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The Kremlin takes cautious stance after Donald Trump\u2019s US victory
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> has congratulated Donald Trump<\/a>, who will return to the White House<\/a>, and urged the Republican<\/a> to keep supporting Kyiv<\/a> against Vladimir Putin<\/a>\u2019s invasion.
With concerns rising that support for Ukraine<\/a> could diminish under a second Trump administration, Mr Zelensky praised Mr Trump’s “peace through strength” philosophy, calling it t a just peace for Ukraine. Mr Trump has said he would look to end the Ukraine war as soon as possible, with Kyiv wary that he will push for it to give up territory to Moscow.
The Kremlin, in contrast, has reacted cautiously to Mr Trump\u2019s victory. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Russia<\/a> has “no illusions” about the new Republican president, adding that the US remains an “unfriendly” country directly involved in the war against Russia.
“We have repeatedly said that the U.S. is able to contribute to the end of this conflict. Will this happen, and if so, how … we will see after [Mr Trump\u2019s inauguration] January.”
Meanwhile, Ukraine has reported \u201csmall-scale\u201d clashes with North Korean troops in Kursk<\/a>, marking their first battlefield confrontation with Kim Jong Un\u2019s soldiers, defence minister Rustem Umerov said.
The Kremlin has responded cautiously following Donald Trump\u2019s victory in the US presidential election.
Officials suggested that while Trump\u2019s rhetoric on ending the Ukraine war was noteworthy, it remains to be seen if it will translate into tangible policy changes.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov made clear that, despite Trump’s campaign promises to bring an end to the war in Ukraine, Russia viewed the US as an “unfriendly” state that remained deeply involved in the conflict.
“Let us not forget that we are talking about an unfriendly country, which is both directly and indirectly involved in a war against our state,” Mr Peskov told reporters, adding that Moscow would wait to see if Trump\u2019s statements on Ukraine would result in concrete actions.
Despite the continued animosity, Russian state media during the election campaign showed a clear preference for Trump, suggesting some hope in Moscow that his administration could be more amenable to dialogue than the current one.
Kirill Dmitriev, the head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund and a former Goldman Sachs banker with prior contacts to Trump\u2019s team, said that a Trump presidency could offer a “new opportunity” for a reset in US-Russia relations.
North Korean troops were engaged in combat in Russia\u2019s Kursk in recent days for the first time, two U.S. officials told Reuters<\/em>.
One of the officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said they took part in combat on 4 November.
The officials did not say whether there were any North Korean casualties and did not provide further details on the engagement.
Egisto Ott, a former Austrian intelligence official, has appeared in court for allegedly violating official secrecy laws, the first charges in a high-profile case linked to Russian espionage.
Mr Ott, who was detained for two months earlier this year, faces accusations of passing sensitive information to Russian intelligence services and to Jan Marsalek, a fugitive entrepreneur with alleged ties to the Kremlin.
The trial has drawn significant attention, particularly given its connection to the far-right Freedom Party (FP\u00d6), which emerged as the top party in Austria\u2019s September elections for the first time.
Vladimir Putin greeted North Korea’s foreign minister with an awkwardly long handshake as the pair met in Moscow on Monday, 4 November. The Russian president, 72, met Choe Son Hui as she continued her official visit to the country. State television showed the pair greeting each other but details of the meeting were not available. Choe began her visit with talks with her Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov last Friday. The trip came on the heels of the Pentagon’s statement that North Korea has deployed around 10,000 troops to Russia to fight against Ukraine within \u201cthe next several weeks.\u201d
Poland plans to invest 3 billion zlotys (\u00a3577 million) to boost ammunition production, according to a bill published late on Monday, aiming to ensure it has sufficient supplies in the event of an attack from Russia.
Since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, Poland has become Nato\u2019s biggest spender on defence in relation to the size of its economy, with the 2025 budget allocating 4.7 per cent of gross domestic product for the purpose.
\u201cThe draft act aims to create opportunities to provide financing for activities aimed at increasing the capacity for ammunition production,\u201d the bill says, with a particular need to expand large-caliber production to bolster the potential of the Polish Armed Forces.
The government aims to adopt the bill during the fourth quarter, according to its website.
Some Nato officials have said the Kremlin might be ready militarily to attack Nato countries in five to eight years\u2019 time, once it has rebuilt its forces after the war in Ukraine. Moscow has regularly dismissed Western suggestions that it might consider an attack on Nato.
In September Maciej Idzik, a board member of the state-owned Polish Armaments Group (PGZ), told\u00a0Reuters<\/em>\u00a0that Warsaw aimed to ramp up its production of 155 mm artillery rounds.
Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven democracies and three key allies said on Tuesday they were gravely concerned by the deployment of North Korean troops to Russia and the possibility they may be used in the war against Ukraine.
\u201cThe DPRK\u2019s (North Korea) direct support for Russia\u2019s war of aggression against Ukraine, besides showing Russia\u2019s desperate efforts to compensate its losses, would mark a dangerous expansion of the conflict,\u201d the ministers said in a statement.
Besides G7 members the United States, Japan, Italy, Britain, Germany, France and Canada, the statement was also signed by South Korea, Australia and New Zealand.
The ministers said they condemned \u201cin the strongest possible terms\u201d increased military cooperation between North Korea and Russia, including Russia\u2019s \u201cunlawful procurement\u201d of North Korean ballistic missiles.
They said they were deeply concerned about the potential for any transfer of nuclear or ballistic missile-related technology to North Korea, and would work with international partners \u201cfor a coordinated response to this new development\u201d.
The former MP tells Lisa Salmon about taking part in TV show Celebrity Yorkshire Auction House, and the Ukrainian family that lives with her.
Russia has rejected claims that it was behind a series of hoax bomb threats targeting polling stations in the United States on election day, as well as reports suggesting a Russian plot to plant incendiary devices on planes.
Moscow dismissed the accusations after the FBI revealed that multiple bomb threats had been made on Tuesday against voting locations in key battleground states, including Georgia, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Pennsylvania.
Many of these threats appeared to originate from email domains linked to Russia, raising suspicions of foreign interference, though no bombs were found at the sites.
In addition to the bomb hoaxes, US security officials indicated that parcels which exploded at logistics depots in Europe were allegedly part of a test for a potential Russian plot to place incendiary devices on cargo flights to the US.
Authorities suggested that these incidents could be a precursor to more serious attacks aimed at disrupting US-bound cargo traffic.
However, Russia categorically denied any involvement in these activities, calling the reports unfounded.
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