Polskie Radio reported that Donald Tusk, the Polish Prime Minister, said that decisions about Ukraine’s future could not be made without Ukrainians despite Donald Trump’s plans for a ceasefire.
Tusk stated that Trump’s plans are still in the early stages of discussion. Tusk said that some of the proposals revealed to the media included freezing the front line and deploying British troops and European troops to enforce the buffer zone.
Tusk emphasized that “decisions about the war in Ukraine cannot be made over the head of Ukrainians or over ours.” He added that Europe would have to take more responsibility for its own security.
Heorhii Tykhyi, spokesperson for the Ukraine’s Foreign Affairs Ministry, told the media that Kyiv was “grateful” for Tusk’s commitments on Nov. 10. He also emphasized that Ukraine must “determine parameters of a path to a comprehensive just and sustainable peace.”
Trump had previously stated that he would end this war in “24-hours,” but he has not provided a clear path. His team told The Telegraph Trump would not send U.S. soldiers to Ukraine.
Hungarian Prime Minster Viktor Orban stated that Trump would not continue U.S. assistance for Ukraine.
Jean-Noel Barrot, the French Minister of Foreign Affairs, claimed that Trump wouldn’t abandon Ukraine. Trump is “too smart to agree to the largest territorial annexation for 75 years,” he said to the French newspaper Le Parisien in November.
Trump said that he knew there would be no lasting peacefulness if he turned his back on Ukraine and Europe.
The leadership of Ukraine has publicly stated that it intends to restore the country’s 1991 borders. This includes the liberation and parts of Donbas that have been occupied by Russia since 2014, as well as Crimea.
On Nov. 9, Russian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergei Ryabkov stated that Russia was “ready” to listen to Trump’s proposal but added that “there would be no simple solution.”
It is unclear why Russia would pause in the current phase, given that its forces are at the peak of their offensive for 2024 and still have the resources available to continue pushing forward.
Donald Tusk, the Polish Prime Minister, said that “decisions about the war in Ukraine cannot be made without the consent of Ukrainians or us.” He added that Europe would have to take more responsibility for its own security.
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The Russian Defense Ministry reported that on November 10, Russian air defense destroyed 70 Ukrainian drones including 34 in Moscow Oblast in the largest drone attack against the Russian capital.
While the Kremlin doesn’t announce the number killed and injured, Western officials claim that October was the most difficult month for Russian forces.
Overnight, Russian forces launched a total of 145 drones into Ukraine and Ukrainian air defense shot down 62 drones.
This includes 1,350 casualties that Russian forces have suffered in the last day.
Mediazona has added 1,761 Russian soldiers to its list of casualties since the last update, which was at the end October.
Josep Borrell said, at a Kyiv news conference, that “we must strengthen anti-sanctions measures because Russia cannot manufacture (weaponry), without imported parts, chips, and other components.” “We should use sanctions in order to isolate Russia’s industry from imports from foreign countries.”
Borrell said, “We need faster delivery and fewer red lines that we set ourselves,” referring to his support for allowing Ukraine to use long-range weapons provided by the West to strike deep within Russian territory.
The Biden administration is rushing to deliver over 500 interceptors for Patriot and National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missiles (NASAMS) to Kyiv. This was reported by the Wall Street Journal on November 9, citing a senior official.
A senior adviser to Donald Trump said that Ukraine needed to be “realistic in its goals for war” and added that the peninsula of Crimea, which was occupied by Russia, was “gone.”
Dmytro Lubints, Ukraine’s Ombudsman, said that the occupiers had no limit to their cruelty and cynicism.
Syrskyi stated that “we have received numerous reports about the preparations of North Korean soldiers for combat operations alongside Russian troops.”
The shortage of ammunition in Ukraine has been a concern for many years, but it has gotten worse this year.
After the Russian invasion of February 2022, Ukraine began actively developing their missile program.
British defense intelligence estimates that Russia has suffered more than 696,00 losses since the beginning of the full-scale invasion.
The memorandum will establish over 100 industrial park across Ukraine, affecting the lives of 2,5 million citizens and helping to create “hypermodern” cities.
“The dialogue between the President Zelensky, and President-elect Trump, has already been established,” Sybiha stated in Kyiv during a press conference held with Josep Borrell, chief diplomat of the European Union.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced on November 9 that Ukraine had attacked seven Russian regions, including Tula Oblast, with 50 drones. Moscow claimed to have shot down all 50 drones including two that were over Tula Oblast located south of Moscow.
Syrskyi stated that the targets included more than 4,000 Russian soldiers, 221 pieces radio equipment and 129 artillery system.
According to the Telegraph, the U.S. will supply weapons to Ukraine in order to prevent Moscow from relaunching the war. The sources said that in exchange for the weapons, Ukraine would agree to not pursue its ambition to become a member of NATO for 20 years.
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The claim comes at a time when Ukraine has intensified efforts over the last few months to strike deep into Russia with homemade drones. These drones have been targeting airfields, oil refineries, and arms depots to weaken Russia’s combat capabilities.
Borrell said in a post on X that EU support was always his “personal priority”, and should remain at the top of the agenda for the bloc.
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