Macron plans to discuss the deployment of a peacekeeping mission to Ukraine with Poland. French President Emmanuel Macron shared an idea for a European peacekeeping mission in Ukraine that could involve 40,000 troops. The mission would become a new safeguard against future Russian attacks... #DonaldTrump #EmmanuelMacron #NATOsoldiers #PeacekeepingMission #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
Ukrainians support joining NATO without the occupied territories, but they consider nuclear weapons to be the best security guarantee. According to an Info Sapiens survey, 70.3% of Ukrainians positively assess a scenario in which NATO would invite Ukraine to join with its internationally recognized borders recognized. However, Articl... #Article5 #NATOUkraine #NuclearStatusUkraine #SecurityGuaranteesForUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukraine will be able to confront Russia without US assistance during the first half of 2025. However, the likely termination of US aid to Ukraine could become a serious challenge, so Ukraine needs a plan for cooperation with the new US administration, said Minister of Finance Serhiy Marchenko... #G7 #LoanForUkraine #MilitaryAidforUkraine #SerhiyMarchenko #UkraineBudget2025 #WarinUkraine
European leaders discuss ending the war in Ukraine with Donald Trump. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala spoke with US President-Elect Donald Trump about the war in Ukraine in a phone call. “We discussed Prague’s position on the Russian invasion. I think he is ... #DonaldTrump #PetrFiala #VictorOrban #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
Ukraine is assembling a new Contact Group to end the war. Ukraine is forming a list of partners who will join a Contact Group in order to create a common position on ending the war, said Serhiy Nikiforov, Press Secretary of the President of Ukraine. Nikiforo... #FriedrichMerz #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SupportUkraine #UkraineContactGroup #WarEnding #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Ukrainians have started trusting Trump more, but overall trust in Western leaders is generally declining. The popularity of future White House President Donald Trump among Ukrainians has increased to 44.6%, according to the results of an Info Sapiens poll. For comparison, 16% trust Trump in France, 30% in... #AndrzejDuda #DonaldTrump #JustinTrudeau #UrsulavonderLeyen #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
Ukraine will continue to receive financial assistance from the countries with which it has signed security agreements. As stated by the Deputy Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, Ihor Zhovkva, leaders from the countries that have signed security cooperation agreements with Ukraine confirm that they will pr... #IhorZhovkva #KeirStarmer #SecurityAgreement #SecurityGuarantees #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Russian war spending has hit a new record of $20M per hour. According to the German Institute for International Security Studies, Russia’s spending on “national defense” reached an unprecedented $43.28B in the third quarter. Compared to the s... #DefenseSpendingRussia #RussiaBudget #WarinUkraine
Russia increased the intensity of its air strikes on Ukraine by 300% in the fall. Russia launched more than 6,000 drones and missiles into Ukraine in the fall, 200% more than in the previous three months and 300% more than in the fall of 2023. Over the past six months, an average o... #AirDefenseSystems #DroneAttackOnUkraine #MissileAttackOnUkraine #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine
The fall of the Assad regime might weaken Putin’s position during peace negotiations with Ukraine. The Kremlin has actively supported Assad since 2015, when Russian troops intervened in the Syrian civil war, providing him with military and political assistance. Therefore, the rapid fall of the Assa... #AssadRegime #PoliticalCrisis #Putin #Syria #WarinUkraine
Zelensky will discuss the situation in Ukraine with the EC. An EU summit, the first under Antonio Costa’s European Council presidency, will be held on December 19. “The situation in Ukraine will be at the center of our discussions. We must stay wit... #AntonioCosta #OlafScholz #WarEnding #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
FitchRatings: What awaits the Ukrainian economy and when the war will end. Fitch Ratings predicts a slowdown in Ukraine’s economic growth. In 2024, GDP growth is predicted to reach 4%, facilitated by the normalization of Black Sea trade activity, high government spendi... #FitchRatings #InflationinUkraine #UkraineEconomicForecast #UkraineEconomy #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
Ukraine has narrowed the artillery gap with Russia and will soon gain a technological advantage. The Russian military has lost almost its entire advantage in the number of artillery shells it is able to fire over Ukraine in recent months due to production restrictions and Ukrainian strikes on amm... #ArtilleryShells #Starlink #Starshield #WarinUkraine
