China, India and Brazil could mediate Russia-Ukraine talks, Russia’s Putin says
Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a plenary session of the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia September 5, 2024. Vyacheslav Viktorov/Roscongress Foundation via REUTERSRussian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that China, India and Brazil could act as mediators in potential peace talks over Ukraine.
Putin said a preliminary agreement reached between Russian and Ukrainian negotiators in the first weeks of the war at talks in Istanbul, which was never implemented, could serve as the basis for talks.
Zelenskiy orders war’s biggest reshuffle to give Ukraine ‘new energy’
President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Ukraine needed “new energy”, as he ordered a major government reshuffle at a crucial juncture in the war against Russia.
A total of six ministers, including Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, submitted their resignation and parliament accepted the resignations of four.
They included the resignations of a deputy prime minister in charge of European integration, the strategic industries minister overseeing Ukraine’s arms production and two other ministers, the lawmakers said.
“We need new energy today, and these steps are related only to the strengthening of our state in different directions,” Zelenskiy told media during a joint news conference with a visiting Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris.
Lawmakers said that parliament was expected to consider Kuleba’s resignation on Thursday.
After Zelenskiy, 43-year-old Kuleba was the best-known face of Ukraine overseas, meeting leaders around the world and lobbying for military and political support in fluent English.
Later on Wednesday, Zelenskiy met lawmakers from his “Servant of the People” party, and the leader of the parliamentary group said those attending backed the president’s calls for changes in the government line-up.
“Based on the results of the meeting of the faction, a general picture of personnel rotations was worked out to strengthen the state,” faction leader David Arakhamia wrote on the Telegram messaging app.
On the list of candidates being considered by deputies to replace ministers who resigned was First Deputy Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha as a potential successor to Kuleba.
SOURCE: REUTERS AND AGENCIES
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