The barrel of the gun will be European: new details of Trump’s plan to end Russia’s war against Ukraine. US President-elect Donald Trump may call on European and British troops to secure an 800-mile (1,200-kilometer) buffer zone between the Russian and Ukrainian armies as part of a plan to freeze the war... #DonaldTrump #FrozenConflict #NATO #WarinUkraine
The EU states are actively discussing the provision of further Ukrainian aid after Trump’s victory. At a meeting in Budapest last week, EU leaders discussed continuing military support for Ukraine should Donald Trump end US aid. Several officials believe the European Commission should develop propos... #Budapest #DonaldTrump #DonaldTusk #SupportUkraine #VictorOrban #WarinUkraine
The US will allow its contractors to repair American military equipment in Ukraine and will send more than 500 air defense missiles. The US will permit American defense contractors to work in Ukraine to service and repair weapons and equipment provided by the Pentagon. The US will also send Ukraine more than 500 interceptor missile... #EUMAM #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NASAMS #PatriotMissiles #Pentagon #SCALPmissiles
The Biden administration wants to use $6B on weapons for Ukraine before Trump’s inauguration. The Biden administration plans to exhaust the remaining funds that have been allocated for Ukrainian military aid by the day of Trump’s inauguration – January 20 2025, two White House officials ... #DonaldTrump #JoeBiden #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
WSJ: Trump advisers discuss freezing the war in Ukraine and a 20-year ban on Ukraine joining NATO. Newly elected US President Donald Trump may offer Ukraine an option to freeze the military conflict with Russia without the return of its occupied territories in return for delaying NATO membership fo... #DonaldTrump #FrozenConflict #NATO #NatoMembership #WarinUkraine
Europe assures Ukraine of further support regardless of the change of power in the US. European Commission for Foreign Affairs spokesperson, Peter Stano, pledged that, despite Donald Trump’s threat to stop aid to Ukraine, the EU will continue to support the country militarily and ... #Budapest #DonaldTrump #EricMamer #PeterStano #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Ukraine plans to reserve part of the $50B G7 loan for its financial needs after 2025. The G7 initiative for Ukraine that will provide $50B secured by revenues from frozen Russian assets eliminates the state budget deficit for 2025. However, the government plans to keep part of these fu... #DenysShmyhal #G7 #imf #LoanForUkraine #RussianAssetsProfits #UkraineBudget #UkraineFacility
European leaders urge Trump to support Ukraine and avoid trade wars. At the European Political Community summit in Budapest, EU leaders urged Donald Trump to maintain support for Ukraine, avoid trade wars, and refrain from disrupting world order during his second US pr... #DonaldTrump #foreignTrade #GeopoliticalFragmentation #LucFrieden #MarkRutte #UrsulavonderLeyen
Rutte: NATO should work on changing the war’s trajectory and increasing the price of aggression for Russia. NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte stressed the urgent need to step up action to change the trajectory of Russia’s war against Ukraine, citing the recent deployment of North Korean troops in Russ... #MarkRutte #MilitaryAid #NATO #NorthKorea #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
A golden age and peace through strength: Donald Trump returns to the White House. Republican Donald Trump won the US presidential election. He announced his political victory and declared himself the 47th president of the United States during a speech to his supporters. Trump has p... #DonaldTrump #UScongress #USelections #USsenate #WhiteHouse
Will Trump’s victory hasten the end of the war in Ukraine, and if so, on what terms? Donald Trump has repeatedly stated that he will end the war in Ukraine as soon as possible, but he has not clarified how he intends to accomplish this. And it is unlikely that this can be achieved wit... #DonaldTrump #Putin #RussianAggression #TerritorialConcessions #WarinUkraine
After Trump’s victory, Europe is preparing to ensure its security independently and will work with Washington to maintain support for Ukraine. The EU must be united and closely coordinate its actions with Donald Trump’s imminent return to the White House, French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said. They con... #DonaldTrump #EmmanuelMacron #EUdefense #G7 #OlafScholz #VictorOrban
Rutte calls assistance to Ukraine one of the components of NATO’s security; Scholz once again emphasizes the immutability of his decision. Strengthening the national defense of allied countries and further increasing military aid to Ukraine are two areas that are crucial for NATO’s security, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said i... #AnnalenaBaerbock #MarkRutte #NATO #NorthKoreanSoldiers #OlafScholz #WarinUkraine
