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Zelenskyy is concerned that Xi Jinping, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin could divide up global spheres of influence between themImage: Dmitri Lovetsky\/AP Photo\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a> has warned that a planned meeting between Russia<\/a>, China<\/a> and the United States<\/a> next month could present the three participants with an opportunity to redraw global spheres of influence.<\/p>\n

“We really don’t want this to turn into ‘Yalta 2, 3, 4’ with a redistribution of influence,” he said in comments to journalists on Wednesday, referring to the 1945 Yalta Conference in Crimea<\/a>\u00a0,\u00a0where\u00a0Allied powers redrew the world map in the wake of the Second World War<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Putin raised idea of three-way summit with Trump: What to know<\/h2>\n

The Kremlin has previously indicated that preparations were\u00a0underway for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a> and his US and Chinese counterparts, Donald Trump<\/a> and Xi Jinping<\/a>, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific summit next month.<\/p>\n

The Wall Street Journal <\/em>first broke the news about the three-way summit earlier this month and said that Trump had not agreed to attend the summit at the time.<\/p>\n

But the Journal<\/em> said Trump\u00a0was open to the proposal \u2014 that had been raised by Putin \u2014 since\u00a0he wanted to bring an end to the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

“What China, Russia and the United States might discuss has not yet been clearly defined,” Zelenskyy said, adding that “Russia wants this meeting more than anyone,”\u00a0warning against handing Moscow<\/a> “another major diplomatic advantage.”<\/p>\n

For years now, Russia has been seeking a new agreement with Washington on European security architecture, and in particular an end to what Putin considers NATO’s aggressive expansion towards Russia.<\/p>\n

Putin has falsely repeatedly said Ukraine\u00a0war was an act of self-defense<\/h2>\n

Putin continues to cast the ongoing invasion of Ukraine<\/a> as a response to such a NATO<\/a> threat \u2013 a position widely rejected in Kyiv and the rest of Europe.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy’s warning came ahead of planned talks between Ukrainian, Russian and US envoys in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)<\/a> next month.<\/p>\n

No specific date has been set for the Abu Dhabi meeting, but Kyiv is keen for it to take place before the potential Russia-China-US summit.<\/p>\n

Before that, it was also confirmed on Wednesday that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov<\/a> will travel to the United States for a meeting with G20 counterparts in Atlanta on October 30-31.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Volodymyr
Zelenskyy’s comments were released as he traveled to the Netherlands for talks with Dutch Prime Minister Rob JettenImage: Remko de Waal\/ANP\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Zelenskyy in Netherlands<\/h2>\n

Zelenskyy’s remarks were released as he\u00a0traveled to the Netherlands<\/a> for meetings with Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten and Dutch King Willem-Alexander in The Hague.<\/p>\n

The Dutch government said on Wednesday it would provide Ukraine with \u20ac1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) in non-military support over the next \u2060years.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy also held a phone call with\u00a0British Prime Minister Andy Burnham<\/a> to thank him for an \u200bextra \u00a310 \u2060billion ($13.29 billion\/\u20ac11.94 billion) of support announced earlier \u2060on \u200bWednesday.<\/p>\n

“A truly \u200bstrong very timely step coming right Russia needs to and \u200bfeel that Ukraine will not be left \u200balone to deal with the problems \u2060Russia \u200bis so \u200beager to escalate,” he wrote on social media.<\/p>\n

But Ukraine’s greatest assets in its defense against Russian aggression remain US Patriot air defense missiles, and Zelenskyy urged Washington to increase supplies.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy said Ukraine had been receiving 12 missiles a month this year but is being targeted with “150 ballistic missiles a month.”<\/p>\n

Oleshky truce holding\u00a0for now, Zelenskyy says<\/h2>\n

Meanwhile on the battlefield, officials said a six-day ceasefire in a Russian-occupied town in southern Ukraine held for its first day and night.<\/p>\n

The localized truce in the devastated town of Oleshky<\/a> began on Tuesday and is due to last until Sunday, enabling a planned humanitarian operation to provide around 2,000 remaining residents with urgently needed food and medicine<\/a>, and evacuate those who want to leave.<\/p>\n

“We are grateful that they are organizing this possibility to evacuate people,” said President Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n

The plight of Oleshky in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region caught the attention of US first lady Melania Trump, who the White House said helped broker the humanitarian mission<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If the ceasefire holds, it will be the first time in more than four-and-a-half years of fighting that both sides have observed a significant truce, with previous attempts quickly unraveling.<\/p>\n

“This is the biggest de-escalation since 2022,” said Ukraine’s negotiator, Davyd \u200cArakhamia, on Tuesday, adding every step brings peace closer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Oleshky ceasefire comes into effect in Ukraine war<\/h2>\n

