Ukraine-Russia war live: Trump finally agrees to meet Zelensky as Biden says Putin ‘will not prevail’ in war
US president Joe Biden insists Ukraine will win the war and Putin ‘will not prevail’
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Donald Trump has finally agreed to meet Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky after accusing the wartime leader of making “nasty” comments against him.
Mr Trump, publishing a letter from Mr Zelensky requesting to meet, revealed that he would meet the Ukrainian leader at Trump Tower in New York on Friday morning local time.
It has been reported that Mr Zelensky has extended his stay in the US to meet Mr Trump. The former US president has been railing against the Ukrainian leader since he visited a munitions factory in US leader Joe Biden’s hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania at the top of his US trip.
Mr Zelensky also described JD Vance, Mr Trump’s running mate who has been an outspoken opponent to continued support for Ukraine, as “too radical” in an interview prior to his visit.
It comes as Mr Biden, ahead of a meeting with Mr Zelensky in the White House, said Russia “will not prevail” in its war on Ukraine.
“We stand with Ukraine, now and in the future,” Mr Biden said alongside Mr Zelensky. “Russia will not prevail. Ukraine will prevail.”
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Russian attack on southern town of Izmail kills 3, injures 14
A Russian drone attack on the southern town of Izmail killed three people and injured 14, including three children, Odesa regional prosecutors said on Friday.
The “large-scale terror attack” in the early hours of Friday caused several fires besides damaging homes, Odesa regional governor Oleh Kiper said on the Telegram messaging app.
Overnight Russian missile attack on the central city of Dnipro also damaged an industrial facility and caused a fire, Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Serhiy Lysak said on Telegram.
Drone and shelling attacks on the region damaged infrastructure, Lysak said, adding that no casualties had been reported in the attacks.
The Ukrainian air force said it shot down 24 out of 32 drones during Russia’s overnight attack on Telegram. One of the drones entered the Romanian air space, it said.
Russian forces also used one ballistic and two cruise missiles during the attack, the air force added.
Russian drone may have breached Romanian air space during overnight atack on Ukraine
Romania’s national airspace was likely breached for under three minutes by a Russian drone during an overnight attack on neighbouring Ukraine, the defense ministry said on Friday.
NATO member Romania scrambled four fighter jets to monitor the attack from the air, the ministry said, adding military personnel were looking for potential fragments.
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Russia attack on Odesa kills 3, injures 11
A Russian drone attack on the southern town of Izmail killed three people and injured 11, including a child, authorities in the region of Odesa said this morning.
The “large-scale terror attack” in the early hours today also caused several fires besides damaging homes, Odesa regional governor Oleh Kiper said on his Telegram channel.
The US is giving Ukraine billions more in weapons. Here's how they will help
The Biden administration’s latest infusion of more than $2.7bn in military aid for Ukraine and the promise of billions more will give Kyiv a massive boost in air defences, but much of the aid is in long-range contracts for weapons that won’t be seen on the battlefield for some time.
Included in a $2.4bn long-term assistance package announced yesterday — just before meetings between Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky and president Joe Biden and vice president Kamala Harris — is another Patriot missile battery and additional munitions for the system.
The US is giving Ukraine billions more in weapons. Here's how they will help
The Biden administration has announced its latest infusion of more than $2.7 billion in weapons for Ukraine and the promise of billions more
Recap: Russian targets Ukraine could hit with long-range missiles
The targets Kyiv could hit if Washington gave the go-ahead to use Western long-range missiles to fire at military sites within Russia:
Mapped: The Russian targets Ukraine could hit with long-range missiles
Zelensky claimed the only way to counter Putin’s ‘terror’ is by using long-range missiles inside Russia
Russian forces fired missile that killed Reuters safety adviser, Ukraine says
Russian forces fired the missile that killed Reuters safety adviser Ryan Evans and wounded two of the agency’s journalists last month, four Ukrainian security sources said.
The missiles was fired by Russian forces stationed in the southern border region of Rostov. The missile was launched from a site close to Taganrog, a Russian city on the coast of the Sea of Azov near the Ukrainian border, according to Ukraine’s intelligence services.
The intelligence services said there were two Russian units operating close to the launch site at that time: the 1st Guards rocket brigade of the 49th Army and the 107th Guards rocket brigade of the 35th Army.
The Ukrainian military’s general staff, in separate written responses to Reuters’ questions, said that there was also a third unit near Taganrog that could have conducted the strike: the 47th rocket brigade of the 8th Army.
The general staff’s statement said a Russian Iskander 9M723 ballistic missile was fired from the area at around 22.28 (1928 GMT) and struck the Sapphire Hotel in Kramatorsk, where the Reuters team was staying, seven minutes later.
In a written response to Reuters’ questions, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that they were for the armed forces to answer.
“For our part, we can repeat once again – our armed forces strike only at objects directly or indirectly connected with the military infrastructure,” Peskov added.
Biden and Zelensky to meet in Germany next month, White House says
Joe Biden and Volodymyr Zelensky will meet on 12 October in Germany, the White House said, confirming one of the final interactions between the two before the US president’s term ends.
The two leaders, who met in the Oval Office yesterday, will discuss Mr Zelensky’s peace plan, said spokesperson John Kirby.
Mr Zelensky said the $7.9bn in aid announced by the White House “will be a great help” and revealed that he and the American president were “preparing to discuss the details” and “strengthen” his “plan for victory” over Russia.
The Ukrainian war-time president has been in the United States for the UN General Assembly, where on Wednesday he warned world leaders that Russian president Vladimir Putin is attempting to “break the Ukrainian spirit” by targeting his country’s energy infrastructure.
He also cautioned against accepting purported peace deals that would be negotiated without Ukraine having a say.
Nato chief warns against Putin’s intimidation with nuclear move
Outgoing Nato secretary general Jens Stoltenberg said Moscow was attempting to intimidate alliance members with its new nuclear doctrine lowering the threshold for a nuclear response.
“Russia’s nuclear rhetoric is dangerous and reckless,” Mr Stoltenberg said at the Council on Foreign Relations. “We are closely watching what Russia is doing.”
Vladimir Putin has said Russia could use nuclear weapons if it was struck with conventional missiles, and that Moscow would consider any assault on it supported by a nuclear power to be a joint attack.
The move, his aide and Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said, should be considered a signal to Western countries that there will be consequences if they participate in attacks on Russia.
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