Donald Trump has reiterated his plea to Vladimir Putin that he wants a “swift end to the war in Ukraine”, the Kremlin said, as the two spoke for an hour on a phone call yesterday.
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Ending the war in Ukraine will allow the US to fully restore its ties with Russia, the Kremlin said, adding that the Russian president agreed with the view of his American counterpart.
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"Donald Trump clearly emphasised the desirability of bringing the conflict to an end as soon as possible, which would immediately open up prospects – impressive and far-reaching ones at that – for the full restoration of relations between the US and Russia," said Putin’s adviser Yuri Ushakov.
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Trump wants a “breakthrough achieved during his presidency” on the war in Ukraine, Ushakov said.
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The call came just two days after Trump’s peace envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner shuttled between Moscow and Kyiv over the weekend for peace talks, seeking to negotiate an end to the war.
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This comes as Kyiv’s defence minister announced that Ukraine is on track to procure a supply of around 1,000 missiles for US-designed Patriot air-defence systems with the help of allies and through a European Union loan.
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Moscow criticises deployment of US missile system to Norway
Moscow has lashed out at the deployment of an advanced US missile system to Nato member state Norway, saying on Monday it dealt a further blow to the prospects for US-Russia talks on strategic nuclear stability.
Reports in the US said Washington had delivered a missile system to Norway that used Mk-41-style launchers capable of firing Tomahawk cruise missiles.
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Russia's Foreign Ministry said the deployment posed a threat because the launchers could be used to fire missiles capable of reaching a substantial part of European Russia, including Moscow.
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"Steps such as the deployment in Europe of U.S. ground-based intermediate-range missiles that pose a threat to the Russian Federation 'reset to zero', to put it mildly, the conditions for constructive dialogue with the US on strategic issues," the ministry said in a statement.
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It added that Russia would pay "particular attention" to the deployment sites and command-and-control centres of US missile systems and that they would become targets in the event of a military conflict.
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Drone debris falls on business grounds in Russia's Novorossiysk
Drone debris fell on the premises of a number of businesses and close to an inhabited building in the Russian Black Sea port of Novorossiysk in the late hours yesterday, mayor Andrei Kravchenko said.
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There were no casualties, he said, citing preliminary data.
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Separately, authorities of the Krasnodar region, where the city is located, said on Telegram there were fires after the attack, without elaborating on locations.
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Zelensky says US negotiators brought 'decent ideas' on ending war
Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky has said that US peace negotiators have presented several "decent ideas" to be discussed during talks on how to end the war.
US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner visited both Russia and Ukraine over the weekend.
"As for the peace package that Kushner spoke of, and the new ideas – I can tell you that there were really some very decent, worthwhile ideas," Mr Zelensky told reporters in a WhatsApp media chat.
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He added that the next trilateral meeting could be hosted by Turkey, the UAE, Switzerland, or other countries.
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He expected grain shipments and energy infrastructure to be discussed there, among other issues.
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He said he hopes to meet Donald Trump later this month and plans to discuss a winter air defence package.
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Russia has intensified its air attacks on Ukraine, with Kyiv facing a critical shortage of air defence supplies.
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US defence official warns Ukraine war could drag on for years
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The war in Ukraine could drag on for years as Russia reconstitutes its forces and its defence industry, said US undersecretary of defence Elbridge Colby.
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Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Russia remains determined to accomplish its military goals and it believes it is close to winning.
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Ukrainian and Western observers, however, believe that Moscow has been unable to make any significant progress on the front line.
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“We must be prepared for a protracted conflict and for Ukraine’s requirements to persist in the months and years ahead,” Colby told an online meeting of countries helping Ukraine.
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The US sent its peace envoys to visit Moscow and Kyiv for separate talks with Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky over the weekend.
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The meetings appeared to produce no substantial breakthrough on ending the fighting, and both countries resumed their deadly air war after a weekend truce in their capitals for the American visitors.
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Watch: Two injured as Russian strike sparks fire at Pryluky shopping centre
Want swift end to war in Ukraine, Trump tells Putin
Donald Trump has reiterated his plea to Russian president Vladimir Putin that he wants a “swift end to the war in Ukraine”, the Kremlin said, as the two spoke for an hour on a phone call yesterday.
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Ending the war in Ukraine will allow the US to fully restore its ties with Russia, the Kremlin said, adding that Putin agreed with Trump’s view.
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"Donald Trump clearly emphasised the desirability of bringing the conflict to an end as soon as possible, which would immediately open up prospects – impressive and far-reaching ones at that – for the full restoration of relations between the US and Russia," said Putin’s adviser Yuri Ushakov.
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Ushakov told reporters that the two leaders had rated the US envoys' weekend diplomacy "with a plus sign" and that Putin had told Trump what he believed the United States could do to help end the conflict and given him an assessment of what the situation on the battlefield was.
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Trump, Ushakov said, had made it clear he wanted the war quickly finished.
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Trump wants a “breakthrough achieved during his presidency” on the war in Ukraine, Ushakov said.
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Ushakov → want → Ukraine
Russia making no strategic gains along war frontline, says Ukraine army chief
Russian forces have not made any gains along the war frontline, Ukraine’s defence minister Yevhenii Khmara said.
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Speaking at the Ukraine Defence Contact Group, Khmara said Russia was making no strategic gains along the 1,200-km (750-mile) front line, but Moscow was making up for its battlefield failures with "terror against Ukrainians".
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Russia resumed its near-constant drone and missile attacks on Kyiv on Tuesday after a brief halt for the visit of US peace negotiators.
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Officials said five people were killed in the capital along with others in various regions.
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Russian drones kill and injure people at Ukraine-Moldova border crossing
An attack of Russian drones has targeted a border crossing point between Ukraine and Moldova overnight, officials said.
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Ukraine's border guard service confirmed the attack in a Facebook post and said it has caused deaths, injuries and fires at the site of the strike.
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It did not immediately release a death and casualties toll.
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China and Russia stress strategic ties with North Korea in anniversary messages to Kim
Chinese president Xi Jinping and Russian president Vladimir Putin used messages marking North Korea's 78th founding anniversary to reaffirm close strategic ties with Pyongyang, North Korean state media KCNA reported this morning.
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KCNA said Xi told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un he was willing to "continue strengthening strategic guidance" of China-North Korea relations and work with Kim to advance the two countries' development.
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