Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky plans to meet Trump at Nato summit

Volodymyr Zelensky urged world leaders to make sure that tools and supplies weren’t ending up in Russia.

“There isn’t any vital Russian weapon in the present day that’s produced with out parts, with out tools, or supplies from different nations, sadly, together with some out of your European and NATO. Sure, after all, this should cease,” the Ukrainian president stated.

“Such parts may be present in each Russian missile, in most of their drones and in navy automobiles. And it isn’t simply China, additionally Taiwan. A few of these elements come from the European nations and from the US.

“And each single part or machine software delivered to Russia’s defence sector helps lengthen the battle and is against the law in opposition to peace.”

Volodymyr Zelensky says European leaders want to organize for Russia to doubtlessly invade extra nations.

“There aren’t any indicators that Putin desires to cease this battle. Russia rejects all peace proposals, together with these from the US of America,” he stated.

“Putin solely thinks about battle. That is a truth.”

He continued: “Possibly he connects his personal political survival together with his potential to maintain killing, as long as he kills, he lives. And our intelligence confirmed this, Russia is even planning new navy operations on Nato territory, which means your nations.”

Volodymr Zelensky stated Ukraine wants extra funding to realize its defence manufacturing potential.

“Our defence manufacturing potential has surpassed 35 billion US {dollars}. This contains almost 1000 forms of merchandise, from artillery and conventional military automobiles to superior drones, of by the way in which, of every kind and missiles,” he stated.

“However round 40 per cent of this potential lacks correct funding. It’s true. That’s an issue.”

He continued: “For instance, we are able to produce over 8 million drones of various sorts every year, however the financing permits for much fewer.

“On the identical time, Russia is utilizing not solely its oil revenues for defence, but in addition the assets of regimes like North Korea and Iran and Russia’s corrupt connections in different nations.”

Volodymyr Zelensky is now addressing Nato.

The Ukrainian president stated all of the Nato members perceive the supply of the battle, and “the long-term menace to the European lifestyle”, is Russia.

“However in actuality, we aren’t simply dealing with Russia alone. We face a community of state and non state actors which can be serving the reason for aggression,” he stated. “This community contains Russia, North Korea, the present regime, in Iran, Chinese language firms.”

The Ukrainian navy stated it attacked an oil depot in Russia’s southern Rostov area, setting it alight on Monday.

The depot is used to produce Russian forces in occupied elements of Ukraine.

The Common Employees of Ukraine’s Armed Forces stated the navy’s particular operations models, along side rocket forces and artillery, had hit the Atlas plant within the Rostov area, not removed from Ukraine’s jap border.

“A strike by our forces within the space of the goal has been confirmed,” the Common Employees stated in an announcement on Telegram. “A fireplace has been noticed. The outcomes of the strike are being clarified.”

Reuters couldn’t independently confirm the report. The Russian defence ministry didn’t instantly reply to Reuters’ request for remark.

Ukrainian forces have been engaged in cross-border assaults, together with vitality trade targets, which the Common Employees stated was geared toward curbing Russia’s financial potential to proceed with the greater than three-year-old battle in Ukraine.

Mark Rutte has welcomed Volodymyr Zelensky to the sidelines of the Nato summit.

“There may be this irreversible path for Ukraine into Nato,” the secretary normal stated, reiterating his feedback from Monday.

Zelensky is in The Hague for conferences with world leaders, however is not going to attend the official summit itself.

Mr Rutte stated “everybody could be very motivated” to maintain Ukraine robust.

A plot to assassinate Volodymyr Zelensky at a Polish airport final yr concerned a Polish pensioner who had been a Russian sleeper agent for many years, new reviews have revealed.

Ukrainian security services stated in a closed briefing with native media on Monday that in an assault deliberate final yr, a retired Polish navy officer who had been a sleeper agent for Russia was recruited to assassinate Zelensky at Rzeszów Airport in Poland.

Polish media reviews that the assault was thwarted in April 2024 by Poland’s inner safety company, and the person, recognized as Pawel Okay, was charged in Could this yr.

The US ambassador to Nato Matthew Whitaker stated “the US is right here to remain” because the two-day summit begins.

The 32 Nato allies are anticipated to agree to extend broad defence spending to five per cent of GDP to counter Russian aggression.

The spending enhance comes after ongoing criticism from Donald Trump about member nations paying their fair proportion for defence capabilities.

“America goes to be a dependable ally,” Mr Whitaker stated in a public Nato discussion board. “We’ve by no means been extra engaged.”

Nato’s secretary normal stated Ukraine has an “irreversible path” to enter the safety alliance.

Ukraine’s potential membership of the group, initially based to counter Russian energy, has been a sticking level for the Kremlin in any peace talks.

However Mark Rutte stated that path for Ukraine stays open, forward of a two-day summit in The Hague starting in the present day.

“Final yr in Washington, Nato allies agreed that for Ukraine, there’s an irreversible path of Ukraine to enter Nato. And that’s nonetheless true in the present day, and it’ll nonetheless be true on Thursday after this summit,” he stated.