#russia-ukraine-war

#russia-ukraine-war

"in the dead of night, in fair weather or foul, to go to dangerous places to find those who would do our nation harm, and deliver justice on behalf of the American people in close and brutal combat if necessary," Hegseth said. "In this profession," he went on, "you feel comfortable inside the violence so that our citizens can live peacefully. Lethality is our calling card, and victory our only acceptable end state."

Russia's Ministry of Defence claimed that its forces captured the village of Pleshchiivka in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine. There was no immediate reaction from Ukraine on the latest claim of territorial gain by Moscow. The Russian Defence Ministry had earlier announced the capture of one village in the Dnipropetrovsk region and two in the northeastern Kharkiv region, closer to the Russian border.

Russian could strike deep into Europe, Poland's foreign minister warned in London as he unveiled a Russian-flown Shahed-136 drone downed in Ukraine. Radoslaw Sikorski said it would be irresponsible not to build defences such as a drone wall on Europe's eastern flank and said he hoped the US would supply long-range Tomahawk missiles to Ukraine for strikes into Russia. Sikorski urged Europe to also plan to support Ukraine for three more years.

In a short, six-minute speech from the White House on Friday, the US first lady explained she has developed an open channel of communication with Russian President Vladimir Putin, and they have been discussing the return of the children. list of 3 itemsend of list My representative has been working directly with President Putin's team to ensure the safe reunification of children with their families between Russia and Ukraine, she said.

"us as the European Union to talk directly to Putin. This was not supported by some countries, primarily the Baltic states. Poland was also against it as they were afraid that we did not have a common policy towards Russia."

Russian President Vladimir Putin said his forces have captured almost 5,000 square kilometres (1,930sq miles) of Ukrainian territory so far this year, and Moscow retains the strategic initiative on the battlefield. Russian troops have captured the Ukrainian villages of Novovasylivka in the southeastern Zaporizhia region and Fedorivka in the eastern Donetsk region, Russia's defence ministry said. Russian air defence units destroyed 184 Ukrainian drones in recent attacks, the RIA Novosti state-owned news agency reports. Russia's air defence units also intercepted and destroyed a drone flying towards Moscow city, said Sergei Sobyanin, mayor of the Russian capital.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy has again urged the international community to act decisively to cut off Russia's energy revenues that fund its Ukraine war after Moscow carried out one of its worst attacks on Kyiv of the war. The time for decisive action is long overdue, and we count on a strong response from the United States, Europe, the G7 and the G20, the Ukrainian president said on Telegram.

doesn't feel like they're putting enough on the table to end the war...If the Russians refuse to negotiate in good faith, I think it's going to be very, very bad for their country.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the world is in the most destructive arms race in history as he calls on the international community to act against Russia now, asserting in his address to the United Nations General Assembly that President Vladimir Putin wants to expand his war in Europe. Ukraine is only the first, and now Russian drones are already flying across Europe, and Russian operations are already spreading across countries, and Putin wants to continue this war by expanding it, Zelenskyy said on Wednesday at UN headquarters in New York.

We are continuing our special military operation to ensure our interests and achieve the goals set by Russian president Vladimir Putin, Kremlin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told RBC radio, using Moscow's term for its assault on Ukraine. The Kremlin also claimed that Russian troops were advancing on all fronts in Ukraine, rejecting Trump's suggestions that Ukraine could regain all its captured territory, Reuters said.