Cardinal-designate,Melbourne-based Mykola Bychok,says he was so surprised at news of his appointment that he initially thought it was a joke.
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The war with Russia is at a critical point and the Ukrainian leader is keen to change the balance on the battlefield.
The Russian president didn’t comment on the gifts,but was hailed by some as a “supreme leader” and “tsar”.
The nomination of 44-year-old Bishop Mykola Bychok of Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church is also seen as sending a subtle political message as Russia’s war grinds on.
Vuhledar,a town Ukrainian forces fought tooth and nail to keep,is the latest urban settlement to fall to the Russians as the war stretches deep into its third year.
The Freedom Party was founded in the 1950s by Nazi veterans and is one of Europe’s longest-standing parties of the populist right.
It was an awkward moment in Trump Tower,the two side by side,Zelensky in a difficult position.
The ABC’s Europe correspondent and a camera operator are the subject of a criminal investigation by Russia’s Federal Security Service.
Beijing has repeatedly denied that China or Chinese companies have supplied Russia with weapons for use in Ukraine.
The former US president says Ukraine should have made concessions to Vladimir Putin in the months before Russia’s 2022 attack.