Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed concerns that Kyiv was being pressured to make concessions in potential US-brokered peace talks with Russia, while also calling for clear security guarantees from allies, according to Al Jazeera. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Saturday, Zelenskyy's remarks came as US President Donald Trump sought to mediate an end to Europe's largest conflict since 1945.
Meanwhile, the UK and its allies revealed that Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny was killed using a poison derived from a dart frog toxin, as reported by Sky News. The announcement, made at the Munich Security Conference, accused the Kremlin of carrying out the assassination. The poison, a neurotoxin, is found in the skin of Ecuadorian dart frogs and is classified as a chemical weapon. According to Sky News, the timing of the announcement was deliberate, aiming to grab global headlines.
On the ground in Ukraine, fighting continued. Russian forces launched a drone attack on Odesa overnight on Saturday, resulting in the death of an elderly woman and damage to residential buildings, as reported by Al Jazeera, citing Ukraine's State Emergency Service.
Zelenskyy, who was presented with the Ewald von Kleist Award during the conference, expressed hope for US-brokered peace talks next week, according to Al Jazeera. He also awarded US Senators Lindsey Graham and Richard Blumenthal with the Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise during their meeting on the sidelines of the conference.
In Venezuela, relatives of political prisoners began a hunger strike to demand the release of the remaining 33 detainees, according to Euronews. The hunger strike, which started on Saturday, is the latest effort by relatives to pressure for the freedom of their loved ones. Politicians in Venezuela are still debating an amnesty law for dissidents imprisoned under President Nicolas Maduro's rule.
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