The West is warning against repeating the mistakes of the Munich Agreement amid anxiety over the US election. More than a hundred current and former high-ranking officials from Western countries have called on Europe to be prepared for either outcome of the US presidential election and prevent an agreement wi... #MunichAgreement #NATO #SupportUkraine #USelections #WarinUkraine
More military aid from Ukraine’s allies: NASAMS from Canada, joint UAV and ammunition production with Lithuania. President Zelenskyy spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and discussed the Peace Formula, the Victory Plan, and cooperation on the organization of the second global Peace Summit. During t... #Australia #DefenseIndustryUkraine #JustinTrudeau #Lithuania #MarkRutte #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NASAMS #Rheinmetall #WeaponsProduction
Issues related to the interception of missiles over Ukraine may be discussed next week at the NATO ministerial meeting, the head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Poland, Radoslaw Sikorski, said. “This discussion is about where the right to self-defense begins and where it ends. Do we have the right to shoot ... #AirDefenseSystems #KrzysztofGawkowski #NATO #Poland #RadosławSikorski #RussianMissiles #WarinUkraine
The next US president will most likely shift their attention to Asia; Europe prepares to fend for itself. European states are preparing for a possible change in Washington’s foreign policy regarding Ukraine and a weakening of military ties in the event of a Trump victory in the US presidential elect... #Asia #DonaldTrump #GeopoliticalFragmentation #IndoPacificRegion #KamalaHarris #USelections #WarinUkraine
Zelenskyy is outraged by the lack of a response from the West to the involvement of North Korean troops in the war against Ukraine. The reaction from Western countries to the transfer of North Korean troops to Russia has been weak, the Ukrainian president emphasized. He noted that the Ukrainian side knows about every site where Ru... #NorthKoreanSoldiers #WarEscalation #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The IMF criticizes the 50% tax rate on banks’ profits and advises Ukraine to increase its internal financing sources. The deputy head of the IMF mission in Ukraine, Trevor Lessard, noted that the introduction of a 50% tax on bank profits for the second year in a row contradicts the nature of taxing excess profits, un... #imf #TaxesUkraine #TaxIncrease #TrevorLessard #UkraineBanksProfits #UkrainianBanks
Ukraine might consider an agreement with Russia to end strikes on energy facilities. Ukraine is ready to consider the possibility of a making a deal with Russia on the mutual cessation of strikes on energy infrastructure, but only with the mediation of Qatar or another country, said t... #AndriyErmak #Qatar #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #UkrainianPeaceFormula #WarinUkraine
After criticizing slow aid deliveries, Zelenskyy has noted positive developments in supplies from partners for the front; most Ukrainians believe in a fair end to the war. President Zelenskyy said there are currently essential developments in military supplies from Ukraine’s partners. According to him, an increase in supplies is currently recorded through support packag... #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NATO #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine #Zelenskyy
Putin is not interested in negotiations because he wants to erase Ukraine from the earth. Analysts from the ISW drew attention to a dialogue between Serbian President Oleksandr Vucic and Putin in early October. Vucic raised the topic of a ceasefire in Ukraine, to which Putin replied that R... #AleksandrVucic #NorthKoreanSoldiers #Putin #RussianAggression #VictorOrban #WarinUkraine
Ukraine will not give up its territories regardless of the outcome of the US election; the US wants China to restrain the cooperation between the DPRK and Russia. Ukraine will not give up its territories regardless of the outcome of the US election and the next president’s policy regarding Ukraine, President Zelenskyy told South Korean TV channel KBS. The Ukrai... #DonaldTrump #NorthKoreanSoldiers #USelections #WarEscalation #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The US announces a $425M military aid package to Ukraine, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine orders hundreds of EW-resistant American drones. The US Department of Defense announced additional security assistance to Ukraine worth about $425M for the purchase of ammunition for the NASAMS and HIMARS systems, Stinger missiles, c-UAS mobile miss... #HIMARSartillery #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NASAMS #ShieldAI #V-BAT
