It is highly unlikely that NATO will heed Ukraine's call for an invitation to join at Tuesday's meeting, diplomatic sources told Reuters. “It will take weeks or months to reach an agreement,” a senior NATO diplomat said on Monday, according to Reuters. “I don't think that's going to happen tomorrow, I'd be very surprised,” said US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, perhaps the last high-level NATO foreign minister before Donald Trump took over as president from Joe Biden. He will visit Brussels on Tuesday and Wednesday for a conference.
In a letter to NATO countries ahead of the meeting, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sibikha said the invitation would remove one of Russia's main arguments in the war effort: preventing Ukraine from joining the alliance. In recent days, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has begun calling for free areas of Ukraine to be brought under the “NATO umbrella” to end the fighting, and has said he would then seek the return of Russian-occupied territory through diplomatic means. Ta.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer He said on Monday that increasing support for Ukraine is essential to putting it in the strongest position in peace negotiations. It acknowledged in the clearest terms the possibility of a negotiated end to the war. “We must continue to support Ukraine and do what is necessary to help them defend themselves for as long as necessary… ukraine By taking the strongest possible negotiating position, they can secure a just and lasting peace on their own terms that guarantees their security, independence, and right to choose their future. . ” Russian Senate President Valentina Matviyenko told a pro-Kremlin newspaper on Monday that she hopes peace talks between Russia and Ukraine will be held next year.
Defense of the United States and Ukraine chief The two sides said Monday they discussed Russia's use of new ballistic missiles, preparations for the next arms donor conference and U.S. military aid plans for next year. The talks came as the United States announced it would send an additional $725 million in missiles, ammunition, antipersonnel mines and other weapons to Kiev. Ukraine's Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said the call also focused on “strategic plans for 2025, especially regarding the supply of weapons, equipment and equipping of troops.” Umerov said he had discussed preparations for an upcoming meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), the European Union and the Ramstein Group, an alliance of countries supporting Kiev, with U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
Ukrainian military spokesperson Speaking to Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty Russia launched at least 60 ballistic missiles supplied by North Korea during the war. “In principle, their accuracy is not very high.” Answering a question about the possibility of Russia using KN-23 ballistic missiles, Andriy Cherniak said that he understood that the technology in which they were produced was outdated. are.
German Foreign Minister Annalena Verbock warned that Beijing's support for Moscow would affect bilateral relations and instead called on China to help end the war in Ukraine. “The Russian president is not only destroying the peaceful order in Europe through the war against Ukraine, but also dragging Asia into the peaceful order through North Korea,” she said at a press conference. “Therefore, my Chinese counterpart and I have thoroughly discussed that this is not in China's interest either.”
At least four people were killed in Russia's latest attack on Ukraine, officials said Monday. Approximately 24 people were also injured in different areas.
Swiss parliamentarians on Monday voted to sharply restrict access to the special temporary protection status granted to Ukrainians since Russia's full-scale invasion. After a similar vote in the Senate earlier this year, the Chamber of Deputies accepted by 96 votes to 87 against a motion by the far-right Swiss People's Party (SVP) to tighten requirements for Ukrainians seeking special protection in Switzerland. Ta. The second motion, which passed 120-60, will make it easier to crack down on fraud in the system. The Swiss government opposed both motions and said the status would not be lifted until there was sustained stability in Ukraine, which is expected to remain in place until at least March 2026.
