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If Europe wants to start a war we are ready now, Russia's Putin says<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//12//04//europe-accuses-putin-of-feigning-interest-in-peace-after-ukraine-talks-with-us-envoys/">Europe accuses Putin of feigning interest in peace after Ukraine talks with US envoys<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Putin praised Moscow's all-out war against Ukraine, saying thanks to the full-scale invasion, Russia \u201chas regained its full sovereignty and become a sovereign country in every sense of the word.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have regained this status,\" Putin said. Russia has been a sovereign state since declaring so in June 1990, in the lead-up to the Soviet Union's dissolution in December 1991.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765981523,"updatedAt":1766005171,"publishedAt":1765989694,"firstPublishedAt":1765989694,"lastPublishedAt":1765990186,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/63\/73\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f3b14b1f-f9a9-5b49-a30a-b92214aa9537-9586373.jpg","altText":"Russian President Vladimir Putin stands while attending a minute of silence during the annual board meeting of the country's Defence Ministry in Moscow, Dec 17, 2025","caption":"Russian President Vladimir Putin stands while attending a minute of silence during the annual board meeting of the country's Defence Ministry in Moscow, Dec 17, 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":2000,"height":1333}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":598,"urlSafeValue":"vakulina","title":"Sasha Vakulina","twitter":"@sashavakulina"}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":26692,"slug":"war-in-ukraine","urlSafeValue":"war-in-ukraine","title":"War in Ukraine","titleRaw":"War in Ukraine"},{"id":26698,"slug":"russia-ukraine-invasion","urlSafeValue":"russia-ukraine-invasion","title":"Russia's invasion of Ukraine","titleRaw":"Russia's invasion of Ukraine"},{"id":8263,"slug":"vladimir-putin","urlSafeValue":"vladimir-putin","title":"Vladimir Putin","titleRaw":"Vladimir Putin"}],"widgets":[{"slug":"related","count":1}],"related":[{"id":2855011},{"id":2854839},{"id":2855348}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"dXQPH7u8U5M","dailymotionId":"x9vwxxa"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/ED\/31\/98\/07\/07\/ED_PYR_3198077_20251217205932.mp4","editor":"","duration":84240,"filesizeBytes":14620705,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/SHD\/31\/98\/07\/07\/SHD_PYR_3198077_20251217205932.mp4","editor":"","duration":84240,"filesizeBytes":20819224,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"1080p","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/FHD\/31\/98\/07\/07\/FHD_PYR_3198077_20251217205932.mp4","editor":"","duration":84240,"filesizeBytes":66578919,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":null,"additionalSources":null,"additionalReporting":null,"freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"world","urlSafeValue":"world","title":"World News","online":1,"url":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/programs\/world"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":239,"urlSafeValue":"russia","title":"Russia","url":"\/news\/europe\/russia"},"town":[],"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/2025\/12\/17\/european-swine-wanted-to-feast-on-russias-collapse-putin-says-bashing-europe","lastModified":1765990186},{"id":2855011,"cid":9584688,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"RU REAX TO THE PEACE PLAN","daletPyramidId":3619747,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Russia rejects compromise on occupied Ukraine regions, Kremlin says","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Russia rejects compromise on occupied Ukraine regions, Kremlin says","titleListing2":"Will Moscow accept any compromise to end its war against Ukraine? ","leadin":"Ukraine\u2019s president said that following the Berlin talks, the US delegation will now proceed to discussions with Russia, but it is unclear whether Washington envoys convince Moscow to stop its war and accept the draft plan.","summary":"Ukraine\u2019s president said that following the Berlin talks, the US delegation will now proceed to discussions with Russia, but it is unclear whether Washington envoys convince Moscow to stop its war and accept the draft plan.","keySentence":"","url":"russia-rejects-compromise-on-occupied-ukraine-regions-kremlin-says","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/16\/russia-rejects-compromise-on-occupied-ukraine-regions-kremlin-says","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Russia will not accept any \u201ccompromise\u201d regarding the occupied territories of Ukraine, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday.\n\nRyabkov stated that Moscow has not scaled back its demands and wants to retain control over five Ukrainian regions: Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.\n\nAside from annexed Crimea and almost all of the Luhansk region, Russia does not control the entirety of any of the other three areas of Ukraine. In Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, Moscow forces do not have control of the regional capitals either.\n\nAs the European leaders vowed to protect Ukraine against Russia in the future, including via military means, the Kremlin now also demands security guarantees for Moscow.\n\nThe Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Moscow will not accept it if \u201cKyiv signs peace agreements and then begins to sabotage them\u201d. Ukraine has never committed an act of aggression against Russia.\n\nPeskov also falsely claimed that a NATO representative had \u201carrived to Ukraine and infiltrated Ukrainian government,\u201d \u201ctriggering\" Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine. NATO representatives are not members of the Ukrainian government or part of Ukrainian institutions.\n\nThe alliance forces also had not been in Ukraine before or since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion in early 2022.\n\nThe Kremlin also said on Tuesday that Russia is unlikely to participate in any possible Christmas truce.\n\nGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested on Monday in Berlin that Russia could pause its attacks\u00a0during the holidays, which could eventually lead to the opening of negotiations for a genuine truce.\n\nZelenskyy said that Kyiv supported the idea of a ceasefire, including strikes on energy infrastructure, during the Christmas period.\n\nBut Moscow rejected the idea with Peskov saying, \u201cWe want peace. We don\u2019t want a truce to give Ukraine a breathing space and prepare for a continuation of the war.\u201d\n\n\u201cWe want to stop this war, achieve our goals, secure our interests,\u201d the Kremlin spokesperson said.\n\nProgress made on many issues, Zelenskyy says after Berlin\n\nFollowing the Ukraine-US talks in Berlin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said significant progress had been made following the first direct negotiations between him and US President Donald Trump\u2019s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.\n\nZelenskyy noted that US negotiators had \u201cmany meetings with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin in Russia\u201d before meeting with Kyiv\u2019s officials.\n\n\u201cI always wanted this team to come to Ukraine, but I was prepared that if it did not work out for various reasons, we would be able to have a long conversation and try to understand each other.\u201d\n\nZelenskyy said that Trump\u2019s team \u201chave heard\u201d Ukraine and Kyiv\u2019s positions, which they will now present to Russia.\n\n\u201cTo be honest, I don't know how the aggressors will perceive this,\u201d he added.\n\nWhat will happen now?\n\nFrom Berlin Zelenskyy went to the Netherlands on Tuesday, telling the parliament there that this is \u201cthe most intense and focused negotiations for peace\u201d since early 2022.\n\n\"Americans want a quick conclusion. Quality within this speed is important to us. If speed and quality align, we fully support it,\" Zelenskyy said earlier, explaining that Kyiv will finalise its part of the documents \u201ctoday or tomorrow\".\n\n\u201cThen the United States will hold consultations with Russia in the coming days, followed by consultations with the US president,\u201d Zelenskyy explained.\n\n\u201cAfter that, our negotiating teams will meet in the United States, perhaps even over the weekend. After this meeting, we\u2019ll see what\u2019s next and consider a leaders\u2019 meeting, at least with the US president,\" he continued.\n\nWhat if Moscow rejects the plan?\n\nMoscow has repeatedly said its demands to Ukraine and any possible settlement remain the same.\n\nThe US-Ukraine talks in Berlin have been largely criticised and dismissed in Moscow. The Kremlin keep insisting that it won\u2019t stop its war against Ukraine until the so-called \u201croot causes\u201d are addressed.\n\nAccording to Moscow, the \u201croot causes\u201d include Ukraine's aspirations to join both the EU and NATO as well as NATO's alleged violation of commitments not to expand eastwards, the Ukrainian government's alleged discrimination against ethnic Russians and what Putin calls the \"denazification\" of Ukraine.\n\nPutin and Russia have used these false arguments to justify the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, but failed to provide evidence for any of these allegations.\n\nMoscow's demands incorporated in the initial 28-point draft included amnesty for Russian forces for all acts committed since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion.\n\nAccording to all parties to the talks, the draft has been amended and now reflects the positions of Kyiv and Brussels.\n\nZelenskyy said on Monday that if Russia rejects the latest plan altogether, he believes the US will \u201cincrease sanctions and provide more weapons, specifically air defence systems and long-range weapons.\n\n\u201cI think this is a reasonable request. The logic is clear: if the Americans are ready to give Ukraine security guarantees and enforce strong measures if Putin violates them, then how is that different from asking for guarantees if Putin refuses to end the war?\u201d\n\nRussia has recently intensified its assaults on the ground and its aerial attacks, targeting Ukraine\u2019s energy infrastructure.\n\nAccording to the UN human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine, at least 226 civilians were killed and 952 injured across Ukraine in November in Russian attacks,\u201c with the use by Russian armed forces of powerful long-range missiles and drones in densely populated urban areas \"accounting for more than half of all civilian casualties.\u201d\n\nOvernight attacks frequently involve hundreds of drones and missiles.\n\n\u201cMillions of families now endure prolonged periods without electricity, heating and water, hardship that deepens as the days grow shorter and temperatures drop,\u201d the UN mission stated.\n\nAccording to the latest survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), conducted from 26 November to 13 December, 63% of Ukrainians continue to say they are ready to endure the war as long as necessary.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Russia will not accept any \u201ccompromise\u201d regarding the occupied territories of Ukraine, Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Ryabkov stated that Moscow has not scaled back its demands and wants to retain control over five Ukrainian regions: Crimea, Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from annexed Crimea and almost all of the Luhansk region, Russia does not control the entirety of any of the other three areas of Ukraine. In Zaporizhzhia and Kherson, Moscow forces do not have control of the regional capitals either.<\/p>\n<p>As the European leaders vowed to protect Ukraine against Russia in the future, including via military means, the Kremlin now also demands security guarantees for Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said Moscow will not accept it if \u201cKyiv signs peace agreements and then begins to sabotage them\u201d. Ukraine has never committed an act of aggression against Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Peskov also falsely claimed that a NATO representative had \u201carrived to Ukraine and infiltrated Ukrainian government,\u201d \u201ctriggering\" Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine. NATO representatives are not members of the Ukrainian government or part of Ukrainian institutions. <\/p>\n<p>The alliance forces also had not been in Ukraine before or since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion in early 2022.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7305\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//58//46//88//808x590_cmsv2_a0240d45-3006-59bc-bb21-588eafd9d56b-9584688.jpg/" alt=\"Ukraine&#x27;s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff gather for a family photo at the Chancellery in Berlin, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/384x281_cmsv2_a0240d45-3006-59bc-bb21-588eafd9d56b-9584688.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/640x468_cmsv2_a0240d45-3006-59bc-bb21-588eafd9d56b-9584688.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/750x548_cmsv2_a0240d45-3006-59bc-bb21-588eafd9d56b-9584688.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/828x605_cmsv2_a0240d45-3006-59bc-bb21-588eafd9d56b-9584688.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/1080x789_cmsv2_a0240d45-3006-59bc-bb21-588eafd9d56b-9584688.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/1200x877_cmsv2_a0240d45-3006-59bc-bb21-588eafd9d56b-9584688.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/1920x1403_cmsv2_a0240d45-3006-59bc-bb21-588eafd9d56b-9584688.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Ukraine&#x27;s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff gather for a family photo at the Chancellery in Berlin, Monday, Dec. 15, 2025.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Lisi Niesner\/AP<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The Kremlin also said on Tuesday that Russia is unlikely to participate in any possible Christmas truce.<\/p>\n<p>German Chancellor Friedrich Merz suggested on Monday in Berlin that Russia could pause its attacks during the holidays, which could eventually lead to the opening of negotiations for a genuine truce.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy said that Kyiv supported the idea of a ceasefire, including strikes on energy infrastructure, during the Christmas period.<\/p>\n<p>But Moscow rejected the idea with Peskov saying, \u201cWe want peace. We don\u2019t want a truce to give Ukraine a breathing space and prepare for a continuation of the war.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want to stop this war, achieve our goals, secure our interests,\u201d the Kremlin spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Progress made on many issues, Zelenskyy says after Berlin<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Following the Ukraine-US talks in Berlin, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said significant progress had been made following the first direct negotiations between him and US President Donald Trump\u2019s envoys, Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy noted that US negotiators had \u201cmany meetings with (Russian President Vladimir) Putin in Russia\u201d before meeting with Kyiv\u2019s officials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI always wanted this team to come to Ukraine, but I was prepared that if it did not work out for various reasons, we would be able to have a long conversation and try to understand each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy said that Trump\u2019s team \u201chave heard\u201d Ukraine and Kyiv\u2019s positions, which they will now present to Russia.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo be honest, I don't know how the aggressors will perceive this,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What will happen now?