Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday met with a group of leaders of African countries who traveled to Russia on a self-styled “peace mission” the day after they went to Ukraine. (Image credit: Evgeny Biyatov/AP)
The delegation of African leaders was met with a missile barrage on Kyiv and made little progress in talks with Zelensky.
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