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Biden rushing to get billions more in aid to Ukraine before he exits office in January
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Donald Trump<\/a> is now likely to call Russia<\/a>\u2019s Vladimir Putin<\/a> and tell him to \u201cstop the war\u201d<\/a>, a former American diplomat has said.
The incoming US president is \u201cgoing to make a phone call<\/a> to Putin as quickly as possible and tell Putin that he needs to stop the war, that the fighting has to stop, and that there has to be peace,\u201d Kurt Volker<\/a>, former US special representative for Ukraine<\/a> negotiations, said.
Mr Trump does not want to see the Ukraine war continue once he is actually in office, he said, while emphasising that Putin would inevitably have \u201cdemands\u201d<\/a> and that this would only be the start of the conversation.
Ukrainian war-time president Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> has congratulated Mr Trump, who will return to the White House<\/a>, and urged the Republican to keep supporting Kyiv<\/a> against Mr Putin\u2019s invasion.
The current US administration, expecting a more frugal handling of Ukraine <\/a>from Mr Trump, is now rushing military aid<\/a> worth $9bn to Kyiv before Joe Biden exits office in January.
\u201cThe administration plans to push forward… to put Ukraine in the strongest position possible\u201d before Trump enters office, a senior Biden administration official said.
Fragments from downed Russian drones injured at least two people and damaged several buildings in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv overnight, city officials said on Thursday.
Ten buildings were damaged by drone debris, including a medical facility and a business centre, said Serhiy Popko, head of the city\u2019s military administration.
The attack also caused a fire in a restaurant on the 33rd storey of a building in the wealthy central Pechersk district, and three residential buildings were also damaged in other areas, Popko said.
Photos posted by the city authorities showed burnt-out vehicles in ruined garages, and shattered windows and charred walls in another location.
Popko said more than 30 drones had been brought down in and around the capital in the latest overnight attack.
\u201cCurrently, there is no air raid alert in Kyiv. But there are drones in the airspace of Ukraine that may move towards Kyiv,\u201d he warned in a message on the Telegram app on Thursday morning.
Air raid sirens sounded again in Kyiv shortly after 9.00 a.m. (0700 GMT).
Large-scale drone attacks have become a nightly danger for Kyiv residents over the past month as Russia, which began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, increased the number of drones launched against Ukraine.
Washington is by far Kyiv\u2019s largest military backer \u2013 and any loss in support will mean more deaths on the front line, writes Chris Stevenson. But if a push to end the war does come from the White House, that also poses a problem for the Kremlin
A lot is at stake for North Korea\u2019s leader as he sends young, inexperienced recruits to join Vladimir Putin\u2019s war in Ukraine
The G7, involving some of the world\u2019s richest nations, have made clear that they believe the reports of thousands of North Korean troops<\/a> being used to bolster Russian forces<\/a> in Ukraine show Vladimir Putin\u2019s \u201cdesperation\u201d to compensate for losses<\/a> on the frontline.
Putin\u2019s forces are believed to be losing hundreds of troops a day, with Ukrainian estimates going as high as 1,200 to 1,500, so the more than 10,000 troops South Korea believes are in Russia would last two weeks or so at that rate.
\u201cIn the big picture, even 12,000 soldiers don\u2019t affect the general situation of the war significantly,\u201d says Emil Kastehelmi, who runs the Black Bird Group, which tracks the war in Ukraine.
G7 nations say Russia\u2019s deployment of North Korean troops is a sign of desperation as Vladimir Putin looks to plug troop losses
Russian leaders and media figures responded with a mix of jubilation and caution after Donald Trump <\/a>won the 2024 presidential election<\/a>.
\u201cThere is only one place in the world where the mood is worse than it is at Kamala Harris\u2019s campaign headquarters: Bankova Street, the office of the president of Ukraine in Kyiv,\u201d the host of the Russian TV show The Big Game<\/em>, Dmitry Suslov, said after the election, according to a translation from Russia analyst Julia Davis<\/a>.
\u201cTrump now has 24 hours to end the war in Ukraine. Donald, the clock is ticking! This is what Trump has promised,\u201d presenter Olga Skabeeva said of Trump\u2019s \u201cresounding\u201d victory, according to Davis.
Trump has claimed he would end Ukraine war before he even takes office
Soldiers in a Ukrainian artillery battery on the front lines in the country\u2019s east were only vaguely aware of American election results of Donald Trump\u2019s victory. But they were firm in their hopes for the next president of the United States. Their entrenched artillery battery fires on Russian forces daily \u2014 and takes fire nearly as often. Just the other day, one of their overhead nets snared a Russian drone.
Trump\u2019s election throws into doubt American support for Ukraine \u2014 and ultimately whether Kyiv can beat back Russia\u2019s invasion. But Mozart \u2014 who like other soldiers did not give his name in keeping with Ukrainian military protocol \u2014 is among many Ukrainians who hope that Trump will hold the line on American support for their country. Russian forces have recently made gains in the east, although the commander described the frontline situation as \u201cstatic.\u201d
Trump promises to end the war swiftly once elected
The Kremlin has said that the United States remains an \u201cunfriendly\u201d country towards Russia.
Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said that there are no plans for President Vladimir Putin to congratulate Donald Trump on any potential election victory.
Mr Peskov\u2019s comments came as he discussed Moscow\u2019s cautious approach to the changing political landscape in the US, noting that Russia is closely monitoring the statements made by American politicians.
\u201cOur relations with the United States are at a historic low,\u201d he told reporters. \u201cIt is practically impossible for them to get any worse.\u201d
The spokesperson acknowledged that the US has the capacity to change its foreign policy approach, but he added that Moscow would wait until January, when Trump is set to take office, to see if there would be any shift in direction.
Russian forces have captured two more settlements in areas of heavy military activity in eastern Ukraine, Russia\u2019s defence ministry said yesterday.
Ukraine\u2019s military noted fighting around both villages in eastern sectors of the 1,000km (600-mile) frontline, but did not acknowledge that either had fallen into Russian hands.
The Russian ministry identified the villages as Maksymivka, just north of the hilltop town of Vuhledar, captured by Russian forces last months after long months of fighting, and Antonivka, near the embattled town of Kurakhove, further north.
The General Staff of Ukraine\u2019s military said Kyiv\u2019s forces had repelled two attacks near Maksymivka and a nearby village in the vicinity of Vuhledar in Donetsk region. Four clashes were still going on, it said.
The general staff reported a \u201ctense\u201d situation around the city of Kurakhove, with 39 Russian attacks on Ukrainian positions. It listed Antonivka as one of several villages in the area where Moscow\u2019s troops were trying to advance.
The head of\u00a0Australia\u2018s national intelligence agency\u00a0said it was troubling to see an \u201cemerging axis\u201d of countries supporting\u00a0Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine emerge\u00a0as allies of the Kremlin mounted a challenge for western countries supporting Kyiv.
Andrew Shearer, who leads the government\u2019s Office of National Intelligence (ONI),\u00a0said North Korea, Iran, and more significantly\u00a0China,\u00a0posed a\u00a0\u201cstrategic challenge\u201d for countries\u00a0including Canberra as the war dragged on.
He said the emerging axis, which has\u00a0China and Russia as its main pillars, had been underestimated since the war began as\u00a0Beijing emboldened Moscow by providing dual-use goods\u00a0as well as economic and diplomatic support.
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Intelligence official says West grappling to catch up with emerging axis of China, North Korea and Iran supporting Russia
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