The US announces a new military aid package to Ukraine, and France and Britain do not oppose Ukraine’s use of long-range strikes, but want restrictions. In the coming days, the US will announce a new package of defense aid to Ukraine, said the permanent representative of the US to the UN, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, at a meeting of the UN Security Counci... #LindaThomasGreenfield #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #StormShadow #USmilitaryAid #WarinUkraine
Europe must double its defense spending after Trump’s inauguration; Poland will produce explosives and ammunition. Europe will probably have to double its defense spending to address the challenge of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, as well as a possible reduction in American support with Donald Trump... #DefenseIndustryEU #EUdefense #NATO #Poland #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
Ukraine used ATACMS for the first time in the Russian Federation; Trump says this is an escalation of the war. Defense forces struck a Russian ammunition warehouse in the Bryansk region with US-supplied ATACMS missiles, 110 km from the border with Ukraine. At least 12 secondary explosions and detonations took ... #ATACMS #DonaldTrump #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #MikeWaltz #RussianMilitaryTargets #WarEscalation #WarinUkraine
At the G20 summit, Erdogan plans to propose that the war in Ukraine be frozen. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan intends to present his proposal for freezing the war in Ukraine “at the current level” at the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro. According to Erdogan̵... #Brazil #FrozenConflict #G20 #NATO #Putin #RecepTayyipErdoğan #SergeiLavrov #WarinUkraine
North Korea’s participation in the war against Ukraine convinced Biden to lift restrictions on long-range strikes. The initial targets may be Russian positions in the Kursk region, where about 10,000 Korean troops are currently stationed. ATACMS strikes are believed to be more effective than long-range Ukrainian d... #ATACMS #JoeBiden #Kursk #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #NorthKoreanSoldiers #WarinUkraine
North Korea might send 100,000 troops and transfer long-range weapons to Russia; China, despite its denials, is also arming Russia. North Korea may deploy up to 100,000 soldiers to help Russia in its war against Ukraine. According to Bloomberg, this military support is likely to occur in stages with troop rotation over time rather... #China #Kursk #NorthKorea #NorthKoreanSoldiers #WarinUkraine
What can Trump demand from Putin in negotiations to end the war in Ukraine? Former Deputy Secretary General of NATO Rose Gottemoeller believes that newly elected US President Donald Trump has every opportunity to change the war’s dynamics. Putin presumably wants to retu... #DonaldTrump #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #NATO #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
In winter, the Russians will focus on capturing front-line cities; Kupyansk is among the targets. Russian troops are likely to focus on capturing Ukrainian front-line cities and towns during the winter campaign of 2024-2025, the ISW predicts. This tactic will allow them to compensate for Ukraine&#... #ChasivYar #Kupyansk #Kursk #Pokrovsk #RussianAggression #RussianOffensive #WarinUkraine
The US will allow Ukraine to strike Russian territory with long-range missiles, and France and Britain follow the US’ lead. After months of negotiations with Washington, the Biden administration, with two months left in office, has for the first time authorized the Ukrainian military to use American ATACMS to strike Russia... #ATACMS #JoeBiden #LongRangeMissiles #LongRangeStrikesOnRussia #NorthKoreanSoldiers #StormShadow #WarinUkraine
The G7 will continue to support Ukraine’s resistance to Russian aggression, and the Pentagon will speed up weapons delivery. The G7 countries will continue to provide Ukraine with the necessary assistance and support to protect it from Russian aggression for as long as necessary, the G7 leaders said in a statement. “W... #G7 #JoeBiden #MilitaryAidforUkraine #PDA #Pentagon #SabrinaSingh #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine
Olaf Scholz had a telephone conversation with President Putin. German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called the Russian dictator for the first time in almost two years. The German government noted that the chancellor called on Putin to negotiate an end to the war. Presid... #OlafScholz #Putin #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
ISW: New signs of future problems in the Russian economy. According to the Institute for the Study of War, the Kremlin recently adopted several measures aimed at reducing public spending on treating wounded Russian servicemen, fighting inflation, and solving... #DefenseSpendingRussia #InflationRussia #Putin #RussianEconomy #WarinUkraine
Norway will finance the production of weapons and equipment in Ukraine according to the Danish model. Norway will mirror the Danish support format, which is direct financing of Ukrainian weapon and equipment production, allowing faster production and delivery of weapons to the front. In addition, the ... #DefenseIndustryUkraine #Estonia #MilitaryAidforUkraine #Norway #WarinUkraine #WeaponsProduction
