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Zelensky\u2019s chief of staff attributes US President\u2019s state visit to the UK as key factor in his change of position
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The King is said to have been a vital influence on Donald Trump\u2019s<\/a> dramatic U-turn on his attitudes towards the war<\/a> in Ukraine.
This week, Mr Trump went from urging Kyiv to make territorial concessions to insisting it can win back all of the territory <\/a>captured by Russia since 2022.
President Zelensky\u2019s chief of staff said the US President\u2019s state visit to the UK played a key role in his change of position.
\u201cI\u2019d like to mention that it was a great visit of President Trump to the United Kingdom, and I know the position of His Majesty, the position of Prime Minister Starmer and the people whom President Trump met\u2026 it was very important,\u201d Andriy Yermak said.
The change in stance comes as Nato<\/a> countries<\/a> scrambled more fighter jets after Russian planes<\/a> neared Latvian airspace on Thursday, the latest in a string of apparent provocations by Moscow<\/a>.
The jets were \u201cflying close to Nato airspace, not complying with international flight safety regulations,\u201d the command said. They did not say that Nato airspace had been encroached.
Moldovans will head to the polls Sunday for a parliamentary election fraught with claims of Russian interference.
The vote could decide the country\u2019s geopolitical future: a stark choice between East and West.
Landlocked between Ukraine and European Union<\/a> member Romania, Moldova<\/a> has pursued a westward path toward the EU<\/a> in recent years, but Sunday\u2019s ballot to elect a new 101-seat parliament will determine whether that continues or if the country of about 2.5 million people is pulled back into Moscow’s orbit.
The race pits the ruling pro-Western Party of Action and Solidarity, which has held a strong parliamentary majority since 2021, against several key Russia<\/a>-friendly opponents.
If PAS fails to win a majority on Sunday, \u201cIt would mean an end to EU integration,\u201d Igor Grosu said, the PAS leader and speaker of parliament. \u201cIt would mean dependence, halting all justice reforms, infrastructure projects, everything \u2026 there is no middle option.\u201d
Russia’s Defence Ministry said on Saturday that its forces had taken three more villages in eastern Ukraine, amid a grinding Russian advance in the area.
In a statement posted on Telegram, the ministry named the captured villages as Derylove and Maiske in Donetsk region, and Stepove in neighbouring Dnipropetrovsk region.
A Russian oil pumping station has been hit by Ukrainian drones, an official has said.
Work at the station in the Russian Volga riverside region of Chuvashia was halted after the strike on Saturday, regional governor Oleg Nikolaev said.
Nikolaev said that the attack took place near the village of Konar, around 1200km from Ukrainian territory.
He said there had been no casualties and only “minor damage” inflicted.
Reform UK\u2019s former leader in Wales has pleaded guilty at the Old Bailey to eight bribery charges while an elected member of the European parliament.
The charges stated that Nathan Gill, as an elected member of the European parliament for the constituency of Wales in the UK, \u201cagreed to receive financial advantage, namely money\u201d, which constituted \u201cthe improper performance\u201d as the holder of an elected office.
At his last court appearance, it was alleged that the 52-year-old made statements in the European parliament and in opinion pieces to news outlets, such as 112 Ukraine, which were \u201csupportive of a particular narrative\u201d that would \u201cbenefit Russia regarding events in Ukraine\u201d.
Read the full report here<\/strong><\/a>
The King is said to have been a vital influence on Donald Trump\u2019s dramatic U-turn on the war in Ukraine.
This week, Trump went from urging Kyiv to make territorial concessions to insisting it can win back all of the territory captured by Russia since 2022.
President Zelensky\u2019s chief of staff revealed the US President\u2019s state visit to the UK played a huge role in his change of position.
Asked whether the Ukrainian delegation had changed Mr Trump\u2019s mind, Andriy Yermak, said: \u201cI\u2019d like to mention that it was a great visit of President Trump to the United Kingdom, and I know the position of His Majesty, the position of Prime Minister Starmer and the people whom President Trump met\u2026 it was very important.\u201d
The King mentioned the war in Ukraine as he addressed the state dinner held in Mr Trump\u2019s honour at Windsor Castle.
\u201cOur countries have the closest defence, security and intelligence relationship ever known,\u201d Charles said.
\u201cIn two world wars, we fought together to defeat the forces of tyranny. Today, as tyranny once again threatens Europe, we and our allies stand together in support of Ukraine, to deter aggression and secure peace.\u201d
Donald Trump has made a unique and sudden intellectual contribution to the future of Ukraine and European defence, shifting the debate away from an assumption that Kyiv must negotiate or die, to a belief that it could destroy the Kremlin\u2019s army.
This remarkable volte-face is being seized upon in Europe with as much vigour as was evident in the effort to look away when Trump backed Vladimir Putin over Ukraine, or when he threatened to invade Denmark and Canada.
External power to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant has been cut for over three days, a record outage that has prompted major safety fears.
The plant, Europe\u2019s largest nuclear facility, is running on emergency generators to power critical cooling systems after its last power line was severed on Tuesday.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has called the situation \u201cdeeply concerning,\u201d with experts warning of increased risks of a nuclear accident.
While Russian operators claim they have enough diesel to power backup generators for 20 days, the IAEA has warned that the loss of external power heightens the risk of a nuclear accident.
Volodymyr Zelensky warned that if Russia won\u2019t end the war, Kremlin officials \u201chave to know where the bomb shelters are\u201d.
Zelensky told Axios<\/em> that Ukraine \u201cwould not bomb civilians\u201d but insisted Moscow\u2019s centers of power could be targeted if attacks continue.
\u201cThey have to know where the bomb shelters are. They need it. If they will not stop the war, they will need it in any case,\u201d he said.
\u201cThey have to know that we in Ukraine, each day, we will answer. If they attack us, we will answer them.\u201d
Speaking after a meeting with Donald Trump, Zelensky said he requested a new weapons system, later confirmed by sources as the Tomahawk long\u2011range missile, that would push Vladimir Putin toward talks.
Donald Trump has claimed that Ukraine could win back all of the land captured by Russia since the beginning of its invasion in February 2022, in a major shift in his position on the war.
The US president said in a Truth Social post that Kyiv\u2019s military could win \u201call of Ukraine back in its original form\u201d, adding that Putin and Russia are in \u201cBIG economic trouble\u201d.
Military experts say Ukraine could push Russia back towards the border as it stood in 2022, and force Vladimir Putin to seek a peace deal \u2013 but only in the presence of a strict, and unlikely, set of conditions.
The Independent asked three experts with knowledge of Russia\u2019s military, its economy, and the front line in Ukraine whether Trump\u2019s claim could be realised.
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