Media: Argentina's president plans visit to Kyiv in June
Argentina's President Javier Milei may visit Kyiv this June as part of a broader European tour in a sign of his support for Ukraine, the infobae.com news portal reported on March 5.
Argentina's President Javier Milei may visit Kyiv this June as part of a broader European tour in a sign of his support for Ukraine, the infobae.com news portal reported on March 5.
Russian businessman Igor Churkin, who was detained in Argentina at the request of Ukraine, has applied for political asylum in the South American country, the Russian state-owned news agency TASS reported, citing Natalia Pustovalova, an official of the Russian Embassy in Buenos Aires.
The Ecuadorian government announced in January that it would send what it called "Ukrainian and Russian scrap metal" to the U.S. in exchange for modern equipment worth $200 million.
Ukraine's Foreign Ministry sent a note of protest to Nicaragua in response to a visit by a Russian delegation from occupied Crimea, the ministry's spokesperson, Oleh Nikolenko, said on Feb. 2.
Russia's foreign ministry condemned the decision of Ecuador to hand over old Russian-made military hardware from its stocks to the U.S. for use in Ukraine, Russian state-controlled news agency RIA Novosti reported on Feb. 2.
President Volodymyr Zelensky arrived in Argentina on Dec. 10 to attend the inauguration of the country's president-elect, Javier Milei. The trip was Zelensky's first official visit to Latin America during his presidency, including the time before Russia's full-scale invasion. In a video posted by the president's Telegram channel, Zelensky is
Russia is infamous for its malign influence in Latin America – from pouring billions of dollars to help local dictators stay in power and spreading its propaganda to committing crimes against civilians through the hands of private military companies. It is also widely assumed that Russian propaganda efforts have been successful,