Drone attacks in Kharkiv, Belgorod\u00a0\u2014\u00a0and off Bulgaria<\/h2>\n

Elsewhere, however, the war raged on with five people, including a four-year-old child, injured in a Russian drone strike on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv overnight.<\/p>\n

In Moscow, the Russian Defense Ministry said air defenses had downed 531 Ukrainian drones on Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, but local authorities in the Belgorod border region said one person was killed in a drone attack.<\/p>\n

And in Sofia, Bulgarian Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said three maritime drones struck a container ship in the Black Sea<\/a> off the coast of Bulgaria<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The crew evacuated the vessel and there were no immediate reports of casualties, according to Bulgarian state news agency BTA, but the incident took place as defense ministers from Bulgaria, Romania<\/a> and Turkey<\/a> were meeting in Sofia for trilateral talks focused on Black Sea security.<\/p>\n

“We follow with concern the intense attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea \u200band call on the sides to act with common sense, in line with the principle of navigational safety in open seas,” said Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler.<\/p>\n

“The necessary warnings are constantly being conveyed to both sides to keep commercial navigational out of the conflict zone and \u200bimmediately halt attacks on\u00a0civilian vessels.”<\/p>\n

A series of drone attacks have occurred this month off the coasts of NATO members Romania and Bulgaria. Russia has not taken responsibility, but suspicion has increasingly fallen on Moscow.<\/p>\n

“The logic points in that direction,” Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev told parliament earlier this month. “The problem is that we cannot prove it.”<\/p>\n

Edited by: Roshni Majumdar<\/em><\/p>\n

If you rely on our team for trusted reporting, please take a moment to select us as your Preferred Source on Google<\/a>,\u00a0so you’ll always see our verified news first.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a> has warned that a planned meeting between Russia<\/a>, China<\/a> and the United States<\/a> next month could present the three participants with an opportunity to redraw global spheres of influence.<\/p>\n

“We really don’t want this to turn into ‘Yalta 2, 3, 4’ with a redistribution of influence,” he said in comments to journalists on Wednesday, referring to the 1945 Yalta Conference in Crimea<\/a>\u00a0,\u00a0where\u00a0Allied powers redrew the world map in the wake of the Second World War<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Putin raised idea of three-way summit with Trump: What to know<\/h2>\n

The Kremlin has previously indicated that preparations were\u00a0underway for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a> and his US and Chinese counterparts, Donald Trump<\/a> and Xi Jinping<\/a>, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific summit next month.<\/p>\n

The Wall Street Journal <\/em>first broke the news about the three-way summit earlier this month and said that Trump had not agreed to attend the summit at the time.<\/p>\n

But the Journal<\/em> said Trump\u00a0was open to the proposal \u2014 that had been raised by Putin \u2014 since\u00a0he wanted to bring an end to the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

“What China, Russia and the United States might discuss has not yet been clearly defined,” Zelenskyy said, adding that “Russia wants this meeting more than anyone,”\u00a0warning against handing Moscow<\/a> “another major diplomatic advantage.”<\/p>\n

For years now, Russia has been seeking a new agreement with Washington on European security architecture, and in particular an end to what Putin considers NATO’s aggressive expansion towards Russia.<\/p>\n

Putin has falsely repeatedly said Ukraine\u00a0war was an act of self-defense<\/h2>\n

Putin continues to cast the ongoing invasion of Ukraine<\/a> as a response to such a NATO<\/a> threat \u2013 a position widely rejected in Kyiv and the rest of Europe.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy’s warning came ahead of planned talks between Ukrainian, Russian and US envoys in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)<\/a> next month.<\/p>\n

No specific date has been set for the Abu Dhabi meeting, but Kyiv is keen for it to take place before the potential Russia-China-US summit.<\/p>\n

Before that, it was also confirmed on Wednesday that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov<\/a> will travel to the United States for a meeting with G20 counterparts in Atlanta on October 30-31.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Volodymyr
Zelenskyy’s comments were released as he traveled to the Netherlands for talks with Dutch Prime Minister Rob JettenImage: Remko de Waal\/ANP\/picture alliance<\/small><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Zelenskyy in Netherlands<\/h2>\n

Zelenskyy’s remarks were released as he\u00a0traveled to the Netherlands<\/a> for meetings with Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten and Dutch King Willem-Alexander in The Hague.<\/p>\n

The Dutch government said on Wednesday it would provide Ukraine with \u20ac1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) in non-military support over the next \u2060years.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy also held a phone call with\u00a0British Prime Minister Andy Burnham<\/a> to thank him for an \u200bextra \u00a310 \u2060billion ($13.29 billion\/\u20ac11.94 billion) of support announced earlier \u2060on \u200bWednesday.<\/p>\n