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>From Berlin Zelenskyy went to the Netherlands on Tuesday, telling the parliament there that this is \u201cthe most intense and focused negotiations for peace\u201d since early 2022.<\/p>\n<p>\"Americans want a quick conclusion. Quality within this speed is important to us. If speed and quality align, we fully support it,\" Zelenskyy said earlier, explaining that Kyiv will finalise its part of the documents \u201ctoday or tomorrow\".<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThen the United States will hold consultations with Russia in the coming days, followed by consultations with the US president,\u201d Zelenskyy explained.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter that, our negotiating teams will meet in the United States, perhaps even over the weekend. After this meeting, we\u2019ll see what\u2019s next and consider a leaders\u2019 meeting, at least with the US president,\" he continued.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//58//46//88//808x539_cmsv2_aa5d6d74-ec5a-58de-8dd6-147c1e0a5879-9584688.jpg/" alt=\"Steve Witkoff, Russian Presidential aides Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump&#x27;s son-in-law, Moscow, Russia, Dec. 2, 2025. \" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/384x256_cmsv2_aa5d6d74-ec5a-58de-8dd6-147c1e0a5879-9584688.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/640x427_cmsv2_aa5d6d74-ec5a-58de-8dd6-147c1e0a5879-9584688.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/750x500_cmsv2_aa5d6d74-ec5a-58de-8dd6-147c1e0a5879-9584688.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/828x552_cmsv2_aa5d6d74-ec5a-58de-8dd6-147c1e0a5879-9584688.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/1080x720_cmsv2_aa5d6d74-ec5a-58de-8dd6-147c1e0a5879-9584688.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/1200x800_cmsv2_aa5d6d74-ec5a-58de-8dd6-147c1e0a5879-9584688.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/1920x1280_cmsv2_aa5d6d74-ec5a-58de-8dd6-147c1e0a5879-9584688.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Steve Witkoff, Russian Presidential aides Yuri Ushakov and Kirill Dmitriev and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump&#x27;s son-in-law, Moscow, Russia, Dec. 2, 2025. <\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2><strong>What if Moscow rejects the plan?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Moscow has repeatedly said its demands to Ukraine and any possible settlement remain the same.<\/p>\n<p>The US-Ukraine talks in Berlin have been largely criticised and dismissed in Moscow. The Kremlin keep insisting that it won\u2019t stop its war against Ukraine until the so-called \u201croot causes\u201d are addressed.<\/p>\n<p>According to Moscow, the \u201croot causes\u201d include Ukraine's aspirations to join both the EU and NATO as well as NATO's alleged violation of commitments not to expand eastwards, the Ukrainian government's alleged discrimination against ethnic Russians and what Putin calls the \"denazification\" of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Putin and Russia have used these false arguments to justify the full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, but failed to provide evidence for any of these allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow's demands incorporated in the initial 28-point draft included amnesty for Russian forces for all acts committed since Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion.<\/p>\n<p>According to all parties to the talks, the draft has been amended and now reflects the positions of Kyiv and Brussels.<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy said on Monday that if Russia rejects the latest plan altogether, he believes the US will \u201cincrease sanctions and provide more weapons, specifically air defence systems and long-range weapons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think this is a reasonable request. The logic is clear: if the Americans are ready to give Ukraine security guarantees and enforce strong measures if Putin violates them, then how is that different from asking for guarantees if Putin refuses to end the war?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russia has recently intensified its assaults on the ground and its aerial attacks, targeting Ukraine\u2019s energy infrastructure.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//58//46//88//808x539_cmsv2_cd15d3d9-fe4d-5c9f-af8a-28cb8b8b786e-9584688.jpg/" alt=\" An apartment is seen damaged after a Russian attack on residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/384x256_cmsv2_cd15d3d9-fe4d-5c9f-af8a-28cb8b8b786e-9584688.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/640x427_cmsv2_cd15d3d9-fe4d-5c9f-af8a-28cb8b8b786e-9584688.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/750x500_cmsv2_cd15d3d9-fe4d-5c9f-af8a-28cb8b8b786e-9584688.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/828x552_cmsv2_cd15d3d9-fe4d-5c9f-af8a-28cb8b8b786e-9584688.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/1080x720_cmsv2_cd15d3d9-fe4d-5c9f-af8a-28cb8b8b786e-9584688.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/1200x800_cmsv2_cd15d3d9-fe4d-5c9f-af8a-28cb8b8b786e-9584688.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/1920x1280_cmsv2_cd15d3d9-fe4d-5c9f-af8a-28cb8b8b786e-9584688.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\"> An apartment is seen damaged after a Russian attack on residential neighbourhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Friday, Nov. 14, 2025.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>According to the UN human rights monitoring mission in Ukraine, at least 226 civilians were killed and 952 injured across Ukraine in November in Russian attacks,\u201c with the use by Russian armed forces of powerful long-range missiles and drones in densely populated urban areas \"accounting for more than half of all civilian casualties.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Overnight attacks frequently involve hundreds of drones and missiles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMillions of families now endure prolonged periods without electricity, heating and water, hardship that deepens as the days grow shorter and temperatures drop,\u201d the UN mission stated.<\/p>\n<p>According to the latest survey bythe Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), conducted from 26 November to 13 December, 63% of Ukrainians continue to say they are ready to endure the war as long as necessary.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765885511,"updatedAt":1765904927,"publishedAt":1765888973,"firstPublishedAt":1765888973,"lastPublishedAt":1765888973,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/46\/88\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_a385547e-1925-5733-a7ec-cd6005a143b5-9584688.jpg","altText":"Vladimir Putin gestures speaking to Russian journalists after the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Nov. 27, 2025.","caption":"Vladimir Putin gestures speaking to Russian journalists after the summit of the Collective Security Treaty Organisation (CSTO) in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, Nov. 27, 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Videos shared online show broken windows and smoke coming from the building.\n\nThe strike was part of what Russia\u2019s Defence Ministry describes as a large overnight wave of about 90 drones across several regions. Many were intercepted, but some reached targets far from the border, including sites in Yaroslavl Oblast.\n\nFlights at major Moscow airports were briefly disrupted. Responsibility for the Tver incident has not been confirmed by Ukraine, and some details remain unclear as emergency crews continue their work.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The city of Tver lies northwest of Moscow and local officials report that the lower floors caught fire, prompting an evacuation to temporary shelters. Videos shared online show broken windows and smoke coming from the building. <\/p>\n<p>The strike was part of what Russia\u2019s Defence Ministry describes as a large overnight wave of about 90 drones across several regions. Many were intercepted, but some reached targets far from the border, including sites in Yaroslavl Oblast. <\/p>\n<p>Flights at major Moscow airports were briefly disrupted. Responsibility for the Tver incident has not been confirmed by Ukraine, and some details remain unclear as emergency crews continue their work.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765525446,"updatedAt":1765527402,"publishedAt":1765526920,"firstPublishedAt":1765526920,"lastPublishedAt":1765526920,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/58\/05\/18\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f1d4d761-fb2c-5977-bfe7-46f4b4fd3e3d-9580518.jpg","altText":"Wide of smoke and fire in an apartment building in the Russian city of Tver","caption":"Wide of smoke and fire in an apartment building in the Russian city of Tver","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"ASTRA","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":176,"urlSafeValue":"caraco","title":"Alexis Caraco","twitter":null}],"producers":[],"videoEditor":[]},"keywords":[{"id":239,"slug":"russia","urlSafeValue":"russia","title":"Russia","titleRaw":"Russia"},{"id":17690,"slug":"drone","urlSafeValue":"drone","title":"drone","titleRaw":"drone"},{"id":7815,"slug":"attack","urlSafeValue":"attack","title":"Attack","titleRaw":"Attack"}],"widgets":[],"related":[{"id":2853648},{"id":2852797},{"id":2849208}],"technicalTags":[],"externalPartners":{"youtubeId":"eGPOVCIYfx8","dailymotionId":"x9vkcos"},"hasExternalVideo":1,"hasInternalOrExternalVideo":1,"video":1,"videos":[{"format":"mp4","quality":"md","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/ED\/31\/48\/75\/02\/ED_PYR_3148752_20251212080315.mp4","editor":"","duration":60000,"filesizeBytes":11531273,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"hd","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/SHD\/31\/48\/75\/02\/SHD_PYR_3148752_20251212080315.mp4","editor":"","duration":60000,"filesizeBytes":16155662,"expiresAt":0},{"format":"mp4","quality":"1080p","type":"normal","url":"https:\/\/video.euronews.com\/mp4\/FHD\/31\/48\/75\/02\/FHD_PYR_3148752_20251212080315.mp4","editor":"","duration":60000,"filesizeBytes":48436781,"expiresAt":0}],"liveStream":[{"startDate":0,"endDate":0}],"scribbleLiveId":0,"scribbleLiveRibbon":0,"isLiveCoverage":0,"sourceId":1,"sources":[],"externalSource":"AP","additionalSources":"","additionalReporting":"","freeField1":null,"freeField2":"","type":"normal","displayType":"default","program":{"id":"nocomment","urlSafeValue":"nocomment","title":"No Comment","online":1,"url":"\/nocomment"},"season":"","episode":"","episodeId":"","vertical":"news","verticals":[{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"}],"primaryVertical":{"id":1,"slug":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"News"},"themes":[{"id":"news","urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World","url":"\/news\/international"}],"primaryTheme":{"id":1,"urlSafeValue":"news","title":"World"},"advertising":0,"advertisingData":{"startDate":0,"endDate":0,"type":null,"slug":null,"title":null,"disclaimerLabelKey":null,"sponsor":null,"sponsorName":null,"sponsorUrl":null,"sponsorLogo":"","sponsorLogoReverse":"","isDfp":0},"geoLocation":{"lat":0,"lon":0},"location":1,"continent":{"id":104,"urlSafeValue":"europe","title":"Europe"},"country":{"id":239,"urlSafeValue":"russia","title":"Russia","url":"\/news\/europe\/russia"},"town":{"id":1990,"urlSafeValue":"moscow","title":"Moscow"},"contextualSignals":{"doubleVerify":{"ids":[],"slugs":[]}},"grapeshot":null,"versions":[],"programDeliverable":{"slug":"article-video","format":"default"},"showOpinionDisclaimer":0,"allViews":0,"allViewsMeta":{"pointOfView":[],"survey":[],"tweetId":0,"tweet2NdId":0,"displayOverlay":0},"storyTranslationMethod":[],"localisation":[],"autoPublished":0,"autoLocalised":0,"isReviewed":0,"path":"\/video\/2025\/12\/12\/ukrainian-drone-strike-injures-seven-in-russias-tver-causes-fire-evacuation","lastModified":1765526920},{"id":2853451,"cid":9578884,"versionId":1,"archive":0,"housenumber":null,"owner":"euronews","isMagazine":0,"isBreakingNews":0,"daletEventName":"US RUSSIA DEPORTATIONS ITW","daletPyramidId":3565426,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Latest US deportations to Russia spark fears over draft notices and FSB intimidation","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"US deportations to Russia spark draft fears and FSB intimidation","titleListing2":"Latest US deportations to Russia spark fears over draft notices and FSB intimidation","leadin":"Dozens of Russian nationals deported from the United States received military summonses immediately after landing in Moscow, according to human rights activists. Others faced separation from loved ones and FSB threats, family members of deportees told Euronews.","summary":"Dozens of Russian nationals deported from the United States received military summonses immediately after landing in Moscow, according to human rights activists. Others faced separation from loved ones and FSB threats, family members of deportees told Euronews.","keySentence":"","url":"latest-us-deportations-to-russia-spark-fears-over-draft-notices-and-fsb-intimidation","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/11\/latest-us-deportations-to-russia-spark-fears-over-draft-notices-and-fsb-intimidation","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"The United States deported around 60 Russian nationals to Moscow on Tuesday, with men on the flight receiving military draft notices immediately after landing, according to human rights activist Dmitry Valuev.\n\nThe deportation flight departed Arizona on 7 December and stopped in Cairo before arriving at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport at 2:39 am local time on 9 December, Valuev, president of Russian America for Democracy in Russia, revealed to Euronews.\n\nPassengers on the flight flew in shackles and handcuffs attached to chains across their stomachs, according to relatives of deportees.\n\nThe Russian Prosecutor General's Office confirmed the detention of Zair Syamiullin, 70, who is wanted in Russia for fraud involving 123 million roubles. The rest of the deportees included rejected asylum seekers and those who overstayed visas, Valuev said.\n\nRussia's federal security agency FSB interrogated deportees for several hours before releasing them, according to domestic outlets. Previous deportation cases have seen draft dodgers and activists face imprisonment after being returned to Russia.\n\n'We did not know families could be detained'\n\nOne deportee, whose husband Egor* spoke to Euronews on condition of anonymity, fled Russia with her family in 2023 after opposing the war in Ukraine. The couple applied for asylum through the CBP One app at the US-Mexico border.\n\n\"We are not strong public oppositionists, but we are not apolitical and we have always opposed (Russian President Vladimir) Putin,\" Egor told Euronews.\n\n\"And when the war started, (we saw that) our relatives were sitting under bombing raids and children in (Russian) schools were being taught to assemble machine guns,\" he explained his family's motives for leaving Russia.\n\nAccording to him, his son started having problems in kindergarten because he was \"broadcasting\" his parents' anti-war stance. Egor and his wife Daria lost their jobs.\n\nThe family entered the US legally through a border appointment after travelling via Cuba, Peru and Mexico. At the border crossing, they were offered to wait for \"an answer from Washington\" at an asylum-seeker detention centre.\n\n\"We didn't know that families could be detained and signed all the documents,\" Egor said.\n\nHis wife spent nearly two years in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centres before deportation, while he and their eight-year-old son were released in January and remain in the US awaiting an asylum decision.\n\nAround May 2024, an internal directive prohibited ICE from releasing Russians while they waited for asylum hearings, according to Russian activists and lawyers.\n\nDaria's dual citizenship with Ukraine complicated the case. \"It is impossible to consider our cases together,\" US immigration authorities told Egor.