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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, 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.
It comes as European leaders meeting in Budapest, Hungary, urged Mr Trump to continue to support Ukraine amid concerns the president-elect could force Kyiv to the negotiating table.
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said it was in everyone\u2019s interest, including the US, \u201cthat the autocrats of this world get a very clear message that is not the right of might, that the rule of law is important\u201d.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> echoed that sentiment when addressing leaders in Budapest.
Russian forces are making swift and \u201csignificant tactical advances<\/a>\u201d into the eastern Ukrainian city of Selydove, war monitors have said.
Open source data suggests Russian forces advanced in September at their fastest rate<\/a> since March 2022, despite Ukraine<\/a> taking a part of Russia<\/a>\u2019s Kursk region.
Those rapid advances have continued in the past week as Russian forces appear to be charging towards – or even into – the city of Selydove, which is less than 10 miles south of its main target, the larger city of Pokrovsk<\/a>, a linchpin of the wider Donetsk<\/a> region\u2019s defences.
Ukraine\u2019s military say the hottest fighting along the roughly 640-mile frontline is taking place on the outskirts of the eastern city of Selydove
President Macron has urged fellow European leaders to refrain from commenting on Trump\u2019s victory, emphasising that Europe\u2019s role is \u201cnot to comment.\u201d
He cautioned that a Russian victory over Ukraine would leave Europe confronting an expansionist \u201cimperial power\u201d on its doorstep.
Speaking to a gathering of 42 leaders, including Sir Keir Starmer, in Budapest, Macron highlighted that Europe is at a \u201cdecisive moment\u201d and must take charge of its own future.
Ireland’s Prime Minister Simon Harris has said there are no plans to change Ireland\u2019s military neutrality stance.
Mr Harris said there is a need for Ireland to \u201cinvest more in defence and in working on security\u201d.
\u201cJust because you\u2019re militarily neutral, it doesn\u2019t mean that you\u2019re immune from those risks,\u201d he added.
\u201cI think, in relation to Ukraine more broadly, and I look forward to seeing President (Volodymyr) Zelensky today (Thursday), I mean, Europe has to stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes.
\u201cWe cannot have a situation where a country can, through aggression, through illegal war, annex people\u2019s territories. And, you know, there\u2019s been a lot of good work done in terms of the peace summit in Switzerland, which I attended, and other meetings to try and chart a way forward to bring peace to Ukraine.
\u201cBut that has to be grounded in the principles of the UN Charter. And I look forward to having an opportunity to really take stock today with around 39 leaders from across the European Union and the broader EU family, including the British prime minister (Sir Keir Starmer), on these issues.\u201d
France\u2019s foreign ministry summoned North Korea\u2019s general delegate in France last week to protest against the deployment of his country\u2019s troops to Russia and warned there would be consequences.
\u201cWe are ready to react firmly in coordination with our partners,\u201d French foreign ministry spokesman Christophe Lemoine told reporters when asked whether sanctions were on the table after North Korea\u2019s decision to send troops to bolster Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine.
Lemoine said France had summoned North Korea\u2019s general delegate in France on Oct. 28 and told him that such support for Russia\u2019s war would not be left without a response.
France does not have diplomatic relations with North Korea, but the general delegate is accredited at UNESCO, the United Nations cultural agency, based in Paris.
An approach of \u201cpeace through strength\u201d is needed urgently as Europe confronts the danger posed by Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told leaders at the European Political Community summit in Budapest on Thursday.
Mr Zelensky said that concessions to Russian President Vladimir Putin were unacceptable for Ukraine and suicidal for Europe.
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Ukraine\u2018s Air Force said on Thursday it had downed 74 Russia-launched drones overnight.
It also said on the Telegram messaging app that an additional 25 from a total of 106 drones had been \u201clocationally lost\u201d.
In the wake of Donald Trump\u2019s re-election in the US, European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen has called on the European Union to take more responsibilty for it\u2019s defence and for support of Ukraine.
EU officials have reportedly expressed concern privately that a second Trump administration could see the US withdraw at least some of it\u2019s support from the continent.
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky revealed his country has had \u201cgood conversations\u201d with Donald Trump, following the latter\u2019s election victory in the US. Mr Zelensky congratulated Trump on his victory over Kamala Harris in a new video address on Wednesday evening (6 November). The Ukrainian president said: \u201cI congratulate him on this victory. In general, it was extremely important for us in Ukraine and for all of Europe to consistently hear the words of the then-45th President of the United States about \u201cpeace through strength.\u201d And if this becomes the policy principle of the 47th President of the United States, America and the whole world will undoubtedly benefit from it.\u201d During his election campaign, Trump has threatened both a withdrawal of NATO commitments and a fundamental shift of support for Ukraine in its war with Russia.
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