Faced with the various options presented in the Western press as avenues for resolving the war in Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky wanted to warn European leaders this Thursday, November 7, that any concession on Ukraine made to Vladimir Putin would be “unacceptable” for kyiv and “suicidal” for Europe, he asserted, while a few hours earlier Moscow urged the West to negotiate under penalty of “destruction of the Ukrainian population”.
More than two and a half years after beginning to invade Ukraine, Russia is in a strong position on the eastern front, where its army is advancing increasingly quickly against fewer and less well-equipped Ukrainian soldiers.
Information to remember
⇒ “Concessions” to Putin on Ukraine would be “unacceptable” for Europe, warns Zelensky
⇒ Ukraine: four dead in strikes on a hospital in the city of Zaporizhia
⇒ North Korean soldiers in Russia “took part in hostilities” and suffered “losses,” says Zelensky
North Korean soldiers in Russia ‘took part in hostilities’ and suffered ‘losses’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky assured this Thursday that North Korean soldiers, who are in the Russian region of Kursk according to kyiv and the West, “took part in hostilities” alongside Russia and suffered “losses” . According to Volodymyr Zelensky, “11,000 North Korean troops are currently in the Kursk region.” “Some of them have already taken part in hostilities against the Ukrainian military. Losses have already been recorded,” he added during a European conference in Budapest.
“Concessions” to Putin on Ukraine would be “unacceptable” for Europe, warns Zelensky
Any concession on Ukraine to Vladimir Putin would be “unacceptable” for kyiv and for Europe, warned Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday, whose country has been fighting for almost three years against the Russian invasion. Making “concessions to Putin” is “unacceptable for Ukraine and unacceptable for all of Europe,” Volodymyr Zelensky said in a speech to European leaders gathered in Budapest.
The Ukrainian president also called on Americans and Europeans to be “strong” and to “value” their relations, even if the election of Donald Trump at the head of the United States casts uncertainty on both the links between these allies and support for Ukraine. “Some of you here have strongly recommended that Ukraine make ‘concessions’ to Putin. This is unacceptable for Ukraine and suicidal for all of Europe,” said Volodymyr Zelensky.
Ukraine: four dead in strikes on Zaporizhia
Four people were killed and 18 others injured in a series of Russian strikes Thursday on the town of Zaporizhia in southern Ukraine, according to a new toll announced by Ukrainian emergency services. “The death toll from Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia rose to four deaths, 18 people were injured. Rescuers pulled two injured children and an injured woman from the rubble,” they said on Telegram.
Paris summoned the general delegate of North Korea at the end of October
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it had summoned the general delegate in charge of North Korea on October 28, in the absence of an embassy, to signal France’s disapproval of North Korean support for Russia in its war against Ukraine. “Like other European countries, France summoned the general delegate of North Korea on October 28 to whom we made it quite clear that such support would not go unanswered,” declared Christophe Lemoine, spokesperson for the ministry, during a press briefing. He did not specify what response could be given. Thursday evening, in his daily update, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky indicated that North Korean soldiers in Russia “took part in hostilities” and suffered “losses”.
Zelensky believes that North Korea is now “waging war in Europe”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky estimated this Thursday that North Korea was “now waging war in Europe” due to the alleged arrival in Russia of thousands of soldiers from this country, denounced by kyiv, Seoul and the West. “North Korea is now waging war in Europe. North Korean soldiers are trying to kill our people on European soil,” Volodymyr Zelensky said in a speech to European leaders gathered in Budapest, from which AFP obtained a copy.
Trump ‘does not have a magic wand,’ Vatican says
The Secretary of State and number 2 of the Vatican sent his congratulations to American President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday, wishing him “wisdom” and hoping that he will put an end to the conflicts, particularly in Ukraine, even if he has not “no magic wand”. “We wish him much wisdom because it is the main virtue of leaders according to the Bible,” Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin told reporters on the sidelines of a conference in Rome.
The West must negotiate to avoid “the destruction of the Ukrainian population”, according to Moscow
The West must negotiate in order to avoid the “destruction of the Ukrainian population”, the head of the Russian Security Council, Sergei Shoigu, ruled on Thursday, according to Russian agencies. “Now that the situation in the theater of hostilities is not in favor of the kyiv regime, the West has a choice: to continue its financing (of Ukraine) and the destruction of the Ukrainian people or to admit the existing realities and begin to negotiate,” he said during a meeting of security officials from countries neighboring Russia.