\n\n\"I've been out on my own with my son for almost a year now,\" he said. For six months, the parents could call their son once a day while he stayed with Mexican host families.\n\nA court ruled Daria could be deported to either Russia or Ukraine. The Board of Immigration Appeals upheld the deportation.\n\n\"We filed a motion in federal court, but the second appeal does not give us the right to stop the deportation,\" Egor said.\n\nOn 3 December, he learned \"a big deportation was being prepared\" when Daria disappeared from the prison's GTL Getting Out messenger service.\n\n\"So we're lucky,\" Egor said, as his wife was expected to make eight stops in the US. He tracked the plane via Flightradar24: \"The last leg: Phoenix - New York - Cairo - Moscow.\"\n\nIn Cairo, around 50 security personnel escorted deportees. Daria \"did not have the opportunity to transfer and fly to a third country,\" Egor said.\n\nHer arrival at Domodedovo was immediately followed by FSB interrogation. \"She was interrogated with relish: how does she feel about the war? Why did she leave? Where is her husband?\" Egor said.\n\n\"I asked her in advance to calm her pride, it was necessary to save herself and get out of these cithers healthy and unharmed,\" he said.\n\nAccording to Daria, all men without exception received summonses to the military enlistment centre, even the 68-year-old deportee, with the wording \"for clarification of data\".\n\nLaw enforcement also issued surveillance threats, telling Daria they would track her phone once she registered a SIM card in Russia.\n\nDeportation patterns\n\nThis marks the fourth mass deportation of Russian nationals from the US in the past six months. Previous flights occurred in June, August and September.\n\nThe US established a single deportation route through Egypt in recent months and began coordinating with Egyptian authorities, human rights activists said. Deportees have been unable to transfer to third countries during the layover in Cairo.\n\nOne previous deportee, Artyom Vovchenko, 26, who abandoned his military post in Russia, was arrested by security officers at a Russian airport after deportation in August.\n\n\"Russians there are a drop in the ocean of immigrants in reality,\" Valuev said, noting Venezuela has conducted 75 deportation flights this year, returning nearly 14,000 Venezuelan citizens since February.\n\nValuev said deportation requires \"a green light\" from the Russian authorities and that deportation lists were submitted in advance to the Russian consulate. However, he does not believe the two sides negotiated to prevent mass detentions on arrival.\n\n\"I think this is not in the competence of the American authorities. What the American authorities could really do is to give deportable refugees the opportunity to buy tickets to third countries on connecting flights. Moreover, there are such willing persons,\" he said.\n\n\"We do not see any special dynamics in the communication between the American authorities and the Russian consulate, except that there was information - we heard from refugees in detention centres - that employees of the Russian consulate visited some immigration prisons personally,\" Valuev said.\n\n\"I hope that Russian agents will be exchanged and not just deported. There are still about a dozen American citizens sitting in Russian prisons, by the way,\" he added, noting that Moscow has stepped up covert operations in Mexico according to The New York Times.\n\nFuture plans\n\nEgor said his wife plans to leave Russia for a third country in the near future. \"She won't be able to return to the States - the ban is for 10 years,\" he said.\n\n\"You can appeal, but I've already spent so much money on lawyers that the whole cushion has already dried up.\"\n\nHis court hearing, scheduled for 19 November, has been postponed until 2027. He will try to \"self-deport\" by requesting ICE to release him so he can buy tickets to leave.\n\n\"Beyond that we don't know where to go. I don't really know what the next step is,\" Egor said.\n\nUS President Donald Trump's administration is conducting mass deportation campaigns as part of expanded immigration enforcement. As of late August, around 200,000 people had been deported from the US during Trump's second term.\n\nThe Biden administration quietly resumed deportations to Russia in March 2023 after pausing them in 2022 due to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.\n\nUS Customs and Border Protection reported around 26,580 Russians tried to cross the southern border since October 2022, compared to 467 in fiscal year 2020.\n\nExtradition complication\n\nA separate case has emerged where Yana Leonova, 33, a Belarusian citizen extradited from France to face charges of smuggling US aviation equipment to Russia, now faces deportation before her trial.\n\nFederal prosecutors spent more than a year securing her extradition, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a detention order for her removal shortly after she arrived in November.\n\nUS Magistrate Judge Zia M Faruqui called the situation \"Kafkaesque\" in a hearing on Monday. In a written order, he said: \"It is both preposterous and offensive for the government to bring someone into the United States against their will and then turn around and seek ICE detention because that person is here 'illegally'.\"\n\n\"The government needs to decide what its priorities are: ginning up deportation stats or prosecuting alleged criminals,\" Faruqui wrote.\n\nNeither Belarus nor Russia has extradition agreements with the US, making it virtually impossible to return Leonova if she is deported.\n\nProsecutors have requested that the US Department of Homeland Security grant her temporary legal authorisation to remain in the US while facing charges.\n\n\"I haven't been in this predicament before, your honour,\" one prosecutor said at Monday's hearing, according to The Washington Post.\n\n\"Me, either,\" Faruqui responded.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>The United States deported around 60 Russian nationals to Moscow on Tuesday, with men on the flight receiving military draft notices immediately after landing, according to human rights activist Dmitry Valuev.<\/p>\n<p>The deportation flight departed Arizona on 7 December and stopped in Cairo before arriving at Moscow's Domodedovo Airport at 2:39 am local time on 9 December, Valuev, president of Russian America for Democracy in Russia, revealed to Euronews.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers on the flight flew in shackles and handcuffs attached to chains across their stomachs, according to relatives of deportees.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian Prosecutor General's Office confirmed the detention of Zair Syamiullin, 70, who is wanted in Russia for fraud involving 123 million roubles. The rest of the deportees included rejected asylum seekers and those who overstayed visas, Valuev said.<\/p>\n<p>Russia's federal security agency FSB interrogated deportees for several hours before releasing them, according to domestic outlets. Previous deportation cases have seen draft dodgers and activists face imprisonment after being returned to Russia.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>'We did not know families could be detained'<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>One deportee, whose husband Egor* spoke to Euronews on condition of anonymity, fled Russia with her family in 2023 after opposing the war in Ukraine. The couple applied for asylum through the CBP One app at the US-Mexico border.<\/p>\n<p>\"We are not strong public oppositionists, but we are not apolitical and we have always opposed (Russian President Vladimir) Putin,\" Egor told Euronews. <\/p>\n<p>\"And when the war started, (we saw that) our relatives were sitting under bombing raids and children in (Russian) schools were being taught to assemble machine guns,\" he explained his family's motives for leaving Russia.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, his son started having problems in kindergarten because he was \"broadcasting\" his parents' anti-war stance. Egor and his wife Daria lost their jobs.<\/p>\n<p>The family entered the US legally through a border appointment after travelling via Cuba, Peru and Mexico. At the border crossing, they were offered to wait for \"an answer from Washington\" at an asylum-seeker detention centre.<\/p>\n<p>\"We didn't know that families could be detained and signed all the documents,\" Egor said.<\/p>\n<p>His wife spent nearly two years in Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centres before deportation, while he and their eight-year-old son were released in January and remain in the US awaiting an asylum decision.<\/p>\n<p>Around May 2024, an internal directive prohibited ICE from releasing Russians while they waited for asylum hearings, according to Russian activists and lawyers.<\/p>\n<p>Daria's dual citizenship with Ukraine complicated the case. \"It is impossible to consider our cases together,\" US immigration authorities told Egor.<\/p>\n<p>\"I've been out on my own with my son for almost a year now,\" he said. For six months, the parents could call their son once a day while he stayed with Mexican host families.<\/p>\n<p>A court ruled Daria could be deported to either Russia or Ukraine. The Board of Immigration Appeals upheld the deportation.<\/p>\n<p>\"We filed a motion in federal court, but the second appeal does not give us the right to stop the deportation,\" Egor said.<\/p>\n<p>On 3 December, he learned \"a big deportation was being prepared\" when Daria disappeared from the prison's GTL Getting Out messenger service.<\/p>\n<p>\"So we're lucky,\" Egor said, as his wife was expected to make eight stops in the US. He tracked the plane via Flightradar24: \"The last leg: Phoenix - New York - Cairo - Moscow.\"<\/p>\n<p>In Cairo, around 50 security personnel escorted deportees. Daria \"did not have the opportunity to transfer and fly to a third country,\" Egor said.<\/p>\n<p>Her arrival at Domodedovo was immediately followed by FSB interrogation. \"She was interrogated with relish: how does she feel about the war? Why did she leave? Where is her husband?\" Egor said.<\/p>\n<p>\"I asked her in advance to calm her pride, it was necessary to save herself and get out of these cithers healthy and unharmed,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>According to Daria, all men without exception received summonses to the military enlistment centre, even the 68-year-old deportee, with the wording \"for clarification of data\".<\/p>\n<p>Law enforcement also issued surveillance threats, telling Daria they would track her phone once she registered a SIM card in Russia.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Deportation patterns<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This marks the fourth mass deportation of Russian nationals from the US in the past six months. Previous flights occurred in June, August and September.<\/p>\n<p>The US established a single deportation route through Egypt in recent months and began coordinating with Egyptian authorities, human rights activists said. Deportees have been unable to transfer to third countries during the layover in Cairo.<\/p>\n<p>One previous deportee, Artyom Vovchenko, 26, who abandoned his military post in Russia, was arrested by security officers at a Russian airport after deportation in August.<\/p>\n<p>\"Russians there are a drop in the ocean of immigrants in reality,\" Valuev said, noting Venezuela has conducted 75 deportation flights this year, returning nearly 14,000 Venezuelan citizens since February.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//57//82//02//808x539_cmsv2_b882fd0d-fc10-55f8-b90b-9cf307286dd6-9578202.jpg/" alt=\"U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers attach handcuffs to a chain, 27 January 2025, Silver Spring, Maryland.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/82\/02\/384x256_cmsv2_b882fd0d-fc10-55f8-b90b-9cf307286dd6-9578202.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/82\/02\/640x427_cmsv2_b882fd0d-fc10-55f8-b90b-9cf307286dd6-9578202.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/82\/02\/750x500_cmsv2_b882fd0d-fc10-55f8-b90b-9cf307286dd6-9578202.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/82\/02\/828x552_cmsv2_b882fd0d-fc10-55f8-b90b-9cf307286dd6-9578202.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/82\/02\/1080x720_cmsv2_b882fd0d-fc10-55f8-b90b-9cf307286dd6-9578202.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/82\/02\/1200x800_cmsv2_b882fd0d-fc10-55f8-b90b-9cf307286dd6-9578202.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/82\/02\/1920x1280_cmsv2_b882fd0d-fc10-55f8-b90b-9cf307286dd6-9578202.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers attach handcuffs to a chain, 27 January 2025, Silver Spring, Maryland.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Valuev said deportation requires \"a green light\" from the Russian authorities and that deportation lists were submitted in advance to the Russian consulate. However, he does not believe the two sides negotiated to prevent mass detentions on arrival.<\/p>\n<p>\"I think this is not in the competence of the American authorities. What the American authorities could really do is to give deportable refugees the opportunity to buy tickets to third countries on connecting flights. Moreover, there are such willing persons,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>\"We do not see any special dynamics in the communication between the American authorities and the Russian consulate, except that there was information - we heard from refugees in detention centres - that employees of the Russian consulate visited some immigration prisons personally,\" Valuev said.<\/p>\n<p>\"I hope that Russian agents will be exchanged and not just deported. There are still about a dozen American citizens sitting in Russian prisons, by the way,\" he added, noting that Moscow has stepped up covert operations in Mexico according to The New York Times.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Future plans<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Egor said his wife plans to leave Russia for a third country in the near future. \"She won't be able to return to the States - the ban is for 10 years,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>\"You can appeal, but I've already spent so much money on lawyers that the whole cushion has already dried up.\"<\/p>\n<p>His court hearing, scheduled for 19 November, has been postponed until 2027. He will try to \"self-deport\" by requesting ICE to release him so he can buy tickets to leave.<\/p>\n<p>\"Beyond that we don't know where to go. I don't really know what the next step is,\" Egor said.<\/p>\n<p>US President Donald Trump's administration is conducting mass deportation campaigns as part of expanded immigration enforcement. As of late August, around 200,000 people had been deported from the US during Trump's second term.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration quietly resumed deportations to Russia in March 2023 after pausing them in 2022 due to the humanitarian crisis in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>US Customs and Border Protection reported around 26,580 Russians tried to cross the southern border since October 2022, compared to 467 in fiscal year 2020.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Extradition complication<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>A separate case has emerged where Yana Leonova, 33, a Belarusian citizen extradited from France to face charges of smuggling US aviation equipment to Russia, now faces deportation before her trial.<\/p>\n<p>Federal prosecutors spent more than a year securing her extradition, but Immigration and Customs Enforcement issued a detention order for her removal shortly after she arrived in November.<\/p>\n<p>US Magistrate Judge Zia M Faruqui called the situation \"Kafkaesque\" in a hearing on Monday. In a written order, he said: \"It is both preposterous and offensive for the government to bring someone into the United States against their will and then turn around and seek ICE detention because that person is here 'illegally'.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"The government needs to decide what its priorities are: ginning up deportation stats or prosecuting alleged criminals,\" Faruqui wrote.