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Donald Trump<\/a> admits he has invited Vladimir Putin<\/a> to join his \u201cBoard of Peace\u201d initiative aimed at resolving global conflicts, despite Russia<\/a>‘s ongoing invasion of its European neighbour Ukraine<\/a>.
\u201cHe\u2019s been invited,\u201d Trump told reporters when questioned late on Monday, without detailing if the Russian leader has responded to or accepted his invite.
Trump has invited a number of world leaders to join a \u201cBoard of Peace\u201d<\/a> that would initially be tasked with overseeing the ceasefire and reconstruction<\/a> effort in Gaza<\/a>, but he has wider ambitions for what it can achieve. The Kremlin first reported that Putin had been approached to join yesterday.
Putin has been extended the invite at a time when Russia has been escalating its nightly air raids on Ukraine<\/a>, with another major assault on Monday night leaving thousands of multi-storey buildings in Kyiv cut off from heat and water supplies in the depths of winter.
Explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital around 2am, followed by a warning from the Ukraine Air Force stating that Russian ballistic missiles were headed for the capital.
Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> has announced a plan to completely revamp Ukraine’s air defences<\/a> in the face of Putin’s relentless assault.
The UN nuclear watchdog said the 330-kilovolt (kV) Ferosplavna-1 line was reconnected to Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant after a ceasefire was observed in the area.
The Ferosplavna-1 line is one of two high-voltage lines supplying electricity to the Russian-controlled Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant in Ukraine, and was disconnected earlier this month.
“The 330 kV Ferosplavna-1 back up line was reconnected to Ukraine\u2019s ZNPP at 19:17 local time today after successful repair work was carried out by Ukrainian technicians under an IAEA-brokered ceasefire,” the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said in a post on X.
World leaders gathering in Davos for the World Economic Forum should see Russia’s latest attacks on Kyiv as a wake up call from Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian foreign minister Andrii Sybiha said on X this morning.
\u201cThousands of houses are without heating in Kyiv at -15\u00b0C outside, following Russia\u2019s mass strike overnight. War criminal Putin continues to wage a genocidal war against women, children, and elderly,\u201d he wrote in a post.
Citing strikes on several regions and stating that \u201cresilience of the Ukrainian people cannot be an excuse for this war to continue\u201d, Sybiha said the war \u201cmust end as soon as possible\u201d.
\u201cPutin\u2019s barbaric strike this morning is a wake up call to world leaders gathering in Davos: support for the Ukrainian people is urgent; there will be no peace in Europe without a lasting peace for Ukraine; peace can only be achieved through strength; we need urgent additional energy assistance, air defense and interceptors, as well as sanctions pressure on Moscow,\u201d he said.
US president Donald Trump said he has invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to be a member of his \u201cBoard of Peace\u201d initiative aimed at resolving global conflict.
\u201cHe\u2019s been invited,\u201d Trump told reporters, without detailing if the Russian leader has responded to or accepted his invite.
Donald Trump has sought to recruit dozens of world leaders to roles on his board, including Tony Blair, as part of phase two of an ambitious peace plan to end the Israel-Hamas war and rebuild Gaza.
The Kremlin first reported the development yesterday, claiming Putin had been approached.
\u201cPutin received an invitation through diplomatic channels to join the board of peace,\u201d the Russian president\u2019s longtime press secretary Dmitry Peskov announced, adding: \u201cWe are studying all the details of this proposal, including hoping to contact the American side to clarify all the nuances.\u201d
At least 5,635 multi-storey buildings in Kyiv are without heat and water supply after a major Russian missile and drone attack, mayor Vitali Klitschko said.
Klitschko said energy companies were working to restore heat, water and electricity supply to these civilian households.
Russian forces carried out a major overnight attack on Kyiv with a combined drone and missile onslaught, officials reported in the early hours of today.
Explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital around 2am, followed by a warning from the Ukraine Air Force stating that Russian ballistic missiles were headed for the capital, reported Kyiv Independent<\/em>.
