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Russian special forces kill four prisoners and free hostages in Volgograd prison attack<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2024//10//16//ukrainian-prisoners-of-war-physical-and-moral-torture-sexual-violence-and-execution-in-rus/">Ukrainian prisoners of war: Physical and moral torture, sexual violence and execution in Russia <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The Prosecutor General's Office was informed of the incident as part of ongoing efforts to document Russian war crimes.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian authorities have documented widespread violations of the Geneva Conventions by Russia, including the execution\u00a0of 177 captured Ukrainian soldiers as of mid-December 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1738683657,"updatedAt":1738687315,"publishedAt":1738687010,"firstPublishedAt":1738687010,"lastPublishedAt":1738687010,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/03\/00\/86\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_6253ff01-126d-5ad4-a542-4084f990b02d-9030086.jpg","altText":"Family members of Ukrainian POWs support soldiers who defended Mariupol and are still in Russian captivity after two and half years, in Kyiv, 9 October 2024","caption":"Family members of Ukrainian POWs support soldiers who defended Mariupol and are still in Russian captivity after two and half years, in Kyiv, 9 October 2024","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Evgeniy Maloletka","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":598,"urlSafeValue":"vakulina","title":"Sasha 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PKG POKROVSK FRONTLINE by Valerie","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"From the frontline: Inside the battle for Ukraine's key city of Pokrovsk ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"From the frontline: Inside the battle for Ukraine's Pokrovsk ","titleListing2":"From the frontline: Inside the battle for Ukraine's key city of Pokrovsk ","leadin":"Euronews International Correspondent Valerie Gauriat reports from the field as Ukrainian forces fight on one of the most crucial frontline areas in Russia's ongoing war.","summary":"Euronews International Correspondent Valerie Gauriat reports from the field as Ukrainian forces fight on one of the most crucial frontline areas in Russia's ongoing war.","keySentence":"","url":"from-the-frontline-inside-the-battle-for-ukraines-key-city-of-pokrovsk","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2025\/02\/03\/from-the-frontline-inside-the-battle-for-ukraines-key-city-of-pokrovsk","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Ukrainian forces are relentlessly trying to slow down the Russian advance in the strategically important city of Pokrovsk \u2014 to prevent them from potentially reaching the neighbouring Dnipropetrovsk region.\u00a0\n\nUkrainian troops are currently losing ground near the vital supply hub of Pokrovsk, which is located at the intersection of several highways connecting key cities in eastern Donetsk and an important railway station.\n\nRussian troops are less than a dozen kilometres away from closing in on the town, which is one of the last major towns in the area. \n\nAs explosions echo in the distance, firing orders from the unit are frequent and sometimes occur every minute. \n\nBack at the base, Ukrainian soldiers appear relaxed \u2014 playing with dogs as if nothing is happening. They know, however, that the situation is fragile. \n\nIhor, a senior battery officer in the 38th Brigade, told Euronews that fire from Russian forces is, \"constant, it's active combat now.\u201d \n\n\u201cThey constantly try to breach the frontline. Sometimes it's less, sometimes it's more,\" Ihor said. \n\nThe biggest issue, he says, is the shortage of shells, which are needed to target the threats they face from Russian troops. \n\nThe soldier rejected ideas that Ukraine should consider ceding territory to Russia as Moscow's full-scale invasion of its western neighbour nears its three-year mark. \n\n\u201cI don\u2019t support concessions of territories,\u201d Ihor says. \u201cWe already went through this twice. It\u2019s just delaying and allowing time for Russians to go further with new strength.\u201d\n\nCommanders here know that the battle for Pokrovsk is critical to the outcome of the war \u2014 if Russian troops manage to capture or bypass the town, they could advance further into Ukraine and force Ukrainian forces to retreat. \n\nThe only strategy to prevent this \u2014 according to Ukrainian commanders \u2014 is to inflict as many losses on the Russian forces as possible, buying time to hold their ground.\n\nWatch the report by Euronews International Correspondent Valerie Gauriat in the player above.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Ukrainian forces are relentlessly trying to slow down the Russian advance in the strategically important city of Pokrovsk \u2014 to prevent them from potentially reaching the neighbouring Dnipropetrovsk region.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian troops are currently losing ground near the vital supply hub of Pokrovsk, which is located at the intersection of several highways connecting key cities in eastern Donetsk and an important railway station.<\/p>\n<p>Russian troops are less than a dozen kilometres away from closing in on the town, which is one of the last major towns in the area. <\/p>\n<p>As explosions echo in the distance, firing orders from the unit are frequent and sometimes occur every minute. <\/p>\n<p>Back at the base, Ukrainian soldiers appear relaxed \u2014 playing with dogs as if nothing is happening. They know, however, that the situation is fragile. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9025284,9023252\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//02//02//russia-and-ukraine-blame-each-other-for-attack-on-school-in-russias-kursk-region/">Russia and Ukraine blame each other for attack on school in Russia\u2019s Kursk region<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//02//03//ukrainian-strikes-hit-russian-oil-and-gas-facilities-during-overnight-attacks/">Ukrainian drone strikes hit Russian oil and gas facilities during overnight attacks<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ihor, a senior battery officer in the 38th Brigade, told Euronews that fire from Russian forces is, \"constant, it's active combat now.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey constantly try to breach the frontline. Sometimes it's less, sometimes it's more,\" Ihor said. <\/p>\n<p>The biggest issue, he says, is the shortage of shells, which are needed to target the threats they face from Russian troops. <\/p>\n<p>The soldier rejected ideas that Ukraine should consider ceding territory to Russia as Moscow's full-scale invasion of its western neighbour nears its three-year mark. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t support concessions of territories,\u201d Ihor says. \u201cWe already went through this twice. It\u2019s just delaying and allowing time for Russians to go further with new strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Commanders here know that the battle for Pokrovsk is critical to the outcome of the war \u2014 if Russian troops manage to capture or bypass the town, they could advance further into Ukraine and force Ukrainian forces to retreat. <\/p>\n<p>The only strategy to prevent this \u2014 according to Ukrainian commanders \u2014 is to inflict as many losses on the Russian forces as possible, buying time to hold their ground.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Watch the report by Euronews International Correspondent Valerie Gauriat in the player above.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1738589431,"updatedAt":1738656824,"publishedAt":1738610885,"firstPublishedAt":1738610885,"lastPublishedAt":1738656824,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Valerie Gauriat","altText":"Euronews International correspondent VAlerie Gauriat reports 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forgiveness.","keySentence":"","url":"pope-francis-appeals-to-young-ukrainians-be-patriots-reject-war-forgive","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2025\/02\/02\/pope-francis-appeals-to-young-ukrainians-be-patriots-reject-war-forgive","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Pope Francis appealed to young Ukrainians around the world, urging them towards forgiveness despite Russia's ongoing war against its neighbour,\u00a0in a video conference he hosted on Saturday. \u00a0\n\nThe gathering, described by Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk as \"the first meeting in history between the pope of Rome and young Ukrainians,\" took place in the Cathedral of the Resurrection in Kyiv. Some participants, based in other European cities or in North America, joined in via video call. \u00a0\n\nIn his address to the war-ravaged nation, the Pope urged Ukrainians to remain patriotic and love their country but also to embrace forgiveness rather than revenge. \"Remember the heroes who have given their lives for your country,\" he said, \u201cYour homeland is wounded by war, but love it.\u201d \u00a0\n\nHe also encouraged Ukrainians to turn towards faith in their time of need, raising the example of Oleksandr, a young soldier who had gone to fight on the front with a copy of the gospels in his pocket, and who lost his life in the fighting. \u00a0\n\n\"Oleksandr is one of you,\" said Pope Francis, describing him as\u00a0\u201ca young man who gave his life for peace.\u201d He held up a rosary that had once belonged to the young soldier, adding that he prays with it every day. \u00a0\n\nThe Pope also heard testimonies from several of the Ukrainians present at the conference. One of them, a 27-year-old woman named Julia, expressed anguish at the thought of cities being destroyed and the lives of her people with them. She referred to Moscow's ongoing full-scale invasion, now nearing the third-year mark, as a \u201cgenocide\u201d against Ukrainians. \u00a0\n\nResponding to her, Francis condemned the destruction and devastation of war, saying \"War brings famine. Every evening, I call the parish in Gaza, and they tell me they often go hungry. War not only causes famine, it kills.\"\u00a0\n\nThis is not the first time that Pope Francis has made an appeal for peace, and he has used the occasion of the Vatican Jubilee, as well as several important addresses to raise the issue. \u00a0On Christmas Day, during his Urbi et Orbi blessing, Francis called for a ceasefire and Gaza, a return of Israeli hostages, and pushed for peace talks that would put an\u00a0end to the war in Ukraine. \u00a0\n\n\"May the sound of arms be silenced in war-torn Ukraine,\" he said outside of St Peter\u2019s Basilica.\u00a0\"May there be the boldness needed to open the door to negotiation and to gestures of dialogue and encounter, in order to achieve a just and lasting peace.\"\u00a0\u00a0\n\nWhile the Pope has repeatedly raised the issue of ending the war, in this conference, he made a specific appeal to young people, asking them to carry on the patriotic spirit of the country in its greatest time of need. \u00a0\n\n\"Every young person has a mission\u201d, he said, \u201cIn difficult times, young people must carry forward \u2018the spirit of the homeland.\u2019\u201d\u00a0\n\nRoughly 72% of Ukrainians are Orthodox Christian and around 9% are Catholic, according to a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology in 2022.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Pope Francis appealed to young Ukrainians around the world, urging them towards forgiveness despite Russia's ongoing war against its neighbour,\u00a0in a video conference he hosted on Saturday. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The gathering, described by Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk as \"the first meeting in history between the pope of Rome and young Ukrainians,\" took place in the Cathedral of the Resurrection in Kyiv. Some participants, based in other European cities or in North America, joined in via video call. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In his address to the war-ravaged nation, the Pope urged Ukrainians to remain patriotic and love their country but also to embrace forgiveness rather than revenge. \"Remember the heroes who have given their lives for your country,\" he said, \u201cYour homeland is wounded by war, but love it.\u201d \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He also encouraged Ukrainians to turn towards faith in their time of need, raising the example of Oleksandr, a young soldier who had gone to fight on the front with a copy of the gospels in his pocket, and who lost his life in the fighting. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Oleksandr is one of you,\" said Pope Francis, describing him as\u00a0\u201ca young man who gave his life for peace.\u201d He held up a rosary that had once belonged to the young soldier, adding that he prays with it every day. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Pope also heard testimonies from several of the Ukrainians present at the conference. One of them, a 27-year-old woman named Julia, expressed anguish at the thought of cities being destroyed and the lives of her people with them. She referred to Moscow's ongoing full-scale invasion, now nearing the third-year mark, as a \u201cgenocide\u201d against Ukrainians. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Responding to her, Francis condemned the destruction and devastation of war, saying \"War brings famine. Every evening, I call the parish in Gaza, and they tell me they often go hungry. War not only causes famine, it kills.\"\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time that Pope Francis has made an appeal for peace, and he has used the occasion of the Vatican Jubilee, as well as several important addresses to raise the issue. \u00a0On Christmas Day, during his Urbi et Orbi blessing, Francis called for a ceasefire and Gaza, a return of Israeli hostages, and pushed for peace talks that would put an\u00a0end to the war in Ukraine. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"May the sound of arms be silenced in war-torn Ukraine,\" he said outside of St Peter\u2019s Basilica.\u00a0\"May there be the boldness needed to open the door to negotiation and to gestures of dialogue and encounter, in order to achieve a just and lasting peace.\"\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While the Pope has repeatedly raised the issue of ending the war, in this conference, he made a specific appeal to young people, asking them to carry on the patriotic spirit of the country in its greatest time of need. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"Every young person has a mission\u201d, he said, \u201cIn difficult times, young people must carry forward \u2018the spirit of the homeland.\u2019\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Roughly 72% of Ukrainians are Orthodox Christian and around 9% are Catholic, according to a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology in 2022.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1738490947,"updatedAt":1738680542,"publishedAt":1738494629,"firstPublishedAt":1738494629,"lastPublishedAt":1738680542,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Ana Brigida\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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The attack destroyed part of the building, sparking a fire and damaging nearby homes and vehicles. \n\nRescuers saved 21 people from the rubble, and a temporary reception centre for victims was set up at a local school. \n\nThe southern city of Odesa also came under fire, with Russian missiles hitting its historic centre on Friday evening. The attack damaged the Odesa Philharmonic, several museums, and the Bristol Hotel, a building dating back to 1899. \n\nSeven people were injured, and a crater was left near the entrance of the hotel. Norwegian diplomatic representatives were reportedly in the building at the time of the strike. \n\n\u201cThe building is damaged from the first to the fourth floors. Firefighters rescued one woman trapped on the second floor. The roof is currently on fire over an area of approximately 20 square metres,\u201d Maryna Averina, a spokesperson for the State Emergency Service of Odesa Oblast, said at the scene.\n\nEmployees at nearby facilities recounted the terrifying moments of the attack. \u201cI was closing the door when something hit very hard, and there was a strong blast wave,\" Polina, an employee of a damaged salon, said. \"Thankfully, no one was hurt, but some people started crying. We brought everyone into the back room, and that saved us.\u201d \n\nOlha, another employee, added, \u201cThe first explosion happened during the air raid alert. About five minutes later, another missile hit. We managed to hide in the toilet, but it was very scary. Everything instantly fell apart\u2014smoke, alarms, people screaming and running. It was chaos.\u201d \n\nIn Kharkiv, a Russian Shahed drone strike on the Kholodnohirsk district killed one person and injured four others. \n\nThe attack damaged 20 private homes, shattered windows, and caused blast damage to four high-rise buildings. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov confirmed the details, stating, \u201cUnfortunately, we have lost one woman, and four more people were wounded. The damage to the houses is significant, but the high-rise buildings suffered less severe damage.