On Oct. 15, former President Donald Trump declined to confirm whether he had spoken to Russian President Vladimir Putin after leaving office in 2021, but said: “If I did it, it was a smart thing.”
Trump has previously denied claims made by journalist Bob Woodward in his book that he spoke with Putin multiple times after leaving the White House. He called it “absolutely incorrect.”
In an interview with Bloomberg, he refused comment on the subject, saying that “If I did it, it would be a smart move.” If I have a friendly relationship with people and I am friendly with them, then that is a good thing for a country.
He also added, according to reports: “Russia has not had a President that they respect as much.”
Trump had said earlier that he “(got along) very well (with Russian President Vladimir) Putin” during his presidency. This implied that the Russian leader frequently talked about his ambitions to control Ukraine.
The comments were made three weeks before the U.S. Presidential election, which could have a profound effect on Washington’s support of Ukraine’s fight against Russian aggression.
“I get along well with Putin.” “I fully understand what is happening,” said the Republican candidate for U.S. president at a town-hall event in Oaks Pennsylvania, concerning Russia’s invasion into Ukraine.
“It was (Ukraine) the apple of his eyes; he would talk about it.” But I said ‘You’re Not Going In’ and he didn’t go in.”
According to Suspilne, the sources claim that the North Korean soldiers left around 7 kilometers (4miles) from the border of Ukraine.
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Serhii Lehchenko, advisor to the Presidential Office, reported that unnamed U.S. legislators cited America’s Vietnam War experience, where men aged 18-26 years old were drafted into combat.
Western diplomats and analysts say that the growing military ties between Russia and North Korea show Moscow’s increasing dependence on resources to continue its costly war in Ukraine.
Interfax reported that Roskomnadzor, the federal censorship authority, confirmed that Steam, with its online catalog of over 100,000 games, and the fact that it is used by more than 130 million people around the globe, including about 10 million in Russia has agreed to comply to the law.
David Arakhamia is the leader of Zelensky‘s Servant of the People, a parliamentary group. He made comments to the Kyiv Independent.
Financial Times (FT), Oct. 15, reported that Elina Valtonen, Finnish Foreign Minister, warned that Western countries are becoming tired of their support for Ukraine and called for a stronger commitment to backing Kyiv.
According to a Harvard CAPS/Harris survey, 48% of voters in swing states who said they’d vote early supported Trump while 47% supported Harris. Another 5% of voters said they had voted or chose another candidate.
Mark Rutte stated in an interview with Reuters on October 13 and German radio Hessischer Rundfunk that “the message (to Russian president Vladimir Putin) is that he won’t get his way. Ukraine will prevail.”
On Oct. 14, hundreds of Ukrainian schools, businesses and media outlets including the Kyiv Independent received bomb threats by email. This prompted the evacuation of state institutions.
In an interview with Kremlin’s RIA Novosti, published on October 15, Peter Szijjarto, Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs, said that Budapest and Russia’s state-owned Gazprom are in discussions on additional gas purchases next year.
The Air Force reported that Ukrainian forces shot down 12 of the 17 drones of the type Shahed launched by Russia over night. Overnight, seven S-300/400 and two Kh-59 rockets were fired at Mykolaiv Oblast.
“With the beginning of the “heating season,” we can expect massive Russian attacks on the energy sector,” Oleksandrlytvynenko said, National Security and Defense Council Sec.
Dmytro Lytvyn, Ukraine’s presidential advisor, reacted after a nearly week-long silence following Ukrainska Pravda’s claim that the Ukrainian Government is exerting “systematic” pressure against one of Ukraine’s largest news media sites.
The statement follows an article in the French newspaper Le Monde that claimed that Tuareg fighters of the anti-government CSP were using Ukrainian drones to attack the military and Wagner mercenaries.
“Now the town is more like a desert world: there are no shelters either for civilians or soldiers,” Anastasia Bobovnikova said, a spokesperson for the Operational Tactical Group Luhansk.
“It was (Ukraine) the apple of his eyes; he used talk about it.” Donald Trump said that he had told him, “You’re not going to go in, and he was not going to go in.”
This includes 1,210 casualties that Russian forces have suffered in the last day.
According to Vitalii Kim, the Russian forces attacked the city at around 2:30 am with S-300 anti-aircraft weapons. An industrial complex, a restaurant, shops, residential structures, and cars were all damaged.
According to the Eastern Human Rights Group, Ukrainians suffering from diabetes, bronchial asthma, and other illnesses on Russian-occupied territory will no longer be eligible for free medication unless they obtain Russian passports by 2025.
Lubos Blaha is a senior member of the pro-Russian Smer party (Direction), led by Robert Fico, who visited Moscow on October 12.
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