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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he doesn't believe in his neighbours after Russia escalated its assault on his country. "I don't believe the world...We don't believe the words. After the escalation of Russia, we don't believe our neighbours....," Zelenskyy said on Friday.

"The only belief there is belief in ourselves, in our people, belief in our Armed forces, and the belief that countries are going to support us not just with their words but with their actions," Zelenskyy was quoted as saying in an interview with an international news agency.

Zelensky was asked what he thought about world leaders saying "never again" on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.

Ex-Army chief Gen J J Singh on Sunday raised concerns about the meeting of British MP from Slough, Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi, with Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann saying the MP is known for his anti-India stand, especially on Kashmir.

“It is known that Tanmanjeet Singh ‘Tan’ Dhesi, a British Labour Party politician (member of Parliament for Slough) has taken open anti-India stands, especially on Kashmir. Such a controversial MP was warmly received by Bhagwant Maan and MP Raghav Chadha,” JJ Singh said in a statement.

“Was it about the welfare of NRIs, unblacklisting some dubious individuals or was it about Kashmir?” he asked.

Kerala state president of BJP K Surendran on Sunday said that the situation in the state is a threat to the nation and that the party would approach the Union Home Minister regarding the same.

He was speaking to reporters after attending the funeral of the slain RSS leader Sreenivasan at Palakkad.

It may be noted that the RSS leader was killed by the workers of Islamist organisation, SDPI after barging into his office at Melamuri in Palakkad.

Surendran said that the state BJP would apprise Union Home Minister Amit Shah on the situation in Kerala who will be visiting the state on April 29.

Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has sought “meaningful engagement” and the peaceful resolution of outstanding disputes, including the “core issue of Jammu & Kashmir”, in a letter sent to his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi.

Sharif’s letter, written in response to a missive from Modi congratulating him on his election as the Pakistani prime minister, was received by the Indian side through diplomatic channels on Saturday. The letters by both premiers were largely on the lines of Twitter posts by them following Sharif’s election last week, people familiar with the matter said on Sunday.

“We believe that peaceful and cooperative ties between Pakistan and India are imperative for the progress and socio-economic uplift of our people and for the region,” the head of the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N), who became premier after Imran Khan was ousted in a vote of no confidence, said in his letter.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday warned that “all of the countries of the world” should be prepared for the possibility that Russian President Vladimir Putin could use tactical nuclear weapons in his war on Ukraine.

Zelensky told media in an exclusive interview that Putin could turn to either nuclear or chemical weapons because he does not value the lives of the people of Ukraine. “Not only me — all of the world, all of the countries have to be worried because it can be not real information, but it can be truth,” Zelensky said, speaking in English.

“Chemical weapons, they should do it, they could do it, for them the life of the people, nothing. That’s why,” Zelensky said. “We should think not to be afraid, not be afraid but be ready. But that is not a question for Ukraine, not only for Ukraine but for all the world, I think.”