\u201d \n\nZaporizhzhia experienced one of its largest drone attacks, with 18 drones targeting the city. A 57-year-old man was injured by falling debris. The strikes damaged private and apartment buildings, an educational institution, and cars. \n\nAccording to state energy company Ukrenergo, the attacks also caused emergency power outages in the Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kirovohrad regions. \n\n","htmlText":"<p>Several Ukrainian cities faced intense Russian missile and drone attacks overnight and into Saturday, resulting in multiple casualties and widespread damage to residential areas, infrastructure, and cultural landmarks. <\/p>\n<p>In the eastern Poltava region, a Russian airstrike struck a residential building early on Saturday morning, killing at least four people and injuring 10 others, including a child. The attack destroyed part of the building, sparking a fire and damaging nearby homes and vehicles. <\/p>\n<p>Rescuers saved 21 people from the rubble, and a temporary reception centre for victims was set up at a local school. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.75\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//02//21//46//808x608_cmsv2_3b6f2144-1e6c-583c-8658-33828162e9a6-9022146.jpg/" alt=\"Damaged cars are seen near a ruined apartment building following a Russian rocket attack in Poltava, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/46\/384x288_cmsv2_3b6f2144-1e6c-583c-8658-33828162e9a6-9022146.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/46\/640x480_cmsv2_3b6f2144-1e6c-583c-8658-33828162e9a6-9022146.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/46\/750x563_cmsv2_3b6f2144-1e6c-583c-8658-33828162e9a6-9022146.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/46\/828x621_cmsv2_3b6f2144-1e6c-583c-8658-33828162e9a6-9022146.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/46\/1080x810_cmsv2_3b6f2144-1e6c-583c-8658-33828162e9a6-9022146.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/46\/1200x900_cmsv2_3b6f2144-1e6c-583c-8658-33828162e9a6-9022146.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/46\/1920x1440_cmsv2_3b6f2144-1e6c-583c-8658-33828162e9a6-9022146.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Damaged cars are seen near a ruined apartment building following a Russian rocket attack in Poltava, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP\/Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The southern city of Odesa also came under fire, with Russian missiles hitting its historic centre on Friday evening. The attack damaged the Odesa Philharmonic, several museums, and the Bristol Hotel, a building dating back to 1899. <\/p>\n<p>Seven people were injured, and a crater was left near the entrance of the hotel. Norwegian diplomatic representatives were reportedly in the building at the time of the strike. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1885575578243232250\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe building is damaged from the first to the fourth floors. Firefighters rescued one woman trapped on the second floor. The roof is currently on fire over an area of approximately 20 square metres,\u201d Maryna Averina, a spokesperson for the State Emergency Service of Odesa Oblast, said at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>Employees at nearby facilities recounted the terrifying moments of the attack. \u201cI was closing the door when something hit very hard, and there was a strong blast wave,\" Polina, an employee of a damaged salon, said. \"Thankfully, no one was hurt, but some people started crying. We brought everyone into the back room, and that saved us.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Olha, another employee, added, \u201cThe first explosion happened during the air raid alert. About five minutes later, another missile hit. We managed to hide in the toilet, but it was very scary. Everything instantly fell apart\u2014smoke, alarms, people screaming and running. It was chaos.\u201d <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//02//21//46//808x542_cmsv2_8eecda9a-b6de-579a-8cda-950ab0843c44-9022146.jpg/" alt=\"Damaged interior of the Bristol Hotel in the city historic centre is seen after a Russian rocket attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/46\/384x257_cmsv2_8eecda9a-b6de-579a-8cda-950ab0843c44-9022146.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/46\/640x429_cmsv2_8eecda9a-b6de-579a-8cda-950ab0843c44-9022146.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/46\/750x502_cmsv2_8eecda9a-b6de-579a-8cda-950ab0843c44-9022146.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/46\/828x555_cmsv2_8eecda9a-b6de-579a-8cda-950ab0843c44-9022146.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/46\/1080x724_cmsv2_8eecda9a-b6de-579a-8cda-950ab0843c44-9022146.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/46\/1200x804_cmsv2_8eecda9a-b6de-579a-8cda-950ab0843c44-9022146.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/46\/1920x1286_cmsv2_8eecda9a-b6de-579a-8cda-950ab0843c44-9022146.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Damaged interior of the Bristol Hotel in the city historic centre is seen after a Russian rocket attack in Odesa, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 31, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service)<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP\/Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In Kharkiv, a Russian Shahed drone strike on the Kholodnohirsk district killed one person and injured four others. <\/p>\n<p>The attack damaged 20 private homes, shattered windows, and caused blast damage to four high-rise buildings. Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov confirmed the details, stating, \u201cUnfortunately, we have lost one woman, and four more people were wounded. The damage to the houses is significant, but the high-rise buildings suffered less severe damage.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Zaporizhzhia experienced one of its largest drone attacks, with 18 drones targeting the city. A 57-year-old man was injured by falling debris. The strikes damaged private and apartment buildings, an educational institution, and cars. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//02//21//46//808x539_cmsv2_ec4d5f33-6c67-5b9c-8ee3-7443049f47bd-9022146.jpg/" alt=\"Rescue workers clear the rubble of a building damaged by a Russian strike on a residential neighbourhood in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Feb. 1, 2025. (AP Photo\/Kateryna Klochko)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/46\/384x256_cmsv2_ec4d5f33-6c67-5b9c-8ee3-7443049f47bd-9022146.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/46\/640x427_cmsv2_ec4d5f33-6c67-5b9c-8ee3-7443049f47bd-9022146.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/46\/750x500_cmsv2_ec4d5f33-6c67-5b9c-8ee3-7443049f47bd-9022146.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/46\/828x552_cmsv2_ec4d5f33-6c67-5b9c-8ee3-7443049f47bd-9022146.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/46\/1080x720_cmsv2_ec4d5f33-6c67-5b9c-8ee3-7443049f47bd-9022146.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/46\/1200x800_cmsv2_ec4d5f33-6c67-5b9c-8ee3-7443049f47bd-9022146.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/46\/1920x1281_cmsv2_ec4d5f33-6c67-5b9c-8ee3-7443049f47bd-9022146.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Rescue workers clear the rubble of a building damaged by a Russian strike on a residential neighbourhood in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, Feb. 1, 2025. (AP Photo\/Kateryna Klochko)<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Kateryna Klochko\/Copyright 2020 The AP. All rights reserved<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>According to state energy company Ukrenergo, the attacks also caused emergency power outages in the Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Donetsk, Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kirovohrad regions. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1738403568,"updatedAt":1738420096,"publishedAt":1738420093,"firstPublishedAt":1738420093,"lastPublishedAt":1738420093,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/02\/21\/52\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_a6dc0a06-8665-5362-a23f-ca431a13959e-9022152.jpg","altText":"A residential building destroyed following a Russian rocket attack in Poltava, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.","caption":"A residential building destroyed following a Russian rocket attack in Poltava, Ukraine, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP\/Ukrainian Emergency Service via 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Exhausted troops on the front lines urgently need reinforcements, yet an increasing number of Ukrainian men are going to great lengths to avoid conscription.\n\nDwindling volunteers, rising avoidance\n\nAcross Kyiv, billboards and online campaigns urge citizens to enlist. Army brigades have been given direct authority to recruit, intensifying mobilisation efforts. However, enthusiasm for voluntary enlistment has diminished, replaced by a growing reluctance among many men to answer the call to arms. \n\nAmong them is Aslan, not his real name, who describes himself as an \"avoider.\" Fearful of forced recruitment, he has adapted his daily routine to evade authorities.\n\n\"It became too dangerous to go out on the streets,\" he says.\n\nThe 30-year-old, once an active member of his community, now rarely leaves his home. He scrolls through his phone, showing videos of soldiers stopping vehicles, checking documents, and detaining men eligible for military service.\n\n\"People are caught and sent to the army and to the front line,\" he explains. \"I support mobilisation because we need to protect our land, but not in this way. It\u2019s not democratic. It should be based on good conditions and contracts. You should be trained in a military specialty. When you\u2019re mobilised in a forced way, you have no choice except to be on the front line.\"\n\nAvoiding the frontline at all costs\n\nDespite government efforts to improve recruitment conditions, serious concerns persist. The absence of clear demobilisation terms, reports of corruption, and controversial recruitment tactics have only increased resistance to enlistment. Many fear being sent away and never returning.\n\nNazar, a real estate agent in Kyiv, also avoids walking the streets. His work has largely shifted online to reduce the risk of encountering recruitment patrols.\n\n\"A third of my friends have already crossed the border, using bribes or forged draft exemption papers,\" he says. \"Another third came back from the frontline in coffins. The last third is still alive and fighting.\"\n\nNazar shares his worries about his own future. \"I don\u2019t know what my fate will be. I just want to live.\"\n\nA war that demands more soldiers\n\nIn December 2024, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy claimed that around 43,000 Ukrainian soldiers had been killed in the fighting. However, it is estimated that the actual numbers is much higher. \n\nIn Kyiv\u2019s Maidan Square, a sea of Ukrainian flags honours the fallen. With no end to the conflict in sight, the government aims to recruit 200,000 more soldiers this year. But as conscription avoidance becomes more widespread, achieving this target appears increasingly difficult.\n\nAs Ukraine braces for another year of war, the struggle to mobilise new troops is proving to be yet another battlefront.\n\nVal\u00e9rie Gauriat, Euronews International Correspondent, reporting from Kyiv.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The initial wave of volunteers eager to defend their country has waned, leaving the military struggling to replenish its ranks. Exhausted troops on the front lines urgently need reinforcements, yet an increasing number of Ukrainian men are going to great lengths to avoid conscription.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Dwindling volunteers, rising avoidance<\/strong><\/h3><p>Across Kyiv, billboards and online campaigns urge citizens to enlist. Army brigades have been given direct authority to recruit, intensifying mobilisation efforts. 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He scrolls through his phone, showing videos of soldiers stopping vehicles, checking documents, and detaining men eligible for military service.<\/p>\n<p>\"People are caught and sent to the army and to the front line,\" he explains. \"I support mobilisation because we need to protect our land, but not in this way. It\u2019s not democratic. It should be based on good conditions and contracts. You should be trained in a military specialty. When you\u2019re mobilised in a forced way, you have no choice except to be on the front line.\"<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Avoiding the frontline at all costs<\/strong><\/h3><p>Despite government efforts to improve recruitment conditions, serious concerns persist. The absence of clear demobilisation terms, reports of corruption, and controversial recruitment tactics have only increased resistance to enlistment. Many fear being sent away and never returning.<\/p>\n<p>Nazar, a real estate agent in Kyiv, also avoids walking the streets. His work has largely shifted online to reduce the risk of encountering recruitment patrols.<\/p>\n<p>\"A third of my friends have already crossed the border, using bribes or forged draft exemption papers,\" he says. \"Another third came back from the frontline in coffins. The last third is still alive and fighting.\"<\/p>\n<p>Nazar shares his worries about his own future. \"I don\u2019t know what my fate will be. 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We have already taken the children away from here, and we are cleaning up.\"<\/p>\n<p>According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia launched 81 drones at Ukraine overnight on Thursday. Some 37 were shot down, while 39 failed to reach their targets.<\/p>\n<p>In the Donbas region of Ukraine, Russian forces shelled Kramatorsk, injuring 13 people, as reported by Vadim Filashkin, head of the Donetsk military regional administration, on his Telegram channel. <\/p>\n<p>Two children were among the wounded, Filashkin specified. 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Ukraine has long sought to keep details of arms procurement confidential.\n\nUmerov also dismissed two agency supervisory board members: Taras Chmut, the director of the \"Come Back Alive\" fund, and Yuriy Dzhyhyr, the former deputy defence minister.\n\nFollowing Umerov's move, Ukraine\u2019s Anti-Corruption Action Centre filed a complaint with NABU to open an investigation against the defence minister on suspicion of alleged abuse of power for refusing to comply with the DPA's decision.\n\nMeanwhile, the situation at the Defence Ministry has attracted international attention.\n\nIn a joint statement, G7 ambassadors have called for a swift resolution to the matter, the implementation of governance reforms, and adherence to NATO principles.\n\nAccording to Ukrainian law, supervisory boards can unilaterally hire and fire the heads of state enterprises. This means that legally, after the board's vote, Bezrukova should stay in her post at the DPA for another year.\n\nYet, due to amendments made recently to the agency's charter by the Defence Ministry, which oversees the DPA, the ministry has the power to reverse the supervisory board's decisions.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Ukraine\u2019s National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) has launched an investigation into Defence Minister Rustem Umerov's potential abuse of power and office, according to media reports. <\/p>\n<p>The scandal erupted last week when the Defence Procurement Agency's (DPA) supervisory board voted unanimously to extend current director Maryna Bezrukova's appointment for another year.<\/p>\n<p>However, Umerov overruled the board's decision last Friday, saying he would not renew Bezrukova's contract as head of the DPA.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He cited alleged unsatisfactory results and appointed Arsen Zhumadilov, who also manages the State Logistics Operator (DOT), a company in charge of purchasing supplies for the Ukrainian army, among other things.<\/p>\n<p>The DPA was established to coordinate weapons purchases for Ukraine's outgunned military, with the aim to eliminate intermediaries and minimise the risk of corruption.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement on Friday, Umerov said the agency had \"inexplicably transformed into an 'Amazon'\" and its purchases were too publicly visible. Ukraine has long sought to keep details of arms procurement confidential.<\/p>\n<p>Umerov also dismissed two agency supervisory board members: Taras Chmut, the director of the \"Come Back Alive\" fund, and Yuriy Dzhyhyr, the former deputy defence minister.<\/p>\n<p>Following Umerov's move, Ukraine\u2019s Anti-Corruption Action Centre filed a complaint with NABU to open an investigation against the defence minister on suspicion of alleged abuse of power for refusing to comply with the DPA's decision.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, the situation at the Defence Ministry has attracted international attention.<\/p>\n<p>In a joint statement, G7 ambassadors have called for a swift resolution to the matter, the implementation of governance reforms, and adherence to NATO principles.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ukrainian law, supervisory boards can unilaterally hire and fire the heads of state enterprises. This means that legally, after the board's vote, Bezrukova should stay in her post at the DPA for another year.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, due to amendments made recently to the agency's charter by the Defence Ministry, which oversees the DPA, the ministry has the power to reverse the supervisory board's decisions.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1738140317,"updatedAt":1738148644,"publishedAt":1738145303,"firstPublishedAt":1738145303,"lastPublishedAt":1738148644,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Efrem Lukatsky\/Copyright 2023 The AP. 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But if he wants to take part in the negotiations, I will allocate appropriate people who will conduct these negotiations,\" he told reporters.\n\nPutin and other Kremlin dignitaries have long claimed the government in Kyiv was installed by the West without offering any proof for these and other similar statements.