Moscow says Trump and Putin did not speak. Russian attack on Mikolaiv kills five people and wounds one. Ukraine is experiencing emergency blackouts due to the threat to the energy sector.
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Russian army rehearses raid on Kurakhove
The Russian army has approached Kurakhove, in the Donetsk region, and has carried out occasional artillery attacks on the town, an adviser to a brigade operating there tells Ukrainska Pravda. Ukrainian forces maintain firm control of the city, while Russian troops try to reach the outskirts, he guarantees.
“They are attacking the city intensively, using guided bombs and artillery,” said the source on the Kurakhove front.
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Türkiye hopes that the Trump administration will initiate and support the negotiation process
Türkiye is waiting for the new US administration to initiate and support the negotiation process in Ukraine, a diplomatic source told Russian news agency Ria Novosti.
The Mediterranean country wants to be a mediator in the peace debate, but has not yet received signals from the West about a possible start of the process, he adds.
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Denmark authorizes an investment of 535 million euros in Ukrainian defense
The Danish and Ukrainian Defense Ministries signed today an agreement that authorizes Ukraine to invest 535 million euros in weapons, according to the European Pravda.
These funds were made available by both the Danish and Swedish governments, as well as interest rates on frozen Russian assets, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense.
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13 Russian citizens from Kursk found in Sumy, Ukraine. kyiv and Moscow negotiate his return
“We have information about 13 Russian citizens who were displaced to the Ukrainian region of Sumy,” said Russian Human Rights Commissioner Tatyana Moskalkova, quoted by the Russian state agency TASS.
These 13 citizens lived in the Kursk region and were transported to Ukraine after the offensive that began in this Russian territory more than three months ago.
“Today we are negotiating with the Ukrainian side about their possible return to Russia,” the commissioner said.
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The United Kingdom reaffirms its support for Ukraine
UK Defense Secretary John Healey reiterated Britain’s commitment to providing military support to Ukraine, following Ukrainian accusations of dissonance with the new government led by Keir Starmer.
“We have stepped up our military support,” Healey said in an interview with the BBC. “We have accelerated deliveries… We are now spending more on military aid to Ukraine than we ever did as a UK government,” he adds.
The British newspaper The Guardian last Friday quoted Ukrainian officials referring to a decrease in support given to Starmer, compared to the previous government of Rishi Sunak. “The situation was not the same when Sunak was prime minister. The relationship has worsened,” sources in kyiv indicated.
However, the British defense minister revealed that he had spoken “extensively” with his Ukrainian counterpart, who said he did not see “weakening UK support”.
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Seven injured in Russian attack on apartments in Kryvyi Rih
Volodymyr Zelensky confirmed that seven people were injured following a Russian attack on an apartment block in Kryvyi Rih, Dnipropetrovsk region. Rescue operations continue.
“Every day, every night, Russia commits the same terror,” writes the Ukrainian Head of State on his Telegram channel, pointing out that the target hit was an “ordinary five-story building.”
Zelensky continues his message with a call for greater military support from the West, stating that “without strong support for Ukraine, Russia will have no reason to seek peace, it will only seek new objectives.”
“Russia just wants to prolong the war, and each of these attacks disproves any claims they have made about diplomacy,” he adds.
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The Kremlin denies that Trump and Putin spoke on the phone, according to The Washington Post
After all, Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump have not yet spoken on the phone since the American was elected president of the United States, guarantees Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
“This is the clearest example of the quality of information that is sometimes published even in highly respected publications,” he said, quoted by Ria Novosti.
This Sunday, The Washington Post reported that Trump spoke with Putin and advised him not to escalate the war, referring to a telephone conversation between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin.
The news also indicates that Trump reminded the Russian leader of the considerable military presence that the United States has in Europe and expressed his interest in holding talks to address “soon the resolution of the war in Ukraine.”
According to The Washington Post, the Ukrainian government was informed of the phone call between Trump and Putin and did not object to the conversation.
On Thursday, Putin publicly congratulated Trump on his election victory against Kamala Harris and called him “brave” for his response to the assassination attempt at an election rally in July.
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Russia says it stopped Ukraine from hijacking a military helicopter
The Federal Security Service (FSB), one of Russia’s secret branches, says it has disrupted a Ukrainian military intelligence operation aimed at hijacking a Russian war helicopter.
“Ukrainian military intelligence officers tried to recruit a Russian military pilot to steal the plane and take it to the territory controlled by the Ukrainian Armed Forces,” the Russian service reported, cited by Ria Novosti.
“During the operational game, Russian counterintelligence troops opened air defense positions, inflicting an effective defeat,” the same source reported.
As the Russian pilot himself said in a video published by the FSB, a representative of the Ukrainian special services tried to recruit him via Telegram.
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Five people were killed and one injured in the Russian attack on Mikolaiv
Mikolaiv was attacked today by Russia that killed five people and injured a 45-year-old woman, regional governor Vitalii Kim said on Telegram. Mayor Senkevych added, on the same stand, that they were kamikaze drones of the Shahed type, manufactured in Iran. .
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Ukraine suffers emergency blackouts throughout the country
Blackouts were reported in several Ukrainian cities, including Mikolaiv, kyiv, Cherkasy, Sumy, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad and Kharkiv, according to the Ukrainian news agency Suspilne.
State energy operator Ukrenergo has decided to impose emergency blackouts across the country due to the threat of Russian attacks on critical energy infrastructure. The decision came after the Ukrainian Air Force issued a nationwide air warning after Russia launched Tu-95MS strategic bombers, as well as MiG-31K aircraft, capable of carrying Kinzhal ballistic missiles, according to the Kyiv Independent.
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Trump spoke with Putin and advised him not to escalate the war
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Source: Observadora
