U.S. House speaker Mike Johnson said that he has no appetite for more Ukraine funding and hopes that a victory in November for former U.S. president Donald Trump will bring a quick end to the conflict.
Johnson, a Republican who is a staunch Trump supporter and has been the Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, since October 2023. He delayed aid to Kyiv by refusing to vote on different iterations of the $61 billion foreign assistance measure last fall, but ultimately reached a deal for the bill to be passed.
Johnson told Punchbowl News on October 11 that he didn’t want to see any more funding for Ukraine.
“I believe that President Trump can end this conflict if he wins. I really do. I think he will call (Russian president Vladimir) Putin and say that this is enough.”
Ukraine is at risk of losing a lot in the U.S. Presidential election, which is less than a week away. The candidates’ positions on Kyiv have diverged dramatically.
Trump has repeatedly said that he would end the full-scale conflict within 24 hours of being elected. He has also criticized Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for not “making a deal” (or a compromise) with Russia. He has also promised to “get the U.S. out” of the conflict, if he is elected in November.
Vice President Kamala Harris accused Trump of advocating the surrender of Ukraine and said she would refuse any peace negotiations with Russia if Ukraine was not involved.
Johnson’s remarks fuel fears that a Trump win would signal the end of U.S. military assistance for Ukraine. In the interview, Johnson suggested that the international communities is also tired of continuing support Ukraine’s defence and that a Harris presidential term would lead to endless war.
“I think that everyone around the world is tired of this and wants it resolved,” he said.
“I’m not sure what the terms will be, but if Kamala Harris becomes president, it’s not going to end, and I think that’s a dangerous and desperate scenario.”
Video footage from the scene shows officers standing outside the venue’s doors, intercepting male concertgoers as they exit the venue. Some men are seen being arrested by officers.
According to new estimates, MOL (which owns refineries throughout Hungary and Slovakia) will be able process non-Urals crude oil by the end 2026 as opposed to earlier estimates that it would happen in early 2026.
Slovak Foreign Ministry Juraj Blanar announced on October 11 that Slovakia will expand its base in Michalovce. Instead of supplying new arms to Ukraine, the Slovaks will repair Ukrainian military equipment.
The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, thanked Germany for their support but stressed the importance of German aid next year and its need to remain unchanged.
Several months back, these infantrymen served their sentences in prison. They are now part of the 1st Separate Assault Battalion (also known as “Da Vinci”).
In a statement released on October 11, the spokesperson for the European Union‘s External Service said that it was “appalled by” Victoria Roshchyna’s death and demanded an “independent and thorough” investigation into her death.
Defense Minister Rustem Umerov had planned to merge Defense Procurement Agency and State Rear Operator into one agency, but changed his mind when a NATO announcement said that the agencies should remain separate and two separate supervision boards should be set up.
Operational Command South reported on October 11 that since the beginning of the week, Ukraine has repelled 29 Russian assaults in the oblasts of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia.
“We are working together actively in the international arena, and our assessments of world events are often very similar,” Russian President Vladimir Putin stated of the meeting.
Scholz revealed during a joint news conference that Germany had already delivered a package worth 600 million euro ($660 million) of aid to Ukraine.
Sources told Reuters that the funding would come from the U.S.A., Japan and Canada. They added that it would be backed up by interest generated from frozen Russian asset.
Media Initiative for Human Rights reported on October 11 that Viktoria Roshchyna was a Ukrainian journalist who died while in Russian captivity. She was held in Russian prisons where torture is used to punish the prisoners.
“Looking to a future of prosperity and peace also means looking at the reconstruction. I am pleased to announce that ‘Ukraine Recovery Conference will be held in Rome, Italy on 10 and 11th July 2025,” Italian Premier Giorgia meloni said.
A Ukrainian official stated that “the Russian plan in Kursk Oblast was thwarted thus far” due to Russian forces suffering losses.
In Steven Seagal’s latest documentary, “In the Name of Justice”, which was shared by the Russian state-run platform Smotrim, the actor is shown visiting occupied territories of Ukraine including Mariupol.
During a 35-minute meeting, the pope presented Ukraine’s president with a bronze relief with a flower, and the inscription “Peace is fragile flower.”
On Oct. 11, Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived in Turkmenistan and spoke at an international conference attended by Central Asian leaders, including the president of Iran.
The alleged attempts to pressurize the media outlet “are nothing less than anti-democratic, given the essential role that the newsroom plays in upholding the core national value of freedom the press,” Gulnoza Saied, the Committee to Protect Journalists’ Europe and Central Asia Program Coordinator said.
Vasyl Chynchyk, the head of administration in the town, said that approximately 1,150 people still live there.
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