who broke into the tarmac was not one of its employees. US Transportation Minister Sean Duffy said an investigation had been opened.