\n\nPreviously, speaking about possible talks, the Russian president emphasised that any peace deal should respect the \u201crealities on the ground,\u201d hinting that the Kremlin wants to keep all occupied territories of Ukraine for itself, a proposition Kyiv outright rejects.\n\nHe said in June that Ukraine must also renounce its NATO bid and fully withdraw its forces from Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson \u2014 the regions Russia one-sidedly annexed in September 2022.\n\nMoscow also wants the West to lift its sanctions that have limited Moscow's access to global markets and dealt a heavy blow to Russia's economy.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's initial \u201cpeace formula\u201d demanded Russia\u2019s full withdrawal from all occupied territories.\n\nIn recent times, Zelenskyy has emphasised the need for a comprehensive agreement, not a temporary halt to hostilities that would only allow Russia to replenish its arsenal. \n\nPutin has similarly rejected a temporary truce, pointing out that Russian troops are \"pressing an offensive\" and any break in the fighting would allow Ukraine to get reinforcements and supplies.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Russia is ready to sit down and negotiate a peace deal with Ukraine \u2014 a country it invaded and wanted to seize for almost three years now \u2014 Russian President Vladimir Putin said.<\/p>\n<p>However, according to the Russian leader, there isn't any willingness on the Ukrainian side to solve legal issues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there is a desire to negotiate and find a compromise solution, let anyone conduct these negotiations,\u201d Putin said, pinning the blame on Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFrom the point of view of signing the documents, here, of course, everything must be such that lawyers confirm the legitimacy of those people who will be authorised by the Ukrainian state to sign these agreements.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Russian President added that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is \"not legitimate\" to lead these talks -- a claim he has repeated as one of the main justifications for Moscow's all-out war against its western neighbour he launched in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\"You can negotiate with anyone, but because he is illegitimate, he has no right to sign anything. 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And as far as I know, Russians are the most successful in electronic warfare,\" a drone technician named Umer told SVT in an interview.\n\nThis drone can provide a secure connection between the operator and the drone, but its known drawback is its limited range.\n\nRussia first started using such wire-controlled drones to avoid Ukraine's electronic warfare, partnering with Chinese factories, according to Ukrainska Pravda, an online Ukrainian media.\n\nUkrainian companies are reportedly developing their own models and components to fill the market gap within months, according to the local media.\n\n'Very efficient'\n\nUmer says the drone is \"very efficient\" and safe from electronic warfare unless it\u2019s physically destroyed by cutting the cable or shooting the drone down.\n\n\"As you see, the technology is super straight, super simple,\" he said.\n\nThe wire drone can be sent to a target a little over a mile (1.6 km) away from its base, but it can only be used once.\n\nSoftware engineer Umer works in Sumy Oblast, close to the Ukraine-Russia border, testing different types of drones and modifying them to make them even more effective.\u00a0\n\nUmer\u2019s family are Tartars who fled Crimea twice \u2013 first in 1783 and again in 2014 when Putin occupied Crimea.\n\n\"I have my own purpose to be here\u2026 because my people suffered a lot from Russians from 1783. Because we were deported. My grandmother, all of my relatives, of course, but we survived. And finally, we came back to Crimea in 1992,\" he said.\n\nSince Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, drones have transformed from experimental tools to critical instruments of modern warfare.\n\nBoth sides are constantly trying to get the upper hand with better protection or more effective strike power.\u00a0\n\nFor more on this story, watch the video in the media player above.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Ukraine has started using a drone that can evade enemy jammers, according to the Swedish public broadcaster, SVT.<\/p>\n<p>Standard remote-controlled drones are vulnerable to electronic warfare as their radio signals can get jammed by interfering transmitters.<\/p>\n<p>But a \u2018wire\u2019 drone, which comes with a spool of 10 km-long fibre optic cable that unravels during flight, is being used for strikes.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8691018\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//09//01//ukraine-war-how-and-why-russia-is-using-almost-indetectable-drones/">Ukraine war: How and why Russia is using 'almost indetectable' drones<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"The main problem in this direction is electronic warfare. And as far as I know, Russians are the most successful in electronic warfare,\" a drone technician named Umer told SVT in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>This drone can provide a secure connection between the operator and the drone, but its known drawback is its limited range.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8746598\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//09//21//nato-explores-new-drone-technology-as-pandoras-box-opened-in-ukraine-russia-war/">NATO explores new drone technology as \u2018Pandora\u2019s box\u2019 opened in Russia's war in Ukraine<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Russia first started using such wire-controlled drones to avoid Ukraine's electronic warfare, partnering with Chinese factories, according to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.pravda.com.ua//eng//articles//2025//01//13//7493257///">Ukrainska Pravda<\/strong><\/a>, an online Ukrainian media.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian companies are reportedly developing their own models and components to fill the market gap within months, according to the local media.<\/p>\n<h2>'Very efficient'<\/h2><p>Umer says the drone is \"very efficient\" and safe from electronic warfare unless it\u2019s physically destroyed by cutting the cable or shooting the drone down.<\/p>\n<p>\"As you see, the technology is super straight, super simple,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>The wire drone can be sent to a target a little over a mile (1.6 km) away from its base, but it can only be used once.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8306740\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//03//14//if-big-tech-comes-together-ukraine-could-defeat-russia-faster-says-ukraines-digital-minist/">If Big Tech 'comes together,' Ukraine could defeat Russia faster, says Ukraine\u2019s digital minister <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Software engineer Umer works in Sumy Oblast, close to the Ukraine-Russia border, testing different types of drones and modifying them to make them even more effective.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Umer\u2019s family are Tartars who fled Crimea twice \u2013 first in 1783 and again in 2014 when Putin occupied Crimea.<\/p>\n<p>\"I have my own purpose to be here\u2026 because my people suffered a lot from Russians from 1783. Because we were deported. My grandmother, all of my relatives, of course, but we survived. And finally, we came back to Crimea in 1992,\" he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8750066\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2024//09//26//wild-hornets-ukraine-drones/">Wild Hornet attacks: How Ukraine's drones are making their mark on the frontline<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Since Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, drones have transformed from experimental tools to critical instruments of modern warfare.<\/p>\n<p>Both sides are constantly trying to get the upper hand with better protection or more effective strike power.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more on this story, watch the video in the media player 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The brigade is active in that patch of the frontline.\n\nThe brigade said that though their forces are roughly equal in terms of artillery and drones, the Russians have a significant advantage in manpower.\n\n\u201cOur units, using the weather conditions, skilfully withdrew from areas where there was a threat of encirclement. This does not mean that we have completely left the city, the fighting in Velyka Novosilka continues. All actions are aimed at minimising our own losses and maximum damage to the enemy,\u201d the statement said.\n\nThe brigade said the withdrawal would make it difficult for Russian troops to advance, as a river in the area would act as an obstacle for further advance.\n\nHeavy fighting in the Donetsk has put Ukrainian troops in a \"quite difficult\" situation, soldiers warned last week, adding that more weapons are urgently needed to fend off Russian aggression and territorial advances.\n\nEU agrees to roll over sanctions against Russia\n\nOn Monday, EU foreign ministers agreed to roll over sanctions against Russia.\n\nEU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said in a post on X, \"This will continue to deprive Moscow of revenues to finance its war. Russia needs to pay for the damage they are causing.\"\n\nSpeaking to reporters ahead of the meeting with EU foreign ministers, Kallas praised US President Donald Trump for putting pressure on Russia to end the war in Ukraine.\n\nThe EU renews its sanctions every six months, and the deadline for the latest extension expires on Friday. \n\nSanctions include bans on trade with Russia in energy, technology, finance, luxury goods, transport and broadcasting, among others, as well as measures that freeze Russia's central bank assets.\n\nRenewing the sanctions is usually a formality, but recent anti-sanction rhetoric from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n has cast doubt on their renewal. Ultimately, Hungary dropped its veto threat. The rollover requires unanimity from all 27 member states to be approved.\n\nWith the Trump administration questioning the future of US aid to Ukraine and stressing the need to quickly broker a peace deal, both Moscow and Kyiv are seeking battlefield successes to strengthen their negotiating positions ahead of any prospective talks.\n\nFor the past year, Russian forces have been waging an intense campaign to punch holes in Ukraine\u2019s defences in the eastern Donetsk region. The sustained and costly offensive has compelled Kyiv to give up a series of towns, villages and hamlets.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The Russian Ministry of Defence claimed on Sunday that its forces had taken control of Velyka Novosilka, a town in the east Ukrainian Donetsk region.<\/p>\n<p>The town is a key defensive hub on the frontlines for the Ukrainian army, and if confirmed, it being occupied by Russian forces would mean a significant gain for Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts have long predicted that it was only a matter of time until Russian forces entered the settlement, which lies just 15 kilometres from the neighbouring Dnipropetrovsk region.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian forces withdrew from certain parts of Velyka Novosilka to avoid encirclement, the 110th Separate Mechanised Brigade said on its official Telegram channel Sunday. The brigade is active in that patch of the frontline.<\/p>\n<p>The brigade said that though their forces are roughly equal in terms of artillery and drones, the Russians have a significant advantage in manpower.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur units, using the weather conditions, skilfully withdrew from areas where there was a threat of encirclement. This does not mean that we have completely left the city, the fighting in Velyka Novosilka continues. All actions are aimed at minimising our own losses and maximum damage to the enemy,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>The brigade said the withdrawal would make it difficult for Russian troops to advance, as a river in the area would act as an obstacle for further advance.<\/p>\n<p>Heavy fighting in the Donetsk has put Ukrainian troops in a \"quite difficult\" situation, soldiers warned last week, adding that more weapons are urgently needed to fend off Russian aggression and territorial advances.<\/p>\n<h2>EU agrees to roll over sanctions against Russia<\/h2><p>On Monday, EU foreign ministers agreed to roll over sanctions against Russia.<\/p>\n<p>EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said in a post on X, \"This will continue to deprive Moscow of revenues to finance its war. Russia needs to pay for the damage they are causing.\"<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters ahead of the meeting with EU foreign ministers, Kallas praised US President Donald Trump for putting pressure on Russia to end the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1883835210787332402\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The EU renews its sanctions every six months, and the deadline for the latest extension expires on Friday. <\/p>\n<p>Sanctions include bans on trade with Russia in energy, technology, finance, luxury goods, transport and broadcasting, among others, as well as measures that freeze Russia's central bank assets.<\/p>\n<p>Renewing the sanctions is usually a formality, but recent <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//01//24//playing-with-fire-orbans-sanctions-veto-threat-puts-brussels-on-edge/">anti-sanction rhetoric from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n<\/strong><\/a> has cast doubt on their renewal. Ultimately, Hungary dropped its veto threat. The rollover requires unanimity from all 27 member states to be approved.<\/p>\n<p>With the Trump administration questioning the future of US aid to Ukraine and stressing the need to quickly broker a peace deal, both Moscow and Kyiv are seeking battlefield successes to strengthen their negotiating positions ahead of any prospective talks.<\/p>\n<p>For the past year, Russian forces have been waging an intense campaign to punch holes in Ukraine\u2019s defences in the eastern Donetsk region. The sustained and costly offensive has compelled Kyiv to give up a series of towns, villages and hamlets.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737963681,"updatedAt":1737986686,"publishedAt":1737978578,"firstPublishedAt":1737978578,"lastPublishedAt":1737986171,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo\/Evgeniy Maloletka","altText":"A Ukrainian brigade fires a self-propelled howitzer toward Russian front-line positions in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, 23 January 2025","callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"caption":"A Ukrainian brigade fires a self-propelled howitzer toward Russian front-line positions in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, 23 January 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UKRAINE WAR SATURDAY","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Russia fires dozens of drones at targets across Ukraine ","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Russia fires dozens of drones at targets across Ukraine ","titleListing2":"Explosions heard near Kyiv as Russia launches 61 drones across Ukraine in an overnight attack","leadin":"Russia launched at least 61 drones over Ukraine on the night of 24-25 January, whilst Ukrainian forces confirmed to have downed 46 them.","summary":"Russia launched at least 61 drones over Ukraine on the night of 24-25 January, whilst Ukrainian forces confirmed to have downed 46 them.","keySentence":"","url":"russia-fires-dozens-of-drones-at-targets-across-ukraine","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2025\/01\/25\/russia-fires-dozens-of-drones-at-targets-across-ukraine","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Russia launched at least 61 drones over Ukraine on the night of 24-25 January, whilst Ukrainian forces confirmed to have downed 46 of the drones and two Russian missiles launched from aircraft.\n\nSome of the regions the drones were downed in included Odesa, Kharkiv, Sumy, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia, according to local media. \n\nExplosions could be heard in the Kyiv region causing damage to the towns of Vyshneve and a settlement in the Fastiv district. \n\nA nine-story residential building in Vyshneve, which was partially occupied, was hit. Emergency crews rescued five residents, including two children. No injuries or fatalities were reported.\n\nThe affected building, a newly constructed high-rise, saw balconies from the fourth to the eighth floor destroyed, window frames shattered, and the ceiling of a staircase in one entrance collapsed.\n\nA team of 42 rescuers using seven specialised vehicles, inspected the building\u2019s entrances and dismantled unsafe structures. According to the regional military administration, neighbouring buildings also sustained damage.\n\nRescue operations have been bolstered by the use of drones to assess the extent of the destruction and aid in clearing debris. \n\n\"Thank God, everyone is alive,\u201d Volodymyr, a representative of the building\u2019s residents, said, adding he hoped the building could be repaired quickly. \u201cI think we\u2019ll restore everything within a month at most, once we have the expert\u2019s opinion.\" \n\nRussia\u2019s Defence Ministry claimed on Friday that its troops had fought their way into the centre of Velyka Novosilka, a strategically important town in the Donetsk region and raised the Russian flag there after a months-long battle.