Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged a group of African leaders to ask Vladimir Putin to free political prisoners.
said the leaders were"here to share the African perspective" as he urged a de-escalation on both sides and said the sovereignty of countries should be respected.
He also called for more prisoner swaps and said displaced children should be returned to their homes. Mr Zelenskyy then urged them to help free political prisoners from Crimea, which Russia illegally annexed in 2014. However, he added that he wanted to hold a Ukraine-Africa summit and hoped to have closer relations with the continent.
"Russian missiles are a message to Africa: Russia wants more war, not peace," tweeted Ukrainian foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba.
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