‘Impossible to Occupy Our People’: Zelensky During a Visit to Liberated Territory

Russia and Ukraine war is still going on where Russian President Vladimir Putin said China had “questions and concerns” over the Ukraine invasion in what appeared to be a camouflaged admission of their dividing views on the war.

Furthermore, it continued with a meeting with China’s Xi Jinping in Uzbekistan.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said a mass burial site was found in Izium, the city in the Kharkiv region that was recaptured by Ukrainian forces. Furthermore, the US is uncertain whether to consider changing its approach to helping Ukraine fight Russia. On Thursday, Pope Francis also said, it could be morally reasonable to sell weapons to Ukraine if they were used in self-defence.

Francis in a news conference said, “To defend oneself is not only legitimate, but it’s also an expression of love for one’s country.” A journalist also asked him if it was right to sell weapons to Ukraine. To which Pope said, “It’s a political decision. It could be morally acceptable if done morally.”

“It is immoral if it’s done to provoke more war, or to sell weapons, or to get rid of weapons that are no longer needed,” Francis said.

Talking about the Mass burial site, it is being discovered in Izium after Russian forces fled the city. A Ukrainian serviceman uses a metal detector to inspect a mass grave on September 15.

“In Izium, Kharkiv region, a mass burial of people was found. The necessary procedural actions have already started there, more information — clear and verified — should be available tomorrow,” Zelensky said in his nightly address.

He also said that Ukrainian and international journalists will visit Izium Friday to see what they have uncovered.

On Thursday, again a senior office administrator said, there has been “movement but not a breakthrough” in the efforts to free detained Americans Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan.

“We’ve gotten back a repeated demand for something that we are not capable as a government of delivering on. I don’t mean inclined to; I mean not capable of delivering. It’s not something within our power to deliver. And I think anyone would see that as a non-serious counteroffer,” the official said without going into specifics.

Again, Ukraine’s military said on Thursday that Russian efforts to advance in the Donetsk region continue. However, they have been impeded.