\n\nRussian troops are slowly closing in on the strategic town of Pokrovsk, which serves as a supply hub and is located at an important intersection of multiple supply highways leading to key cities within Donetsk region.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Russia launched at least 61 drones over Ukraine on the night of 24-25 January, whilst Ukrainian forces confirmed to have downed 46 of the drones and two Russian missiles launched from aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the regions the drones were downed in included Odesa, Kharkiv, Sumy, Donetsk and Zaporizhzhia, according to local media. <\/p>\n<p>Explosions could be heard in the Kyiv region causing damage to the towns of Vyshneve and a settlement in the Fastiv district. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"9000016\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//24//at-least-three-killed-in-overnight-russian-drone-attack-on-kyiv/">At least three killed in overnight Russian drone attack on Kyiv<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>A nine-story residential building in Vyshneve, which was partially occupied, was hit. Emergency crews rescued five residents, including two children. No injuries or fatalities were reported.<\/p>\n<p>The affected building, a newly constructed high-rise, saw balconies from the fourth to the eighth floor destroyed, window frames shattered, and the ceiling of a staircase in one entrance collapsed.<\/p>\n<p>A team of 42 rescuers using seven specialised vehicles, inspected the building\u2019s entrances and dismantled unsafe structures. According to the regional military administration, neighbouring buildings also sustained damage.<\/p>\n<p>Rescue operations have been bolstered by the use of drones to assess the extent of the destruction and aid in clearing debris. <\/p>\n<p>\"Thank God, everyone is alive,\u201d Volodymyr, a representative of the building\u2019s residents, said, adding he hoped the building could be repaired quickly. \u201cI think we\u2019ll restore everything within a month at most, once we have the expert\u2019s opinion.\" <\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s Defence Ministry claimed on Friday that its troops had fought their way into the centre of Velyka Novosilka, a strategically important town in the Donetsk region and raised the Russian flag there after a months-long battle.<\/p>\n<p>Russian troops are slowly closing in on the strategic town of Pokrovsk, which serves as a supply hub and is located at an important intersection of multiple supply highways leading to key cities within Donetsk region.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737802878,"updatedAt":1738252035,"publishedAt":1737811376,"firstPublishedAt":1737811376,"lastPublishedAt":1738252035,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Kateryna Klochko\/Copyright 2025 The AP. 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One more person was injured and taken to hospital, Ukrainian National Police said.\n\nThe attack also damaged several private houses, a shop and three vehicles.\n\nAccording to regional authorities, Russian attacks against Ukraine killed at least six people in total on Thursday.\n\nAs Russia's all-out war approaches its three-year mark, Moscow has stepped up its attacks on Ukraine, sending dozens of drones almost every night. More than 100 Ukrainian drones also targeted various regions of Russia on Thursday night, according to Russian authorities.\n\nSome of these reportedly targeted major Russian oil facilities, according to Ukraine's armed forces in a post on Telegram.\n\nThe Russian Defence Ministry claimed that its air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 121 Ukrainian drones overnight on Friday. These claims could not be independently verified by Euronews.\n\nZelenskyy is 'no angel', Trump claims\n\nIn recent days, US President Donald Trump has started pushing to end the war with a deal, threatening to impose \"high levels of taxes, tariffs, and sanctions\" on Russia if a settlement isn't reached soon.\n\nHe reiterated this intention on Thursday in his first Oval Office Interview. Speaking with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Trump said he blamed both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the outbreak of the conflict, which began in 2014 but escalated dramatically with Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.\n\n\"You know, I love the Russian people. They're great people. I don't want to do that, but we got to get this war ended,\" Trump said. \"And if they don't make a settlement like fast \u2014 and Zelenskyy, I will say this, he wants to settle now. He's had enough. He shouldn't have allowed this to happen either.\"\n\nTrump went on to describe Zelenskyy as \"no angel\". \n\nIn an address delivered by video link to the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, Trump also said that oil producers, including Saudi Arabia and other OPEC countries, could end the war by lowering oil prices, which would sap one of Russia's crucial revenue streams.\n\n\"They should have done it long ago,\" Trump said. \"They\u2019re very responsible, actually, to a certain extent, for what\u2019s taking place. Millions of lives are being lost.\"\n\nMeanwhile, in his latest nightly address, Zelenskyy also argued that \"energy resources and specifically oil are one of the most important keys to peace, to real security,\" and called on Europe to \"work more with America and other partners in the world, not with Russia, regarding energy resources.\" \n\n\"We are preparing our diplomacy, our international communication, to guarantee strong positions not only for Ukraine but for all of our Europe,\" he said.\n\nZelenskyy has held several meetings with European leaders in recent weeks about the possibility of sending NATO peacekeeping troops to Ukraine in the event of a peace deal.\n\nUK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius have both indicated that their countries could provide troops for such a mission, an initiative that French President Emmanuel Macron has spearheaded.\n\nThe idea has also been supported by Trump, who has blamed Europe for not taking enough responsibility for Ukraine's security and boosted defence spending.\n\n\"The United States spent $200 billion (\u20ac190.7bn) more than Europe,\" he claimed in the Fox News interview. \"Why did we spend more? You know why? Because Biden never asked Europe to spend more.\"\n\nRussia has angrily opposed the prospect of Western boots on the ground, with foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova saying that the intervention of NATO troops is \"categorically unacceptable\" and \"will turn into uncontrolled escalation\".\n\nKyiv has said that arrangements for a meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy are under way, while Trump intends to meet Putin to discuss an end to the war, according to him.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>At least three people have been reported dead following a Russian overnight drone attack in Ukraine's Kyiv region on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>According to Ukraine's State Emergency Service, drone fragments hit a ten-storey apartment building in Fastiv district, causing fire and destruction on several floors. One more person was injured and taken to hospital, Ukrainian National Police said.<\/p>\n<p>The attack also damaged several private houses, a shop and three vehicles.<\/p>\n<p>According to regional authorities, Russian attacks against Ukraine killed at least six people in total on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>As Russia's all-out war approaches its three-year mark, Moscow has stepped up its attacks on Ukraine, sending dozens of drones almost every night. More than 100 Ukrainian drones also targeted various regions of Russia on Thursday night, according to Russian authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these reportedly targeted major Russian oil facilities, according to Ukraine's armed forces in a post on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian Defence Ministry claimed that its air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 121 Ukrainian drones overnight on Friday. These claims could not be independently verified by Euronews.<\/p>\n<h2>Zelenskyy is 'no angel', Trump claims<\/h2><p>In recent days, US President Donald Trump has started pushing to end the war with a deal, threatening to impose \"high levels of taxes, tariffs, and sanctions\" on Russia if a settlement isn't reached soon.<\/p>\n<p>He reiterated this intention on Thursday in his first Oval Office Interview. Speaking with Fox News host Sean Hannity, Trump said he blamed both Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy for the outbreak of the conflict, which began in 2014 but escalated dramatically with Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\"You know, I love the Russian people. They're great people. I don't want to do that, but we got to get this war ended,\" Trump said. \"And if they don't make a settlement like fast \u2014 and Zelenskyy, I will say this, he wants to settle now. He's had enough. He shouldn't have allowed this to happen either.\"<\/p>\n<p>Trump went on to describe Zelenskyy as \"no angel\". <\/p>\n<p>In an address delivered by video link to the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, Trump also said that oil producers, including Saudi Arabia and other OPEC countries, could end the war by lowering oil prices, which would sap one of Russia's crucial revenue streams.<\/p>\n<p>\"They should have done it long ago,\" Trump said. \"They\u2019re very responsible, actually, to a certain extent, for what\u2019s taking place. Millions of lives are being lost.\"<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in his latest nightly address, Zelenskyy also argued that \"energy resources and specifically oil are one of the most important keys to peace, to real security,\" and called on Europe to \"work more with America and other partners in the world, not with Russia, regarding energy resources.\" <\/p>\n<p>\"We are preparing our diplomacy, our international communication, to guarantee strong positions not only for Ukraine but for all of our Europe,\" he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8996828,8995746\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//23//natos-rutte-urges-more-support-for-ukraine-and-backs-trumps-defence-budget-demand/">NATO's Rutte urges more support for Ukraine and backs Trump's defence budget demand<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//01//23//ukrainian-soldiers-on-donetsk-frontlines-call-for-more-weapons-as-russia-continues-its-att/">Ukrainian soldiers on Donetsk frontlines call for more weapons as Russia continues its attacks<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Zelenskyy has held several meetings with European leaders in recent weeks about the possibility of sending NATO peacekeeping troops to Ukraine in the event of a peace deal.<\/p>\n<p>UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer and German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius have both indicated that their countries could provide troops for such a mission, an initiative that French President Emmanuel Macron has spearheaded.<\/p>\n<p>The idea has also been supported by Trump, who has blamed Europe for not taking enough responsibility for Ukraine's security and boosted defence spending.<\/p>\n<p>\"The United States spent $200 billion (\u20ac190.7bn) more than Europe,\" he claimed in the Fox News interview. \"Why did we spend more? 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Because Biden never asked Europe to spend more.\"<\/p>\n<p>Russia has angrily opposed the prospect of Western boots on the ground, with foreign ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova saying that the intervention of NATO troops is \"categorically unacceptable\" and \"will turn into uncontrolled escalation\".<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv has said that arrangements for a meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy are under way, while Trump intends to meet Putin to discuss an end to the war, according to him.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737710699,"updatedAt":1738161346,"publishedAt":1737719839,"firstPublishedAt":1737719839,"lastPublishedAt":1738161346,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP\/Ukrainian Emergency Service","altText":"Emergency services personnel carry the body of a local resident after a Russian drone attack in Kyiv region, Ukraine, Friday, Jan. 24, 2025.","callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"caption":"Emergency services 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PEACE THROUGH OIL","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Peace through oil: Trump claims war in Ukraine could end if price of oil decreases","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Trump claims war in Ukraine could end if price of oil falls","titleListing2":"Peace through oil: Trump claims war in Ukraine could end if price of oil decreases","leadin":"Addressing the World Economic Forum, the US president pledged to apply pressure on OPEC, claiming that a drop in the price of oil would end Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.","summary":"Addressing the World Economic Forum, the US president pledged to apply pressure on OPEC, claiming that a drop in the price of oil would end Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine.","keySentence":"","url":"peace-through-oil-trump-claims-war-in-ukraine-could-end-if-price-of-oil-decreases","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/01\/24\/peace-through-oil-trump-claims-war-in-ukraine-could-end-if-price-of-oil-decreases","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"US President Donald Trump has claimed that the war in Ukraine could be brought to an end by a fall in the price of oil.\u00a0\n\nSpeaking via video link at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, Trump said he would ask the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to lower the price of oil, saying it would end Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine \u201cimmediately\u201d.\u00a0\n\n\u201cRight now the price is high enough that that war will continue, you gotta bring down the oil price and end the war,\u201d he added.\u00a0\n\nOPEC consists of 12 oil-rich countries including Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, who collectively account for around 40% of the global 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Their sheer heft as a bloc means they can dramatically affect the price of oil by ramping production up or down.\u00a0\n\nTrump pledged to pressure Saudi Arabia and OPEC to lower oil prices, suggesting that economic measures, rather than military aid, could be the key to ending the conflict.\u00a0\n\nThe recently inaugurated president also expressed a willingness to engage directly with Russian president Vladimir Putin to end the war. While he has not offered details on how he would negotiate peace, Trump has insisted that \u201cUkraine is ready to make a deal\u201d.\u00a0\n\nThe plausibility of Trump\u2019s strategy is unclear. Russia has weathered a multitude of US and European sanctions since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began almost three years ago. Oil had been Russia's largest export to the US, but that trade was zeroed out in 2023.\u00a0\n\nIran, meanwhile, is both a member of OPEC and a Russian ally, and may push back against Trump\u2019s proposed plan.\n\nHowever, Trump is also proposing to order a new wave of US drilling for domestic oil and gas, which could also push down global prices and put pressure on Russia.\n\nIn his nightly address on Thursday, Ukrainian president Volodymr Zelenskyy said: \u201cThe main thing is not to slow down and to put pressure on Russia, the only entity that wants this war.\u201d\n\n\u201cEnergy resources and specifically oil are one of the most important keys to peace, to real security,\u201d he said. \u201cEurope needs to work more with America and other partners in the world, not with Russia, regarding energy resources.\u201d\u00a0\n\nEarlier this week, Trump also threatened to impose \u201chigh level of taxes, tariffs and sanctions\u201d on Russia if Putin doesn\u2019t make a deal to end the war.\u00a0\n\nThe Kremlin on Friday insisted that a settlement in Ukraine would not be possible according to Trump's plans, with Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov saying: \"The (war) doesn't depend on oil prices.\"\n\nInstead, Peskov reiterated Moscow's narrative that their full-scale invasion of Ukraine stemmed from a perceived \"threat\" to their national security, adding that Putin is ready to be contacted by Trump.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>US President Donald Trump has claimed that the war in Ukraine could be brought to an end by a fall in the price of oil.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Speaking via video link at the World Economic Forum in Davos on Thursday, Trump said he would ask the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) to lower the price of oil, saying it would end Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine \u201cimmediately\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now the price is high enough that that war will continue, you gotta bring down the oil price and end the war,\u201d he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>OPEC consists of 12 oil-rich countries including Iraq, Iran, Saudi Arabia and United Arab Emirates, who collectively account for around 40% of the global oil supply. Their sheer heft as a bloc means they can dramatically affect the price of oil by ramping production up or down.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Trump pledged to <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//business//2025//01//23//trump-at-davos-nato-5-push-tariff-warnings-for-europe/">pressure Saudi Arabia and OPEC<\/strong><\/a> to lower oil prices, suggesting that economic measures, rather than military aid, could be the key to ending the conflict.