Ukraine-Russia struggle newest: Zelensky seeks Patriots in return for sending drone specialists to Middle East | EUROtoday

Speaking to Russian state TV reporter Pavel Zarubin, Mr Putin said: “And now other markets are opening up. And perhaps it would be more profitable for us to stop supplying the European market right now.

“To move into those markets that are opening up and establish ourselves there.”

He clarified, however, that this was “not a decision, it is, in this case, what is called thinking out loud. I will definitely instruct the government to work on this issue together with our companies.”

• Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukrainian drone experts will travel to the Middle East next week, offering expertise in counter-drone warfare as Kyiv seeks additional US air defence missiles amid a shortage of PAC-3 interceptor missiles used in the Patriot air defence system.
• Zelensky met Dutch prime minister Rob Jetten in Kyiv on Sunday, where the two discussed joint arms production and expanding defence cooperation.
• During the talks, Zelensky also called for stronger sanctions against Russia’s “shadow fleet” of oil tankers, saying Moscow’s struggle effort relies upon closely on income from oil exports.
• A Russian ballistic missile struck a five-storey residential constructing in Kharkiv in a single day on Saturday, killing 11 folks, together with two youngsters, and injuring not less than 15 others, in line with native authorities.
• Mayor Ihor Terekhov mentioned the victims included a trainer and her nine-year-old son, in addition to a 13-year-old lady and her mom. Regional governor Oleh Syniehubov mentioned two boys aged six and 11 and a 17-year-old lady have been among the many injured.
• Airline shares in Asia fell on Monday as surging oil costs and the escalating battle involving the United States, Israel and Iran added stress on carriers already coping with restricted airspace as travellers keep away from routes via the Middle East.
• The battle has pushed gas prices greater, with oil costs leaping about 20% in early Monday buying and selling to their highest ranges since July 2022 amid fears of tighter provide and extended disruption to world shipments.

President Donald Trump mentioned that it was inconsequential if Russia has offered Iran with data to assist Tehran goal US navy personnel and property within the Middle East because the week-old struggle rages.

The president dismissed the import of such information-sharing after he attended the dignified switch for six Army reservists who have been killed in a drone strike in Kuwait the day after the US and Israel launched a struggle on Iran that has unsettled the worldwide economic system.

Trump stopped in need of confirming studies by The Associated Press and different information retailers that U.S. intelligence officers imagine Russia has offered Iran with such focusing on data.

But if Moscow is passing on such particulars, he mentioned Iran was getting little out of it.”If you take a look at what’s happened to Iran in the last week, if they’re getting information, it’s not helping them much,” Trump instructed reporters on Air Force One as he flew to Miami, the place he is spending the remainder of the weekend.

The president additionally waved off a query about how Russia aiding Iran in such a manner would possibly have an effect on his view of the US-Russia relationship.

“They’d say we do it against them,” Trump responded. “Wouldn’t they say that we do it against them?

“Ukraine, within the 4 years because it was invaded by Russia, has acquired US intelligence to assist defend in opposition to incoming missiles from Russia in addition to to assist Kyiv hit sure Russian targets.

Russia has misplaced 1,273,290 troops for the reason that begin of the complete scale invasion in 2022, in line with Ukraine’s armed forces.

The quantity contains 930 casualties suffered over the previous day.

The figures, reported early Sunday, are broadly supported by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, which assessed 1.2m casualties since Feb 2022 earlier this yr.

That determine included killed, lacking and wounded.

Ukraine might now face a scarcity of air defence missiles to guard its cities from assaults, he mentioned, because the US and its allies use lots of to defend in opposition to Iran’s waves of drones and rockets.

“The focus will shift to the Middle East, to the Iranian war, now, and to the United States and also to Israel,” Zelensky instructed the World of Trouble podcast. “This is very understandable. And to the countries in the Middle East, who are now under attacks, massive attacks of drones and missiles from the Iranian side.

Read Sam Kiley’s interview with Zelensky.

Vladimir Putin said the crisis in Ukraine stemmed from Western support for the 2014 change of power in Kyiv, accusing Western countries of making a “systemic mistake”.

Speaking to journalist Pavel Zarubin on Russia’s Vesti programme, the Russian president mentioned the battle started after Western backing for the political upheaval in Kyiv, adopted by developments in Crimea and japanese Ukraine’s Donbas area.

“One could say that everything happening now [in Ukraine] is undoubtedly a mistake, first and foremost by Western countries. A systemic mistake,” he added, in line with Tass information company.

Putin additionally accused Ukraine’s management of manipulating European nations, describing the state of affairs as “the tail wagging the dog”.

“The situation is very strange. Because I get the impression that we are dealing with a case that is called ‘the tail wagging the dog,’ rather than the other way around,” he mentioned.

He added that Western nations have been now “reaping what they sowed” via their insurance policies in direction of Ukraine, and warned that tensions had pushed the state of affairs on world power markets to the restrict.

Rescue operations have been nonetheless ongoing yesterday after not less than 11 folks died in a missile strike on a five-story constructing within the metropolis of Kharkiv on Saturday.

Mayor Ihor Terekhov mentioned the victims included a trainer and her nine-year-old son, in addition to a 13-year-old lady and her mom.

Regional governor Oleh Syniehubov mentioned two boys aged six and 11 and a 17-year-old lady have been among the many injured. Officials mentioned on Sunday that one other 11 folks have been believed to be trapped below the rubble.

Russia launched 480 drones and 29 missiles throughout Ukraine in a single day, together with Shahed drones, Zircon hypersonic missiles and Iskander‑M ballistic missiles, Ukraine’s air pressure mentioned. Ukrainian forces mentioned they shot down 453 drones and 19 missiles.

“There must be a response from partners to these savage strikes against life,” president Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned.

“Russia has not abandoned its attempts to destroy Ukraine’s residential and critical infrastructure, and therefore support must continue.”

A Russian drone struck a passenger train in northeastern Sumy Oblast early on Sunday, according to Ukrainian media reports.

The attack occurred at around 5.30am local time and hit a train carrying about 200 passengers, local prosecutors told the outlet Suspilne. Authorities said no injuries were reported, and passengers were later redirected to their final destinations.

Ukraine’s state rail operator Ukrzaliznytsia said the strike was part of a broader overnight drone campaign targeting railway infrastructure across the country, with additional damage reported in Rivne Oblast, Zhytomyr Oblast and Vinnytsia Oblast.

The drone was preliminarily identified as a Lancet drone, a strike drone widely used by Russia.

Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that Ukrainian drone specialists would travel to the Middle East “next week”, as Kyiv seeks further US air defence missiles in alternate for its battlefield experience in countering drones.

Ukraine is facing a shortage of the costly PAC-3 air defence missiles supplied by the United States, and officials fear that a prolonged conflict in the Middle East could further disrupt supplies.

Asked how Kyiv intended to help the US and its Gulf allies counter drone attacks, Zelensky said it was too early to provide details.

“It is too early to say anything else at this stage,” he said, adding: “I think that next week, when the experts are on site, they will assess the situation and help.”