Serious threat

The dangerous situation between Russia and Ukraine remains unsolved after the start of more than eight months of a deadly war. If the war between Russia and Ukraine continues it will have serious consequences not only for the innocent people of Russia and Ukraine but also for the whole world (“Putin endorses evacuation of parts of Ukraine’s Kherson region,” Nov.5, Gulf Today website).

According to the report, Russian President Vladimir Putin publicly endorsed the evacuation of civilians from parts of Ukraine’s southern Kherson region on Friday, the latest sign of Russia’s retreat in one of the most bitterly contested areas in Ukraine. “Now, of course, those who live in Kherson should be removed from the zone of the most dangerous actions, because the civilian population should not suffer,” Putin told pro-Kremlin activists as he marked Russia’s Day of National Unity.

Moscow has already been ferrying people out of an area it controls in Kherson on the west bank of the Dnipro River, and this week announced that the evacuation zone would also include a 15 km buffer area on the east bank.

The world needs peace. The war is not a solution to any dispute. War only produces financial losses, destruction and misery. Any deadly dispute can be solved through honest and meaningful dialogue. In the present world no matter how mighty power a country has, the solution comes after warring parties sit on the negotiation table and resolve the deadly conflict together for the betterment of their people.

I hope the sense of peace will prevail. The world’s powerful countries should play their honest and vital role and pressurise both Russia and Ukraine to start the negotiations for peaceful resolution of the conflict and bring about peace not only in Russia and Ukraine but also in the world.

Khalid Khan, By email