<\/p>\n<p>Neither Belarus nor Russia has extradition agreements with the US, making it virtually impossible to return Leonova if she is deported. <\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors have requested that the US Department of Homeland Security grant her temporary legal authorisation to remain in the US while facing charges.<\/p>\n<p>\"I haven't been in this predicament before, your honour,\" one prosecutor said at Monday's hearing, according to The Washington Post.<\/p>\n<p>\"Me, either,\" Faruqui 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TERMINATES MILITARY AGREEMENTS","daletPyramidId":3523190,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Russia terminates military agreements with Portugal, France and Canada","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Russia terminates military agreements with Portugal, France and Canada","titleListing2":"Russia terminates military agreements with Portugal, France and Canada","leadin":"Portugal and France both support EU proposals to use frozen Russian assets to provide loans to Ukraine amid Moscow's all-out war, now well into its fourth year.","summary":"Portugal and France both support EU proposals to use frozen Russian assets to provide loans to Ukraine amid Moscow's all-out war, now well into its fourth 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The Foreign Ministry accused Berlin of pursuing an \"openly hostile policy\" and \"increasingly aggressive militaristic aspirations\".\n\nPortugal and France both support European Commission proposals to use frozen Russian assets to provide loans to Ukraine. Around \u20ac210 billion in Russian state assets are frozen in the European Union, with most held at Euroclear in Belgium.\n\nThe EU has been debating how to use these immobilised funds to help Ukraine, which faces a budget shortfall of around $65 billion over the next two years, according to the International Monetary Fund.\n\nUkraine has depended on financial and military support from Western allies since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Russia terminated decades-old military cooperation agreements with Portugal, France and Canada by decree published on Friday, according to Russian state media.<\/p>\n<p>The three agreements signed between 1989 and 2000 are no longer strategically relevant, Russian authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>The agreements were signed during a period of improved relations between Russia and the West following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. <\/p>\n<p>The Canada agreement came just weeks after the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989 \u2014 which effectively signalled the end of the Cold War \u2014 when Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev attempted to mend bridges with Western nations.<\/p>\n<p>The 1994 France agreement followed Russian President Boris Yeltsin's broader push to integrate Russia into European security structures. <\/p>\n<p>Yeltsin had initially hoped Russia could join NATO or develop a special partnership with the alliance, signing treaties with France committing both countries to consult during crises and build \"a network of peace and solidarity\" in Europe. <\/p>\n<p>The 2000 Portugal agreement came during what researchers describe as the most fruitful period for Russia-Portugal relations in the 1990s and 2000s, when high-level visits were frequent despite Portugal's NATO membership.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, the Kremlin and Russian President Vladimir Putin have shown an increasingly hostile posture towards NATO and the West, claiming it is intentionally encroaching closer to Russia and partly blaming it for Moscow's all-out war in Ukraine without providing evidence.<\/p>\n<p>Russia's resistance to Ukraine's potential NATO membership was one of the key demands in the leaked 28-point US-Russian deal to end the war, which Kyiv and analysts alike have said leaves the door open for another invasion of Ukraine in the future.<\/p>\n<p>The decision on Friday follows a similar move in July, when Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin cancelled a 1996 military-technical cooperation agreement with Germany. The Foreign Ministry accused Berlin of pursuing an \"openly hostile policy\" and \"increasingly aggressive militaristic aspirations\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//12//06//russia-launches-large-scale-attack-at-ukraine-ahead-of-peace-talks-between-kyiv-and-washin/">Russia launches large-scale attack at Ukraine ahead of peace talks between Kyiv and Washington<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//12//05//with-reparations-loan-for-ukraine-the-eu-defies-both-putin-and-trump/">With reparations loan for Ukraine, the EU defies both Putin and Trump<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Portugal and France both support European Commission proposals to use frozen Russian assets to provide loans to Ukraine. Around \u20ac210 billion in Russian state assets are frozen in the European Union, with most held at Euroclear in Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>The EU has been debating how to use these immobilised funds to help Ukraine, which faces a budget shortfall of around $65 billion over the next two years, according to the International Monetary Fund.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine has depended on financial and military support from Western allies since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1765008681,"updatedAt":1765019927,"publishedAt":1765016301,"firstPublishedAt":1765016301,"lastPublishedAt":1765019926,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/37\/54\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_f9dc3f2d-792b-5bea-8be6-387cd972dd19-9573754.jpg","altText":"FILE Russian army soldiers march to attend a dress rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade at the Dvortsovaya (Palace) Square in St Petersburg, 7 May 2025","caption":"FILE Russian army soldiers 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Russian state media has denied the accusations.\n\nEuronews Next has reached out to Apple for comment but did not receive a reply at the time of publication.\u00a0\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Russia has blocked Apple\u2019s FaceTime, the country\u2019s communications watchdog reportedly said on Thursday, which comes as part of a clampdown on foreign tech companies as Russia alleges some are being used for criminal activity. <\/p>\n<p>Euronews Next can confirm that FaceTime calls could not be made to users in Russia on Thursday. <\/p>\n<p>Russian media reported that media regulator Roskomnadzor said in an emailed statement: \"According to law enforcement agencies, FaceTime is being used to organise and carry out terrorist attacks in the country, recruit perpetrators, and commit fraud and other crimes against Russian citizens.\"<\/p>\n<p>The decision comes as Moscow, locked in a standoff with the West over Ukraine, is seeking more control over the internet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//next//2025//12//04//russias-media-regulator-blocks-roblox-for-justifying-terrorism-and-spreading-lgbt-content/">Russia/u2019s media regulator blocks Roblox for \u2018justifying terrorism\u2019 and spreading LGBT content<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>YouTube, Telegram, Meta\u2019s WhatsApp, and Roblox are also banned in Russia. <\/p>\n<p>Russia had accused the foreign-owned platforms of failing to share information with law enforcement in fraud and terrorism cases, or of spreading content contrary to the state\u2019s values.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has also launched a state-backed rival messenger app called MAX, though critics have said it could be used for surveillance. Russian state media has denied the accusations.<\/p>\n<p>Euronews Next has reached out to Apple for comment but did not receive a reply at the time of publication. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764852441,"updatedAt":1764853564,"publishedAt":1764853031,"firstPublishedAt":1764853031,"lastPublishedAt":1764853031,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/17\/30\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_3928a381-21ec-57df-9006-0d0347648d58-9571730.jpg","altText":"FILE - The Apple logo is illuminated at a store in Munich, Germany, Nov. 13, 2023. New European Union rules aimed at preventing tech companies from dominating digital markets ","caption":"FILE - The Apple logo is illuminated at a store in Munich, Germany, Nov. 13, 2023. 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ROBLOX RUSSIA BAN ","daletPyramidId":3494500,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Russia\u2019s media regulator blocks Roblox for \u2018justifying terrorism\u2019 and spreading LGBT content","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Russia\u2019s media regulator bans Roblox for \u2018justifying terrorism\u2019","titleListing2":"Russia\u2019s media regulator blocks Roblox for \u2018justifying terrorism\u2019 and spreading LGBT content","leadin":"Roblox allows users to play games, chat, and interact with millions of other people online as they roam a virtual world.","summary":"Roblox allows users to play games, chat, and interact with millions of other people online as they roam a virtual world.","keySentence":"","url":"russias-media-regulator-blocks-roblox-for-justifying-terrorism-and-spreading-lgbt-content","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/next\/2025\/12\/04\/russias-media-regulator-blocks-roblox-for-justifying-terrorism-and-spreading-lgbt-content","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Russia's media regulator said it would block the popular online gaming platform Roblox, accusing it of distributing content \"justifying terrorism\" and spreading LGBT-related content.\n\nRussian media quoted Roskomnadzor as saying on Wednesday that Roblox has also engaged in \"calls for violent crimes, and LGBT propaganda\" and had become rife with \"inappropriate content that can negatively impact the spiritual and moral development of children\", according to local news outlets.\n\nThe agency said scenarios simulating terrorist attacks, as well as gambling, are often found on Roblox.\u00a0\n\nA spokesperson from Roblox said that the company respected local laws and regulations in the countries it operates and believes \u201cRoblox provides a positive space for learning, creation and meaningful connection for everyone\u201d.\u00a0\n\n\u201cWe have a deep commitment to safety and we have a robust set of proactive and preventative safety measures designed to catch and prevent harmful content on our platform,\u201d the statement sent to Euronews Next added.\u00a0\n\nRussia\u2019s regulator also said there were reports of sexual harassment of children and the sharing of intimate images on the platform.\u00a0\n\nOther countries, including Turkey, Iran, and China have banned Roblox due to concerns about child safety.\u00a0\n\nRoblox announced this month it would stop allowing children to chat with adult strangers, following criticism over the platform's networking feature.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Russia's media regulator said it would block the popular online gaming platform Roblox, accusing it of distributing content \"justifying terrorism\" and spreading LGBT-related content.<\/p>\n<p>Russian media quoted <a href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////app2top.ru//news//glavnoe-za-vy-hodny-e-29-30-noyabrya-236171.html/" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\">Roskomnadzor as saying on Wednesday<\/a> that Roblox has also engaged in \"calls for violent crimes, and LGBT propaganda\" and had become rife with \"inappropriate content that can negatively impact the spiritual and moral development of children\", according to local news outlets.<\/p>\n<p>The agency said scenarios simulating terrorist attacks, as well as gambling, are often found on Roblox. <\/p>\n<p>A spokesperson from Roblox said that the company respected local laws and regulations in the countries it operates and believes \u201cRoblox provides a positive space for learning, creation and meaningful connection for everyone\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a deep commitment to safety and we have a robust set of proactive and preventative safety measures designed to catch and prevent harmful content on our platform,\u201d the statement sent to Euronews Next added. <\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s regulator also said there were reports of sexual harassment of children and the sharing of intimate images on the platform. <\/p>\n<p>Other countries, including Turkey, Iran, and China have banned Roblox due to concerns about child safety. <\/p>\n<p>Roblox announced this month it would stop allowing children to chat with adult strangers, following criticism over the platform's networking feature.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764775581,"updatedAt":1764835495,"publishedAt":1764834928,"firstPublishedAt":1764834928,"lastPublishedAt":1764834928,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/57\/06\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_5948f3fb-dc53-5959-8bfa-4eeee2678f4d-9570666.jpg","altText":"FILE - The gaming platform Roblox is displayed on a tablet, Oct. 30, 2021, in New York.","caption":"FILE - The gaming platform Roblox is displayed on a tablet, Oct. 30, 2021, in 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SPACEX SPYING","daletPyramidId":3494791,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Russia replaces cosmonaut after alleged security breach at SpaceX facility","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Russia pulls cosmonaut over alleged security breach at SpaceX facility","titleListing2":"Russia replaces cosmonaut after alleged security breach at SpaceX facility","leadin":"Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev was removed from the Crew-12 mission after allegedly photographing restricted SpaceX materials. Andrey Fedyaev will replace him.","summary":"Cosmonaut Oleg Artemyev was removed from the Crew-12 mission after allegedly photographing restricted SpaceX materials. Andrey Fedyaev will replace him.","keySentence":"","url":"russia-replaces-cosmonaut-after-alleged-security-breach-at-spacex-facility","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/03\/russia-replaces-cosmonaut-after-alleged-security-breach-at-spacex-facility","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Moscow has replaced a cosmonaut assigned to an upcoming SpaceX mission after he allegedly took photos of restricted materials at the company's training facility in California, according to Russian media.\n\nOleg Artemyev was pulled from the Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station following allegations he violated US regulations by photographing SpaceX engines and other sensitive documentation, investigative outlet The Insider reported.\n\nGeorgy Trishkin, a space industry analyst, told The Insider that sources confirmed an interagency investigation had been launched into the incident.\n\nThe alleged violations took place during training at SpaceX's facility in Hawthorne, where Artemyev reportedly used his mobile phone to photograph sensitive materials and attempted to remove them from the site, according to the report separately confirmed by a Russian space industry Telegram channel.\n\n\"It's hard to imagine an experienced cosmonaut making such a serious mistake unintentionally,\" Trishkin told The Insider.\n\nRussia's space agency Roscosmos announced on Tuesday that Artemyev, 54, would be replaced by Andrey Fedyaev, who flew on SpaceX's Crew-6 mission in 2023.\n\nRoscosmos said the change was made \"in connection with Oleg Artemyev's transfer to another job,\" without addressing the reported investigation.\n\nArtemyev has completed three spaceflights and spent 560 days in orbit. He has served as a deputy in the Moscow City Duma since 2019.\n\nFedyaev, 43, spent 186 days aboard the space station during the Crew-6 mission, which launched in March 2023 and returned in September 2023.\n\nThe Crew-12 mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 15 February 2026 aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft under NASA's Commercial Crew Programme.