Ukraine-Russia conflict newest: Zelensky confirms new incursion into Putin’s Belgorod area for first time | EUROtoday

Donald Trump has condemned Russia for “bombing like crazy” previously week, after Moscow’s forces have continued lethal drone and missile assaults throughout Ukraine.

“I’m not happy about what’s going on with the bombing, because they [the Russians] are bombing like crazy right now,” Mr Trump said, adding that it is “not a good situation”.

Speaking during a meeting with Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Oval Office, Mr Trump also referenced the recent peace discussions between Washington, Moscow and Kyiv.

“We’re getting sort of close. But I’m not happy with all the bombing that’s going on the last week or so. Horrible. It’s a horrible thing,” he said.

Over the weekend, Russia killed 20 people, including nine children, with a ballistic missile attack in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih.

More countries will develop nuclear weapons as a result of the war in Ukraine, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has asserted.

The West has pushed the world towards the brink of World War Three by fighting a proxy war in Ukraine, he said, pushing countries to acquire nuclear weapons.

Canada is yet to decide on whether to participate in a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, prime minister Mark Carney has said.

The new leader said that Ottawa’s decision on joining mission would depend on the circumstances, in an interview with Radio-Canada.

But Canada is “part of the coalition of the willing, led by Macron and Starmer. I attended several meetings of this coalition and this was one of the topics of my discussions with those two leaders”, he mentioned based on Ukrainska pravda.

“I am very proud of Canada’s role, the role played by Mr Trudeau’s government and the role we are continuing to play, as well as the Canadian people’s support for the Ukrainian people.”

Markets imagine there’s a 70 per cent chance of a peace deal in Ukraine, bond pricing suggests based on US funding financial institution Goldman Sachs.

This is a pointy improve from 50 per cent earlier than the November election of incumbent Donald Trump, who has been eager to power by means of a peace deal, demanding concessions from each Kyiv and Moscow within the course of.

“Our modeling suggests that current market pricing for a peace deal has risen from below 50% prior to US elections to around 70% at present,” Goldman Sachs mentioned in analysis be aware to purchasers.

It added, nevertheless, that this was barely decrease than a peak of 76% in February.

Trump, who says he desires to be remembered as a peacemaker, has repeatedly mentioned he desires to finish the “bloodbath” of the three-year battle in Ukraine – which his administration casts as a proxy conflict between the United States and Russia.

An Indian-made part has been present in a Russian weapon system for the primary time, Ukraine’s army intelligence mentioned.

“For the first time, a component made in India — a clock buffer from Aura Semiconductor — was found in a Russian weapon,” Ukraine’s Main Directorate of Intelligence (HUR) mentioned in a Telegram publish yesterday.

This comes because the HUR mentioned it has documented almost 200 newly recognized components throughout six varieties of Russian weaponry.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has mentioned Ukraine is ramping up drone manufacturing to the “maximum.”

Ukraine will improve manufacturing for the “full range of drones: from Mavics to long-range drones,” he mentioned in his nightly deal with.

“We’re also expanding our domestic capacity to produce ground-based robotic systems. What we need is constant, stable growth in the production and supply of every necessary part of the unmanned component to our forces. And for this year, the outlook is promising,” Mr Zelensky added.

Kyiv has known as for an pressing assembly of the UN Security Council right now after final week’s Russian missile strike on town of Kryvyi Rih that killed 20 civilians, Ukraine’s overseas minister mentioned.

“A robust international response to Russian atrocities is critical. Such terror should never be normalised. We call for both strong condemnation and firm action,” Andrii Sybiha mentioned on X.

At least 20 had been killed and greater than 70 had been wounded within the Russian missile assault on Friday night on Kryvyi Rih. The youngsters had been taking part in on swings and in a sandbox in a tree-lined park on the time. Bodies had been strewn throughout the grass.

The UN Human Rights Office in Ukraine mentioned it was the deadliest single verified strike harming youngsters because the begin of Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. It was additionally one of many deadliest assaults up to now this yr.

Russia’s air defence models intercepted and destroyed 23 Ukrainian drones in a single day over the border Kursk and Belgorod areas, the Russian defence ministry mentioned this morning.

It didn’t touch upon the reported Ukrainian incursion contained in the Belgorod area.