Ukraine in pictures: An African peace plan, protests in Europe and Putin in public

A woman waves a Ukrainian flag as she attends a protest against the war in Ukraine held in Berlin. - Copyright AP Photo

By Euronews

Published on 17/06/2023 - 09:00•Updated 12:11

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The best of the week's pictures from the war in Ukraine

As Ukraine's counteroffensive against Russian positions in Ukraine continues to ramp up – albeit with a tough information blackout imposed by the Ukrainian military to avoid compromising plans – a delegation of African leaders arrived in Kyiv to offer up a peace proposal of sorts.

Led by South Africa's Cyril Ramaphosa, the delegation were shown a mass grave site in the town of Bucha, and met with a barrage of Russian missiles intercepted near the capital. Meanwhile, in St Petersburg, Vladimir Putin appeared in public, explaining on stage why he considers Volodymyr Zelensky a "Nazi" and not a "real Jew".