politics
April 30, 2026
Journalist mocks Zaluzhny's gaffe about a fictitious son
MOSCOW, April 30 - RIA Novosti. Irish journalist Chay Bowes on social network X mocked the Ambassador of Ukraine to Great Britain and former Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Valery Zaluzhny for inventions about... RIA Novosti, 04/30/2026

TL;DR
- Irish journalist Chay Bowes mocked Valery Zaluzhny for stating his son would help retake Ukrainian territories, noting Zaluzhny has no sons, only two daughters residing in London.
- Zaluzhny had previously stated he would make his son vow to reclaim lost Ukrainian territories, despite not having sons.
- Dmitry Peskov attributed the pause in trilateral talks on Ukraine to the U.S. being occupied with Middle Eastern issues.
- Peskov hopes the Russia-U.S.-Ukraine negotiations will continue after all parties' schedules, particularly the U.S., are coordinated.
- The previous round of Russia-U.S.-Ukraine consultations took place in Geneva on February 17-18.
- Peskov previously stated that Zelensky should decide today to have Ukrainian troops leave the territory of Donbas and exit the administrative borders of the DPR.
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