US negotiators are expected to visit Kyiv and Moscow in the coming days as Washington seeks to revive efforts to end Russia’s war in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky said. Zelensky said preliminary dates had been set for the meetings, although he did not provide further details. It is important that America continues to be active,” he said.
Donald Trump said he wanted to see an end to the war and the losses suffered by both sides. I think we'll get it,” Trump told GB News in an interview aired on Thursday. Trump also said European countries should repay the US for military aid and ammunition previously sent to Ukraine, while appearing to signal a temporary halt to some US weapons sales to allies.
It came as Russian drones hit a Coca-Cola plant outside Kyiv on Thursday, Zelensky said. The Russians cannot be unaware that this is an American facility.” Eighteen years before Russian tanks rolled into Ukraine, the then German chancellor Gerhard Schröder was asked for his opinion on President Vladimir Putin. That same year, Putin was re-elected by a landslide in an election widely regarded as a sham.
His comments underlined a spirit of cooperation and friendship that had grown between the two countries since the end of World War Two. Germany’s economy hugely benefited from imports of cheap Russian gas, culminating in the construction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline under the Baltic Sea. That relationship has now hit an all-time low.
On Wednesday, the deputy chairman of Russia’s Security Council, Dmitry Medvedev, threatened Germany with direct military strikes in response to Berlin’s claim that Russia was behind a failed explosive drone attack at Leipzig Airport last month. The drone, which was laden with explosives, failed to detonate near a Ukrainian cargo plane. Donald Trump said on Thursday that European countries should repay the US for military aid and ammunition previously sent to Ukraine.
He also appeared to signal a temporary halt to some US weapons sales to allies. Trump said the US was building up its own stockpiles of munitions amid concerns over depleted supplies, particularly as the war with Iran continues. He also said Europe should have paid for weapons provided to Ukraine and Nato, blaming the administration of his predecessor Joe Biden.
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