The Russian invasion.

The Russian invasion. The outside world's response
Putin: Takes Trump's statement on peace in Ukraine seriously

Russian President Vladimir Putin says he takes Donald Trump's repeated statements about ending the war in Ukraine seriously, reports AFP.

Putin's statement came on Thursday in connection with the security meeting in Kazakhstan, when the president was asked questions about the American election campaign.

- I am of course not familiar with any suggestions on how he plans to do it. That is the key question. But I have no doubt that he really means it, he says.

Earlier this year, the Washington Post reported, citing sources, that Donald Trump is open to letting Russia keep annexed Crimea and Donbass in exchange for peace. Trump has not commented on the data.

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The Russian invasion. The outside world's response
Orbán travels to Moscow for talks with Putin

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is traveling to Russia on Friday for talks with Vladimir Putin, a Hungarian government source told Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty.

Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó is also accompanying. It comes just days after Orbán visited Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv. Then he asked Zelenskyj to consider a quick ceasefire to facilitate peace talks, writes TT.

Hungary has held the EU presidency since the beginning of the month, and Orbán is the EU leader with the strongest ties to Putin. He has consistently opposed military aid to Ukraine, and was the only EU leader to congratulate Putin on his re-election.

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The Russian InvasionThe Battles
Ukraine retreats after Russian attacks in Tjasiv Yar

Ukrainian forces have withdrawn from a district in strategically important Tjasiv Yar outside Bakhmut, AP writes and refers to a statement from one of the army's spokespersons.

Russia has been targeting Tjasiv Yar for several months, and Thursday's decision was made after several Ukrainian defense positions were destroyed in Russian attacks. The Russian army has not left "a single building intact," the spokesman said.

Large parts of Tjasiv Jar have been completely destroyed after Russian attacks. The city is strategically important as it is close to the cities of Kramatorsk and Slovyansk and serves as an important transport route for the Ukrainian army.

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The Russian invasion|The response of the outside world
Poland enlists the help of Finland to guard the border

Poland wants to enlist the help of border guards and police officers from Finland, Germany and Greece in order to better guard the border with Belarus, reports Reuters.

Authorities in Poland and Finland have warned in recent months that the number of people trying to get west from Belarus or Russia could increase drastically in the coming time. Countries in the West have warned that the countries are using migrants as "hybrid warfare"

According to the EU's border and coast guard agency Frontex, the number of people trying to enter the EU along the Union's eastern border has doubled in the first five months of 2024.