“A truly \u200bstrong very timely step coming right Russia needs to and \u200bfeel that Ukraine will not be left \u200balone to deal with the problems \u2060Russia \u200bis so \u200beager to escalate,” he wrote on social media.<\/p>\n

But Ukraine’s greatest assets in its defense against Russian aggression remain US Patriot air defense missiles, and Zelenskyy urged Washington to increase supplies.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy said Ukraine had been receiving 12 missiles a month this year but is being targeted with “150 ballistic missiles a month.”<\/p>\n

Oleshky truce holding\u00a0for now, Zelenskyy says<\/h2>\n

Meanwhile on the battlefield, officials said a six-day ceasefire in a Russian-occupied town in southern Ukraine held for its first day and night.<\/p>\n

The localized truce in the devastated town of Oleshky<\/a> began on Tuesday and is due to last until Sunday, enabling a planned humanitarian operation to provide around 2,000 remaining residents with urgently needed food and medicine<\/a>, and evacuate those who want to leave.<\/p>\n

“We are grateful that they are organizing this possibility to evacuate people,” said President Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n

The plight of Oleshky in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region caught the attention of US first lady Melania Trump, who the White House said helped broker the humanitarian mission<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If the ceasefire holds, it will be the first time in more than four-and-a-half years of fighting that both sides have observed a significant truce, with previous attempts quickly unraveling.<\/p>\n

“This is the biggest de-escalation since 2022,” said Ukraine’s negotiator, Davyd \u200cArakhamia, on Tuesday, adding every step brings peace closer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Oleshky ceasefire comes into effect in Ukraine war<\/h2>\n

Drone attacks in Kharkiv, Belgorod\u00a0\u2014\u00a0and off Bulgaria<\/h2>\n

Elsewhere, however, the war raged on with five people, including a four-year-old child, injured in a Russian drone strike on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv overnight.<\/p>\n

In Moscow, the Russian Defense Ministry said air defenses had downed 531 Ukrainian drones on Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, but local authorities in the Belgorod border region said one person was killed in a drone attack.<\/p>\n

And in Sofia, Bulgarian Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said three maritime drones struck a container ship in the Black Sea<\/a> off the coast of Bulgaria<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The crew evacuated the vessel and there were no immediate reports of casualties, according to Bulgarian state news agency BTA, but the incident took place as defense ministers from Bulgaria, Romania<\/a> and Turkey<\/a> were meeting in Sofia for trilateral talks focused on Black Sea security.<\/p>\n

“We follow with concern the intense attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea \u200band call on the sides to act with common sense, in line with the principle of navigational safety in open seas,” said Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler.<\/p>\n

“The necessary warnings are constantly being conveyed to both sides to keep commercial navigational out of the conflict zone and \u200bimmediately halt attacks on\u00a0civilian vessels.”<\/p>\n

A series of drone attacks have occurred this month off the coasts of NATO members Romania and Bulgaria. Russia has not taken responsibility, but suspicion has increasingly fallen on Moscow.<\/p>\n

“The logic points in that direction,” Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev told parliament earlier this month. “The problem is that we cannot prove it.”<\/p>\n

Edited by: Roshni Majumdar<\/em><\/p>\n

If you rely on our team for trusted reporting, please take a moment to select us as your Preferred Source on Google<\/a>,\u00a0so you’ll always see our verified news first.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/a> has warned that a planned meeting between Russia<\/a>, China<\/a> and the United States<\/a> next month could present the three participants with an opportunity to redraw global spheres of influence.<\/p>\n

“We really don’t want this to turn into ‘Yalta 2, 3, 4’ with a redistribution of influence,” he said in comments to journalists on Wednesday, referring to the 1945 Yalta Conference in Crimea<\/a>\u00a0,\u00a0where\u00a0Allied powers redrew the world map in the wake of the Second World War<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Kremlin has previously indicated that preparations were\u00a0underway for a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin<\/a> and his US and Chinese counterparts, Donald Trump<\/a> and Xi Jinping<\/a>, on the sidelines of an Asia-Pacific summit next month.<\/p>\n

The Wall Street Journal <\/em>first broke the news about the three-way summit earlier this month and said that Trump had not agreed to attend the summit at the time.<\/p>\n

But the Journal<\/em> said Trump\u00a0was open to the proposal \u2014 that had been raised by Putin \u2014 since\u00a0he wanted to bring an end to the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

“What China, Russia and the United States might discuss has not yet been clearly defined,” Zelenskyy said, adding that “Russia wants this meeting more than anyone,”\u00a0warning against handing Moscow<\/a> “another major diplomatic advantage.”<\/p>\n

