Cyril Ramaphosa

BRICS nations eye global geopolitical shift

Leaders of the BRICS emerging economies meet in Johannesburg this week looking to widen the bloc's influence and push for a shift in global geopolitics.

South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa is expected to host China's President Xi Jinping, India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva for the annual three-day summit starting tomorrow.

South Africa's Ramaphosa tells Putin Ukraine 'war must be settled'

South Africa's president, in Russia as part of a delegation pushing for peace between Kiev and Moscow, told his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Saturday that the fighting had to stop.

His delegation put forward a set of principles that the Kremlin deemed "very difficult to implement", a day after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky ruled out talks with Moscow.

Lavrov: Russia is ready

This was stated today by the Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergey Lavrov, at a press conference after a conversation with his Belarusian counterpart, Sergey Aleynik.
He stated that the Belarusian minister reminded that there were other initiatives, such as the initiatives of the Brazilian and South African presidents, Lavrov said, reports TASS.

They were destroyed; Ukrainians called to surrender

Kyiv claims to have won 20 square kilometers near Bahmut, but fierce fighting around the city continues.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian President Vladimir Putin have agreed to discuss the dormant plan with the leaders of African countries, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced.

Russian air defense destroyed five missiles

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