The US State Department has reduced the travel risks to nine regions of Ukraine, opening up new business opportunities. As stated in the updated travel recommendations on US State Department’s website, the highest, fourth-level recommendation applies to all of Ukraine – do not travel to Ukraine at all because of ... #OksanaMarkarova #TourismUkraine #TravelUkraine #WarinUkraine
The EU has begun to consider exchanging land in peace negotiations for security guarantees. There is a growing belief in Brussels that the war with Russia can end only through talks between Kyiv and Moscow that will involve territorial concessions. With the changing battlefield situation and... #FrozenConflict #NATO #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SecurityGuarantees #TerritorialConcessions #WarinUkraine
What key Ukrainian industries have suffered enormous losses during the war? The full-scale war has caused severe economic losses to Ukraine. Gross value added fell by 21%, and Ukraine’s need for reconstruction funds totals $486B. Ukraine’s industrial sector, once ... #AgroLossesUkraine #Azovstal #UkraineEnergyLosses #WarDamage #WarinUkraine
Trump likes two points of the Victory Plan written in the case for his presidency. Donald Trump, who won the US presidential election, is interested in two points of President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Victory Plan, which he presented to Trump during a meeting in September. The fir... #DonaldTrump #LindseyGraham #MineralDepositsUkraine #VictoryPlan #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
Russia is preparing a counteroffensive in the Kursk region; Moscow might begin negotiations after liberating the occupied area. The Russian military has gathered 50,000 troops, including North Korean soldiers, to retake the territories captured by Ukraine in the Kursk region. Russia has accumulated forces without needing to wi... #DonaldTrump #FrozenConflict #Kursk #NorthKoreanSoldiers #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #WarinUkraine
Putin is trying to reset relations with the US and sway Trump to his side. Russian dictator Putin is trying to influence the foreign policy of US President-elect Donald Trump and achieve a reset of relations between Russia and the US on Moscow’s terms. The ISW pointed ... #DonaldTrump #Kremlin #Putin #WarinUkraine
If Zelenskyy is ready, the US will support Ukraine’s negotiations with Russia. The United States is ready to support negotiations between Ukraine and Russia if President Volodymyr Zelenskyy expresses his readiness to do so, said Matthew Miller, spokesperson for the US State Depa... #MatthewMiller #PeaceInUkraine #RussianUkrainianNegotiations #SupportUkraine #WarinUkraine #Zelenskyy
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
Despite record losses, Russia is trying to capture as much territory as possible before the frost. The Defense Forces of Estonia noted the Russian invaders’ heightened offensive pace as Moscow attempts to seize as much territory as possible before the frost. The main fighting is concentrated ... #Kurakhove #RussianOffensive #RussiansLosses #RussianTroops #WarinUkraine
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
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
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
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
Russia reinforces the Donetsk front and uses North Korean military personnel in battles in the Kursk region. British intelligence has reported that the aggressor state is prioritizing the southern Donetsk front. There, the Russian army advanced in several areas of the front across a 20 kilomter width. In thi... #Donetsk #Kursk #NorthKoreanSoldiers #RussianOffensive #RustemUmerov #WarinUkraine
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
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... #AndriyYermak #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
Last week, Russia captured the most land in Ukraine so far this year, and the Ukrainian-held territory in Kursk is shrinking. Last week, Russia seized more territory in its war with Ukraine than at any time in 2024. In recent months, Russian troops have made significant advances in the east of Ukraine, gaining territory desp... #OccupiedTerritories #Pokrovsk #RussianAggression #RussianOffensive #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
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 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
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
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
The EU countries have helped Moscow to finance 1.5 years of war by buying Russian energy sources. Although the EU countries began to reduce their dependence on Russian energy products after the start of the full-scale invasion, they continued to import them. In total, the money Russia earned from ... #DefenseSpendingRussia #EnergySourcesRussia #RussianEconomy #RussiaProfits #WarinUkraine
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
