内容摘要：Ms Alvis said: "He really was a local treasure that should never be forgotten."

Ms Alvis said: "He really was a local treasure that should never be forgotten."

"Because we have dealt a significant blow to Russia's image and the capabilities of the Russian Federation."A little over three months after Donald Trump berated Volodymyr Zelensky, telling him he had "no cards," Ukraine has offered an emphatic riposte.

"Ukraine has shown the whole world that Russia is actually weak and cannot defend itself internally," Khrapchynskyi said.But that doesn't mean that Russia is about to change course.After his latest conversation with Vladimir Putin,

"It was a good conversation," President Trump posted on Truth Social, "but not a conversation that will lead to immediate Peace.""President Putin did say, and very strongly, that he will have to respond to the recent attack on the airfields."

Voters in Burundi are heading to the polls amid a backdrop of surging inflation, fuel shortages and complaints of political repression.

Seats in the National Assembly and local councils are up for grabs but Évariste Ndayishimiye is safe in his role as president as he is serving a seven-year term that ends in 2027.Trump made no mention of a deadline or his previous remarks in Wednesday's post on his Truth Social platform.

In a post on X, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky talked about the scale Russian attacks on his country since Moscow's full-scale invasion in 2022."Many have spoken with Russia at various levels. But none of these talks have brought a reliable peace, or even stopped the war," Zelensky wrote.

"If the world reacts weakly to Putin's threats, he interprets it as a readiness to turn a blind eye to his actions," he added.On Wednesday, a delegation of Ukrainian officials including Deputy Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko and Presidential Office head Andriy Yermak were set to meet with US senators in Washington to discuss arms purchases and efforts to stop the fighting.