The West is changing its position toward confiscation of frozen Russian assets. “If earlier the West spoke very cautiously about the possibility of using these assets, now we hear the statements of the G7 that these assets will remain immobilized. This is a ‘break in ... #AndriiPyshnyi #G7 #LoanForUkraine #nbu #RussianAssetsArrested #SanctionsAgainstRussia
Bloomberg reports that Europe is nearing an agreement on gas transit from Azerbaijan through Ukraine; Bratislava and Kyiv deny such plans. Companies from Hungary and Slovakia are close to signing a contract that would supply up to 14 billion cubic meters of gas per year from Azerbaijan following the completion of a transit agreement betw... #Azerbaijan #GasTransit #SOCAR #Sudzha #UkraineGTS
A Russian victory will cost Germany 900-1900% more than aid to Ukraine. An analytical note published by the Kiel Institute of the World Economy points out that, contrary to claims about vast amounts of aid sent to Ukraine, Germany’s military support is low from a ma... #Germany #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SupportUkraine #UkraineRefugees #WarinUkraine
Congress calls on Biden to allow Poland to shoot down Russian missiles over Ukraine. The bipartisan leaders of the US Helsinki Commission are calling on President Biden to allow Poland to expand its air defenses in the skies over Ukraine, helping shoot down Russian missiles in self-de... #AirDefenseSystems #JoeBiden #NATO #Poland #RussianMissiles #WarinUkraine
Pentagon: Russia will not defeat Ukraine even with North Korea’s support. The North Korean troops transferred to the Kursk region in Russia, close to the border with Ukraine, are dressed in Russian uniforms and equipped with Russian weapons. “According to the latest i... #KimYongHyun #LloydAustin #NorthKorea #WarEscalation #WarinUkraine
Without a strong response from the West to North Korean troops in Ukraine, the history of Crimea will repeat itself – Putin will move further. Volodymyr Zelenskyy expressed his disappointment with the the lack of a significant global reaction to the news of North Korean troops being transferred to Russia. “The voices of the US, NATO, W... #Crimea #NATO #NorthKorea #NorthKoreanSoldiers #RussianAggression #SerhiyKyslytsia #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
The US wants additional guarantees regarding its share of the G7’s loan to Ukraine. The US wants to receive an additional premium on its share of Ukraine’s €45B loan to compensate for the sanctions-related risks that this agreement carries, wrote Politico. The premium being neg... #G7 #HungaryVeto #LoansForUkraine #RussianAssetsArrested #RussianAssetsProfits #SanctionsAgainstRussia
The West believes that Ukraine is fighting to avoid defeat and that there are no longer any aspirations of victory. The difficult situation on the Ukrainian front and Russia’s significant superiority in manpower and equipment have forced Kyiv and its Western partners to change their goals and objectives. Ther... #FrozenConflict #OccupiedTerritories #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
Russia’s upcoming financial crisis may provide a chance to end the war. The Foundation for Defense of Democracies notes that the Kremlin plans to spend $145B of its total $436B state budget on defense in 2025. This is more than 6.3% of Russia’s GDP, and the country’... #DefenseSpendingRussia #Kremlin #RussiaBudget #RussianEconomy #SanctionsAgainstRussia
Inviting Ukraine to NATO could end Russia’s imperial ambitions; Ukraine’s path to membership will be difficult but is possible. Inviting Ukraine to NATO could end Russia’s imperial ambitions and prove that in the modern world, autocracies cannot defeat democratic systems, says Andrius Kubilius, a member of the European P... #AndriusKubilius #GeopoliticalFragmentation #NatoMembership #NATOUkraine #RussianAggression
The EC assesses the progress of 10 states on the path to EU membership. The opening of negotiation clusters with Ukraine is expected in 2025. On October 30, the European Commission adopted the annual package of measures on EU enlargement, which contains a detailed assessm... #EUexpansion #EuropeanIntegration #Moldova #Turkey #UkraineEU
Northern European countries support Ukraine’s Victory Plan. In a joint statement made at the fourth Ukraine-Northern Europe summit in Reykjavik, the prime ministers of Iceland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden stated that they support the Victory Plan. “We wi... #NATOUkraine #NorthernEurope #PeaceSummit2 #ReparationsForUkraine #RussianAssetsProfits #VictoryPlan #WarinUkraine
Zelenskyy calls on Northern European countries to influence Germany regarding the Ukraine’s invitation to NATO. President Zelenskyy, at a meeting with the heads of governments of the Nordic Council in Iceland, once again stated the importance of inviting Ukraine to NATO. During his speech in Reykjavík, he empha... #NatoMembership #NATOUkraine #NorthernEurope #OlafScholz #Zelenskyy