\n\nNASA and SpaceX have not yet commented on Artemyev's removal from the mission or the allegations.\n\nFrom Tsar's Wolves to the Uran batallion\n\nThe incident comes as space cooperation remains one of the few areas where Russia and the West maintain working relations despite Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.\n\nNASA and Roscosmos agreed in July to extend International Space Station operations until 2028, with plans to address the station's de-orbiting by 2030.\n\nRussia's space programme has faced criticism for directly supporting Russia's all-out war in Ukraine.\u00a0\n\nFormer Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin repeatedly threatened to pull Russia out of the ISS programme in early 2022, warning that US sanctions could cause the station to crash into US or European territory.\u00a0\n\nHe suggested in February 2022 that without Russian cooperation, the ISS could fall into an \"uncontrolled deorbit\" and questioned \"who will save the ISS\" from such a scenario.\n\nNASA officials at the time downplayed Rogozin's threats, with administrator Bill Nelson calling him out for his rhetoric while praising the professionalism of other Russian space programme workers.\n\nRogozin, a nationalist politician and former ambassador to NATO known for attending far-right gatherings, was removed from his post in July 2022 and replaced by Yuri Borisov.\u00a0\n\nHe then declared himself the leader of the Tsar's Wolves volunteer unit, reportedly tasked with testing weapons for Russian troops in Ukraine.\n\nThis, along with his penchant for publicly sharing images of himself in expensive military gear, earned him criticism from the late Wagner mercenary commander Yevgeny Prigozhin, who called them \u201cpublic relations\u201d stunts.\n\nIn December 2022, Rogozin was injured after being struck by shrapnel from a precision munition while eating at a restaurant in the Russian-occupied Donetsk.\n\nMeanwhile, in June 2023 Roscosmos launched a recruitment campaign for the Uran Battalion, a volunteer militia fighting in Ukraine.\u00a0\n\nIn 2024, the space agency's head Borisov said that over 1,000 space industry employees had been involved in the war, with the agency's satellite systems providing Russian troops with real-time intelligence.\n\nFormer deputy defence minister, Borisov was fired by Russian President Vladimir Putin in February and replaced by deputy minister of transport Dmitry Bakanov.\n\nThe European Space Agency suspended cooperation with Roscosmos on the ExoMars rover mission in March 2022, and British satellite company OneWeb switched to alternative launch providers after severing ties with the Russian agency.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Moscow has replaced a cosmonaut assigned to an upcoming SpaceX mission after he allegedly took photos of restricted materials at the company's training facility in California, according to Russian media.<\/p>\n<p>Oleg Artemyev was pulled from the Crew-12 mission to the International Space Station following allegations he violated US regulations by photographing SpaceX engines and other sensitive documentation, investigative outlet The Insider reported.<\/p>\n<p>Georgy Trishkin, a space industry analyst, told The Insider that sources confirmed an interagency investigation had been launched into the incident.<\/p>\n<p>The alleged violations took place during training at SpaceX's facility in Hawthorne, where Artemyev reportedly used his mobile phone to photograph sensitive materials and attempted to remove them from the site, according to the report separately confirmed by a Russian space industry Telegram channel.<\/p>\n<p>\"It's hard to imagine an experienced cosmonaut making such a serious mistake unintentionally,\" Trishkin told The Insider.<\/p>\n<p>Russia's space agency Roscosmos announced on Tuesday that Artemyev, 54, would be replaced by Andrey Fedyaev, who flew on SpaceX's Crew-6 mission in 2023.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//57//06//83//808x539_cmsv2_471be09f-86b4-50b5-b3ec-27a6c11b52d0-9570683.jpg/" alt=\"FILE: Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev gets into a car at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, 26 February 2023\" 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(max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">FILE: Russian cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev gets into a car at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, 26 February 2023<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Roscosmos said the change was made \"in connection with Oleg Artemyev's transfer to another job,\" without addressing the reported investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Artemyev has completed three spaceflights and spent 560 days in orbit. He has served as a deputy in the Moscow City Duma since 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Fedyaev, 43, spent 186 days aboard the space station during the Crew-6 mission, which launched in March 2023 and returned in September 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The Crew-12 mission is scheduled to launch no earlier than 15 February 2026 aboard SpaceX's Crew Dragon spacecraft under NASA's Commercial Crew Programme.<\/p>\n<p>NASA and SpaceX have not yet commented on Artemyev's removal from the mission or the allegations.<\/p>\n<h2>From Tsar's Wolves to the Uran batallion<\/h2>\n<p>The incident comes as space cooperation remains one of the few areas where Russia and the West maintain working relations despite Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.<\/p>\n<p>NASA and Roscosmos agreed in July to extend International Space Station operations until 2028, with plans to address the station's de-orbiting by 2030.<\/p>\n<p>Russia's space programme has faced criticism for directly supporting Russia's all-out war in Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>Former Roscosmos chief Dmitry Rogozin repeatedly threatened to pull Russia out of the ISS programme in early 2022, warning that US sanctions could cause the station to crash into US or European territory. <\/p>\n<p>He suggested in February 2022 that without Russian cooperation, the ISS could fall into an \"uncontrolled deorbit\" and questioned \"who will save the ISS\" from such a scenario.<\/p>\n<p>NASA officials at the time downplayed Rogozin's threats, with administrator Bill Nelson calling him out for his rhetoric while praising the professionalism of other Russian space programme workers.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" 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ambassador to NATO known for attending far-right gatherings, was removed from his post in July 2022 and replaced by Yuri Borisov. <\/p>\n<p>He then declared himself the leader of the Tsar's Wolves volunteer unit, reportedly tasked with testing weapons for Russian troops in Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>This, along with his penchant for publicly sharing images of himself in expensive military gear, earned him criticism from the late Wagner mercenary commander Yevgeny Prigozhin, who called them \u201cpublic relations\u201d stunts.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2022, Rogozin was injured after being struck by shrapnel from a precision munition while eating at a restaurant in the Russian-occupied Donetsk. <\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in June 2023 Roscosmos launched a recruitment campaign for the Uran Battalion, a volunteer militia fighting in Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>In 2024, the space agency's head Borisov said that over 1,000 space industry employees had been involved in the war, with the agency's satellite systems 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Local fishers in the Karasuk district carried dozens of deer to safety, filming the tense scenes.\n\nEmergency crews later joined with a hovercraft. The Ministry of Nature said most of the animals survived, though some were already dead when help arrived.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>More than 300 roe deer were rescued from frozen lakes in Russia's Novosibirsk region after early migration left them stranded on icy surfaces. <\/p>\n<p>The animals, unable to stand or move on the slick ice, were found lying or sliding helplessly. Local fishers in the Karasuk district carried dozens of deer to safety, filming the tense scenes. <\/p>\n<p>Emergency crews later joined with a hovercraft. The Ministry of Nature said most of the animals survived, though some were already dead when help arrived.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764691586,"updatedAt":1764742918,"publishedAt":1764742858,"firstPublishedAt":1764742858,"lastPublishedAt":1764742917,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/92\/59\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_91f1e0b0-2bd3-50ee-b9ec-c197c87656f7-9569259.jpg","altText":"A roe deer stuck on the frozen lake rescued by a fisherman, Lake Chernoye, RUSSIA, Nov. 26, 2025","caption":"A roe deer stuck on the frozen lake rescued by a fisherman, Lake Chernoye, RUSSIA, Nov. 26, 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"screenshot from an AP video","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1920,"height":1080}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":2134,"urlSafeValue":"mauduit","title":"Frederique 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US UKRAINE TALKS NO BREAKTHROUGH","daletPyramidId":3486552,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"No breakthrough on Ukraine after Witkoff-Putin talks in Moscow","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"No breakthrough on Ukraine after Witkoff-Putin talks in Moscow","titleListing2":"No breakthrough on Ukraine after Witkoff-Putin talks in Moscow","leadin":"The talks between US President Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Russia\u2019s president Vladimir Putin did not result in progress, with Moscow showing no sign of willingness to put an end to its war against Ukraine.","summary":"The talks between US President Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy Steve Witkoff and Russia\u2019s president Vladimir Putin did not result in progress, with Moscow showing no sign of willingness to put an end to its war against Ukraine.","keySentence":"","url":"russia-says-us-talks-on-ukraine-constructive-but-work-remains-signalling-no-compromise","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/03\/russia-says-us-talks-on-ukraine-constructive-but-work-remains-signalling-no-compromise","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Talks between Russia\u2019s president and Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy Steve Witkoff on ending the nearly four-year war in Ukraine were \u201cconstructive\u201d, but there has been no breakthrough, Yuri Ushakov, senior adviser to President Vladimir Putin, told reporters on Wednesday.\u00a0\n\nUshakov called the five-hour conversation \u201crather useful, constructive, rather substantive,\u201d but added that the framework of the US peace proposal was discussed rather than \u201cspecific wording.\u201d\u00a0\n\nAsked whether peace was closer or further away after these talks, Ushakov only said, \u201cNot further, that\u2019s for sure.\u201d\n\n\u201cSo far, a compromise hasn\u2019t been found\u201d on the subject of territory, without which, he said, the Kremlin sees \u201cno resolution to the crisis.\u201d\n\n\u201cBut there\u2019s still a lot of work to be done, both in Washington and in Moscow. That\u2019s what\u2019s been agreed upon. And contacts will continue,\u201d he added.\n\nMoscow has not scaled down its maximalist demands to Ukraine to cede its territories to Russia. The Kremlin wants Kyiv to withdraw its forces not only from the territories where the fierce fighting continues and from the areas temporarily occupied by Russia, but also from the territories Russia never controlled.\u00a0\n\nThe Kremlin also demands that the US administration recognise these Ukrainian territories as Russian. Putin has been signalling he is not willing to accept any concessions from Moscow\u2019s side.\u00a0\n\nReaction in Moscow\u00a0\n\nRussian officials were expecting the Tuesday talks to help them seal a deal for a one-on-one Trump-Putin meeting.\n\nThe US president cancelled the summit in Budapest in October due to what he called a lack of progress and willingness from the Kremlin to work on a possible deal to put an end to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.\u00a0\n\nThe Kremlin-affiliated media outlets released a video of Witkoff and Kushner walking through Moscow's city centre with Russian officials as they waited for the meeting with Putin.\u00a0\n\nOriginally scheduled for 5 pm local time, the meeting began nearly three hours late, as Putin attended an investment forum where he threatened Europe, saying Moscow is \u201cready now\u201d if \u201cEurope wants to start a war\".\n\nWhile noting that this was Witkoff\u2019s sixth visit to Moscow since January, Russian news outlets also stated that Putin would only accept the original 28-point plan.\u00a0\n\nMoscow officials continue to refer to it as the \u201cUS plan\u201d despite Bloomberg's release of leaked phone call recordings said to be proof that the deal was drafted by Russian officials, specifically Kirill Dimitriev and Ushakov. Both of them were present at the Tuesday meeting in Moscow.\u00a0\n\nAfter the talks concluded, Ushakov claimed that the two US envoys \"promised they wouldn't go to Kyiv, but they promised they'd return home\" to Washington.\u00a0\n\nAccording to the media reports, Witkoff and Kushner were considering meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an unspecified\u00a0European country on their way back from Moscow.\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Talks between Russia\u2019s president and Donald Trump\u2019s special envoy Steve Witkoff on ending the nearly four-year war in Ukraine were \u201cconstructive\u201d, but there has been no breakthrough, Yuri Ushakov, senior adviser to President Vladimir Putin, told reporters on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p>Ushakov called the five-hour conversation \u201crather useful, constructive, rather substantive,\u201d but added that the framework of the US peace proposal was discussed rather than \u201cspecific wording.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Asked whether peace was closer or further away after these talks, Ushakov only said, \u201cNot further, that\u2019s for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far, a compromise hasn\u2019t been found\u201d on the subject of territory, without which, he said, the Kremlin sees \u201cno resolution to the crisis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut there\u2019s still a lot of work to be done, both in Washington and in Moscow. That\u2019s what\u2019s been agreed upon. And contacts will continue,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow has not scaled down its maximalist demands to Ukraine to cede its territories to Russia. The Kremlin wants Kyiv to withdraw its forces not only from the territories where the fierce fighting continues and from the areas temporarily occupied by Russia, but also from the territories Russia never controlled. <\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin also demands that the US administration recognise these Ukrainian territories as Russian. Putin has been signalling he is not willing to accept any concessions from Moscow\u2019s side. