måndag 17 mars 2025

Russian invasion

Negotiations
Kremlin confirms: Trump and Putin to speak tomorrow

Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin will have a telephone conversation on Tuesday. The information is now also confirmed by the Kremlin, reports Reuters.

– That's how it is. Such a conversation is planned for Tuesday, says Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov.

Trump has previously announced that he and Putin have agreed to talk on Tuesday.

– A lot of work has been done over the weekend. We want to see if we can bring this war to an end. I think we have a good chance, he said then..

According to Trump, they will talk about territory and power plants, which he calls a "big issue".

US envoy Steve Witkoff met with Putin in Moscow on Thursday. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj agreed last week to a 30-day ceasefire. Putin opposed it, but Donald Trump hopes to convince him to make an agreement.
 
The fighting
South Korea: Ready to receive North Korean prisoners of war

South Korea is ready to receive North Korean soldiers captured by Ukraine in the war against Russia, Reuters reports.

Thousands of soldiers have been sent from North Korea to Russia to fight. It is the country's largest military involvement since the 1950s. South Korean Foreign Minister Cho Tae-yul has now been in contact with Kyiv to cooperate on how to handle the North Korean prisoners of war.

South Korea now says it is ready to receive all prisoners if they want to come to South Korea. At the same time, the South Korean military council, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, estimates that North Korea is preparing to send more soldiers to the war front.

Zelensky fires army chief – after just seven months

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has fired his army chief, Anatoly Bargylevych, Sky News reports. Bargylevych took office just seven months ago. He is now being replaced by Andrii Hnatov.

Zelensky has repeatedly moved around high-ranking army commanders. According to a statement, Bargylevych will be given other tasks within the military.

“We are systematically changing our armed forces to strengthen their combat effectiveness,” Defense Minister Rustem Umerov said in a statement.

Since 2020, the Ukrainian military has separated the Supreme Commander and the Army Chief. The latter is subordinate.

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