The Ministry of Finance states that Ukraine has the resources to fight Russia in 2025. Although European allies are concerned that the US will cease providing aid to Kyiv after Donald Trump enters office, the EU is confident that Ukraine will soon receive a $50B loan to be repaid with p... #DonaldTrump #LoanForUkraine #RussianAssetsProfits #SerhiyMarchenko #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Ukraine’s partial NATO accession is technically possible; the question is the political will of Ukraine’s allies. Technically, the accession of part of Ukraine to NATO is possible and would have precedent, following the examples of Germany before its unification and certain islands co-owned by France and the UK t... #Article5 #Germany #JensStoltenberg #NATO #WarEnding #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
NATO is discussing scenarios for ending the war in Ukraine through negotiations. The governments of some NATO member states are talking about different scenarios that include security guarantees for Ukraine but also seek to avoid provoking Russian President Putin. According to sou... #MarkRutte #NATO #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarEnding #WarinUkraine
By the end of Biden’s presidency, the US will have transferred all $61B in previously allocated aid. As stated by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the US plans to exhaust Ukraine’s funding that has been approved by Congress by the end of Joe Biden’s presidential term. The Biden admin... #AnthonyBlinken #Bradley #JoeBiden #MilitaryAid #NASAMS #PatriotSystems #Pentagon #WarinUkraine
The Russian army is planning an attack on Kherson and crossing the Dnipro River. Russian troops are probably planning an attack on Kherson and have gathered 300 boats to cross the Dnipro River, said the head of the Kherson regional military administration, Oleksandr Prokudin. The ... #Kherson #KinburnSpit #RussianAggression #RussianOffensive #WarinUkraine
Which NATO member states are against inviting Ukraine to the Alliance? There is no consensus among NATO members on the issue of extending an invitation to Ukraine, and several countries still oppose it, writes Le Monde. Opponents of Ukraine’s invitation include at ... #Hungary #JoeBiden #NATOexpansion #NATOUkraine #WarinUkraine #XavierBettel #Zelenskyy
Rutte warns Trump of threats to the US if Ukraine is forced to sign an favorable peace deal. NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said that the US would face a “dire threat” from China, Iran, and North Korea if Ukraine has to make concessions in order to end the war with Russia. In a... #China #DonaldTrump #Iran #MarkRutte #NorthKorea #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
The Biden administration urgently wants to provide Ukraine with billions of dollars worth of weapons; Kellogg supports the move. US representatives from the Biden administration say that their increased efforts to provide Ukraine with weapons at the end of Biden’s term, along with the president’s authorizations for ... #DonaldTrump #JoeBiden #KeithKellogg #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine #WeaponsforUkraine
Putin will not agree to the Trump team’s proposed “peace plan,” but the Kremlin may reconsider it under certain conditions. Russian oligarch Konstantin Malofeev, who is under Western sanctions, said that Putin is likely to reject the peace plan proposed by Trump’s recently appointed special envoy for Ukraine, Keith K... #DonaldTrump #KeithKellogg #Putin #VictoryPlan #WarinUkraine
Ukraine will not agree to any alternatives other than NATO membership, although it will not receive an invitation soon. Ukraine will not agree to any other options, such as surrogates or substitutes for full NATO membership, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry stressed on the 30th anniversary of the signing of the Budapest ... #BudapestMemorandum #NATO #SecurityGuarantees #UkraineNATO #WarinUkraine
Two European countries are discussing the deployment of troops on the contact line in Ukraine. According to an anonymous senior NATO official, the United Kingdom and France are considering various options to guarantee Ukraine’s security if peace talks between Kyiv and Moscow are launched ... #France #GreatBritain #NATO #NATOsoldiers #SecurityGuarantees #WarinUkraine
Ukraine needs air defense systems to protect 20 facilities; the UN discusses protection of the Ukrainian energy sector. President Zelenskyy said that Ukraine needs additional air defense systems to protect 20 more special facilities from Russian air attack. Meanwhile, on December 2 the UN discussed the problems of prot... #AirDefenseSystems #AndriiSybiha #EnergyInfrastructure #MiroslavJenča #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine
