Russia’s foreign ministry accused Israel on Tuesday of supporting neo-Nazis in Ukraine, further escalating a row which began when Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov claimed Adolf Hitler had Jewish origins.
Israel lambasted Lavrov on Monday, saying his claim – made when talking about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy who is Jewish – was an “unforgivable” falsehood that debased the horrors of the Nazi Holocaust.
Pope says he wants to go to Moscow to meet Putin over Ukraine – paper
VATICAN CITY, May 3 (Reuters) – Pope Francis said in an interview published on Tuesday that he asked for a meeting in Moscow with Russian President Vladimir Putin to try to stop the war in Ukraine but had not received a reply.
The pope also told Italy’s Corriere Della Sera newspaper that Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church, who has given the war his full-throated backing, “cannot become Putin’s altar boy”.
#Ukraine: Reconnaissance drone footage of a Ukrainian T-64BV reportedly being hit by a Russian tank near Izium, #Kharkiv Oblast. Only two crew members managed to leave the vehicle. pic.twitter.com/HUtxbJ7Hd9
— 🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker (@UAWeapons) May 2, 2022