For years now, Russia has been seeking a new agreement with Washington on European security architecture, and in particular an end to what Putin considers NATO’s aggressive expansion towards Russia.<\/p>\n

Putin continues to cast the ongoing invasion of Ukraine<\/a> as a response to such a NATO<\/a> threat \u2013 a position widely rejected in Kyiv and the rest of Europe.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy’s warning came ahead of planned talks between Ukrainian, Russian and US envoys in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)<\/a> next month.<\/p>\n

No specific date has been set for the Abu Dhabi meeting, but Kyiv is keen for it to take place before the potential Russia-China-US summit.<\/p>\n

Before that, it was also confirmed on Wednesday that Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov<\/a> will travel to the United States for a meeting with G20 counterparts in Atlanta on October 30-31.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy’s remarks were released as he\u00a0traveled to the Netherlands<\/a> for meetings with Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten and Dutch King Willem-Alexander in The Hague.<\/p>\n

The Dutch government said on Wednesday it would provide Ukraine with \u20ac1.2 billion ($1.3 billion) in non-military support over the next \u2060years.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy also held a phone call with\u00a0British Prime Minister Andy Burnham<\/a> to thank him for an \u200bextra \u00a310 \u2060billion ($13.29 billion\/\u20ac11.94 billion) of support announced earlier \u2060on \u200bWednesday.<\/p>\n

“A truly \u200bstrong very timely step coming right Russia needs to and \u200bfeel that Ukraine will not be left \u200balone to deal with the problems \u2060Russia \u200bis so \u200beager to escalate,” he wrote on social media.<\/p>\n

But Ukraine’s greatest assets in its defense against Russian aggression remain US Patriot air defense missiles, and Zelenskyy urged Washington to increase supplies.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy said Ukraine had been receiving 12 missiles a month this year but is being targeted with “150 ballistic missiles a month.”<\/p>\n

Meanwhile on the battlefield, officials said a six-day ceasefire in a Russian-occupied town in southern Ukraine held for its first day and night.<\/p>\n

The localized truce in the devastated town of Oleshky<\/a> began on Tuesday and is due to last until Sunday, enabling a planned humanitarian operation to provide around 2,000 remaining residents with urgently needed food and medicine<\/a>, and evacuate those who want to leave.<\/p>\n

“We are grateful that they are organizing this possibility to evacuate people,” said President Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n

The plight of Oleshky in Ukraine’s southern Kherson region caught the attention of US first lady Melania Trump, who the White House said helped broker the humanitarian mission<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If the ceasefire holds, it will be the first time in more than four-and-a-half years of fighting that both sides have observed a significant truce, with previous attempts quickly unraveling.<\/p>\n

“This is the biggest de-escalation since 2022,” said Ukraine’s negotiator, Davyd \u200cArakhamia, on Tuesday, adding every step brings peace closer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a web browser that supports HTML5 video<\/a><\/p>\n

Elsewhere, however, the war raged on with five people, including a four-year-old child, injured in a Russian drone strike on the northeastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv overnight.<\/p>\n

In Moscow, the Russian Defense Ministry said air defenses had downed 531 Ukrainian drones on Tuesday night and into Wednesday morning, but local authorities in the Belgorod border region said one person was killed in a drone attack.<\/p>\n

And in Sofia, Bulgarian Defense Minister Dimitar Stoyanov said three maritime drones struck a container ship in the Black Sea<\/a> off the coast of Bulgaria<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The crew evacuated the vessel and there were no immediate reports of casualties, according to Bulgarian state news agency BTA, but the incident took place as defense ministers from Bulgaria, Romania<\/a> and Turkey<\/a> were meeting in Sofia for trilateral talks focused on Black Sea security.<\/p>\n

“We follow with concern the intense attacks on commercial vessels in the Black Sea \u200band call on the sides to act with common sense, in line with the principle of navigational safety in open seas,” said Turkish Defense Minister Yasar Guler.<\/p>\n

“The necessary warnings are constantly being conveyed to both sides to keep commercial navigational out of the conflict zone and \u200bimmediately halt attacks on\u00a0civilian vessels.”<\/p>\n

A series of drone attacks have occurred this month off the coasts of NATO members Romania and Bulgaria. Russia has not taken responsibility, but suspicion has increasingly fallen on Moscow.<\/p>\n

“The logic points in that direction,” Bulgarian Prime Minister Rumen Radev told parliament earlier this month. “The problem is that we cannot prove it.”<\/p>\n

Edited by: Roshni Majumdar<\/em><\/p>\n

If you rely on our team for trusted reporting, please take a moment to select us as your Preferred Source on Google<\/a>,\u00a0so you’ll always see our verified news first.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

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