Ukraine: Zelensky ready to talk Donbass and Crimea with Putin against the end of hostilities
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has declared himself ready to discuss everything with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin if he agrees to negotiate directly with him, including Crimea and Donbass, but with "security guarantees" in advance, and warning that Ukraine would be "destroyed" before surrendering. Nearly a month after the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine by Russia and while the bombardments continue on the major cities of the country, the Ukrainian president for the first time said he was open to "trying to address everything that upsets and displeases Russia", in an interview with several media broadcast on the night of Monday to Tuesday.
"The issue of Crimea and Donbass is a very difficult story for everyone." We need "security guarantees" and an end to hostilities, and "once this blockage is lifted, let's talk", said Mr. Zelensky about the peninsula annexed by Russia in 2014 and the region of eastern Ukraine where pro-Russian separatists have proclaimed two "republics", only recognized by Moscow. On the ground, the bombardments continued at the beginning of the week on several cities such as kyiv, Kharkiv, Mariupol, Odessa or Mykolaiv.
Sweden: two dead in an attack in a high school, a student arrested
Two women died in a stabbing attack on Monday at a high school in Malmö, Sweden, for which an 18-year-old student was arrested, Swedish police said. The two women, aged around 50, "were employees of the school" Malmö Latin, a high school in the center of the country's third largest city, police said in a statement. According to local media, the alleged perpetrator of the murders himself called the emergency number to say where he was, that he had put down his weapon and that he admitted to having killed two people. According to several Swedish media, he was armed with a knife and an ax.
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