Ukrainian and Russian Officials Clash at Turkish Summit

A Ukrainian official, Oleksandr Marikovskyi, punched a Russian representative after the unidentified man ripped a Ukrainian flag from Marikovskyi’s hands during the Summit of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation (PABSEC) in Ankara, Turkey. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine reached new extremes this week when Moscow accused its enemy of trying to assassinate President Vladimir Putin with two drones aimed at the Kremlin. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy denied his military was responsible for the strikes during an appearance at the International Criminal Court at The Hague in the Netherlands on Thursday.