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The recently inaugurated president also expressed a willingness to engage directly with Russian president Vladimir Putin to end the war. While he has not offered details on how he would negotiate peace, Trump has insisted that \u201cUkraine is ready to make a deal\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1882105788681912680\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The plausibility of Trump\u2019s strategy is unclear. Russia has weathered a multitude of US and European sanctions since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began almost three years ago. Oil had been Russia's largest export to the US, but that trade was zeroed out in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Iran, meanwhile, is both a member of OPEC and a <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//17//russia-and-iran-sign-cooperation-treaty-days-before-trumps-inauguration/">Russian ally<\/strong><\/a>, and may push back against Trump\u2019s proposed plan.<\/p>\n<p>However, Trump is also proposing to order a new wave of US drilling for domestic oil and gas, which could also push down global prices and put pressure on Russia.<\/p>\n<p>In his nightly address on Thursday, Ukrainian president Volodymr Zelenskyy said: \u201cThe main thing is not to slow down and to put pressure on Russia, the only entity that wants this war.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnergy resources and specifically oil are one of the most important keys to peace, to real security,\u201d he said. \u201cEurope needs to work more with America and other partners in the world, not with Russia, regarding 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ITW YERMAK UKRAINE","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"If it depended on Ukraine, the war would be over tomorrow, says Zelenskyy\u2019s top aide","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Zelenskyy\u2019s top aide: If it were up to Ukraine, war would end tomorrow","titleListing2":"If it depended on Ukraine, the war would be over tomorrow, says Zelenskyy\u2019s top aide","leadin":"No one wants to end the war in Ukraine more than Ukrainians do, but it needs to result in just peace, the head of Ukraine\u2019s presidential administration told Euronews in Davos after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the delegates calling on Europe to wake up.","summary":"No one wants to end the war in Ukraine more than Ukrainians do, but it needs to result in just peace, the head of Ukraine\u2019s presidential administration told Euronews in Davos after President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the delegates calling on Europe to wake 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Battles involving North Korean soldiers are now happening in places geographically closer to Davos than to Pyongyang, the Ukrainian leader said.\n\nThe head of his administration, Andriy Yermak, told Euronews that Ukraine needs the continent's backing to end the war it never wanted to happen in the first place.\n\n\u201cWe are a victim of this aggression, and we really want to restore a just peace. We want to end this war. But of course, this year in Davos, the president\u2019s speech and his address were specially for this momentum and for Europe,\u201d Yermak explained.\n\nZelenskyy's speech in Davos came just one day after US President Donald Trump's inauguration, and Kyiv authorities remain confident that the new US administration will stand by Ukraine. \n\n\u201cWe appreciate the readiness of the president of the US and the new administration to really make it a reality and put an end to the war by just peace\u201d, Yermak said. When it comes to Russia\u2019s aggression, \"it is necessary to be together: Europe, the United States with Ukraine and go to the peace through the force.\u2019\u00a0\n\nDuring the presidential debate, Trump refused to say whether he wanted Ukraine to win the war against Russia, avoiding the direct question on this matter. He said: \u201cI want the war to stop,\" claiming he can end it in 24 hours.\u00a0\n\nYermak said there is no need to overanalyse Trump\u2019s speech or search for any hidden meaning. \n\n\u201cEverybody understands: it is necessary to end this war by just peace. On our side, we always said that victory is equal to just peace. It means that for us there is no alternative,\" Yermak said.\n\nAs for the US president\u2019s other promise to end the war in one day, Yermak preferred not to mention any timeframe. \n\n\u201cI think nobody on this planet knows exactly when this war will be over. If it depended on Ukraine and all democratic world, it would be finished tomorrow.\u201d\u00a0\n\nYet, Russia's Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin want to have this war, he said, and their plan \u2014 to forcefully take control of an entire neighbouring country but also lay waste to European values and its democratic order \u2014 remains the same. \n\n\"This is the war for Russia: it is not a war for territory; it is a war against democracy, and it is a war against the free world. They want to destroy Ukraine, but it has been three years. We are still fighting, we are still strong, and we are still brave,\" Yermak explained. \n\n\"And I am absolutely sure that we will get this just peace, together with our friends and together with our partners.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Europe can't allow itself to be second or third in line for its allies, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in his speech in Davos, delivering a stark wake-up call for the continent once more. <\/p>\n<p>The message couldn't be more urgent: Russia's all-out war against Ukraine, now in its third year, remains at everyone's doorstep. Battles involving North Korean soldiers are now happening in places geographically closer to Davos than to Pyongyang, the Ukrainian leader said.<\/p>\n<p>The head of his administration, Andriy Yermak, told Euronews that Ukraine needs the continent's backing to end the war it never wanted to happen in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are a victim of this aggression, and we really want to restore a just peace. We want to end this war. But of course, this year in Davos, the president\u2019s speech and his address were specially for this momentum and for Europe,\u201d Yermak explained.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy's speech in Davos came just one day after US President Donald Trump's inauguration, and Kyiv authorities remain confident that the new US administration will stand by Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe appreciate the readiness of the president of the US and the new administration to really make it a reality and put an end to the war by just peace\u201d, Yermak said. When it comes to Russia\u2019s aggression, \"it is necessary to be together: Europe, the United States with Ukraine and go to the peace through the force.\u2019\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the presidential debate, Trump refused to say whether he wanted Ukraine to win the war against Russia, avoiding the direct question on this matter. He said: \u201cI want the war to stop,\" claiming he can end it in 24 hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Yermak said there is no need to overanalyse Trump\u2019s speech or search for any hidden meaning. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cEverybody understands: it is necessary to end this war by just peace. On our side, we always said that victory is equal to just peace. It means that for us there is no alternative,\" Yermak said.<\/p>\n<p>As for the US president\u2019s other promise to end the war in one day, Yermak preferred not to mention any timeframe. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think nobody on this planet knows exactly when this war will be over. If it depended on Ukraine and all democratic world, it would be finished tomorrow.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8995418,8978038\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//22//settle-now-trump-threatens-sanctions-on-russia-if-war-in-ukraine-is-not-ended/">'Settle now': Trump threatens sanctions on Russia if war in Ukraine is not ended<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//news//2025//01//17//can-donald-trump-put-an-end-to-the-war-in-ukraine/">Can Donald Trump put an end to the war in Ukraine? <\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Yet, Russia's Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin want to have this war, he said, and their plan \u2014 to forcefully take control of an entire neighbouring country but also lay waste to European values and its democratic order \u2014 remains the same. <\/p>\n<p>\"This is the war for Russia: it is not a war for territory; it is a war against democracy, and it is a war against the free world. They want to destroy Ukraine, but it has been three years. We are still fighting, we are still strong, and we are still brave,\" Yermak explained. <\/p>\n<p>\"And I am absolutely sure that we will get this just peace, together with our friends and together with our partners.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1737564281,"updatedAt":1737623651,"publishedAt":1737621601,"firstPublishedAt":1737621601,"lastPublishedAt":1737623651,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Lionel Laval ","altText":"Andriy Yermak, the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine at Davos, 22 January 2025","callToActionText":null,"width":1600,"caption":"Andriy Yermak, the Head of the Office of the President of Ukraine at Davos, 22 January 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KRYVYI RIH STRIKES","channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"At least eight killed in Russian air strikes on Kyiv and Kryvyi Rih","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"At least eight killed in Russian air strikes on Kyiv and Kryvyi Rih","titleListing2":"At least eight killed in Russian air strikes on Kyiv and Kryvyi Rih","leadin":"Russia launched 39 Shahed drones, other simulator drones and four ballistic missiles in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to Ukraine\u2019s Air Force.","summary":"Russia launched 39 Shahed drones, other simulator drones and four ballistic missiles in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to Ukraine\u2019s Air Force.","keySentence":"","url":"four-killed-in-russian-air-strike-on-kryvyi-rih-as-zelenskyy-bemoans-lack-of-air-defences","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2025\/01\/18\/four-killed-in-russian-air-strike-on-kryvyi-rih-as-zelenskyy-bemoans-lack-of-air-defences","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Russian air strikes on Kyiv killed at least four people\n\nRussia attacked Kyiv with a barrage of drones and missiles on Saturday, leaving at least four people dead, while industrial sites in Russia were set ablaze by Ukrainian strikes. \n\nRussia launched 39 Shahed drones, other simulator drones and four ballistic missiles in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to Ukraine\u2019s Air Force. Ukrainian air defence forces shot down two missiles and 24 drones. A further 14 drone simulators were lost in location, the statement said.\n\nFour people were killed after a shot-down missile fell over the Shevchenkivskyi district, said Kyiv City Military Administration head Timur Tkachenko. There was also falling debris in the Desnyansky district, he said.\n\nKyiv\u2019s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said that in the Shevchenkivskyi district, windows were broken and there was smoke at the entrance of a residential building, adding that a water supply pipeline was also damaged. \n\nAP journalists at the scene saw a man lying dead amid the debris in a pool of blood. Water flooded the streets as firefighters put out the blaze from the attack. \n\nKlitschko also said the Lukyanivska metro station was shuttered after the attacks damaged its glass entrance. \n\nDrones and missiles were shot down across Ukraine, in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Donetsk regions.\n\nUkrainian drone strikes set Russian industrial sites on fire\n\nElsewhere, industrial sites in Russia\u2019s Kaluga and Tula regions were set ablaze on Saturday by Ukrainian drone attacks, local officials said.\n\nRussia\u2019s Defence Ministry said that 46 Ukrainian drones had been destroyed across the country overnight.\n\nIn the Kaluga region, a drone strike sparked a fire in the town of Lyudinovo, Gov. Vladislav Shapsha wrote on Telegram. Residents said on social media that the attack had targeted a local oil depot.\n\nA fire was also reported in Tula region, where Gov. Dmitry Milyaev said a fuel storage tank had been set alight. He warned residents to stay away from fallen drone debris.\n\nNo casualties were reported in either case.\n\nAt least four killed in Russian air strike on Kryvyi Rih\n\nOn Friday at least four people were killed in a Russian air strike on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, the governor of Dnipropetrovsk said on his official Telegram account.\n\nThree women and one man were killed in the attack which partially destroyed an educational institution and damaged nearby residential buildings.\n\n\"There are no words to justify it. There is no excuse. This is really genocide. Against peaceful educational establishments,\" said local resident, Oleksandr.\n\nAccording to the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, a further 14 people, including four children, were injured in the strike.\n\nFive of the injured were taken to hospital with the rest treated by emergency responders at the scene.\n\n\"Each such terrorist attack is another reminder of who we are dealing with. Russia will not stop on its own - it can only be stopped by joint pressure,\" President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was born in\u00a0the city, said in a post on Telegram.\n\nUkraine's Air Force had earlier warned of a ballistic missile threat and said it had detected a high-speed target heading towards the city.\n\nKryvyi Rih has a population of around 660,000 and is the second-largest city in Dnipropetrovsky Oblast. It has been a frequent target of Russian aerial attacks in almost three years of war.\n\nPresident Zelenskyy bemoans lack of air defences\n\nIn his nightly video address, Zelenskyy said if Ukraine had been provided with the air defence systems he has asked for, the missile that hit Kryvyi Rih would have been intercepted.\n\n\"Such strikes and such losses would no longer occur if we had received all the necessary air defence systems, which we have been discussing with partners for so long and which are available worldwide,\" he said speaking in Kyiv.\n\n\"Today, I held a meeting of the National Security and Defence Council. The issues were varied, but generally about our independence in weaponry. The production of drones, the missile programme, technological components for the army, including robotic systems. We are working on larger procurements and increased production scales in Ukraine.\"\n\nThe Kryvyi Rih attack comes a day after a delegation of senior UN officials met Zelenskyy in Kyiv to discuss ways to strengthen humanitarian support for Ukraine.\n\nThose meetings came after the UN launched a humanitarian appeal for \u20ac3.2 billion to support more than eight million people affected by the war with Russia.\n\nIn a statement, the UN said the funding was to \"support critical assistance\" for around six million people living inside Ukraine with some of the money designated to assist the governments of 11 countries hosting Ukrainian refugees.\n\nIn recent weeks Zelenskyy has engaged in a flurry of diplomatic activity, meeting heads of government and defence ministers to discuss continued military support for Ukraine\u2019s war effort.\n\nThat comes in the run-up to Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, which is expected to signal a departure from the outgoing US administration's pledge to stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes to defeat Russia.\n\nOn the campaign trail Trump has been critical of the amount of money Washington has sent to Ukraine, both in military and humanitarian aid, and said he could end the war \"in a day\" without giving any details about how.\n\nTrump has also indicated he wants Europe to shoulder more of the burden for helping Ukraine.\n\n","htmlText":"<h3>Russian air strikes on Kyiv killed at least four people<\/h3><p>Russia attacked Kyiv with a barrage of drones and missiles on Saturday, leaving at least four people dead, while industrial sites in Russia were set ablaze by Ukrainian strikes. <\/p>\n<p>Russia launched 39 Shahed drones, other simulator drones and four ballistic missiles in the early hours of Saturday morning, according to Ukraine\u2019s Air Force. Ukrainian air defence forces shot down two missiles and 24 drones. A further 14 drone simulators were lost in location, the statement said.<\/p>\n<p>Four people were killed after a shot-down missile fell over the Shevchenkivskyi district, said Kyiv City Military Administration head Timur Tkachenko. There was also falling debris in the Desnyansky district, he said.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv\u2019s mayor, Vitali Klitschko, said that in the Shevchenkivskyi district, windows were broken and there was smoke at the entrance of a residential building, adding that a water supply pipeline was also damaged. <\/p>\n<p>AP journalists at the scene saw a man lying dead amid the debris in a pool of blood. Water flooded the streets as firefighters put out the blaze from the attack. <\/p>\n<p>Klitschko also said the Lukyanivska metro station was shuttered after the attacks damaged its glass entrance. <\/p>\n<p>Drones and missiles were shot down across Ukraine, in the Poltava, Sumy, Kharkiv, Cherkasy, Chernihiv, Kyiv, Khmelnytskyi, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, Kherson and Donetsk regions.