The Biden administration has acknowledged that: US continues surge in aid to Ukraine until Donald Trump takes office in January. “That doesn't change. We're going to get it to Ukraine in a hurry. We understand how important it is to make sure they get what they need,” White House reports. said Karine Jean-Pierre, a public official. a guardian editorial Regarding US aid to Ukraine, he says: “The Biden administration is reportedly seeking to expedite $9 billion worth of military aid that has been agreed to but not yet remitted. Weapons and ammunition, in particular, are still being produced and the next president This is far from easy, as it may halt shipments. But it is essential.
NATO chief Mark Rutte said on Thursday. North Korea's involvement in Russia's war against Ukraine posed a direct threat to the United Statesas a first attempt to convince Donald Trump to continue supporting Kiev. “What we are increasingly seeing is that North Korea, Iran, China and, of course, Russia are working together and working together against Ukraine,” Rutte said. “At the same time, Russia has to pay for that, and one of the things that Russia is doing is providing technology to North Korea, which threatens the continental United States and continental Europe in the future. Donald Trump is calling for a conversation about how we can collectively confront these threats. ”
At the same European summit in Budapest where Mr Rutte spoke – here covered by the Guardian's John Henry – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said it was “unacceptable” for Europe to offer concessions to the Kremlin to stop the invasion of Ukraine.after Moscow demanded that the Western powers enter direct negotiations on ending the war. Russian President Vladimir Putin has demanded that Ukraine cede more territory in the east and south as a precondition for peace talks, but Kiev has repeatedly denied giving up any land in exchange for peace. I am doing it. Sean Walker writes: President Putin also called for Ukraine's neutrality on Thursday. President Zelenskiy has rejected this.
Zelensky too Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's call for a ceasefire on battlefields dismissed as 'dangerous' and 'irresponsible'. Zelenskyy accused some European leaders of “strongly” urging Ukraine to compromise, but did not specify which ones. “What we need is sufficient arms, not assistance in negotiations. Hugs with Putin are useless. Some of you have been holding him for 20 years, but things are only getting worse. ”
of War Research Institute “Freeze Russia's war in Ukraine on something like its current course,” the think tank said Thursday. Bringing significant benefits to Russia and increasing risks and costs to Ukraine and the West It cannot deter, let alone deter, future Russian attempts to achieve President Putin's objectives by force. ”
Leaders at the Budapest conference said that now that Trump has become U.S. president, Europe must take charge of its own security. Europe was spent together $125 billion to support UkraineMeanwhile, the United States alone has coughed up more than $90 billion, according to trackers at the Kiel Institute.
Russia is Massive drone attack on Kyivand Four killed in Zaporizhzhia hospital attackDan Sabbagh and Luke Harding write hours after Donald Trump won the US presidential election. President Zelensky called on allies to provide Ukraine with more air defense systems and lift restrictions on the use of Western long-range weapons to attack targets inside Russia.
Russia said Thursday that its military It seized control of Kreminna Barka, a village in the Donetsk industrial region that had a pre-war population of less than 50 people. There, the Ukrainian defense was repeatedly pushed back. Although this increase in profits could not be independently confirmed, Ukrainian media reported that Donetsk regional authorities were preparing to announce the forced evacuation of seven more villages in the region. The Donetsk region has been claimed by the Kremlin to be part of Russia since 2022. Two people were killed in shelling there on Thursday, according to a report from the local governor.
