Last week, Nehammer traveled to Moscow to meet with Putin after meeting with Ukrainian government officials, including President Volodymyr Zelensky and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal. “He told me he would work with some international investigators on the one hand, and on the other he told me he did not trust the Western world,” Nehammer told NBC presenter Meet the Press Chuck Todd on Sunday. adding that “it was not a friendly discussion”. Following the release of images of dead civilians on the streets of the Ukrainian city of Bucha, several governments have called for an investigation into alleged war crimes by the Russian military. Russia has denied that it committed war crimes and has even accused the Ukrainian government of directing the images. “I think international justice, the United Nations, an international inquiry is necessary. “It was a tough discussion between them, but I tried to convince him that, for example, the wars in the former Yugoslavia showed us that international research is useful in prosecuting war criminals.” The death toll from floods and mud landslides in South Africa rises to 443 Zelensky’s IMF chief discusses post-war plans to rebuild Ukraine Todd noted that Nehamer apparently left his meeting with Putin somewhat pessimistic and asked him what led to it. “We can all see that there is a preparation for a huge battle in the Donbas area. The Ukrainian side is prepared for this, the Russians are preparing for this and we will see a lot of loss of human life there. “And that’s why I’m pessimistic,” said Nehammer. However, Nehamer noted that both Zelensky and Putin referred to the ongoing peace talks in Istanbul and said that there was still “little chance for peace”.