<\/p>\n<h3>Ukrainian drone strikes set Russian industrial sites on fire<\/h3><p>Elsewhere, industrial sites in Russia\u2019s Kaluga and Tula regions were set ablaze on Saturday by Ukrainian drone attacks, local officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s Defence Ministry said that 46 Ukrainian drones had been destroyed across the country overnight.<\/p>\n<p>In the Kaluga region, a drone strike sparked a fire in the town of Lyudinovo, Gov. Vladislav Shapsha wrote on Telegram. Residents said on social media that the attack had targeted a local oil depot.<\/p>\n<p>A fire was also reported in Tula region, where Gov. Dmitry Milyaev said a fuel storage tank had been set alight. He warned residents to stay away from fallen drone debris.<\/p>\n<p>No casualties were reported in either case.<\/p>\n<h2>At least four killed in Russian air strike on Kryvyi Rih<\/h2><p>On Friday at least four people were killed in a Russian air strike on the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, the governor of Dnipropetrovsk said on his official Telegram account.<\/p>\n<p>Three women and one man were killed in the attack which partially destroyed an educational institution and damaged nearby residential buildings.<\/p>\n<p>\"There are no words to justify it. There is no excuse. This is really genocide. Against peaceful educational establishments,\" said local resident, Oleksandr.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Dnipropetrovsk regional military administration, a further 14 people, including four children, were injured in the strike.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-tweet widget--size-fullwidth widget--align-center\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio\u2014auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <div class=\"widget__tweet\" data-tweet-id=\"1880342692799861106\"><\/div>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Five of the injured were taken to hospital with the rest treated by emergency responders at the scene.<\/p>\n<p>\"Each such terrorist attack is another reminder of who we are dealing with. Russia will not stop on its own - it can only be stopped by joint pressure,\" President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who was born in\u00a0the city, said in a post on Telegram.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine's Air Force had earlier warned of a ballistic missile threat and said it had detected a high-speed target heading towards the city.<\/p>\n<p>Kryvyi Rih has a population of around 660,000 and is the second-largest city in Dnipropetrovsky Oblast. It has been a frequent target of Russian aerial attacks in almost three years of war.<\/p>\n<h2>President Zelenskyy bemoans lack of air defences<\/h2><p>In his nightly video address, Zelenskyy said if Ukraine had been provided with the air defence systems he has asked for, the missile that hit Kryvyi Rih would have been intercepted.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.5622811405702851\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//27//42//808x454_cmsv2_f7779f0e-f5ed-5fb2-be6c-c9e2cf2735d6-8982742.jpg/" alt=\"Residents leave their home after a Russian rocket hit their apartment building in Kryvyi Rih, 17 January, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/27\/42\/384x216_cmsv2_f7779f0e-f5ed-5fb2-be6c-c9e2cf2735d6-8982742.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/27\/42\/640x360_cmsv2_f7779f0e-f5ed-5fb2-be6c-c9e2cf2735d6-8982742.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/27\/42\/750x422_cmsv2_f7779f0e-f5ed-5fb2-be6c-c9e2cf2735d6-8982742.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/27\/42\/828x466_cmsv2_f7779f0e-f5ed-5fb2-be6c-c9e2cf2735d6-8982742.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/27\/42\/1080x607_cmsv2_f7779f0e-f5ed-5fb2-be6c-c9e2cf2735d6-8982742.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/27\/42\/1200x675_cmsv2_f7779f0e-f5ed-5fb2-be6c-c9e2cf2735d6-8982742.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/27\/42\/1920x1080_cmsv2_f7779f0e-f5ed-5fb2-be6c-c9e2cf2735d6-8982742.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Residents leave their home after a Russian rocket hit their apartment building in Kryvyi Rih, 17 January, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP\/Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>\"Such strikes and such losses would no longer occur if we had received all the necessary air defence systems, which we have been discussing with partners for so long and which are available worldwide,\" he said speaking in Kyiv.<\/p>\n<p>\"Today, I held a meeting of the National Security and Defence Council. The issues were varied, but generally about our independence in weaponry. The production of drones, the missile programme, technological components for the army, including robotic systems. We are working on larger procurements and increased production scales in Ukraine.\"<\/p>\n<p>The Kryvyi Rih attack comes <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//01//17//senior-un-officials-discuss-332-billion-humanitarian-support-package-for-ukraine/">a day after a delegation of senior UN officials met Zelenskyy in Kyiv<\/a> to discuss ways to strengthen humanitarian support for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Those meetings came after the UN launched a humanitarian appeal for \u20ac3.2 billion to support more than eight million people affected by the war with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement, the UN said the funding was to \"support critical assistance\" for around six million people living inside Ukraine with some of the money designated to assist the governments of 11 countries hosting Ukrainian refugees.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////static.euronews.com//articles//stories//08//98//27//42//808x539_cmsv2_6abd242f-c639-562e-949c-a85cdd536f6b-8982742.jpg/" alt=\"British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend a presentation of Ukrainian military drones in Kyiv, 16 January, 2025\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/27\/42\/384x256_cmsv2_6abd242f-c639-562e-949c-a85cdd536f6b-8982742.jpg 384w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/27\/42\/640x427_cmsv2_6abd242f-c639-562e-949c-a85cdd536f6b-8982742.jpg 640w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/27\/42\/750x500_cmsv2_6abd242f-c639-562e-949c-a85cdd536f6b-8982742.jpg 750w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/27\/42\/828x552_cmsv2_6abd242f-c639-562e-949c-a85cdd536f6b-8982742.jpg 828w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/27\/42\/1080x720_cmsv2_6abd242f-c639-562e-949c-a85cdd536f6b-8982742.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/27\/42\/1200x800_cmsv2_6abd242f-c639-562e-949c-a85cdd536f6b-8982742.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/98\/27\/42\/1920x1280_cmsv2_6abd242f-c639-562e-949c-a85cdd536f6b-8982742.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attend a presentation of Ukrainian military drones in Kyiv, 16 January, 2025<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Efrem Lukatsky\/Copyright 2025 The AP. All rights reserved.<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>In recent weeks Zelenskyy has engaged in a flurry of diplomatic activity, meeting heads of government and defence ministers to discuss continued military support for Ukraine\u2019s war effort.<\/p>\n<p>That comes in the run-up to Donald Trump's inauguration on Monday, which is expected to signal a departure from the outgoing US administration's pledge to stand with Ukraine for as long as it takes to defeat Russia.<\/p>\n<p>On the campaign trail Trump has been critical of the amount of money Washington has sent to Ukraine, both in military and humanitarian aid, and said he could end the war \"in a day\" without giving any details about how.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has also indicated he wants Europe to shoulder more of the burden for helping 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Could it be good news for Ukraine?","keySentence":"","url":"can-donald-trump-put-an-end-to-the-war-in-ukraine","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/news\/2025\/01\/17\/can-donald-trump-put-an-end-to-the-war-in-ukraine","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"During his 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly said that he could put an end to Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine in 24 hours.\u00a0\n\n\"I will have the deal done in one day,\" Trump said.\n\nThis claim sounded unrealistic even for Trump, who is known for his electoral narrative. As the biggest war in Europe since World War II was raging across Ukraine, this specific promise was not forgotten as one of the many presidential campaign statements and has become a pivotal issue for Trump ever since.\u00a0\n\nIn his speech declaring victory in the US presidential election on 6 November, Trump made no mention of Ukraine yet alluded to just how consequential his second term in office will likely be for the country ravaged by Russia\u2019s invasion.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated him in a post on X, in which he recalled their face-to-face talks in New York City in September. \u201cI appreciate President Trump\u2019s commitment to the \u2018peace through strength\u2019 approach in global affairs. This is exactly the principle that can practically bring just peace in Ukraine closer,\u201d Zelenskyy wrote.\u00a0\n\nHowever, as the moment of Trump\u2019s return to the White House keeps getting closer, the 47th president of the United States of America might have given it another thought and another timeline. What started as \u201c24 hours\u201d\u2019 has now turned into half a year.\n\nIn a rather harsh reality check, Trump said a six-month timeline for ending the war was more realistic. Ukraine's former Economy Minister Tymofiy Mylovanov told Euronews that this timeline revision is a good sign for Kyiv.\u00a0\n\n\u201cThe worst possible scenario would be the surrender of Ukraine. And that's the 24-hour scenario where basically the US has leverage over Ukraine and the EU in terms of support and doesn't have much leverage at the moment over Russia, which means accepting the Russian demands and putting pressure on Ukraine to accept Russian demands,\u201d Mylovanov said.\u00a0\n\n\u201cThat's why the 24-hour scenario is the worst scenario possible for Ukraine. So the sign that they are talking now about six months or three months suggests that they will be building leverage over Russia. And that's why they need time.\u201d\u00a0\n\n'Much better than it could have been'\n\nAccording to Mylovanov, there are signs that this leverage is being built now, possibly even in coordination between the administrations amid outgoing US President Joe Biden's \u201clast-ditch\u201d attempt to confiscate $300 billion (\u20ac291.2bn) in Russian assets.\u00a0\n\nThe money belongs to the Russian Central Bank and was initially frozen three years ago after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Most of that money has still been held in European banks, though a fraction remains in US-based ones.\n\n\u201cThe news is not in the attempt to confiscate, but in the fact that it is last ditch suddenly, which is coordinated \u2014 if you look at the news \u2014 with the Trump administration. Basically, it's signaling to Russia that we are going to try to find leverage over you. And if you want your money back, we're willing to haggle over it,\u201d Mylovanov said.\u00a0\n\nThese signs point to the idea that the Trump administration is evolving towards a scenario that is \u201cnot so favourable for Russia,\u201d which is \u201cgood news for Ukraine,\u201d he explained.\n\nMylovanov admits there are still many people in Ukraine who are worried about what Trump\u2019s presidency might mean for the country defending itself from Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion for almost three years now.\u00a0\n\n\u201cThey say Trump is trying to sell us out,\u201d Mylovanov pointed out, arguing that what he sees is Ukraine being \u201cin a pretty good space\u201d. \u201cMaybe not as good as possible, but much better than this could have been,\u201d he added.\n\nEven if the Trump administration is leaning towards what he calls a \u201cnot so favourable scenario\u201d for Russia, it still doesn\u2019t mean it is favourable for Ukraine.\u00a0\n\nDuring the presidential debate, Trump refused to say whether he wanted Ukraine to win the war against Russia, avoiding the direct question on this matter. He simply said: \u201cI want the war to stop.\u201d\u00a0\n\nIs this good enough for Kyiv?\u00a0\n\nIt is all about the realistic expectations of what Ukrainians are and are not willing to accept, Mylovanov said.\n\n\u201cWhat people are not willing to accept is a change of constitution, disarming of Ukraine or ceding unoccupied territories. What are people willing to accept - based on the surveys -\u00a0 is some kind of temporary acceptance that we do not control the territory,\u201d he explained. \u201cSo some kind of de facto reality. So people are willing to accept reality but are not willing to surrender.\u201d\u00a0\n\nAccording to Mylovanov, the complicated aspect is finding what Ukraine and Russia could possibly agree upon. \n\n\u201cPutin has to sell it domestically as a victory. Ukraine has to sell it domestically as a guarantee against future invasions. Everything which creates a Trojan horse for Russia to come back and take more territory is not acceptable,\u201d he explained.\u00a0\n\nGiven the previous guarantees promised and then broken by Russia, the new pledge would require much more than anything signed on paper, Mylovanov concluded.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>During his 2024 presidential campaign, Donald Trump repeatedly said that he could put an end to Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine in 24 hours.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\"I will have the deal done in one day,\" Trump said.<\/p>\n<p>This claim sounded unrealistic even for Trump, who is known for his electoral narrative. As the biggest war in Europe since World War II was raging across Ukraine, this specific promise was not forgotten as one of the many presidential campaign statements and has become a pivotal issue for Trump ever since.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In his speech declaring victory in the US presidential election on 6 November, Trump made no mention of Ukraine yet alluded to just how consequential his second term in office will likely be for the country ravaged by Russia\u2019s invasion.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy congratulated him in a post on X, in which he recalled their face-to-face talks in New York City in September. \u201cI appreciate President Trump\u2019s commitment to the \u2018peace through strength\u2019 approach in global affairs. This is exactly the principle that can practically bring just peace in Ukraine closer,\u201d Zelenskyy wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, as the moment of Trump\u2019s return to the White House keeps getting closer, the 47th president of the United States of America might have given it another thought and another timeline. What started as \u201c24 hours\u201d\u2019 has now turned into half a year.<\/p>\n<p>In a rather harsh reality check, Trump said a six-month timeline for ending the war was more realistic. Ukraine's former Economy Minister Tymofiy Mylovanov told Euronews that this timeline revision is a good sign for Kyiv.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe worst possible scenario would be the surrender of Ukraine. And that's the 24-hour scenario where basically the US has leverage over Ukraine and the EU in terms of support and doesn't have much leverage at the moment over Russia, which means accepting the Russian demands and putting pressure on Ukraine to accept Russian demands,\u201d Mylovanov said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat's why the 24-hour scenario is the worst scenario possible for Ukraine. So the sign that they are talking now about six months or three months suggests that they will be building leverage over Russia. And that's why they need time.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2>'Much better than it could have been'<\/h2><p>According to Mylovanov, there are signs that this leverage is being built now, possibly even in coordination between the administrations amid outgoing US President Joe Biden's \u201clast-ditch\u201d attempt to confiscate $300 billion (\u20ac291.2bn) in Russian assets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The money belongs to the Russian Central Bank and was initially frozen three years ago after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. Most of that money has still been held in European banks, though a fraction remains in US-based ones.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe news is not in the attempt to confiscate, but in the fact that it is last ditch suddenly, which is coordinated \u2014 if you look at the news \u2014 with the Trump administration. Basically, it's signaling to Russia that we are going to try to find leverage over you. And if you want your money back, we're willing to haggle over it,\u201d Mylovanov said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>These signs point to the idea that the Trump administration is evolving towards a scenario that is \u201cnot so favourable for Russia,\u201d which is \u201cgood news for Ukraine,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Mylovanov admits there are still many people in Ukraine who are worried about what Trump\u2019s presidency might mean for the country defending itself from Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion for almost three years now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey say Trump is trying to sell us out,\u201d Mylovanov pointed out, arguing that what he sees is Ukraine being \u201cin a pretty good space\u201d. \u201cMaybe not as good as possible, but much better than this could have been,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Even if the Trump administration is leaning towards what he calls a \u201cnot so favourable scenario\u201d for Russia, it still doesn\u2019t mean it is favourable for Ukraine.