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βThe future of Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukrainians, who have been fighting for their freedom and security for over three years,β Macron said.
βThe future of Ukraine cannot be decided without Ukrainians, who have been fighting for their freedom and security for over three years,β Macron said.
Under Russiaβs proposed βexchange,β Ukraine would receive only small border areas in Sumy and Kharkiv regions, while Moscow demands all of Donetsk region, including Kramatorsk, Sloviansk, Pokrovsk, and Kostiantynivka, CNN reports.
Unacceptable.
Ukraine has fulfilled all obligations for EU accession and is ready for the first negotiation cluster, Zelensky said.
Today, national security advisers from Europe, Ukraine, and the US will meet under the chairmanship of the UK foreign secretary and the US vice president, the British government announced. The meeting was agreed during a call between the UK prime minister and President Zelensky, who said the forum is an important step toward a just and lasting peace, welcomed Trumpβs intention to end the war, and stressed the need to pressure Putin.
Ukraineβs 47th Separate Engineer Brigade is continuing to build protective βanti-drone tunnelsβ in border areas of Sumy region. The most effective material for these safe corridors is fishing net, which is strong and hard for drone operators to detect.
βBodies are lying everywhere,β witnesses said after the explosion at the Bashkir Soda Company. At least 38 people are reported injured, 14 in serious condition. The plant is linked to Putinβs ally, oligarch Arkady Rotenberg, whose companies built the illegal Crimean Bridge. The blast occurred in a vinyl chloride production workshop, causing a chlorine leak moving toward the city, though authorities claim there is no danger to residents.
In Sumy region, Ukrainian forces destroyed a rare North Korean 140 mm M1982 mortar, once considered the most powerful field mortar in the Russian army. The weapon, supplied by North Korea, was taken out by the βPentagonβ unit of Ukraineβs 225th Assault Regiment.
Russians are pushing the idea of βexchangingβ Ukrainian territory for other Ukrainian territory, which guarantees nothing except giving them more favorable positions to restart the war, Zelensky said.
The SBU confirmed its long-range drones struck a Shahed storage terminal in Kzylyul, Tatarstan, hitting a logistics hub with ready-to-use drones and foreign components. The site, 1,300 km from Ukraine, caught fire after the strike.
Zelenskyβs firm rejection of a βterritorial exchangeβ risks angering Trump, the NYT reports.
Putin needs to get out of Ukraine. No territorial exchanges needed.