Guterres not welcome in Kyiv after he shook hands with the Russian president.
  • bananymousEnglish
    3·
    6 hours ago

    Let’s keep it simple. Don’t engage with fascists. Either fight them or ignore them, depending on the circumstances, but to shake their hands with and platform them is folly. Death to dictators.

    • The Snark Urge@lemmy.worldEnglish
      3·
      7 hours ago

      “He shook hands with him [Putin]. He smiled. He was asked to come to promote the BRICS summit even more. He was used by them, and he seemed happy to be used,” the official told POLITICO on condition of anonymity to be able to discuss the sensitive matter.

      It is

      • DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        OK, I think I get it now. I think maybe it just needed some commas or other punctuation or something. So Zelensky rejected a visit from the UN person, because that UN person met with Putin?

      • TomAwsm@lemmy.worldEnglish
        3·
        8 hours ago

        I misunderstood it too; thought it meant that Zelensky chose to meet with Putin rather than the UN chief.