The $6.5B allocated by the Biden administration for Ukrainian military aid will pass to the Trump administration: What will he do with it? On the first day of his presidency, Donald Trump will have billions of dollars at his disposal to arm Ukraine. More than $6.5B remains within the presidential drawdown authority, which allows the US p... #DonaldTrump #FrozenConflict #JoeBiden #Pentagon #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
Trump is studying Ukraine’s Victory Plan; Kyiv offers Washington a deal that is hard to refuse. US President-Elect Donald Trump’s team is studying the Ukrainian Victory Plan, which implies that there will be no capitulation of Ukraine. According to the Ukrainian president, the war in Ukrai... #DonaldTrump #investments #MineralDepositsUkraine #VictoryPlan #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
In November, Russia lost the most soldiers in a month since the beginning of the war; how is the aggressor’s economy reacting? During November, the Russian army suffered its largest military losses in Ukraine since the beginning of the full-scale war, with 45,720 soldiers. The Ukraine Defense Forces also destroyed 307 Russian... #MobilizationInRussia #RubleFall #RussianEconomy #WarinUkraine #WarLosses
A “temporary concession” of the occupied territories in exchange for security guarantees could be an option for ending the war – Stoltenberg. Former NATO Secretary General and next Chairman of the Munich Security Conference Jens Stoltenberg believes that a “temporary concession” of Ukraine’s occupied territories to Russia ... #JensStoltenberg #NATO #SecurityGuarantees #TerritorialConcessions #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Zelenskyy is considering halting the war in exchange for Ukraine’s invitation to NATO, and the occupied territories will be returned diplomatically. President Zelenskyy said that the allies should offer NATO membership to the unoccupied portion of Ukraine to end the “hot phase of the war.” He believes that the occupied territories can ... #Crimea #DonaldTrump #NATO #OccupiedTerritories #Putin #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
What does the peace plan from Trump’s special envoy entail? Donald Trump’s special representative for the Russia-Ukraine war, Keith Kellogg, outlined his plan for ending the war back in April in an article for the America First Policy Institute. The plan... #DonaldTrump #FrozenConflict #KeithKellogg #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
After the latest massive Russian attack on Ukraine’s energy system, Biden promises further support; Ukraine faces long power outages during winter. US President Joe Biden, after the Russian air attack on November 28, made a statement promising further support for Ukrainians. “This attack is outrageous and serves as another reminder of the u... #AirDefenseSystems #ElectricityDeficitUkraine #JoeBiden #MissileAttackOnUkraine #UkraineBlackout #WarinUkraine
The Ukrainian energy system has once again come under a massive assault by the Russian Federation. On the morning of November 28, Russia attacked energy facilities throughout Ukraine, leaving hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians without electricity, Energy Minister Herman Galushchenko said. As a res... #EnergyInfrastructure #GermanGalushchenko #MissileAttackOnUkraine #Naftogaz #RussianAggression #WarinUkraine
The Economist provided its assessment of Ukraine’s losses during the full-scale war. Ukraine’s military losses during the war could range from 60,000 to 100,000 dead with about 400,000 more soldiers wounded. “More than 0.5% of the pre-war male population of fighting age (1... #RussianTroops #UkrainianSoldiers #WarinUkraine #WarLosses #Zelenskyy
NATO members condemn the attack on Dnipro; Rutte calls Ukraine a priority for the Alliance. A NATO-Ukraine Council meeting was held at NATO headquarters in Brussels, where the parties discussed Russia’s use of a new ballistic missile. NATO members confirmed their support for Ukraine an... #DidierReynders #FarahDakhlallah #MarkRutte #Oreshnik #UkraineNATOCouncil #WarinUkraine
Russia plans to use Kursk as a bargaining chip, and the Ukrainian Armed Forces prepare for large-scale battles. Russia wants to reclaim the Kursk region prior to Donald Trump’s inauguration in order to deprive Kyiv of an essential piece of leverage in peace talks. Ukrainian fighters are facing intense att... #ATACMS #DonaldTrump #Kursk #NorthKorea #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #StormShadow #WarinUkraine
Borrell: The EU has failed to provide Ukraine with everything it needs to counter Russia. EU has struggled to make progress this year on a fair settlement of the war against Ukraine, said EU High Representative Josep Borrell. He recalled that this year, the EU had allocated €122B in aid to... #JosepBorrell #MilitaryAid #RobertHabeck #SupportUkraine #TaurusMissile #WarinUkraine