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6669921875\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//56//96//01//808x539_cmsv2_5480c93d-8956-57d9-a572-1d8b26d1749e-9569601.jpg/" alt=\"Talks with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, second left, and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump&#x27;s son-in-law, third, at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/96\/01\/384x256_cmsv2_5480c93d-8956-57d9-a572-1d8b26d1749e-9569601.jpg 384w, 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<span class=\"widget__captionText\">Talks with U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, second left, and Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump&#x27;s son-in-law, third, at the Senate Palace of the Kremlin in Moscow<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Alexander Kazakov\/Sputnik<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<h2><strong>Reaction in Moscow<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Russian officials were expecting the Tuesday talks to help them seal a deal for a one-on-one Trump-Putin meeting. <\/p>\n<p>The US president cancelled the summit in Budapest in October due to what he called a lack of progress and willingness from the Kremlin to work on a possible deal to put an end to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin-affiliated media outlets released a video of Witkoff and Kushner walking through Moscow's city centre with Russian officials as they waited for the meeting with Putin. <\/p>\n<p>Originally scheduled for 5 pm local time, the meeting began nearly three hours late, as Putin attended an investment forum where he threatened Europe, saying Moscow is \u201cready now\u201d if \u201cEurope wants to start a war\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.7265625\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//56//96//01//808x586_cmsv2_5d74d6b8-d0a8-5519-9d5b-fe1bee578069-9569601.jpg/" alt=\"U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, right, Russian Presidential foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov, left, Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump&#x27;s son-in-law, Jared Kushner\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/96\/01\/384x279_cmsv2_5d74d6b8-d0a8-5519-9d5b-fe1bee578069-9569601.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/96\/01\/640x465_cmsv2_5d74d6b8-d0a8-5519-9d5b-fe1bee578069-9569601.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/96\/01\/750x545_cmsv2_5d74d6b8-d0a8-5519-9d5b-fe1bee578069-9569601.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/96\/01\/828x602_cmsv2_5d74d6b8-d0a8-5519-9d5b-fe1bee578069-9569601.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/96\/01\/1080x785_cmsv2_5d74d6b8-d0a8-5519-9d5b-fe1bee578069-9569601.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/96\/01\/1200x872_cmsv2_5d74d6b8-d0a8-5519-9d5b-fe1bee578069-9569601.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/96\/01\/1920x1395_cmsv2_5d74d6b8-d0a8-5519-9d5b-fe1bee578069-9569601.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff, right, Russian Presidential foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov, left, Jared Kushner, U.S. President Donald Trump&#x27;s son-in-law, Jared Kushner<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">Kristina Kormilitsyna\/Sputnik<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>While noting that this was Witkoff\u2019s sixth visit to Moscow since January, Russian news outlets also stated that Putin would only accept the original 28-point plan. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a 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Both of them were present at the Tuesday meeting in Moscow. <\/p>\n<p>After the talks concluded, Ushakov claimed that the two US envoys \"promised they wouldn't go to Kyiv, but they promised they'd return home\" to Washington. <\/p>\n<p>According to the media reports, Witkoff and Kushner were considering meeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in an unspecified European country on their way back from Moscow. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764735266,"updatedAt":1764771127,"publishedAt":1764739992,"firstPublishedAt":1764739992,"lastPublishedAt":1764754753,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/96\/01\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_cc616a3f-4c8f-5d61-b7b6-5fa8020b725b-9569601.jpg","altText":" Putin, second left, Russian Presidential foreign policy adviser Yuri Ushakov, left, and Russian Direct Investment Fund CEO Special Presidential Representative for Investment ","caption":" Putin, second left, Russian Presidential foreign policy 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THREATENS EUROPE ","daletPyramidId":3482196,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"If Europe wants to start a war we are ready now, Russia's Putin says","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Putin from Moscow: If Europe wants to start a war, we are ready now","titleListing2":"If Europe wants to fight war we are ready now, says Russia's Putin ","leadin":"Russia is not planning to fight European countries, but if Europe starts a war, Russia is \"ready right now\", the Russian president said on Tuesday as he blamed the Europeans for what he described as not having a \"peaceful agenda\".","summary":"Russia is not planning to fight European countries, but if Europe starts a war, Russia is \"ready right now\", the Russian president said on Tuesday as he blamed the Europeans for what he described as not having a \"peaceful agenda\".","keySentence":"","url":"if-europe-wants-to-start-a-war-we-are-ready-now-russias-putin-says","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/02\/if-europe-wants-to-start-a-war-we-are-ready-now-russias-putin-says","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"If Europe wants to wage war, then Moscow is \u201cready now,\" Russia\u2019s President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.\n\nSpeaking at an investment forum in Moscow, Putin blamed the Europeans for not having a \u201cpeaceful agenda\" and said Europe is \u201con the side of war\u201d, referring to Western support of Ukraine.\n\n\u201cIf Europe decides to go to war with Russia and actually starts a war, a situation could very quickly come where Moscow simply has no one to negotiate with,\u201d the Russian president added.\n\nEuropean governments \u00a0\"live under illusions\" of imposing a strategic defeat on Russia, according to Putin.\n\nPutin also said that the European demands regarding putting an end to Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine are \u201cnot acceptable\u201d to Moscow.\n\nPutin reiterated the Kremlin\u2019s position once again: to negotiate only with the US administration and not allow European leaders at the table, claiming they are \u201chindering\u201d the US administration and President Donald Trump in their efforts to \u201creach a peace agreement through talks\u201d.\n\nMoscow also refused to negotiate with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.\n\nRussia 'creating an option' to go to war against NATO\n\nGerman officials warned recently that they expect Russia to be ready to attack NATO in 2029.\n\nGerman Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul stated that new intelligence assessments show Moscow is preparing for the option of a future attack against the EU and NATO.\n\n\u201cOur intelligence services are issuing urgent warnings: at the very least, Russia is creating the option for itself to wage war against NATO by 2029,\" according to the Foreign Ministry statement.\n\n\"We have to deter further Russian aggression, together with our partners and allies,\"\u00a0the statement added.\n\nEuropean countries have been registering a surge of suspected Russia-linked activities and Moscow-orchestrated hybrid attacks, including cyber attacks, sabotage attempts and even drone and missile incursions into the European NATO airspace.\n\nUnidentified drones have caused airport closures in the Baltic states and Eastern European countries, as well as in Belgium and Germany. Russian fighter jets have also crossed into Estonian airspace.\n\nEuropean Commissioner for Defence Andrius Kubilius\u00a0told Euronews earlier on Tuesday that Russia\u2019s suspected provocations \u2014 including drone incursions and the recent bombing of a Polish rail line \u2014 are changing warfare doctrines.\n\n\u201cWhat we have seen from a technical point of view is that we do not have enough detection capabilities, we have no cost-effective means to destroy drones.\u201d\n\nKubilius\u00a0also admitted that the EU\u2019s response to this remains inadequate.\n\n\u201cIt shows that our way of how we are preparing, how we can change our understanding of modern warfare doctrines, is again not at the required level.\u201d\n\n","htmlText":"<p>If Europe wants to wage war, then Moscow is \u201cready now,\" Russia\u2019s President Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at an investment forum in Moscow, Putin blamed the Europeans for not having a \u201cpeaceful agenda\" and said Europe is \u201con the side of war\u201d, referring to Western support of Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Europe decides to go to war with Russia and actually starts a war, a situation could very quickly come where Moscow simply has no one to negotiate with,\u201d the Russian president added.<\/p>\n<p>European governments \"live under illusions\" of imposing a strategic defeat on Russia, according to Putin.<\/p>\n<p>Putin also said that the European demands regarding putting an end to Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion of Ukraine are \u201cnot acceptable\u201d to Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>Putin reiterated the Kremlin\u2019s position once again: to negotiate only with the US administration and not allow European leaders at the table, claiming they are \u201chindering\u201d the US administration and President Donald Trump in their efforts to \u201creach a peace agreement through talks\u201d. <\/p>\n<p>Moscow also refused to negotiate with Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. <\/p>\n<h2>Russia 'creating an option' to go to war against NATO<\/h2>\n<p>German officials warned recently that they expect Russia to be ready to attack NATO in 2029.<\/p>\n<p>German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul stated that new intelligence assessments show Moscow is preparing for the option of a future attack against the EU and NATO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur intelligence services are issuing urgent warnings: at the very least, Russia is creating the option for itself to wage war against NATO by 2029,\" according to the Foreign Ministry statement. <\/p>\n<p>\"We have to deter further Russian aggression, together with our partners and allies,\" the statement added.<\/p>\n<p>European countries have been registering a surge of suspected Russia-linked activities and Moscow-orchestrated hybrid attacks, including cyber attacks, sabotage attempts and even drone and missile incursions into the European NATO airspace.<\/p>\n<p>Unidentified drones have caused airport closures in the Baltic states and Eastern European countries, as well as in Belgium and Germany. Russian fighter jets have also crossed into Estonian airspace.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//12//02//poland-charges-russian-man-with-directing-sabotage-and-spying-from-moscow-region/">Poland charges Russian man with directing sabotage and spying from Moscow region<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//12//02//europe-must-change-its-understanding-of-modern-warfare-eu-defence-chief-says/">/u2018Europe must change its understanding of modern warfare,\u2019 EU defence chief says<\/a><\/li>\n 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authorities.","keySentence":"","url":"russia-cuts-troop-bonuses-and-delays-death-benefits-amid-budget-shortfalls","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/12\/02\/russia-cuts-troop-bonuses-and-delays-death-benefits-amid-budget-shortfalls","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Several Russian regions are delaying injury payments to servicemen and cutting one-time contract bonuses with the Defence Ministry amid mounting local budget deficits.\n\nIn late November, Yakutia suspended payments to soldiers deployed to Russia's all-out war in Ukraine. Ivan Alekseev, Russia's finance chief, said this was the result of budget shortfalls.\n\nSince October, the Samara region has reduced contract payments from 3.6 million roubles (\u20ac33,000) to 400,000 (\u20ac3,670) \u2014 the sharpest drop recorded since early 2025, according to Russian media.\n\nMari El cut contractor payments from 3 million roubles (\u20ac27,500) to 800,000 (\u20ac7,340). New recruits now receive half of that amount from the state plus another 400,000 roubles from the Defence Ministry. Tatarstan's military commission website shows similar reductions.\n\nMore than 10 Russian regions have reduced contract signing bonuses due to insufficient local funding. Over half of Russian regions are running budget deficits.\n\nUkraine's Foreign Intelligence Service reported that at least 11 regions cut contractor payments by November, including Leningrad, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Ulyanovsk and Orenburg regions, plus the republics of Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, Khakassia, Chuvashia and Mari El, and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District.\n\nDeath benefit payments delayed\n\nFamilies of contract soldiers killed in Ukraine face difficulties receiving regional death benefits, Russian media report.\n\nKhakassia stopped paying 1.1 million roubles (\u20ac10,090) from the regional budget to servicemen's families. The payment dropped by 1 million roubles to just 100,000 (\u20ac920).\n\nKsenia Buganova, who heads the regional branch of the People's Front, urged authorities to restore the 1.1 million payment.\n\nThe current 100,000 rouble payment arrives after several months, Buganova said. \"Families without savings must bury their deceased relatives in debt. The Popular Front requests reducing the transfer period to 10 days from application,\" she said.\n\nDespite official statistics showing stable armed forces recruitment, signs of resource depletion are increasingly visible, Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service said.\n\nFinancial incentives have been crucial for attracting military personnel in many regions. Bonus cuts directly hamper recruitment, as increased payments over the past two years compensated for heightened risks and losses.\n\nGovernment decisions indicate maintaining previous recruitment rates is becoming increasingly difficult.\n\nAlexei Zhuravlev, first deputy chairman of the State Duma's defence committee, said payments \"should not become the main motive.\"\n\n\"The trend is not healthy, and one might conclude the country's resources are gradually depleting. But such payments were initially only the goodwill of regional leaders.\"\n\n\"For real patriots, money should not be the main motive ... bonus, yes, but definitely not the main goal,\" he said.\n\nBased on my searches, here are the missing context paragraphs on Russian military losses and unusual gifts:\n\nMeat grinder as a gift?\n\nRussia has suffered significant casualties in Ukraine, with Western estimates suggesting that total casualties have surpassed 1 million, of which at least one quarter were killed since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022.\n\nUkrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi estimated in late December 2024 Russia lost 427,000 soldiers killed and wounded that year alone \u2014 the deadliest year of the war \u2014 with the highest monthly losses in November and December at 45,720 and 48,670 respectively.\n\nDespite promises of substantial compensation, families of killed soldiers have received bizarre gifts from local authorities.\n\nIn Murmansk, authorities gave bereaved relatives a meat grinder alongside flowers \u2014 a gift critics called \"grotesque\" given the term \"meat grinder\" describes how Russian troops are killed in high volumes after being thrown into battle with little training and often end up purchasing their own kit.\n\nOn Mother's Day in November 2022, Kursk region leaders gave mothers of dead soldiers sets of towels, according to media reports.\n\nOne family received a single bicycle for their dead husband and father, whilst another injured soldier's family was given only two buckets of carrots and a bag of onions instead of the promised monetary compensation.\n\nIn Yakutsk, families were offered care packages containing vegetables such as carrots and onions.\n\nMoscow has reportedly been concealing deaths by listing soldiers as \"missing\" rather than killed to avoid paying compensation, according to intercepted phone calls published by Ukrainian intelligence.\n\nOne Russian soldier could be heard saying authorities kept insisting his dead comrade was \"still alive\" to avoid payouts.