Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday in televised remarks that Moscow shared the main approaches of an African peace plan, but Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov was quoted by Russian news agencies as saying it was difficult to realise.
African states plan to continue their efforts to seek a resolution to the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, and a ceasefire would pave the way for "serious negotiations", Egyptian Prime Minister Moustafa Madbouly was quoted as saying on Saturday. , the publication said President Cyril Ramaphosa was one of the many to acknowledge reports of a missile strike.
The article stated that because of the frequency of the sirens and attacks, people sometimes go about their day as usual, but this did not mean the attack did not happen.Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday interrupted opening remarks by African leaders seeking to mediate in the Ukraine conflict, to deliver a list of reasons why he believed many of their proposals were misguided.
Putin reiterated his position that Ukraine and the West had started the conflict long before Russia sent its armed forces over the border in February last year.He said the West, not Russia, was responsible for a sharp rise in global food prices early last year.