Ukraine Russia war live: Trump threatens Putin with ‘massive sanctions’ after Moscow rejects summit plan

Ukraine is transferring forward with plans for a brand new cruise missile which can be capable to strike deep into Russian territory.

The Flamingo FP-5 missile can carry a warhead weighing a couple of tonne, and might fly greater than 3,000 kilometres deep into Russia.

The solely Ukrainian-made missile is produced by Ukraine’s Fire Point defence company, and took simply 9 months to develop the concept right into a missile which has had its first profitable exams on the battlefield, CEO and technical director Iryna Terekh mentioned.

Extra on this report from my colleague Alex Croft:

A visibly emotional Kim Jong-un was seen consoling the households of North Korean troopers killed preventing alongside Russia through the Ukraine battle.

Throughout a ceremony in Pyongyang on Friday (22 August), the North Korean dictator awarded “hero” titles to troops who returned after preventing alongside Russian forces in Kursk.

“My coronary heart aches and is bitter, as I face the fact that I solely get to fulfill the noble figures who gave up their treasured lives for nice victory and glory by images on the memorial wall,” state-run Korean Central Information Company reported Kim as saying.

A Ukrainian man accused of serving to to explode the Nord Stream fuel pipelines has been arrested in northern Italy.

The 49-year-old, named by investigators as Serhii Okay, as soon as served in Ukraine’s safety companies and particular forces, reported Sky Information.

He was detained at a bungalow resort in San Clemente, Rimini province, after German prosecutors issued a European arrest warrant. Officers from Italy’s Carabinieri raided his room with out resistance.

Mr Okay had checked in together with his household beneath his actual title, triggering a police alert. At the least one in every of their journey tickets was issued in Poland. He had pushed throughout the Italian border final week in a automotive with Ukrainian plates.

No weapons or additional proof have been recovered through the search.

He has denied the fees, insisting he was in Ukraine on the time of the September 2022 blasts, which ruptured three Russian pipelines close to Bornholm island within the Baltic Sea. German authorities accuse him of collusion to trigger explosions, sabotage and destruction of infrastructure.

Deputy Bologna Prosecutor Licia Scagliarini authorised his handover to Germany, however Mr Okay advised the courtroom he wouldn’t consent, which may delay extradition. He stays in custody in Bologna till the following listening to on 3 September.

The Nord Stream explosions escalated the Ukraine battle and deepened Europe’s vitality disaster.

Western intelligence has instructed a pro-Ukraine group might have been concerned, however accountability has by no means been claimed. Italian prosecutors are additionally probing potential hyperlinks with different sabotage incidents, together with the sinking of a Russian-linked oil tanker off Savona earlier this yr.

The European Union’s overseas coverage chief mentioned that the opportunity of Ukraine ceding land to Russia as a part of a peace deal to finish their three-year battle is “a lure” set by Mr Putin.

The Russian chief is demanding Ukrainian concessions in return for halting his military’s invasion however granting him these calls for would quantity to rewarding the nation that began the preventing, Kaja Kallas, vice-president of the European Fee, mentioned.

The latest speak about handing Putin concessions is “precisely the lure that Russia needs us to stroll into,” Kallas mentioned in an interview with the BBC.

“I imply, the dialogue all about what Ukraine ought to hand over, what the concessions that Ukraine is keen to (make), whereas we’re forgetting that Russia has not made one single concession and they’re those who’re the aggressor right here, they’re those who’re brutally attacking one other nation and killing folks,” she mentioned.

“Russia is simply dragging ft. It is clear that Russia doesn’t need peace,” Kallas mentioned.

“President Trump has been repeatedly saying that the killing has to cease and Putin is simply laughing, not stopping the killing, however rising the killing.”

Volodymyr Zelensky says Russia needs to keep away from a gathering with him as a result of “they don’t wish to finish the battle”.

The Ukrainian president spoke throughout a press convention alongside Nato secretary normal Mark Rutte, who was visiting Kyiv.

“It’s mandatory that this area for avoidance be decreased,” Zelensky mentioned.

“US and European unity will cut back this area.”