\n\nThe Russian government spent approximately 2.75-3 trillion rubles (\u20ac25-27 billion) on military payments, injury compensation and death benefits between July 2023 and June 2024 \u2014 equivalent to roughly 1.5% of Russia's GDP.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Several Russian regions are delaying injury payments to servicemen and cutting one-time contract bonuses with the Defence Ministry amid mounting local budget deficits.<\/p>\n<p>In late November, Yakutia suspended payments to soldiers deployed to Russia's all-out war in Ukraine. Ivan Alekseev, Russia's finance chief, said this was the result of budget shortfalls.<\/p>\n<p>Since October, the Samara region has reduced contract payments from 3.6 million roubles (\u20ac33,000) to 400,000 (\u20ac3,670) \u2014 the sharpest drop recorded since early 2025, according to Russian media.<\/p>\n<p>Mari El cut contractor payments from 3 million roubles (\u20ac27,500) to 800,000 (\u20ac7,340). New recruits now receive half of that amount from the state plus another 400,000 roubles from the Defence Ministry. Tatarstan's military commission website shows similar reductions.<\/p>\n<p>More than 10 Russian regions have reduced contract signing bonuses due to insufficient local funding. Over half of Russian regions are running budget deficits.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service reported that at least 11 regions cut contractor payments by November, including Leningrad, Samara, Nizhny Novgorod, Ulyanovsk and Orenburg regions, plus the republics of Bashkortostan, Tatarstan, Khakassia, Chuvashia and Mari El, and the Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous District.<\/p>\n<h2>Death benefit payments delayed<\/h2>\n<p>Families of contract soldiers killed in Ukraine face difficulties receiving regional death benefits, Russian media report.<\/p>\n<p>Khakassia stopped paying 1.1 million roubles (\u20ac10,090) from the regional budget to servicemen's families. The payment dropped by 1 million roubles to just 100,000 (\u20ac920).<\/p>\n<p>Ksenia Buganova, who heads the regional branch of the People's Front, urged authorities to restore the 1.1 million payment.<\/p>\n<p>The current 100,000 rouble payment arrives after several months, Buganova said. \"Families without savings must bury their deceased relatives in debt. The Popular Front requests reducing the transfer period to 10 days from application,\" she said.<\/p>\n<p>Despite official statistics showing stable armed forces recruitment, signs of resource depletion are increasingly visible, Ukraine's Foreign Intelligence Service said.<\/p>\n<p>Financial incentives have been crucial for attracting military personnel in many regions. Bonus cuts directly hamper recruitment, as increased payments over the past two years compensated for heightened risks and losses.<\/p>\n<p>Government decisions indicate maintaining previous recruitment rates is becoming increasingly difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Alexei Zhuravlev, first deputy chairman of the State Duma's defence committee, said payments \"should not become the main motive.\"<\/p>\n<p>\"The trend is not healthy, and one might conclude the country's resources are gradually depleting. But such payments were initially only the goodwill of regional leaders.\" <\/p>\n<p>\"For real patriots, money should not be the main motive ... bonus, yes, but definitely not the main goal,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Based on my searches, here are the missing context paragraphs on Russian military losses and unusual gifts:<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Meat grinder as a gift?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Russia has suffered significant casualties in Ukraine, with Western estimates suggesting that total casualties have surpassed 1 million, of which at least one quarter were killed since the full-scale invasion began in February 2022. <\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian Commander-in-Chief Oleksandr Syrskyi estimated in late December 2024 Russia lost 427,000 soldiers killed and wounded that year alone \u2014 the deadliest year of the war \u2014 with the highest monthly losses in November and December at 45,720 and 48,670 respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Despite promises of substantial compensation, families of killed soldiers have received bizarre gifts from local authorities. <\/p>\n<p>In Murmansk, authorities gave bereaved relatives a meat grinder alongside flowers \u2014 a gift critics called \"grotesque\" given the term \"meat grinder\" describes how Russian troops are killed in high volumes after being thrown into battle with little training and often end up purchasing their own kit. <\/p>\n<p>On Mother's Day in November 2022, Kursk region leaders gave mothers of dead soldiers sets of towels, according to media reports. <\/p>\n<p>One family received a single bicycle for their dead husband and father, whilst another injured soldier's family was given only two buckets of carrots and a bag of onions instead of the promised monetary compensation. <\/p>\n<p>In Yakutsk, families were offered care packages containing vegetables such as carrots and onions.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow has reportedly been concealing deaths by listing soldiers as \"missing\" rather than killed to avoid paying compensation, according to intercepted phone calls published by Ukrainian intelligence. <\/p>\n<p>One Russian soldier could be heard saying authorities kept insisting his dead comrade was \"still alive\" to avoid payouts. <\/p>\n<p>The Russian government spent approximately 2.75-3 trillion rubles (\u20ac25-27 billion) on military payments, injury compensation and death benefits between July 2023 and June 2024 \u2014 equivalent to roughly 1.5% of Russia's GDP.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764603090,"updatedAt":1764673453,"publishedAt":1764673448,"firstPublishedAt":1764673448,"lastPublishedAt":1764673448,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/78\/43\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_2d3171c2-424f-53c6-ad6d-78300e17b079-9567843.jpg","altText":"A billboard depicting a Russian soldier fighting in Ukraine. 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According to Turkish broadcaster NTV, the attack was carried out with a kamikaze drone.\n\nThe incident followed drone attacks by Ukraine on two Russian vessels, the Kairos and Virat, on Friday inside Turkey\u2019s exclusive economic zone. The crews of the two ships were rescued thanks to the rapid intervention of the coast guard and rescue units.\n\nThe ships are on the list of those subject to international sanctions, following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and have been identified by the OpenSanctions database as part of the Kremlin's shadow fleet.\n\nThe term refers to the hundreds of old cargo ships used by Moscow to circumvent restrictions on Russian crude oil.\n\nUkraine has carried out successful naval strikes against Russian shipping during Moscow's war, particularly using explosives-packed marine drones. However, Ukrainian missions have previously largely been limited to the waters of the northern Black Sea.\n\nOn Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan spoke out against Ukraine's strikes on the Kairos and Virat, saying it amounted to a \"worrying escalation\" of the conflict.\n\n\"We cannot condone these attacks, which threaten navigational safety, life, and the environment, especially in our own exclusive zone,\" Erdo\u011fan said in a televised address. \"We are issuing the necessary warnings to all parties regarding such situations.\"\n\nNATO member Turkey has maintained close ties with Russia and Ukraine during the nearly four-year war. It hosted low-level talks between Ukraine and Russia earlier this year, yet the only significant progress in Istanbul was on exchanging prisoners of war.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>A tanker said to be carrying sunflower oil from Russia to Georgia has been attacked in the Black Sea, Turkish authorities said on Tuesday, days after two sanctioned oil tankers linked to Moscow's \"shadow fleet\" were hit by Ukrainian naval drones.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian-flagged vessel, MIDVOLGA-2, came under attack about 130 kilometres off the Turkish coast, according to the Maritime Affairs Directorate. <\/p>\n<p>It did not make a request for assistance and was heading toward the Turkish port of Sinop, the authority said in a statement on X.<\/p>\n<p>The tanker's 13 crew members were not harmed. According to Turkish broadcaster NTV, the attack was carried out with a kamikaze drone. <\/p>\n<p>The incident followed drone attacks by Ukraine on two Russian vessels, the Kairos and Virat, on Friday inside Turkey\u2019s exclusive economic zone. The crews of the two ships were rescued thanks to the rapid intervention of the coast guard and rescue units.<\/p>\n<p>The ships are on the list of those subject to international sanctions, following Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, and have been identified by the OpenSanctions database as part of the Kremlin's shadow fleet. <\/p>\n<p>The term refers to the hundreds of old cargo ships used by Moscow to circumvent restrictions on Russian crude oil.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//25//istanbul-rally-urges-turkey-to-rejoin-treaty-against-violence-on-women/">Istanbul rally urges Turkey to rejoin treaty against violence on women<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//19//ukraines-zelenskyy-to-meet-erdogan-in-turkey-to-push-for-peace-negotiations/">Ukraine's Zelenskyy to meet Erdo\u011fan in Turkey to push for peace negotiations<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Ukraine has carried out successful naval strikes against Russian shipping during Moscow's war, particularly using explosives-packed marine drones. However, Ukrainian missions have previously largely been limited to the waters of the northern Black Sea.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdo\u011fan spoke out against Ukraine's strikes on the Kairos and Virat, saying it amounted to a \"worrying escalation\" of the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>\"We cannot condone these attacks, which threaten navigational safety, life, and the environment, especially in our own exclusive zone,\" Erdo\u011fan said in a televised address. \"We are issuing the necessary warnings to all parties regarding such situations.\"<\/p>\n<p>NATO member Turkey has maintained close ties with Russia and Ukraine during the nearly four-year war. It hosted low-level talks between Ukraine and Russia earlier this year, yet the only significant progress in Istanbul was on exchanging prisoners of war. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764665961,"updatedAt":1764673774,"publishedAt":1764673108,"firstPublishedAt":1764673108,"lastPublishedAt":1764673108,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/85\/38\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_c5519ef1-ab69-53ba-80e4-dbf6129f730b-9568538.jpg","altText":"FILE: An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis oil and petroleum complex on the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, Russia, Oct. 11, 2022.","caption":"FILE: An oil tanker is moored at the Sheskharis oil and petroleum complex on the Black Sea port of Novorossiysk, Russia, Oct. 11, 2022.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP\/Copyright 2022 The AP. 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The Caspian Pipeline Consortium's (CPC) marine terminal in Novorossiysk was struck by sea drones at around 4AM in the morning, local media reported.\n\nThe CPC largely collects crude oil from Kazakhstan, accounting for around 80% of the country's oil exports.\n\nKazakhstan's Minister of Energy called the attack on \"purely civilian critical infrastructure\" as \"unacceptable,\" adding that it had activated a plan to redirect oil exports to alternative routes.\n\n\"The CPC pipeline system is an international energy project, and any forceful impact on its facilities creates direct risks for global energy security and causes substantial harm to the economic interests of the consortium\u2019s participants, including the Republic of Kazakhstan,\" the statement read.\n\nIt comes just a few hours after naval drones struck two oil tankers off the coast of Turkey in the Black Sea, an attack which Ukraine has claimed.\n\nThe attack had triggered an extensive rescue operation. 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The exemption allows Hungary to continue purchasing Russian oil and gas from Lukoil and Rosneft despite new sanctions from the Trump administration targeting these companies.\n\n\"Now all we need is oil and gas, which we can buy from the Russians,\" Orb\u00e1n said Friday. \"I am going there to ensure Hungary's energy supply at an affordable price both this winter and next year.\"\n\nHungary has maintained its position that Russian energy imports are essential for economic survival. Orb\u00e1n claims switching to alternative fossil fuel sources would trigger immediate economic collapse.\n\nWhile other European nations gradually severed Russian energy ties, Hungary sustained and expanded its imports, opposing EU plans to phase out all Russian fossil fuels by late 2027.\n\nThe Trump administration has reported its sanctions on major Russian oil producers are constraining Moscow's economic capacity to fund its war effort.\n\nRussian oil prices dropped sharply as Indian and Chinese buyers complied with US sanctions ahead of their implementation, according to senior Treasury Department officials.\n\nWitkoff to Moscow next?\n\nMeanwhile, the US president announced Tuesday the 28-point US-Russia plan, panned by European allies as favouring Moscow, had been \"fine-tuned\" and confirmed sending envoy Steve Witkoff to meet Putin and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to meet Ukrainian officials.\n\nHe suggested potential future meetings with Putin and Zelenskyy, pending progress in talks.\n\nPutin said Thursday US officials would arrive in Moscow \"in the first half\" of next week, identifying Witkoff as the likely envoy. Putin plans to travel to India on 4-5 December for discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Kremlin announced Friday.\n\nKremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined Friday to confirm Witkoff's visit date, stating the Kremlin would announce it \"in due time\".\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n met with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Friday, pursuing additional oil and gas supplies from Moscow following a recent sanctions exemption granted by US President Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>Few EU member states continue importing substantial volumes of Russian fossil fuels, with Hungary pushing back on bloc-wide efforts to eliminate these imports by 2027.<\/p>\n<p>\"We have important areas of cooperation, and we haven't given up on any area of that cooperation, no matter the external pressure,\" Orb\u00e1n said. \"Russian energy forms the basis of Hungary's energy supply, now and in the future.\"<\/p>\n<p>During opening remarks at the Kremlin, Putin acknowledged Orb\u00e1n's \"balanced position\" on Russia's all-out war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Orb\u00e1n's approach to the war has frustrated Hungary's EU and NATO partners, who have repeatedly condemned Russia's full-scale invasion as a violation of international law and a threat to eastern European security. <\/p>\n<p>The Hungarian leader has advocated for ending the war without specifying implications for Ukraine's territorial integrity or future defence.<\/p>\n<h2>'All we need is oil and gas'<\/h2>\n<p>Earlier this month, Orb\u00e1n secured a sanctions exemption from Trump during a meeting in Washington. The exemption allows Hungary to continue purchasing Russian oil and gas from Lukoil and Rosneft despite new sanctions from the Trump administration targeting these companies.<\/p>\n<p>\"Now all we need is oil and gas, which we can buy from the Russians,\" Orb\u00e1n said Friday. \"I am going there to ensure Hungary's energy supply at an affordable price both this winter and next year.