The war between Russia and Ukraine comes to your day 966 since its beginning on February 24, 2022, when the Russian president Vladimir Putin ordered a “special military operation” to free the pro-Russian population from the Donbas region of Ukraine.
Hoy Wednesday October 16, 2024he kyiv’s ‘Victory Plan’ calls for more attacks on Russia and weapons.
On the battlefield the Russian Ministry of Defense reported this Wednesday of a Successful missile attack against an armored factory in the Ukrainian city of Mikoláivwhich would have paralyzed the plant’s work.
According to the military report, published on Telegram, five missiles were used in the attack that hit two ships in the factory.
“Ten armored vehicles were destroyed, including six tanks,” the statement said.
Russia added that the attack stopped production and repairs of armored vehicles.
The portfolio’s Telegram channel published a video with images that, it claims, correspond to the missile attack.
Mikoláiv, capital of the homonymous region, is located in the south of Ukraine, on the shores of the Southern Bug, which flows into the Black Sea, and before the war it had more than 400 thousand inhabitants.
Russia Ukraine War: Donald Trump does not confirm if he has spoken with Putin but says it would be a “smart” thing to do
The former president of the United States and Republican candidate, Donald Trump, avoided on tuesday confirm if you have spoken with the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, since he left the White House in 2021but added that If he had done so, it would be “a smart thing.”
The candidate was questioned at a Bloomberg event at the Economic Club of Chicago about the new book’s revelationsWar‘, from the journalist Bob Woodwardaccording to which Trump would have had up to seven phone calls with Putin since he left power.
“I’m not going to comment on that, but I will tell you that if I did, it would be a smart thing (…) If I am friendly with people, if I have a relationship with people, that is a good thing, not a bad thing, for the country ”
Donald Trump, former president of the United States and Republican candidate
According to Woodward’s book, Trump sent when he was president several covid-19 tests on Putin for his personal use and, after leaving power in January 2021, I would have spoken with him on the phone up to seven times.
After these revelations, the Kremlin recognized the shipment of covid tests by the United Statesbut denied alleged phone calls between Putin and Trump once he left office.
Trump, who has praised Putin several times, is very critical of US aid to Ukraine and maintains that if he wins the November 5 elections he will reach an agreement to end the war within 24 hours.
Donald Trump (Jim WATSON/AFP)
Russia Ukraine War: Volodymyr Zelensky still has the support of Ukrainians
The Ukrainians’ confidence in Volodymyr Zelensky has stabilized at relatively high levels after a drop at the beginning of the year, as the 59% still express their support y most remain optimistic about the outcome of the waraccording to the survey published on Monday by the kyiv International Institute of Sociology (IISK).
It is a relatively high result if one takes into account the difficulties of a country in times of war, together with the uncertain future and the possible mistakes made by Zelensky’s team, the executive director of the IISK, Antón, told the EFE news agency. Grushetsky.
The confidence in Zelensky broadly aligns with support for his vision of ending the waraccording to the IISK, and is highest among those who oppose making any concessions to Russia.
He 81% of Ukrainians believe that, with a adequate support of Western allies, your country can recover mostif not all, of the occupied territories y obtain security guarantees facing a new Russian invasion.
The results also reflect the impact of events on the battlefield.
In any case, the situation is dynamicwarned the sociologist, and depends on the outcome of the presidential elections in the United States and of support received by the Victoria Plan of the Ukrainian president at the international level.
The vast majority of Ukrainians do not question Zelensky’s legitimacy despite the fact that no elections were held after his five-year term ended in May.
Even those who are most skeptical of the president, around a quarter of those surveyed, tend to admit that it is impossible to hold secure and transparent elections in a context of war, Grushetski explained.
For many of his detractorsthe Zelensky’s lack of prior political experience remains a problem.
Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine (X socket)
kyiv’s “Victory Plan” calls for more attacks on Russia and deployment of weapons
He “Victory Plan” by Volodymyr Zelensky, asks his allies to arm kyiv to launch additional operations against Russian territory y request a USA, United Kingdom, France, Italia y Germany what deploy non-nuclear strategic weapons in Ukraine to deter Russia.
“Ukraine proposes to deploy a non-nuclear strategic deterrence package on its territory. It will be enough to protect Ukraine against any military threat from Russia.”
Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine in his speech in front of parliament in which he reveals his plan
The Ukrainian president did not specify when do you expect that the allies deploy those systemsalthough he stated that this measure, which has already been communicated to the relevant countries, could force Russia to enter into a negotiation process “for a just end to the war”.
Zelensky added that this point of the plan – which includes one of the three secret document requests– It will also be sent to other countries with the capacity to satisfy this Ukrainian demand.
He “Victory Plan” from Zelensky too asks allies at its second point enough weapons y political decisions what allow Ukraine to carry out new operations against Russian territories.
Zelensky explained that this point includes a list of necessary weapons to strengthen Ukrainian positions and bring the war to Russia so that avoid the creation of “safety zones” of the enemy troops in Ukraine and so that the Russian public opinion “feels” the consequences of the war y increase your pressure on the Kremlin.
ask also to Ukraine’s partners who lift the ban on using the long-range weapons they supply against targets located within the Russian Federation and that send sufficient anti-aircraft defenses to protect themselves with guarantees from Russian attacks.
He “Victory Plan” is made up of five points y request also that kyiv’s allies pass to him “in real time” intelligence information about Russia in order to undermine the Russian war potential.
kyiv also requests that Ukraine’s neighboring European countries, i.e. Romania and Poland, participate from its territory in it shooting down Russian drones and missiles inside Ukraine that approach its airspace.
In its first point, the document asks the allies to immediately formulate a invitation for Ukraine to join NATO after the war.
Points four and five propose to Ukraine’s main partners a special economic agreement to jointly exploit the country’s economic potential and? kyiv assumes the key role of guarantor of European security after the war that Washington plays today.
This is because Zelensky considers that Ukraine will be a military power after the war and therefore essential for the global security architecture.
Volodymyr Zelensky at Ukraine Peace Summit in Switzerland (EFE)