Ukraine-Russia war latest: Zelensky warns ‘Ukraine is only the first’ after Trump turns on Moscow

“Putin will hold driving the battle ahead, wider and deeper,” Mr Zelensky stated. “We advised you earlier than: Ukraine is just the primary. Now Russian drones are already flying throughout Europe, and Russian operations are already spreading throughout nations.

“Putin desires to proceed this battle by increasing it, and nobody can really feel secure proper now.”

Volodymyr Zelensky has echoed UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres in calling for international guidelines on how AI can be utilized in weapons, stressing that “that is simply as pressing as stopping the unfold of nuclear weapons.

“Stopping Putin now could be cheaper than attempting to guard each port and airport and each ship from drone assaults, and having to construct underground faculties and well being centres as Ukraine has been compelled to do to guard its residents,” he stated.

“Stopping Russia now could be cheaper than questioning who would be the first to create a easy drone carrying a nuclear warhead.”

“So we should use every little thing now we have collectively to drive the aggressor to cease, and solely then do now we have an actual probability that this arms race won’t finish in disaster for all of us,” the Ukrainian chief stated.

Donald Trump is rising impatient with Russia over its refusal to work in the direction of an finish to the battle in Ukraine, US vp JD Vance stated.

“I consider the president is rising extremely impatient with the Russians proper now as a result of he would not really feel like they’re placing sufficient on the desk to finish the battle,” Vance stated, chatting with reporters in North Carolina.

Trump’s second-in-command stated their administration has engaged “in extremely good religion negotiations with each the Russians and Ukrainians” however Moscow refuses to do the identical.

“(Trump) desires this battle to finish, and he is doing every little thing that he can to cease it. However, look, if the Russians refuse to barter in good religion, I feel it should be very, very dangerous for his or her nation. That is what the president made clear,” he stated.

“Quantity two, the president has grown very assured that this battle is dangerous for Russia. You hear me say this on a regular basis. You hear the president say this on a regular basis. The battle is dangerous for Russia. It is dangerous for Ukraine. It is dangerous for America. We wish the killing to cease. That is still the president’s place,” Vance stated.

The U-turn from Trump this week relating to Ukraine’s fortunes in its struggle towards Russia shouldn’t be a shift in place, however “an acknowledgment of the truth on the bottom”, Vance stated.

Volodymyr Zelensky stated the world is in “essentially the most harmful arms race in human historical past” as he addressed the world leaders gathered on the UN Normal Meeting.

The Ukrainian war-time president urged the worldwide group to behave towards Russia now, asserting that Vladimir Putin desires to broaden his battle in Europe.

In a bleak view of at present’s world, he advised the annual high-level assembly of the UN Normal Meeting that weak worldwide establishments together with the United Nations have not been in a position to cease wars in Ukraine, Gaza, Sudan and elsewhere, and worldwide regulation can not help nations survive.

“Weapons resolve who survives,” the Ukrainian chief stated. “There are not any safety ensures besides mates and weapons.”

If Putin is not stopped now, Zelensky warned the meeting that he’ll hold driving the battle ahead, “wider and deeper.”

“Ukraine is just the primary, and now Russian drones are already flying throughout Europe, and Russian operations are already spreading throughout nations,” he stated.

Zelensky spoke from the rostrum of the huge meeting chamber a day after he met with president Donald Trump, who expressed assist for Ukraine’s efforts and criticised Russia.

Ukraine’s briefings of battlefield updates to the highest US officers coordinating with Kyiv on the battle might have made Donald Trump change his thoughts, officers stated.

The US president has spent the latest days together with his officers who’re working to push for a stronger stance backing Ukraine, together with Ukraine envoy Keith Kellogg and new ambassador to the UN Mike Waltz, reported the Wall Avenue Journal.

“They up to date Trump on present battlefield situations, in accordance with two folks acquainted with the scenario, noting that Russia has made little progress lately,” the report stated, citing officers.

This has led to Trump making a rhetorical shift and never a coverage shift on the battle in Ukraine, the place he was beforehand pushing Kyiv to make some concessions.

Trump was additionally knowledgeable about Ukraine’s deliberate offensive which can want US intelligence assist, the officers conscious of the event stated.