Europe is again backing down on sending troops to Ukraine, reversing its position. Recently, Le Monde published an article stating that discussions had resumed in Europe about sending troops to Ukraine, primarily from the UK and France. Against this background, the British Foreign S... #AntonioTajani #HannoPevkur #NATOsoldiers #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WesternTroops
Putin may start peace talks in early 2025; analysts are divided on Trump’s position. Russia’s Soviet-era weapons stockpiles will run out by the end of 2025, so Putin may start talks early next year. However, the war will last at least another year if the negotiations do not go a... #DonaldTrump #LindseyGraham #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
Ukraine’s allies have resumed talks on a decision to send troops to Ukraine, while North Korea expands its missile production for Russia. Europe, amid questions regarding further US support for Ukraine after Donald Trump comes to power, has resumed discussions on sending Western troops and private defense companies to Ukraine. This topi... #France #GreatBritain #NorthKorea #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #WesternTroops
The G7 countries plan to increase pressure on China over its support for Russia. G7 foreign ministers, meeting in Italy on Monday and Tuesday, will pledge to act against entities in China and elsewhere that support Russia’s war machine against Ukraine. A draft communiqué seen by B... #China #DualUseGoods #G7 #NorthKorea #Sanctions #ShadowFleetRussia #WarinUkraine
The Ukraine-NATO Council will convene following the Russian attack on Dnipro with a Oreshnik missile. The Ukraine-NATO Council will meet at the ambassadorial level on November 26 at the Alliance headquarters at Ukraine’s request. The meeting is in response to Russia’s first use in Ukraine ... #ICBM #Oreshnik #RubizhMissile #RussianAggression #UkraineNATOCouncil #WarinUkraine
New long-range strikes on Russia will help Trump conduct negotiations with Russia; the American president-elect is against an unfavorable agreement for Ukraine. When US President Joe Biden allowed the Ukraine’s military to use US weapons to strike targets in Russia, he did his successor, Donald Trump, a great strategic favor, according to Bloomberg. Thi... #DavidLammy #DonaldTrump #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
Russia struck Ukraine with a Rubizh intercontinental ballistic missile. On November 21, Russia hit Ukraine with various types of missiles, including an intercontinental ballistic missile, a Kh-47M2 Kinjal air-launched ballistic missile, and seven Kh-101 cruise missiles. I... #Dnipro #MissileAttackOnUkraine #RubizhMissile #RussianAggression #WarEscalation #WarinUkraine
Putin is ready to freeze the war at the current front line on the condition that Ukraine renounces NATO. Officials close to the Kremlin told Reuters that Russian dictator Vladimir Putin is reportedly ready to discuss with Donald Trump a ceasefire agreement in Ukraine and freezing the war in place. The &#... #DonaldTrump #FrozenConflict #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #TerritorialConcessions #WarinUkraine
The UK allows Ukraine to use British Storm Shadow missiles deep inside Russia. According to The Times, the change in London’s position may have resulted from the US giving permission for Ukraine to use its ATACMS long-range missiles, which was announced on November 17. Bri... #KeirStarmer #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #RussianMilitaryTargets #StormShadow #WarinUkraine
The Economist predicts the cessation of hostilities in Ukraine in 2025. Fighting between Russia and Ukraine could end in 2025, as both sides are close to exhaustion. The Russian economy is suffering due to Western sanctions, labor shortages, and people leaving the country... #DonaldTrump #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SecurityGuarantees #TerritorialConcessions #WarinUkraine
Ukraine attacks another arsenal and a drone factory in Russia. On November 20, an industrial enterprise producing drones came under attack in the Belgorod region, as well as an arsenal in the Novgorod region of Russia. The 13th arsenal of the Main Missile and Art... #ATACMS #AttackOnRussia #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #WarEscalation #WarinUkraine #XiJinping
Europe and Canada must unite to guarantee Ukraine’s security amid Trump’s return to the White House. As stated in an open appeal, which was signed by 79 current and former politicians, military personnel, and political scientists who are anxiously waiting to see what Trump will do when he begins his ... #DonaldTrump #DonaldTusk #NATO #SecurityGuarantees #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Germany provides Ukraine with a military aid package containing ammunition and hundreds of UAVs. The German government announced another package of military aid for Ukraine, which includes tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition of various types, 47 vehicles with mine protection (MRAP), four Pa... #Germany #MilitaryAidforUkraine #NorthKoreanSoldiers #Panzerhaubitze2000 #Poland #WarinUkraine #WISENT1