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>During the presidential debate, Trump refused to say whether he wanted Ukraine to win the war against Russia, avoiding the direct question on this matter. He simply said: \u201cI want the war to stop.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Is this good enough for Kyiv?<\/strong><\/h2><p>It is all about the realistic expectations of what Ukrainians are and are not willing to accept, Mylovanov said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat people are not willing to accept is a change of constitution, disarming of Ukraine or ceding unoccupied territories. What are people willing to accept - based on the surveys -\u00a0 is some kind of temporary acceptance that we do not control the territory,\u201d he explained. \u201cSo some kind of de facto reality. So people are willing to accept reality but are not willing to surrender.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>According to Mylovanov, the complicated aspect is finding what Ukraine and Russia could possibly agree upon. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cPutin has to sell it domestically as a victory. Ukraine has to sell it domestically as a guarantee against future invasions. 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February 2022, when Russia started its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. \n\nShe smiles timidly and begins. \u201cI just cannot remember. I cannot remember what my life looked like three years ago. What were my interests? How was I thinking?\"\n\nWhen Russia embarked on its all-out war against Ukraine, Reznik was a school biology teacher while also studying for her degree. \n\nShe has spent almost three years now serving in different brigades of the Ukrainian army, evacuating soldiers from the frontlines, providing the necessary first aid, and saving lives. \n\nEuronews caught up with Reznik in Brussels, where she came to participate in a behind-closed-doors event on the impacts the war has had on Ukraine\u2019s health system.\n\nBeing outside of Ukraine, away from the frontline and in a country at peace, felt alien to her, however.\n\n\"Europeans usually like to talk about work-life balance. In Ukraine we don't know war-life balance is like. All the life is sacrificed to this war,\u201d Reznik said.\u00a0\n\nReznik doesn\u2019t foster any hard feelings, though, and says she understands why Europeans cannot fully comprehend what the Ukrainians have been going through over the past three years. \n\n\u201cI don\u2019t think they understand completely. Same as I did not understand a lot of Syrian refugees who were in my city, Kharkiv, when I was a teenager. We were talking a lot about the Syrian refugees, but I don\u2019t think I fully understood what it\u2019s like,\u201d Reznik recalled.\u00a0\n\nShe now sees it is impossible to understand other people's plight from a distance. \u201cYou can only live through this,\u201d she contemplated.\n\nThree years of emergency frontline evacuations\n\nWhen asked how it makes her feel to hear about the \"war fatigue\" which might be settling outside of Ukraine, especially among countries in the West, Reznik said the real fatigue is the one the Ukrainians feel now, almost three years into the raging war. \n\n\u201cI really want to draw attention to how fatigued we are. And this applies to soldiers, surgeons, officers, and others.\u201d\u00a0\n\nAll these people, Reznik said, are feeling extreme fatigue, but there is not much to be done about it. They can only rest if they get wounded and need time for physical rehabilitation.\u00a0\n\nMental rehabilitation is an even more complicated issue, which is almost unrealistic now. \u201cSome officers from the US Army health service asked me once how many soldiers have rotated because of their mental health problems like depression, anxiety and so on, because they (US Army) have rotated dozens of personnel because of that,\u201d Reznik recalled.\u00a0\n\nUkrainian soldiers don't have that option. \"We are fighting the full-scale war.\" \n\nThis is why she primarily advocates for a high standard of physical rehabilitation. \u201cNo other country has experienced such a high number of casualties on their civilian health care system,\u201d\u00a0she pointed out.\n\nTo illustrate, Reznik told Euronews that a few weeks ago, she spoke with the representatives of the US military health system's Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where 2,000 prostheses have been issued over the last two decades for American war veterans. \n\n\u201cIt's enough for two months in Ukraine,\u201d she said.\n\nUkrainian army's \u2018ambassador of blood\u2019\u00a0\n\nOver the past few years, Reznik has been a strong advocate of reforms in Ukraine\u2019s healthcare system, specifically in combat medicine. Yet, she thinks these reforms will go beyond Ukraine as every war changes the rules and standards of combat medicine, especially regarding how blood transfusion is applied on the battlefield. \n\n\u201cIt was reinvented during Vietnam and Korea, in World War II, in Iran, in Iraq, so obviously in Ukraine we also must reinvent the blood in the battlefield,\u201d she said.\n\nBut Ukraine's case is specific, she added,\u00a0because Ukrainian medics tried to \"introduce a complete blood transfusion to the battlefield.\" What makes it more complicated in Ukraine is the transportation of wounded, which is very different. \n\n\u201cWhile the US can evacuate casualties by helicopters because their enemies don\u2019t have good artillery and air defence and so on, we simply cannot do that, even if we have dozens of helicopters. So we need to evacuate only by land.\u201d\n\nEvery evacuation is under attack, and every evacuation can cause lots of deaths among the casualties being evacuated, but also among the medics. Ukrainians also don\u2019t have what Americans call the \"Golden Hour,\" Reznik explained. \n\n\u201cThey evacuate their casualties in less than an hour to the surgical help. But sometimes in Ukraine we need days to evacuate people.\u201d\u00a0And this is why it is essential to start blood transfusion as early as possible, said Reznik.\u00a0\n\nCalling herself the \"ambassador of blood in the army,\" Reznik has spent lots of time and effort advocating for changes in blood transfusion on the battlefield. \n\nThe frontline landscape in Ukraine is more complex now than it was during the previous wars. \u201cWe have a huge frontline. We need many units of blood, hundreds of them. How to transfer it? How to store it? How to use it?\u201d she asked.\n\nHowever, the changes were introduced despite these complications, and Reznik smiles proudly. \"My chief medical officer has conducted a blood transfusion 200 metres away from a frontline, 200 metres from the enemy. And it's a victory for us.\"\n\nHelping those who help others\u00a0\n\nUkrainian healthcare professionals and combat medics have been under immense pressure themselves over the nearly three years of Russia\u2019s ongoing all-out invasion. What they have lived through day in and day out impacts their own health and, specifically, their mental state.\u00a0\n\nReznik says the number of causalities now is \"enormous,\" and this has an immediate effect on their psyche.\n\n\u201cYou simply cannot remember the faces of people you treated during the day. Sometimes it could be hundreds in\u00a0one day. And a lot of them have really massive wounds, a lot of fractures. And you can not save everyone,\" she stressed.\n\n\"You can not use a lot of resources because every minute another group of casualties could come.\u201d\u00a0\n\nThe scariest word in the Ukrainian military doctor vocabulary is \"triage,\" Reznik said, because \"you must choose who you will save now and who will wait for your help.\"\n\nAsked how the combat medics feel three years into Russia\u2019s full-scale war, she struggles with an answer.\n\n\"When you're looking through the medical documentation, you see the age of boys being only 19 years old. And you know that in half an hour, we will amputate his leg,\u201d she recalled.\n\nAs a result, many Ukrainian doctors are feeling depressed also because of such a high number of causalities, Reznik said.\n\n\"They feel they cannot work at the level they used, they sometimes don\u2019t have enough time for every casualty, and they don\u2019t even have time to think what to do next.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>It takes Rina Reznik a few moments to remember what her life used to be like before 24 February 2022, when Russia started its full-scale invasion of Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>She smiles timidly and begins. \u201cI just cannot remember. I cannot remember what my life looked like three years ago. What were my interests? How was I thinking?\"<\/p>\n<p>When Russia embarked on its all-out war against Ukraine, Reznik was a school biology teacher while also studying for her degree. <\/p>\n<p>She has spent almost three years now serving in different brigades of the Ukrainian army, evacuating soldiers from the frontlines, providing the necessary first aid, and saving lives. <\/p>\n<p>Euronews caught up with Reznik in Brussels, where she came to participate in a behind-closed-doors event on the impacts the war has had on Ukraine\u2019s health system.<\/p>\n<p>Being outside of Ukraine, away from the frontline and in a country at peace, felt alien to her, however.<\/p>\n<p>\"Europeans usually like to talk about work-life balance. In Ukraine we don't know war-life balance is like. All the life is sacrificed to this war,\u201d Reznik said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reznik doesn\u2019t foster any hard feelings, though, and says she understands why Europeans cannot fully comprehend what the Ukrainians have been going through over the past three years. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think they understand completely. Same as I did not understand a lot of Syrian refugees who were in my city, Kharkiv, when I was a teenager. We were talking a lot about the Syrian refugees, but I don\u2019t think I fully understood what it\u2019s like,\u201d Reznik recalled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She now sees it is impossible to understand other people's plight from a distance. \u201cYou can only live through this,\u201d she contemplated.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Three years of emergency frontline evacuations<\/strong><\/h2><p>When asked how it makes her feel to hear about the \"war fatigue\" which might be settling outside of Ukraine, especially among countries in the West, Reznik said the real fatigue is the one the Ukrainians feel now, almost three years into the raging war. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI really want to draw attention to how fatigued we are. And this applies to soldiers, surgeons, officers, and others.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>All these people, Reznik said, are feeling extreme fatigue, but there is not much to be done about it. They can only rest if they get wounded and need time for physical rehabilitation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mental rehabilitation is an even more complicated issue, which is almost unrealistic now. \u201cSome officers from the US Army health service asked me once how many soldiers have rotated because of their mental health problems like depression, anxiety and so on, because they (US Army) have rotated dozens of personnel because of that,\u201d Reznik recalled.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian soldiers don't have that option. \"We are fighting the full-scale war.\" <\/p>\n<p>This is why she primarily advocates for a high standard of physical rehabilitation. \u201cNo other country has experienced such a high number of casualties on their civilian health care system,\u201d\u00a0she pointed out.<\/p>\n<p>To illustrate, Reznik told Euronews that a few weeks ago, she spoke with the representatives of the US military health system's Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where 2,000 prostheses have been issued over the last two decades for American war veterans. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt's enough for two months in Ukraine,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<h2>Ukrainian army's \u2018<strong>ambassador of blood\u2019<\/strong><\/h2><p>Over the past few years, Reznik has been a strong advocate of reforms in Ukraine\u2019s healthcare system, specifically in combat medicine. Yet, she thinks these reforms will go beyond Ukraine as every war changes the rules and standards of combat medicine, especially regarding how blood transfusion is applied on the battlefield. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was reinvented during Vietnam and Korea, in World War II, in Iran, in Iraq, so obviously in Ukraine we also must reinvent the blood in the battlefield,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>But Ukraine's case is specific, she added,\u00a0because Ukrainian medics tried to \"introduce a complete blood transfusion to the battlefield.\" What makes it more complicated in Ukraine is the transportation of wounded, which is very different. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile the US can evacuate casualties by helicopters because their enemies don\u2019t have good artillery and air defence and so on, we simply cannot do that, even if we have dozens of helicopters. So we need to evacuate only by land.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Every evacuation is under attack, and every evacuation can cause lots of deaths among the casualties being evacuated, but also among the medics. Ukrainians also don\u2019t have what Americans call the \"Golden Hour,\" Reznik explained. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey evacuate their casualties in less than an hour to the surgical help. But sometimes in Ukraine we need days to evacuate people.\u201d\u00a0And this is why it is essential to start blood transfusion as early as possible, said Reznik.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Calling herself the \"ambassador of blood in the army,\" Reznik has spent lots of time and effort advocating for changes in blood transfusion on the battlefield. <\/p>\n<p>The frontline landscape in Ukraine is more complex now than it was during the previous wars. \u201cWe have a huge frontline. We need many units of blood, hundreds of them. How to transfer it? How to store it? How to use it?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n<p>However, the changes were introduced despite these complications, and Reznik smiles proudly. \"My chief medical officer has conducted a blood transfusion 200 metres away from a frontline, 200 metres from the enemy. And it's a victory for us.\"<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Helping those who help others<\/strong><\/h2><p>Ukrainian healthcare professionals and combat medics have been under immense pressure themselves over the nearly three years of Russia\u2019s ongoing all-out invasion. What they have lived through day in and day out impacts their own health and, specifically, their mental state.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Reznik says the number of causalities now is \"enormous,\" and this has an immediate effect on their psyche.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou simply cannot remember the faces of people you treated during the day. Sometimes it could be hundreds in\u00a0one day. And a lot of them have really massive wounds, a lot of fractures. And you can not save everyone,\" she stressed.<\/p>\n<p>\"You can not use a lot of resources because every minute another group of casualties could come.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The scariest word in the Ukrainian military doctor vocabulary is \"triage,\" Reznik said, because \"you must choose who you will save now and who will wait for your help.\"<\/p>\n<p>Asked how the combat medics feel three years into Russia\u2019s full-scale war, she struggles with an answer.<\/p>\n<p>\"When you're looking through the medical documentation, you see the age of boys being only 19 years old. And you know that in half an hour, we will amputate his leg,\u201d she recalled.<\/p>\n<p>As a result, many Ukrainian doctors are feeling depressed also because of such a high number of causalities, Reznik said.<\/p>\n<p>\"They feel they cannot work at the level they used, they sometimes don\u2019t have enough time for every casualty, and they don\u2019t even have time to think what to do next.\"<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1736966872,"updatedAt":1737024158,"publishedAt":1737023690,"firstPublishedAt":1737023690,"lastPublishedAt":1737023690,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/static.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/08\/97\/56\/98\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_3ae1f5bb-6f68-5683-be5c-39d92342162a-8975698.jpg","altText":"Rina Reznik, Ukrainian Combat medic ","caption":"Rina Reznik, Ukrainian Combat medic ","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Euronews 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He visited the country in 2023 as the opposition leader and has twice held talks with Zelenskyy in 10 Downing Street since becoming prime minister.\n\nStarmer was greeted at Kyiv railway station by the UK ambassador to Ukraine, Martin Harris and Ukraine\u2019s envoy to London, Valerii Zaluzhnyi.\n\nDuring the visit, Starmer and Zelenskyy laid flowers at a wall of remembrance for those killed in the war. The wall outside St. Michael\u2019s Golden-Domed Monastery, a Kyiv landmark, is covered in photos of the slain, stretching for a city block. It has become a place of pilgrimage for families paying tribute to their lost loved ones.\n\nStarmer also visited a Kyiv hospital specialising in burn treatment.