Rutte mentioned that Trump needs to “break the impasse” with Putin and have interaction the USA in offering safety ensures for Ukraine.

“President Trump has made this a precedence,” he advised the information convention.

Russia’s high diplomat mentioned there are not any plans for a gathering between Russian president Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky to debate their three-year battle, days after US president Donald Trump mentioned he had begun preparations for them to sit down down collectively.

“There isn’t any assembly deliberate” between the Russian and Ukrainian leaders, Russian overseas minister Sergei Lavrov advised NBC.

Uncertainty has grown in latest days about Moscow’s dedication to US-led peace efforts, as Russian officers have raised elementary objections to the nascent proposals.

Lavrov mentioned Putin could be prepared to fulfill with Zelensky to debate peace phrases – however solely after key points have been first labored out by senior officers. That might contain a protracted negotiating course of between two sides which might be at present far aside.

Ukraine needs Western safety ensures to discourage any post-war Russian assault, and US and European officers are scrambling to provide you with detailed proposals on how that may work.

However Lavrov mentioned earlier this week that making safety preparations for Ukraine with out Moscow’s involvement was pointless.

Donald Trump has expressed frustration that the peace talks between Vladimir Putin and Volodymyr Zelensky haven’t but been scheduled.

“We’ll see whether or not or not they’ve a gathering,” Trump advised reporters.

“It will be fascinating to see. If they do not, why did not they’ve a gathering, as a result of I advised them to have a gathering. However I am going to know what I’m going to do in two weeks.”

Trump mentioned he had begun making preparations for a Putin-Zelensky assembly on Monday quickly after concluding White Home talks with Zelensky and European leaders and talking on the cellphone with Putin.

Russia’s high diplomat, Sergei Lavrov, made clear on Friday that Putin will not sit down with Zelensky till Ukraine agrees to sure concessions.

Vladimir Putin praised Donald Trump for his management as he expressed hope of improved bilateral ties between the 2 nations.

Calling the assembly with him throughout their Alaska summit “simply the beginning of a full restoration of our relationships,” with the US, he added that the result would rely upon a number of different western nations.

He additionally allayed his scepticism concerning the progress made, saying that the US is “certain by its obligations” to its companions together with Nato.

“However I’m positive that management qualities of the present president, President Trump, are a very good assure that the relationships might be restored,” Putin mentioned.

President Donald Trump expressed his displeasure on Friday over a Russian strike hitting an American electronics producer in Ukraine.

“I [said] that I am not pleased about it, and I am not pleased about something having to do with that battle,” Trump mentioned.

“No, I am not pleased about something about that battle. Nothing. Not pleased in any respect. We’ll see what occurs. I say, over the following two weeks, we’ll discover out which approach it will go. And, I higher be very pleased,” Trump added.

The US president once more threatened Russia with “huge sanctions” over the battle except an settlement is reached inside a fortnight. Solely then, Trump mentioned, would he determine on “whether or not or not it’s huge sanctions or huge tariffs or each — or can we do nothing and say, ‘it’s your struggle.’”

This isn’t the primary time that Trump has expressed a need to implement stronger sanctions, solely to alter his thoughts.

Final month, he threatened Russia with 100 per cent tariffs if a truce was not reached and on 28 July, he gave Putin one other 10 days to achieve a cope with Ukraine.

Nevertheless, that deadline handed with out a lot motion.

President Donald Trump on Friday brandished his image with Vladimir Putin from Alaska that he mentioned the Russian chief despatched him.

“I used to be simply despatched an image from any individual that wishes to be there very badly,” Trump mentioned. “He is been very respectful of me and of our nation, however not so respectful of others.”

“I’ll signal this for him. However I used to be despatched one, and I assumed you’d wish to see it,” Trump mentioned as he shared that the Russian president expressed a need to attend the Fifa World Cup, which is scheduled to be held within the US subsequent yr.

“He could also be coming and he might not, relying on what occurs. We now have quite a lot of issues occurring over the following couple of weeks.”

“However I assumed it was a pleasant image of him. Okay of me, however good of him. So, that was very good that it was despatched to me,” the US president mentioned.