Ukraine-Russia conflict newest: Trump calls hatred between Putin and Zelensky ‘ridiculous’ | EUROtoday

Israel dangers a ​diplomatic and authorized response from Kyiv if it permits a vessel carrying grain from Russian-occupied Ukraine to dock ⁠on the port of Haifa, a Ukrainian diplomatic supply informed Reuters on Monday.

Israel’s Haaretz newspaper reported earlier that the vessel Panormitis, ⁠which it stated ​was carrying ⁠grain from occupied Ukrainian territory that Kyiv regards as stolen, was ⁠ready for permission to berth in Haifa.

“If ​this ⁠ship and its ‌cargo isn’t rejected, we reserve the right to deploy a full suite of ‌diplomatic and international legal responses,” ‌the Ukrainian supply stated on situation of anonymity.

Israel’s international ministry didn’t instantly reply to ⁠a request for remark.

An elderly woman trapped on the frontlines of Ukraine was rescued by a drone on a heroic recovery mission, according to soldiers.

Video shared by the Third Army Corps on Telegram shows an unmanned ground drone arriving to pick the pensioner up on a road under fire in Lyman, eastern Ukraine.

“With no hope of survival, she walked through shell craters and the bodies of fellow villagers — until a robot arrived for her,” the corps said.

They said the robot was covered in a blanket so as to not scare her, and had attached a note that read: “Grandma, sit down!”

The 60th Motorized Rifle Brigade led the four-hour operation to rescue four civilians in the area, they said.

Trump informed Fox News on Sunday that “we’re working on the ⁠Russia situation, Russia ​and Ukraine, and ⁠hopefully we’re going to get it (a peace deal)”.

He stated he was nonetheless having “good conversations” with each Putin and Zelensky.

“The hatred between President Putin and President Zelensky is ridiculous. It’s crazy. And hate is a bad thing. Hate is a bad thing when you’re trying ‌to settle something, but it’ll happen,” ​he said.

Trump’s remarks came on the same day that Zelensky accused Putin of “nuclear terrorism” and warned that Russian navy exercise close to Chernobyl risked repeating the worst nuclear catastrophe in Europe’s historical past.

North Korea has opened a memorial museum for its soldiers killed while fighting for Russia against Ukraine, with top leaders of North Korea and Russia pledging a push for greater cooperation.

In April 2025, North Korea and Russia announced that their soldiers fought together to repel a Ukraine incursion into Russia’s Kursk border region.

The two countries haven’t disclosed how many North Koreans soldiers were deployed, but South Korea’s intelligence service estimated North Korea sent about 15,000 troops and 2,000 of them were killed.

More than four years into Russia’s grinding war in Ukraine, Kyiv’s forces are driving up their use of land robots. Troops who use them and engineers who produce them tell Alex Croft that the future of war has already arrived:

An elderly woman trapped on the frontlines of Ukraine was rescued by a drone on a heroic recovery mission, according to soldiers.

Video shared by the Third Army Corps on Telegram shows an unmanned ground drone arriving to pick the pensioner up on a road under fire in Lyman, eastern Ukraine.

“With no hope of survival, she walked through shell craters and the bodies of fellow villagers — until a robot arrived for her,” the corps said.

They said the robot was covered in a blanket so as to not scare her, and had attached a note that read: “Grandma, sit down!”

The 60th Motorized Rifle Brigade led the four-hour operation to rescue four civilians in the area, they said.

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