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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy put out a press release praising President Donald Trump’s efforts to dealer peace and calling for direct talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“We see and assist President Trump’s efforts to finish Russia’s warfare, to cease the killing, and to attain a dignified and lasting peace. We’re grateful to everybody all over the world who helps peace efforts and helps us defend lives,” Zelenskyy wrote on X.
“We perceive who makes the choices in Russia and who should finish this warfare. The entire world understands this too. Ukraine requires transferring past the trade of statements and technical-level conferences to talks between leaders. The US has proposed this. Ukraine has supported it. What is required is Russia’s readiness,” the Ukrainian chief added.
Picture depicts Ukrainian President Zelenskyy depicted with President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Fox Information Digital picture)
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Trump additionally introduced on Friday that he was repositioning two nuclear submarines after a “extremely provocative” dialog with former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev.
“Based mostly on the extremely provocative statements of the previous President of Russia, Dmitry Medvedev, who’s now the Deputy Chairman of the Safety Council of the Russian Federation, I’ve ordered two nuclear submarines to be positioned within the acceptable areas, simply in case these silly and inflammatory statements are extra than simply that. Phrases are crucial, and may usually result in unintended penalties. I hope this won’t be a type of situations,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.
Zelenskyy’s message comes as Putin has only one week to satisfy Trump’s deadline for ending the three-and-a-half-year warfare. Performing U.S. Consultant John Kelley introduced the deadline at a United Nations Safety Council briefing on “Threats to Worldwide Peace and Safety.”
Trump, who has persistently voiced his need to finish the warfare, not too long ago mentioned Russia’s actions in opposition to Ukraine had been “disgusting.”
“Each Russia and Ukraine should negotiate a ceasefire and sturdy peace. It’s time to make a deal. President Trump has made clear this should be carried out by August 8. The US is ready to implement further measures to safe peace,” Kelley said.
Kelley reiterated the U.S.’s assist of Ukraine’s proper to defend itself within the face of Russian assaults.
Emergency employees examine a broken automotive near the multi-storey residential home that was ruined by a Russian missile Thursday night time, killing 31 civilians together with 5 kids, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. (AP Photograph/Efrem Lukatsky)
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“Our assist for Ukraine’s protection can’t be in comparison with the provision of arms and materials to Russia, which enables Russia to proceed its full-scale invasion and occupation of Ukrainian territory,” Kelley mentioned. “Final week, we referred to as on all UN Member States to assist deliver the warfare to an finish by ceasing any and all assist to Russia’s warfare efforts. We accomplish that once more in the present day.”
The American diplomat explicitly named North Korea, China, and Iran as nations which have helped Russia each immediately and not directly. He mentioned that whereas Beijing has in a roundabout way supplied Moscow with weapons, it has acted as a “decisive enabler” by “being an important provider of Russia’s warfare industrial machine.”
Emergency providers personnel work to extinguish a fireplace at a residential home destroyed by a Russian air strike on Kramatorsk, Ukraine, on Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photograph/Yevhen Titov)
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It appears unlikely that Russia would come to the negotiating desk because it carried out a lethal airstrike against Kyiv and its representatives on the U.N. appeared to double down on Moscow’s need to retake Ukraine.
“We aren’t in search of to destroy [Ukraine], its tradition or its identification. We wish Ukrainian [and] Russian cultures coexist on this nation, because it was for many years with none issues or conflicts,” Russia’s Mission to the U.N. wrote on X.
Within the early hours of Thursday, Russia launched greater than 300 drones and eight missiles that hit residential areas in Kyiv. On Friday, Ukraine mourned after 31 had been killed within the strike, which was the deadliest air assault carried out by Moscow this 12 months. The demise toll consists of 5 kids, one among whom was simply two years previous, according to Reuters. Moreover, greater than 150 folks had been wounded, together with 16 kids.
