Negotiations
Putin and US discuss direct talks with Ukraine
White House special envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on Friday, the Kremlin said, according to Reuters. The three-hour meeting was described as constructive.
The Kremlin said that, among other things, they discussed resuming direct talks between Russia and Ukraine.
Ukraine and Russia have not had direct talks since 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said several times that he does not want to negotiate with Russia until Moscow agrees to a ceasefire and that Ukrainian territorial concessions are excluded.
Trump's message: "Crimea will remain Russian"
Ukraine will not regain its Crimean peninsula, US President Donald Trump said in an interview with Time Magazine.
- Crimea will remain Russian, he said.
During the day, the US's sharp proposal during the peace talks in London was leaked to the news agency Reuters. That draft also states that the US should formally recognize Crimea as Russian, a controversial position that Ukraine opposes.
In the Time interview, Trump once again blames Ukraine for starting the war. "What caused the war," the president claims, is that Ukraine started talking about joining NATO.
Putin and US discuss direct talks with Ukraine
White House special envoy Steve Witkoff and Russian President Vladimir Putin met on Friday, the Kremlin said, according to Reuters. The three-hour meeting was described as constructive.
The Kremlin said that, among other things, they discussed resuming direct talks between Russia and Ukraine.
Ukraine and Russia have not had direct talks since 2022. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said several times that he does not want to negotiate with Russia until Moscow agrees to a ceasefire and that Ukrainian territorial concessions are excluded.
Trump's message: "Crimea will remain Russian"
Ukraine will not regain its Crimean peninsula, US President Donald Trump said in an interview with Time Magazine.
- Crimea will remain Russian, he said.
During the day, the US's sharp proposal during the peace talks in London was leaked to the news agency Reuters. That draft also states that the US should formally recognize Crimea as Russian, a controversial position that Ukraine opposes.
In the Time interview, Trump once again blames Ukraine for starting the war. "What caused the war," the president claims, is that Ukraine started talking about joining NATO.
Zelenskyj: Crimea belongs to Ukraine - but we don't have enough weapons to take it back
Volodymyr Zelenskyj responds to Donald Trump's statement that the occupied Crimean peninsula will remain Russian.
- Our position is unchanged. Only the Ukrainian people have the right to decide which territories belong to Ukraine. The Ukrainian constitution states that all temporarily occupied territories belong to Ukraine, the Ukrainian people, he says at a press conference.
However, he agrees with Trump on one point.
– What President Trump says is true, and I agree with him that today we do not have enough weapons to regain control of the Crimean Peninsula.
He reiterates his message that he is willing to discuss what will happen to the occupied territories after a complete ceasefire is achieved.
The fighting
Zelenskyj: American parts in North Korean missile
After yesterday's Russian missile attack on Kyiv, where a ballistic missile from North Korea was used, Ukraine has found 116 parts manufactured in other countries. This is what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj writes on X.
"And unfortunately, most of them were manufactured by American companies," he writes.
He writes that the outside world is putting too little pressure on Russia, which allows it to import weapons. He also thinks that too little pressure is being put on North Korea, which allows it to produce weapons that are then exported to Russia.
12 people died in Thursday's attack. 90 were injured and of these, 30 are still being treated in hospital, writes Zelenskyj.
Zelenskyj: American parts in North Korean missile
After yesterday's Russian missile attack on Kyiv, where a ballistic missile from North Korea was used, Ukraine has found 116 parts manufactured in other countries. This is what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyj writes on X.
"And unfortunately, most of them were manufactured by American companies," he writes.
He writes that the outside world is putting too little pressure on Russia, which allows it to import weapons. He also thinks that too little pressure is being put on North Korea, which allows it to produce weapons that are then exported to Russia.
12 people died in Thursday's attack. 90 were injured and of these, 30 are still being treated in hospital, writes Zelenskyj.
Voices about the Ukraine war
Expert: Trump's Ukraine plan is a jackpot for Putin
Donald Trump's plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine is "really a jackpot" for Russia and Vladimir Putin. Jakob Hedenskog, an analyst at the Swedish Institute for Foreign Policy, tells TT. The type of settlement that the US is proposing could also open the gates to aggression around the world, not just from Russia, warns Hedenskog.
Trump's proposal is based on freezing the current positions of the war. This means that Ukraine would lose the parts that Russia has conquered, a pure "capitulation agreement" for Ukraine, the expert believes. Even if Vladimir Putin and Moscow were to settle for such an agreement, it would not satisfy Russia's hunger, according to Hedenskog.
– This will only spur Russia to move forward with its imperialist claims, both on Ukraine and possibly on other countries as well.
Expert: Trump's Ukraine plan is a jackpot for Putin
Donald Trump's plan to end Russia's war in Ukraine is "really a jackpot" for Russia and Vladimir Putin. Jakob Hedenskog, an analyst at the Swedish Institute for Foreign Policy, tells TT. The type of settlement that the US is proposing could also open the gates to aggression around the world, not just from Russia, warns Hedenskog.
Trump's proposal is based on freezing the current positions of the war. This means that Ukraine would lose the parts that Russia has conquered, a pure "capitulation agreement" for Ukraine, the expert believes. Even if Vladimir Putin and Moscow were to settle for such an agreement, it would not satisfy Russia's hunger, according to Hedenskog.
– This will only spur Russia to move forward with its imperialist claims, both on Ukraine and possibly on other countries as well.
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