Ukraine is facing increasing difficulties in the fight against Moscow's aggression, the country's top military commander, Colonel Oleksandr Shirushkyi, said on Saturday., As Russian troops advance and North Korean troops prepare to participate in Operation Kremlin. Silsicki said on Facebook that he told Gen. Christopher Cavoli, commander of U.S. European Command: The enemy continues its offensive actions, taking advantage of its numerical superiority, concentrating its main efforts in the direction of Pokrovsk and Krahov. ”
Ukraine's General Staff said in a report late Saturday night that 40 armed clashes had occurred around villages near Krahov.. Ukrainian and Russian military bloggers said Friday that Russian forces were trying to surround the city. “There are numerous reports that North Korean soldiers are preparing to participate in combat operations alongside the Russian military,” Schilsky said.
EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell pledged “unwavering” support to Ukraine in Kiev on Saturday. He said the “clear purpose” of his visit to Ukraine was “to demonstrate the European Union's support for Ukraine. This support is unwavering.” “This support is absolutely necessary if we are to continue to protect ourselves from Russian aggression.”
The Trump administration's priority in Ukraine is establishing peace, not recovering lost territory including Crimea, a senior aide to the US president-elect has said. Brian Lanza, a longtime Republican strategist, told the BBC that Donald Trump's administration would seek a “realistic vision for peace” from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. “If President Zelenskiy comes to the table and says, 'Only with Crimea can we have peace,' he will show us that he is not serious. Crimea is gone,” Lanza said. Ta.
Trump's transition team is distancing the president-elect from Lanza.. “Brian Lanza was a contractor on this campaign,” the spokesperson said. “He does not work for President Trump or speak on behalf of President Trump.”
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Andriy Sibikha said Kiev was ready to cooperate with the Trump administration. “I would like to remind you that President Zelenskiy was one of the first world leaders to greet President Trump,” Sibiha told reporters. “It was a sincere conversation. [and] Opinions were exchanged regarding further cooperation. Also, during the phone conversation, further steps to establish communication between the teams were discussed and this work was also initiated. We are therefore open to further cooperation and are confident that the unified goal of achieving a just peace will unite us all. ”
Russia's Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said Russia and the United States were “exchanging signals” through “closed channels” regarding Ukraine., He did not specify whether the communication was with the current administration or the incoming administration of President Donald Trump.. Ryabkov said Russia would listen to President Trump's proposals regarding Ukraine if these were “ideas on how to move forward in the field of reconciliation, and not in the field of further provoking the Kiev regime with all kinds of aid.” He said he was prepared to tilt the scale. He said this in an interview with Russian state news agency Interfax on Saturday.
Sergei Ryabkov said Russia's updated nuclear doctrine would allow it to “turn to the nuclear option” in the event of a serious crisis in relations with the West or in the situation in Ukraine, Interfax news agency reported.. “This process will eventually be completed,” Russia's deputy foreign minister said. “The President of the Russian Federation, as Commander-in-Chief, will definitely take decisions that will mean an improvement in the conceptual basis of our activities in this field.”
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has warned that a potential deal between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine poses “serious challenges for everyone.” “There is no doubt that this new political situation poses serious challenges for everyone, especially given the possibility of an end to the Russia-Ukraine war as a result of an agreement between, for example, the Russian president and the new president. ,'' Tusk said as he prepared for talks with NATO chief Mark Rutte, French President Emmanuel Macron and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer.
Ukrainian drones attacked a military factory in central Russia during the night, a Ukrainian SBU security official told Reuters on Saturday. The attack on the Aleksinsky chemical plant, which produces gunpowder, ammunition and weapons in the Tula region, about 200 kilometers (120 miles) south of Moscow, was part of a strategy to target factories supporting Russia's war against Ukraine. said the official. “Attacks on weapons warehouses, military airfields and companies that are part of the Russian military-industrial complex reduce Russia's terrorist capabilities against our country,” the SBU official said.
