Thousands of people, including the Ukrainian head of state, paid tribute on Friday in kyiv to “Da Vinci” a war hero killed by the Russians in the battle of Bakhmout, the hottest point on Ukraine’s eastern front.
President Volodymyr Zelensky and Finnish Prime Minister Sanna Marin also made a surprise appearance on this occasion in Independence Square in the center of the capital.
The boss of the Russian paramilitary group Wagner announced on Friday the opening of 58 recruitment centers in 42 cities in Russia, as his men are on the front line in the bloody battle for Bakhmout.
Ukraine concentrates “imperial interests” et “not only of the Russian Empire”, said Pope Francis in an interview with Swiss public television, excerpts of which were published on Friday.