Ukraine Russia war live: Zelensky sees opportunity to end Putin’s invasion in 2025 but calls for weapons


Zelensky signs co-operation agreement with Croatia

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has announced he is seeking an opportunity to end the war with Russia next year.

“In October, November and December we have a chance to move things toward peace and lasting stability,” he told the Ukraine-South East Europe summit in Dubrovnik.

“The situation on the battlefield creates an opportunity to make this choice for decisive action to end the war no later than in 2025.”

It comes as he called on southeastern European countries to invest in weapons production in Ukraine.

Overnight, the Ukrainian president said he had met with top commanders to call for a boost in domestic production of weaponry.

Mr Zelensky had also planned to present in full his “victory plan” to the US and Ukraine’s other allies next week during a meeting in Germany.

But that meeting had to be postponed after US president Joe Biden announced that he would be staying in the US due to the threat of hurricanes in Florida.

1728513049

Russia says peace in Ukraine is impossible if Kyiv gets Nato membership

Russian foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Wednesday that achieving a just peace in Ukraine would be impossible if Kyiv lost its neutrality by joining a bloc such as the US-led Nato military alliance.

Russian president Vladimir Putin has said peace talks can only begin if Kyiv agrees to abandon large swaths of territory claimed by Moscow and drops its bid to join Nato.

Zakharova, speaking about reports that the West was discussing an option in which Ukraine could join Nato in return for accepting Russian control over a swathe of Ukrainian territory, said that achieving a just peace in Ukraine would be impossible without ensuring that Ukraine‘s status was neutral and non-aligned.

Zakharova said that what Moscow calls the “special military operation” in Ukraine was a reaction to Nato’s eastward expansion.

Tom Watling9 October 2024 23:30

1728510649

Kim Jong-un makes outlandish claim in birthday message to Putin

Tom Watling9 October 2024 22:50

1728508009

Putin’s fall is inevitable, says freed prisoner Vladimir Kara Murza

Tom Watling9 October 2024 22:06

1728506689

Watch: Putin hosts Commonwealth leaders meeting

Tom Watling9 October 2024 21:44

1728504109

Jailed leader of a prominent election watchdog is on trial in Russia

Tom Watling9 October 2024 21:01

1728502236

In pictures: Ukrainians relax in the Kyiv sun

An elderly man lays on a bench as pigeons fly past on a sunny autumn day in central Kyiv
An elderly man lays on a bench as pigeons fly past on a sunny autumn day in central Kyiv (AFP via Getty Images)
Local residents sit on benches in the park on a sunny autumn day in central Kyiv
Local residents sit on benches in the park on a sunny autumn day in central Kyiv (AFP via Getty Images)

Tom Watling9 October 2024 20:30

1728500509

UK facing threat of ‘plot after plot’ from Iran, warns MI5 chief

Tom Watling9 October 2024 20:01

1728498529

Mine-like object thrown into Kyiv metro

Tom Watling9 October 2024 19:28

1728496909

The Ukrainian fighting to keep Russia out of world chess

Tom Watling9 October 2024 19:01

1728494689

Zelenskyy to seek more war support from a dozen countries in southeast Europe

Tom Watling9 October 2024 18:24



Source link