The Air Force also issued an additional ballistic missile warning for Kyiv, Dnipropetrovsk and Vinnytsia oblasts shortly after. It added that Russian forces have launched MiG-31 bombers, which are carriers of Russian Kinzhal hypersonic missiles.
Around 5am local time, the Air Force said a second wave of Russian drones was later seen headed for the city, while missiles were reported to be approaching Kyiv around 6.30am local time.
Polish authorities have temporarily suspended operations at the Rzeszow and Lublin airports in order to allow military planes to operate freely, the Polish Air Navigation Services Agency (Pansa) said this morning.
“In connection with the need to ensure freedom of action for military aviation, airports in Rzeszow and Lublin have suspended flight operations,” the agency on X.
Russia is watching with glee as US president Donald Trump’s threats to take control of Greenland widen a split with his European allies.
The Kremlin said Trump would “go down in history” if he took control of Greenland, an autonomous Danish territory.
“There are international experts who believe that by resolving the issue of Greenland’s incorporation, Trump will certainly go down in history. And not only in the history of the United States, but also in world history,” Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said.
\u201cIt’s hard not to agree with these experts,\u201d he said.
President Vladimir Putin’s special envoy Kirill Dmitriev hailed the “collapse of the transatlantic union\u201d, while former president Dmitry Medvedev joked about Europe getting poorer.
Russia has been muted in its criticism of Trump in recent weeks as it seeks to ensure any end to the war in Ukraine is defined on Moscow’s terms, even though he has carried out or threatened military activity against traditional Russian allies Venezuela and Iran.
Donald Trump has said his European counterparts should focus their attentions on the war in Ukraine rather than his attempts to seize control of Greenland from Denmark.
\u201cEurope ought to focus on the war with Russia and Ukraine because, frankly, you see what that\u2019s gotten them,\u201d Trump told NBC News. \u201cThat\u2019s what Europe should focus on \u2013 not Greenland,\u201d he said.
On being asked if he will implement his plans to punish European countries with his tariffs if a Greenland deal fails to go through, Trump said: \u201cI will, 100%.\u201d
His remarks come after Sir Keir Starmer said it was \u201ccompletely wrong\u201d for Trump to threaten tariffs against countries who oppose his attempts to take control of Greenland.
The PM said the dispute over Greenland, which Mr Trump wants to take over because of its strategic Arctic location and mineral wealth, should be resolved through \u201ccalm discussion between allies\u201d rather than by military action or a trade war.
All eyes are on Greenland<\/a>. And that is exactly what Vladimir Putin<\/a> wants. Russia<\/a>\u2019s president must be rubbing his hands and giggling with glee as he watches the president of the United States of America deliver the kind of strategic effect <\/a>for Russia that a KGB colonel could only dream of.
Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s peevish narcissism is Russia\u2019s greatest asset. And while the US president\u2019s myopic view of Greenland dominates geopolitics, it distracts from what is going on thousands of miles away to the east.
Unable to get Ukraine<\/a> to agree to surrender more than a fifth of its territory to Putin\u2019s army, even after he attempted to hamstring Kyiv\u2019s defence by cutting all military aid, Trump has found that his power over Ukraine has dwindled<\/a>.
World affairs editor Sam Kiley<\/strong> writes:
US president Donald Trump said he has invited his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin to be a member of his \u201cBoard of Peace\u201d initiative aimed at resolving global conflict.
\u201cHe\u2019s been invited,\u201d Trump told reporters, without detailing if the Russian leader has responded to or accepted his invite.
Donald Trump has sought to recruit dozens of world leaders to roles on his board, including Tony Blair, as part of phase two of an ambitious peace plan to end the Israel-Hamas war and rebuild Gaza.
The Kremlin first reported the development yesterday, claiming Putin had been approached.
\u201cPutin received an invitation through diplomatic channels to join the board of peace,\u201d the Russian president\u2019s longtime press secretary Dmitry Peskov announced, adding: \u201cWe are studying all the details of this proposal, including hoping to contact the American side to clarify all the nuances.\u201d
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