‘Our flag is a yellow and blue one’: Ukraine’s foreign minister counters at Pope Francis remarks
Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba straight slammed the Vatican and Pope Francis’ “white flag” remarks through X on Sunday, stating that his nation will never ever give up toRussia
“Our flag is a yellow and blue one. This is the flag by which we live, die, and prevail. We shall never raise any other flags,” Kuleba composed. His post remained in action to remarks made by the Pope in an interview throughout which he stated “the strongest” celebration in the Ukraine-Russia war is the one with “the courage of the white flag.”
“When it comes to the white flag, we know this Vatican’s strategy from the first half of the twentieth century,” Kuleba composed. “I urge to avoid repeating the mistakes of the past and to support Ukraine and its people in their just struggle for their lives.”
— Natasha Turak
India states its residents were ‘duped’ to serve in the Russian army
India is looking for the release of its nationals who have actually been “duped” into serving in the Russian army, a representative for the Indian Ministry of External Affairs stated Friday, in an uncommon rift from Moscow.
“Several Indian nationals have been duped to work with the Russian army. We have strongly taken up the matter with the Russian government for early discharge of such internationals,” stated representative RandhirJaiswal “A case of human trafficking has been registered against several agents.”
He interested Indian nationals to “not be swayed by offers made by agents for support jobs with the Russian army. This is fraught with danger and risk to life,” worrying that New Delhi stays “committed to early release of our nationals serving as support staff with the Russian army and the eventual return home.”
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— Ruxandra Iordache
Three individuals eliminated in Russian shelling in eastern Ukraine Sunday, Kyiv states
Three individuals were eliminated in Russian shelling and numerous hurt in eastern Ukraine, the nation’s federal government stated Sunday.
A Russian strike on a domestic structure in the eastern town of Myrnograd hurt a lots individuals, according to regional authorities there.
“Three people died as a result of today’s shelling in the Donetsk region,” the war-torn area’s guv Vadym Filashkin stated in a post on Telegram.
In the western Russian front-line area of Kursk, a Russian lady was eliminated by Ukrainian shelling a couple of miles from the border, authorities there stated.
“As a result of a direct hit from a shell, a residential building caught fire and a local woman died. Her husband had extensive burns and is now receiving qualified medical care,” Kursk guv Roman Starovoyt stated in a Telegram post.
— Natasha Turak
Zelenskyy appears to slam Pope Francis’ ‘white flag’ call
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a remark that appeared to slam current remarks by Pope Francis about what Ukraine need to do to end the war with Russia.
In his nighttime address Sunday published to Telegram, Zelenskyy thanked Ukrainian spiritual leaders for their “prayer and discussion” supporting Ukraine’s military, and included, “This is indeed what ‘a church with the people’ is, unlike virtual mediation 2,500 km away.”
Over the weekend, part of an interview with the Pope tape-recorded in February was launched, in which the spiritual leader promoted for working out withRussia The interview was tape-recorded by Swiss broadcaster RSI.
“I think that the strongest one is the one who looks at the situation, thinks about the people and has the courage of the white flag, and negotiates,” Francis stated, when inquired about his position on whether Ukraine need to quit as it has actually been resisting Russian soldiers.
“The word negotiate is a courageous word. When you see that you are defeated, that things are not going well, you have to have the courage to negotiate.”
— Natasha Turak
Ukrainian documentary wins nation’s very first Oscar
Ukrainian filmmaker Mstyslav Chernov (C), flanked by (from L) Raney Aronson-Rath, Vasilisa Stepanenko and Evgeniy Maloletka, accepts the award for Best Documentary Feature Film for “20 Days in Mariupol” onstage throughout the 96 th Annual Academy Awards at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood, California on March 10, 2024.
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A Ukrainian documentary entitled “20 Days in Mariupol” won the nation’s first-ever Oscar, and its director Mstyslav Chernov accepted the award at the 96 th Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday.
Chernov, a Ukrainian reporter, shot the movie inside the besieged port city of Mariupol as it was bombarded by Russian forces quickly after Moscow introduced its major intrusion in February 2022.
“I am honored but I will probably be the first director on this stage to say that I wish I had never made this film,” Chernov stated throughout his approval speech.
“I wish to be able to exchange this for Russia never attacking Ukraine, never invading our cities. I wish to be able to exchange this for Russian not killing 10,000 of my fellow Ukrainians.”
“I cannot change history. I cannot change the past. But we all together, you – some of the most talented people in the world – can make sure the history record is set straight and the truth will prevail and the people of Mariupol and those who have lost their lives will never be forgotten,” he stated.
“Because cinema forms memories and memories form history.”
Nearly half a million individuals resided in the southeastern Ukrainian city before the intrusion. It is now under complete Russian profession, having actually been unlawfully annexed by Russia in late2022 Roughly 120,000 individuals stayed there since May 2023, according to the Ukrainian federal government.
— Natasha Turak
Microsoft states attack from Russian intelligence company is heightening
Microsoft on Friday stated that Russian group Nobelium, which the business describes as Midnight Blizzard, has actually been attempting to access its internal systems and source code repositories.
“In recent weeks, we have seen evidence that Midnight Blizzard is using information initially exfiltrated from our corporate email systems to gain, or attempt to gain, unauthorized access. This has included access to some of the company’s source code repositories and internal systems,” Microsoft stated in a post.
Microsoft stated Midnight Blizzard was attempting to gain access to tricks, consisting of those shared in between Microsoft and its clients, however that it was connecting and assisting impacted clients.
“Midnight Blizzard has increased the volume of some aspects of the attack, such as password sprays, by as much as 10-fold in February, compared to the already large volume we saw in January 2024,” it stated.
Microsoft initially stated in January that it had actually discovered a cyberattack from Nobelium, which saw the Russian group hack e-mails from magnates.
— Sophie Kiderlin