\n\nWhile Starmer was later meeting with Zelenskyy at the presidential palace, a car and a building were damaged elsewhere in Kyiv by debris from Russian drones shot down by Ukraine's air defenses, according to city adminstration chief Tymur Tkachenko.\n\nThe UK is one of Ukraine\u2019s biggest military backers, having pledged 12.8 billion pounds in military and civilian aid to Ukraine since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion three years ago. \n\nIt has also trained more than 50,000 Ukrainian troops on British soil. Starmer is due to announce another \u00a340 million (\u20ac47.4m) for Ukraine\u2019s post-war economic recovery.\n\nOn Thursday, Starmer announced that the UK will deliver a new mobile air defence system to Ukraine, which will be designed by Britain and funded by Denmark. He also said the UK will continue to train Ukrainian troops.\n\nBut the UK\u2019s role is dwarfed by that of the United States, and there is deep uncertainty over the fate of American support for Ukraine once Donald Trump takes office on 20 January. The US president-elect says he wants to bring the war to a swift end and is planning to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, for whom he has long expressed admiration.\n\nKyiv\u2019s allies have rushed to flood Ukraine with as much support as possible before Trump\u2019s inauguration, intending to put Ukraine in the strongest position possible for any future negotiations to end the war.\n\nZelenskyy has said that in any peace negotiation, Ukraine would need assurances about its future protection from Russia. Britain says its 100-year pledge is part of that assurance and will help ensure Ukraine is \u201cnever again vulnerable to the kind of brutality inflicted on it by Russia.\u201d\n\nTaking the friendship 'to the next level'\n\nThe deal commits the two sides to cooperate on defence \u2014 especially maritime security against Russian activity in the Baltic Sea, Black Sea and Sea of Azov \u2014 and on technology projects, including drones, which have become vital weapons for both sides in the war. The treaty also includes a system to help track stolen Ukrainian grain exported by Russia from occupied parts of the country.\n\n\u201cPutin\u2019s ambition to wrench Ukraine away from its closest partners has been a monumental strategic failure. Instead, we are closer than ever, and this partnership will take that friendship to the next level,\u201d Starmer said ahead of the visit.\n\n\u201cThis is not just about the here and now, it is also about an investment in our two countries for the next century, bringing together technology development, scientific advances and cultural exchanges, and harnessing the phenomenal innovation shown by Ukraine in recent years for generations to come,\u201d he added.\n\nZelenskyy says he and Starmer will also discuss a plan proposed by French President Emmanuel Macron that would see troops from France and other Western countries stationed in Ukraine to oversee a ceasefire agreement.\n\nZelenskyy has said any such proposal should go alongside a timeline for Ukraine to join NATO. 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He visited the country in 2023 as the opposition leader and has twice held talks with Zelenskyy in 10 Downing Street since becoming prime minister.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer was greeted at Kyiv railway station by the UK ambassador to Ukraine, Martin Harris and Ukraine\u2019s envoy to London, Valerii Zaluzhnyi.<\/p>\n<p>During the visit, Starmer and Zelenskyy laid flowers at a wall of remembrance for those killed in the war. The wall outside St. Michael\u2019s Golden-Domed Monastery, a Kyiv landmark, is covered in photos of the slain, stretching for a city block. It has become a place of pilgrimage for families paying tribute to their lost loved ones.<\/p>\n<p>Starmer also visited a Kyiv hospital specialising in burn treatment.<\/p>\n<p>While Starmer was later meeting with Zelenskyy at the presidential palace, a car and a building were damaged elsewhere in Kyiv by debris from Russian drones shot down by Ukraine's air defenses, according to city adminstration chief Tymur Tkachenko.<\/p>\n<p>The UK is one of Ukraine\u2019s biggest military backers, having pledged 12.8 billion pounds in military and civilian aid to Ukraine since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion three years ago. <\/p>\n<p>It has also trained more than 50,000 Ukrainian troops on British soil. Starmer is due to announce another \u00a340 million (\u20ac47.4m) for Ukraine\u2019s post-war economic recovery.<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Starmer announced that the UK will deliver a new mobile air defence system to Ukraine, which will be designed by Britain and funded by Denmark. He also said the UK will continue to train Ukrainian troops.<\/p>\n<p>But the UK\u2019s role is dwarfed by that of the United States, and there is deep uncertainty over the fate of American support for Ukraine once Donald Trump takes office on 20 January. The US president-elect says he wants to bring the war to a swift end and is planning to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin, for whom he has long expressed admiration.<\/p>\n<p>Kyiv\u2019s allies have rushed to flood Ukraine with as much support as possible before Trump\u2019s inauguration, intending to put Ukraine in the strongest position possible for any future negotiations to end the war.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy has said that in any peace negotiation, Ukraine would need assurances about its future protection from Russia. 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introduced preventative power cuts after Russia launched a massive aerial attack against the country on Wednesday, Ukraine's energy minister said.\n\n\u201cThe enemy continues to terrorise Ukrainians,\u201d Herman Halushchenko wrote on Facebook, urging residents to stay in shelters and follow official updates.\n\nRegional authorities said one man was killed in Kharkiv and a total of 16 people injured in Russian attacks over the day. In Kramatorsk, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, eight people including two children were injured in a strike on a multi-storey residential building.\n\nRussia's Defence Ministry didn't give locations of details on the strike, but said that it targeted \u201ccritically important facilities of gas and energy infrastructure that ensure the functioning of Ukraine\u2019s military industrial complex.\u201d \n\nMeanwhile, Ukraine's Air Force said the attacks consisted of 43 missiles and 74 drones overnight, adding that a total of 30 missiles and 47 drones were shot down and 27 drones failed to reach their target, it said.\n\nThe Russian missiles sought out targets from the Lviv region in western Ukraine near Poland to Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine bordering Russia.\n\nThe state energy company Ukrenergo reported emergency power outages in the Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kirovohrad regions.\n\nConstant strain on energy infrastructure \n\nThe attack comes just one day after the Russian Defence Ministry accused Ukraine of firing multiple Western-made missiles at Russia\u2019s Bryansk region on the border with Ukraine, claiming in an online statement that the attack \u201cwill not go unanswered.\u201d\n\nThe General Staff of Ukraine\u2019s Armed Forces said on Tuesday that Ukraine launched its \"most massive\" attack against Russian military and industrial facilities.\n\nHe added that Ukrainian forces struck as deep as 1,100 kilometres inside Russia, targeting oil storage, refinery, chemical and ammunition plants in the Bryansk, Saratov, Tula and Tatarstan regions.\n\nRussian forces have repeatedly targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure over the almost three-year war, plunging the country into darkness during its often bitterly cold winter months. \n\nLast September, the UN refugee agency reported that Ukraine had lost more than an estimated 60% of its energy generation capacity.\n\nWednesday's attack too seemed to confirm that Russia was deliberately targeting Ukraine's energy capacity. \u201cIt is the middle of the winter, and Russia\u2019s goal remains unchanged: our energy infrastructure,\u201d said Zelenskyy on Telegram following the attack.\n\nHe urged Western partners to provide Ukraine with additional air defence weapons, emphasising that \u201cpromises have been made but not yet fully realised.\u201d\n\nRussian forces launched missile strikes targeting energy infrastructure in the western Lviv region early Wednesday, said the city\u2019s mayor, Andrii Sadovyi.\n\n\u201cDuring the morning attack, enemy cruise missiles were recorded in the region,\u201d he said.\n\nLviv regional head Maksym Kozytskyi said Russia hit and damaged two infrastructure facilities in the area of Drohobych and Stryi. No casualties were reported, he added.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Ukraine introduced preventative power cuts after Russia launched a massive aerial attack against the country on Wednesday, Ukraine's energy minister said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe enemy continues to terrorise Ukrainians,\u201d Herman Halushchenko wrote on Facebook, urging residents to stay in shelters and follow official updates.<\/p>\n<p>Regional authorities said one man was killed in Kharkiv and a total of 16 people injured in Russian attacks over the day. In Kramatorsk, in Ukraine's Donetsk region, eight people including two children were injured in a strike on a multi-storey residential building.<\/p>\n<p>Russia's Defence Ministry didn't give locations of details on the strike, but said that it targeted \u201ccritically important facilities of gas and energy infrastructure that ensure the functioning of Ukraine\u2019s military industrial complex.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Ukraine's Air Force said the attacks consisted of 43 missiles and 74 drones overnight, adding that a total of 30 missiles and 47 drones were shot down and 27 drones failed to reach their target, it said.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian missiles sought out targets from the Lviv region in western Ukraine near Poland to Kharkiv in northeast Ukraine bordering Russia.<\/p>\n<p>The state energy company Ukrenergo reported emergency power outages in the Kharkiv, Sumy, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, Dnipropetrovsk, and Kirovohrad regions.<\/p>\n<h2>Constant strain on energy infrastructure<\/h2><p>The attack comes just one day after the Russian Defence Ministry accused Ukraine of firing multiple Western-made missiles at Russia\u2019s Bryansk region on the border with Ukraine, claiming in an online statement that the attack \u201cwill not go unanswered.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The General Staff of Ukraine\u2019s Armed Forces said on Tuesday that Ukraine launched its \"most massive\" attack against Russian military and industrial facilities.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Ukrainian forces struck as deep as 1,100 kilometres inside Russia, targeting oil storage, refinery, chemical and ammunition plants in the Bryansk, Saratov, Tula and Tatarstan regions.<\/p>\n<p>Russian forces have repeatedly targeted Ukraine's energy infrastructure over the almost three-year war, plunging the country into darkness during its often bitterly cold winter months. <\/p>\n<p>Last September, the UN refugee agency reported that Ukraine had lost more than an estimated 60% of its energy generation capacity.<\/p>\n<p>Wednesday's attack too seemed to confirm that Russia was deliberately targeting Ukraine's energy capacity. \u201cIt is the middle of the winter, and Russia\u2019s goal remains unchanged: our energy infrastructure,\u201d said Zelenskyy on Telegram following the attack.<\/p>\n<p>He urged Western partners to provide Ukraine with additional air defence weapons, emphasising that \u201cpromises have been made but not yet fully realised.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russian forces launched missile strikes targeting energy infrastructure in the western Lviv region early Wednesday, said the city\u2019s mayor, Andrii Sadovyi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDuring the morning attack, enemy cruise missiles were recorded in the region,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Lviv regional head Maksym Kozytskyi said Russia hit and damaged two infrastructure facilities in the area of Drohobych and Stryi. 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social media allegedly shows a list of US politicians, including President Joe Biden, who have received bribes in return for support for Ukraine.\n\nText accompanying the list claims that a Ukrainian official released the names, as well as the amounts that each person has supposedly received.\n\nBiden has allegedly received $92 million (\u20ac89.6 million), for example, while former speaker of the House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi has taken home $86 million, and former senator Mitt Romney has received $71 million, according to the list.\n\nThe image, posted on the likes of Threads and X, shows a range of politicians across the US political divide.\n\nRegardless, the claims are false \u2014 there's no evidence that any of the individuals mentioned have received any illicit payments from Ukraine in return for their pushing of support for Kyiv against the Russian invasion.\n\nThere are no legitimate news outlets reporting on the news, and it's also implausible that a Ukrainian 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for Kyiv against the Russian invasion.<\/p>\n<p>There are no legitimate news outlets reporting on the news, and it's also implausible that a Ukrainian official would release the statistics and incriminate the very politicians the country is relying on for financial aid.<\/p>\n<p>The text accompanying the list tends to be badly written \u2014 another hallmark of untrustworthy news, especially as the mistakes are often the same, suggesting they're copied, pasted, and shared en masse.<\/p>\n<p>Searching for earlier instances of the claims on X shows that it originates from at least as far back as 2023, and has been shared on various occasions since then.<\/p>\n<p>Other fact-checkers from reputable news organisations debunked the claims at those times as well, and there's no reason to believe that the situation has changed since then.<\/p>\n<p>Pro-Russian propaganda and other Ukraine detractors are often keen to spread false or misleading claims about support for Kyiv to sway public 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He has also made it clear that he wants to shift more of the burden of supporting Ukraine onto Europe.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, met with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss strategies for keeping Ukraine safe.\n\nMacron prompted pushback from other leaders and appeared isolated on the European stage last year when he floated the possibility of putting Western troops in Ukraine, but the issue appears to be back on the agenda. 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Such a move may not deter Russia from attacking Ukraine again in the future, which is Ukrainian officials' greatest fear, and could drag European countries into a direct confrontation with Moscow.\n\nThat, in turn, could pull NATO \u2014 including the US \u2014 into a full-blown multinational conflict.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius arrived in Kyiv on Tuesday on an unannounced visit following a meeting in Warsaw on Monday with his counterparts from France, the UK, Italy and Poland.<\/p>\n<p>Pistorius said that his visit was meant to underscore Germany\u2019s strong support for Ukraine at a time when the looming inauguration of US President-elect Donald Trump looks set to transform Washington\u2019s policy on the war.<\/p>\n<p>Pistorius said that his visit \u201cis a signal that Germany, as the biggest NATO country in Europe, stands by Ukraine \u2014 not alone, but with the group of five and many other allies\u201d, adding that \"Germany, as the largest NATO partner in Europe, naturally plays a special role in this, as it has done over the past three years\".<\/p>\n<p>Germany and the four other countries are Europe\u2019s five top military spenders.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has criticised the war's cost to US taxpayers and has promised to bring the conflict to a swift end without specifying how. He has also made it clear that he wants to shift more of the burden of supporting Ukraine onto Europe.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"8969466,8968294\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//13//defence-ministers-of-five-nato-countries-hold-talks-in-warsaw-on-aid-to-ukraine/">Defence ministers of five NATO countries hold talks in Warsaw on aid to Ukraine<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//01//14//biden-says-putin-failed-to-achieve-ukraine-objectives-as-he-reflects-on-cabinets-foreign-p/">Biden says Putin failed to achieve Ukraine objectives as he reflects on cabinet's foreign policy<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, meanwhile, met with French President Emmanuel Macron to discuss strategies for keeping Ukraine safe.<\/p>\n<p>Macron prompted pushback from other leaders and appeared isolated on the European stage last year when he floated the possibility of putting Western troops in Ukraine, but the issue appears to be back on the agenda. Zelenskyy has said that Ukraine needs security guarantees to bolster any peace agreement \u2014 and he said late on Monday that he had discussed the problem with the French leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs one of these guarantees, we discussed the French initiative to deploy military contingents in Ukraine,\u201d Zelenskyy said. \u201cWe considered practical steps for its implementation, possible expansion and involvement of other countries in this process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Sending European troops as peacekeepers to Ukraine would be fraught with risk. 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