A South Korean delegation is on its way to Ukraine to discuss countermeasures in response to the war’s escalation. A South Korean delegation will visit Ukraine this week to share information about the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia and discuss cooperation measures, South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol... #NorthKoreanSoldiers #SouthKorea #WarEscalation #WarinUkraine #YoonSukYeol
Sweden will allocate a €63M military aid package to Ukraine, including defense industry investment. As part of previous military aid packages to Ukraine, the Swedish government will provide our country with €63M in financial support, or approximately SEK 720M. €20M will go to supporting Ukraine̵... #DronesCoalition #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NATO #Ramstein #Sweden
Zelenskyy said that India can stop the Russian war against Ukraine, but instead, it chooses to help Russia import AI chips. According to President Zelenskyy, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi can influence the end of the war, as he is the head of a large state in terms of population, influence, and economy. The president... #India #NarendraModi #PeaceSummit2 #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Trump may propose a new Minsk Agreement to end the war in Ukraine. US presidential candidate Donald Trump and his potential vice president, JD Vance, have repeatedly spoken about their desire to end the war in Ukraine. In September, Vance floated the idea of a froz... #DonaldTrump #MinskAgreements #NATO #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
How can Ukraine’s allies respond to North Korean combat troops? The North Korean move marks a turning point in the Russian-Ukrainian war by expanding the conflict into an increasingly global war with more external players. In response, South Korea could lift its b... #LongRangeStrikes #NorthKoreanSoldiers #RussianAggression #WarEscalation #WarinUkraine
Russia has paid North Korea around $5.5B for weapons and is deploying North Korean troops in Kursk; China is alarmed by this cooperation. Since February 2022, the Russian Federation has purchased up to $5.5B worth of North Korean weapons, analysts have discovered. Russia is trying to use cooperation with North Korea as a lever of influe... #China #GeopoliticalFragmentation #MarkRutte #NATO #NorthKoreanSoldiers #WarEscalation #WarinUkraine
Germany is finalizing a €1.4B military aid package for Ukraine. Christiane Hoffmann, the deputy spokeswoman for the German government, stated: “Germany continues its broad support to Ukraine, in particular, it is implementing another €1.4B aid package.”... #Canada #ChristianeHoffmann #Germany #LAV6 #MilitaryAid #SpokasFPV
Ukraine expects to receive another $15B from its partners by the end of 2024. The Ministry of Finance of Ukraine expects to receive more than $15B in foreign aid in the last two months of 2024. During October 21-26, the ministry’s team led by Minister Serhii Marchenko hel... #financialaidforUkraine #G7 #imf #IMFtranche #LoanForUkraine #RussianAssetsProfits #SerhiyMarchenko
A threat to the European Peace Facility: EU countries’ positions on bypassing Hungary’s veto are divided. France and Germany do not support an offered proposal to bypass Hungary’s veto, which would block the allocation of more than €6B in aid to Ukraine. The European External Action Service has prop... #EuropeanPeaceFund #France #Germany #HungaryVeto #MilitaryAidforUkraine
Moscow still has dangerous combat forces that will enable it to engage in war, and oil revenue will be enough to finance aggression for several years. The commander of NATO forces in Europe, American General Christopher Cavoli, said that Russia has suffered significant losses in Ukraine but still has “dangerous fighting forces” that are ... #ChristopherCavoli #DefenseSpendingRussia #MilitarySpending #SanctionsAgainstRussia #WarinUkraine
NATO offers two options for responding to North Korea sending soldiers to fight in the war against Ukraine. The NATO states’ potential responses are limited but may include at least two options. “It’s about strengthening support for Ukraine and building a partnership in the Indo-Pacific re... #NorthKorea #NorthKoreanSoldiers #RubenBrekelmans #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine
Ukraine will receive the first funds from the G7 $50B loan in December; Ukraine’s goal is to confiscate all frozen Russian assets. The leaders of the G7 countries have reached a consensus on providing about $50B in loans to Ukraine, secured by revenues from frozen Russian sovereign assets. In a communique published by world finan... #G7 #LoanForUkraine #OksanaMarkarova #RussianAssetsArrested #RussianAssetsProfits #worldbank
Scholz rules out a country at war joining NATO and speaks of peace. The German chancellor does not see a possibility for inviting Ukraine to NATO right now – in his opinion, a country in a state of war “unequivocally cannot become a member” of the Alliance... #NATO #NATOexpansion #OlafScholz #PeaceInUkraine #SecurityGuarantees #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine
