International news brief: Putin set for first overseas visit; Sri Lanka hikes fuel price
Moscow, Jun 27: Vladimir Putin will visit two small former Soviet states in central Asia this week, the first since the invasion of Ukraine, while crisis-hit Sri Lanka hiked fuel prices on Sunday.
Vladimir
Putin
to
make
first
overseas
visit
since
war
Vladimir
Putin
is
set
to
visit
two
small
former
Soviet
states
in
central
Asia
this
week,
in
what
would
be
the
Russian
leader's
first
known
trip
abroad
since
ordering
the
invasion
of
Ukraine.
Russia's Feb. 24 invasion has killed thousands of people, displaced millions more and led to severe financial sanctions from the West, which Putin says are a reason to build stronger trade ties with other powers such as China, India and Iran.
Zelenskyy urges Belarus not to get dragged into war
Ahead of addressing the G7 summit via video link, Zelenskyy has urged Belarus not to get dragged into the conflict.
In
his
nightly
video
address,
Ukrainian
President
Volodymyr
Zelenskyy
has
called
on
the
people
of
neighboring
Belarus
not
to
be
drawn
into
Russia's
war
of
aggression
in
Ukraine.
"The
Kremlin
has
already
decided
everything
for
you.
But
you
are
not
slaves
and
cannon
fodder.
You
don't
have
to
die," he
said.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced Saturday that Moscow intends to supply nuclear-capable Iskander-M missile systems to Belarus in the coming months.
4
killed
when
stands
collapse
during
Colombian
bullfight
Part
of
the
wooden
stands
collapsed
during
a
bullfight
in
central
Colombia
Sunday,
sending
spectators
plunging
to
the
ground
and
killing
at
least
four
people
and
seriously
injuring
about
30,
authorities
said.
The
disaster
took
place
in
a
stadium
in
the
city
of
El
Espinal
in
Tolima
state
during
a
traditional
event
called
"corraleja"
in
which
members
of
the
public
enter
the
ring
to
engage
the
bulls.
Sri
Lanka's
big
fuel
price
hike
Sri
Lanka
hiked
fuel
prices
on
Sunday,
creating
further
pain
for
ordinary
people
as
officials
from
the
United
States
arrived
for
talks
aimed
at
alleviating
the
island's
dire
economic
crisis.
Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) said it raised the price of diesel, used widely in public transport, by 15 percent to 460 rupees ($1.27) a litre while upping petrol 22 percent to 550 rupees ($1.52).