\"<\/p>\n<p>Hungary has maintained its position that Russian energy imports are essential for economic survival. Orb\u00e1n claims switching to alternative fossil fuel sources would trigger immediate economic collapse. <\/p>\n<p>While other European nations gradually severed Russian energy ties, Hungary sustained and expanded its imports, opposing EU plans to phase out all Russian fossil fuels by late 2027.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has reported its sanctions on major Russian oil producers are constraining Moscow's economic capacity to fund its war effort. <\/p>\n<p>Russian oil prices dropped sharply as Indian and Chinese buyers complied with US sanctions ahead of their implementation, according to senior Treasury Department officials.<\/p>\n<h2>Witkoff to Moscow next?<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, the US president announced Tuesday the 28-point US-Russia plan, panned by European allies as favouring Moscow, had been \"fine-tuned\" and confirmed sending envoy Steve Witkoff to meet Putin and Army Secretary Dan Driscoll to meet Ukrainian officials. <\/p>\n<p>He suggested potential future meetings with Putin and Zelenskyy, pending progress in talks.<\/p>\n<p>Putin said Thursday US officials would arrive in Moscow \"in the first half\" of next week, identifying Witkoff as the likely envoy. Putin plans to travel to India on 4-5 December for discussions with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Kremlin announced Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov declined Friday to confirm Witkoff's visit date, stating the Kremlin would announce it \"in due time\".<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764336792,"updatedAt":1764348125,"publishedAt":1764337622,"firstPublishedAt":1764337622,"lastPublishedAt":1764337622,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/53\/12\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_d5c7dded-d8f7-5b05-a372-0ddc205057ba-9565312.jpg","altText":"Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Kremlin in Moscow, 28 November 2025","caption":"Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Kremlin in Moscow, 28 November 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"Alexander 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Interior design displays are also part of the programme.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>An antique salon has opened in Moscow, where more than 250 exhibitors are presenting a collection of rare artworks with an eastern-inspired theme. <\/p>\n<p>Organisers asked each stand to display at least one piece connected to the East, reflecting long-standing artistic interest in the region. <\/p>\n<p>The event features works from various periods, including museum-quality pieces that organisers say would fit in major institutions such as the Hermitage or the Tretyakov Gallery. Interior design displays are also part of the programme.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764324946,"updatedAt":1764327977,"publishedAt":1764327627,"firstPublishedAt":1764327627,"lastPublishedAt":1764327627,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/49\/77\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_a0eed554-b471-5410-87b5-13118fca4466-9564977.jpg","altText":"More than 250 exhibitors showcase works of art at Russian Antique Salon in Moscow","caption":"More than 250 exhibitors showcase works of art at Russian Antique Salon in Moscow","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP 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ORB\u00c1N CURTAIN RAISER ","daletPyramidId":3438626,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Viktor Orb\u00e1n to meet Vladimir Putin in Russia to discuss war in Ukraine and energy ties","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Putin and Orb\u00e1n to meet to discuss energy ties and war in Ukraine","titleListing2":"Viktor Orb\u00e1n breaks European consensus to meet Vladimir Putin in Russia to discuss Ukraine war and energy","leadin":"The Hungarian prime minister is one of the few European leaders to have maintained ties with the Russian president, and their meeting comes at a tense diplomatic moment in the international effort to end the war in Ukraine.","summary":"The Hungarian prime minister is one of the few European leaders to have maintained ties with the Russian president, and their meeting comes at a tense diplomatic moment in the international effort to end the war in Ukraine.","keySentence":"","url":"viktor-orban-to-meet-vladimir-putin-in-russia-to-discuss-ukraine-war-and-energy","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/my-europe\/2025\/11\/28\/viktor-orban-to-meet-vladimir-putin-in-russia-to-discuss-ukraine-war-and-energy","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n will visit Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, breaking with a near-consensus among European leaders that more pressure must be applied on Moscow through sanctions and isolation to end the war in Ukraine.\n\nThe meeting comes as Europeans work to sway the Trump administration to negotiate a peace settlement that ensures Kyiv's sovereignty after a controversial plan shaped by Russian and US diplomats was leaked last week.\n\nIt proposed sweeping concessions from Ukraine on its territory and the army, while shutting Ukrainian and European leaders out of negotiations entirely.\n\nThe plan has since been tweaked after talks involving the Ukrainian government, but has yet to be finalised.\n\nOrb\u00e1n is one of the few European leaders who still maintains diplomatic ties with Russia. The Hungarian prime minister insists Ukraine cannot win the war militarily, and has accused European leaders of \"wanting war, not peace\". He has also ignored guidance from the EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas to avoid meeting Russians bilaterally.\n\nSpeaking from Serbia, where he met President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107, Orb\u00e1n said the main focus of his Russian visit will be energy.\n\nHungary secured an exemption from US sanctions impacting Russian oil companies earlier this month, and is now looking to lock in contracts with Russian providers for oil and gas even as the EU calls on its member states to diversify their energy sources.\n\n\u201cI have to ensure that we get oil and gas, not just paper and a permit. I will negotiate for this, I hope with success,\u201d Orb\u00e1n said, in reference to the US exemption awarded by Trump.\n\nHungary imports large quantities of natural gas and oil from Russia through its Druzhba and South Stream pipelines, and keeping energy prices low is a top political priority for the Orb\u00e1n government ahead of April's parliamentary elections.\n\nThe opposition, led by P\u00e9ter Magyar, a much younger conservative candidate, is mounting an aggressive campaign criticising the government's poor economic track record and the cost of living.\n\nAhead of Orb\u00e1n's visit, Putin said he is open to discussing the Paks 2 nuclear plant, a landmark energy project pushed by Orb\u00e1n, to build new nuclear reactors using Russian technology.\n\nFor Hungary, the project is a balancing act as the reactors would be Russian, but the fuel to run them would come from the United States. During his visit to Washington, Orb\u00e1n reiterated that he would be using US fuel for the Paks 2.\n\nPutin said the arrangement is complicated and will have to be ironed out.\n\n\"There are issues that require further discussion,\" he added ahead of the meeting.\n\nCritical moment for Ukraine\n\nOrb\u00e1n is also set to discuss the Ukraine war with Putin. Since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022, Hungary has systematically refused to provide military or financial aid to Ukraine, instead maintaining diplomatic and business relations with Russia.\n\nOrb\u00e1n opposes sanctions on Russia, calling them ineffective and counterproductive for the European economy. He has also blocked Ukraine's bid to join the EU even as negotiations progress, citing the risk of \"broadening the war\".\n\nHis position is repudiated by most of the European leadership who are in favour of sanctions and have called for an unconditional ceasefire from Moscow before political negotiations can begin.\n\nMarc Loustau, an affiliated fellow at the Central European University in Budapest, said the visit could endanger the EU's unity at a critical time. The bloc is assisting Kyiv in negotiations with the US, and is hoping to convince the Trump administration that the country should only agree to a settlement that is fair and respects Ukrainian sovereignty.\n\n\u201cOrb\u00e1n is trying to legitimise Trump's anti-Europe approach,\" Loustau told Euronews. \"Europe should make it clear that Orb\u00e1n doesn't speak for the bloc.\"\n\nLast weekend, Orb\u00e1n sent a letter to the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, demanding unconditional European support for Trump's peace talks and direct talks with Russia. During his visit to Washington, he told Trump that the \"problem is the Europeans and Brussels\" because they supposedly want war.\n\nThe European Union has repeatedly called for an end to hostilities and a just peace.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n will visit Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, breaking with a near-consensus among European leaders that more pressure must be applied on Moscow through sanctions and isolation to end the war in Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>The meeting comes as Europeans work to sway the Trump administration to negotiate a peace settlement that ensures Kyiv's sovereignty after a controversial plan shaped by Russian and US diplomats was leaked last week. <\/p>\n<p>It proposed sweeping concessions from Ukraine on its territory and the army, while shutting Ukrainian and European leaders out of negotiations entirely.<\/p>\n<p>The plan has since been tweaked after talks involving the Ukrainian government, but has yet to be finalised.<\/p>\n<p>Orb\u00e1n is one of the few European leaders who still maintains diplomatic ties with Russia. The Hungarian prime minister insists Ukraine cannot win the war militarily, and has accused European leaders of \"wanting war, not peace\". He has also ignored guidance from the EU's foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas to avoid meeting Russians bilaterally. <\/p>\n<p>Speaking from Serbia, where he met President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107, Orb\u00e1n said the main focus of his Russian visit will be energy.<\/p>\n<p>Hungary secured an exemption from US sanctions impacting Russian oil companies earlier this month, and is now looking to lock in contracts with Russian providers for oil and gas even as the EU calls on its member states to diversify their energy sources. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to ensure that we get oil and gas, not just paper and a permit. I will negotiate for this, I hope with success,\u201d Orb\u00e1n said, in reference to the US exemption awarded by Trump. <\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//14//hungary-to-mount-court-challenge-to-eus-planned-phase-out-of-russian-energy-orban-says/">Hungary to mount court challenge to EU's planned phase-out of Russian energy, Orb\u00e1n says<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//15//orban-and-opposition-rival-stage-rallies-in-gyor-as-hungary-gears-up-for-elections/">Orb/u00e1n and opposition rival stage rallies in Gyor as Hungary gears up for next year's elections<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Hungary imports large quantities of natural gas and oil from Russia through its Druzhba and South Stream pipelines, and keeping energy prices low is a top political priority for the Orb\u00e1n government ahead of April's parliamentary elections. <\/p>\n<p>The opposition, led by P\u00e9ter Magyar, a much younger conservative candidate, is mounting an aggressive campaign criticising the government's poor economic track record and the cost of living. <\/p>\n<p>Ahead of Orb\u00e1n's visit, Putin said he is open to discussing the Paks 2 nuclear plant, a landmark energy project pushed by Orb\u00e1n, to build new nuclear reactors using Russian technology. <\/p>\n<p>For Hungary, the project is a balancing act as the reactors would be Russian, but the fuel to run them would come from the United States. During his visit to Washington, Orb\u00e1n reiterated that he would be using US fuel for the Paks 2. <\/p>\n<p>Putin said the arrangement is complicated and will have to be ironed out. <\/p>\n<p>\"There are issues that require further discussion,\" he added ahead of the meeting. <\/p>\n<h2>Critical moment for Ukraine<\/h2>\n<p>Orb\u00e1n is also set to discuss the Ukraine war with Putin. Since the start of the full-scale invasion in 2022, Hungary has systematically refused to provide military or financial aid to Ukraine, instead maintaining diplomatic and business relations with Russia. <\/p>\n<p>Orb\u00e1n opposes sanctions on Russia, calling them ineffective and counterproductive for the European economy. He has also blocked Ukraine's bid to join the EU even as negotiations progress, citing the risk of \"broadening the war\". <\/p>\n<p>His position is repudiated by most of the European leadership who are in favour of sanctions and have called for an unconditional ceasefire from Moscow before political negotiations can begin. <\/p>\n<p>Marc Loustau, an affiliated fellow at the Central European University in Budapest, said the visit could endanger the EU's unity at a critical time. The bloc is assisting Kyiv in negotiations with the US, and is hoping to convince the Trump administration that the country should only agree to a settlement that is fair and respects Ukrainian sovereignty. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cOrb\u00e1n is trying to legitimise Trump's anti-Europe approach,\" Loustau told Euronews. \"Europe should make it clear that Orb\u00e1n doesn't speak for the bloc.\"<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend, Orb\u00e1n sent a letter to the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, demanding unconditional European support for Trump's peace talks and direct talks with Russia. During his visit to Washington, he told Trump that the \"problem is the Europeans and Brussels\" because they supposedly want war.<\/p>\n<p>The European Union has repeatedly called for an end to hostilities and a just peace. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764256961,"updatedAt":1764322132,"publishedAt":1764309614,"firstPublishedAt":1764309614,"lastPublishedAt":1764322131,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/40\/98\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_1f8168fe-9a26-5623-b038-0185769c92e7-9564098.jpg","altText":" Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shake hands during a meeting in Moscow, July 5, 2024. (Valeriy Sharifulin, Sputnik, Kremlin","caption":" Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shake hands during a meeting in Moscow, July 5, 2024. 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But in his remarks on Thursday, Putin also rejected this possibility.\n\nPutin said he would only discuss it with the US, saying that \u201csigning documents with the Ukrainian leadership is pointless\u201d.\n\nUkrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on Putin to have direct talks on numerous occasions. US President Donald Trump has previously offered to helm a trilateral meeting, but the Kremlin refused to participate.\n\nNext steps unclear\n\nMeanwhile, Kyiv announced that the joint work of the Ukrainian and US delegations will continue this week and will follow up on the progress achieved in Geneva last weekend.\n\n\u201cIt is crucial not to lose productivity and to work quickly,\" the head of Zelenskyy's office said. \"Our key shared goal remains unchanged: achieving a lasting and dignified peace for Ukraine ASAP.\"\n\nAnd next week, Trump\u2019s special envoy Steve Witkoff\u00a0is set to visit Moscow, following bombshell revelations by Bloomberg that he advised Russian officials how to draft Moscow's demands into a plan and how to tailor it to get Trump's support.\n\nRepresentatives of the US, Russia and Ukraine held talks earlier this week in the United Arab Emirates.\n\nThere were no European officials at the negotiating table, though their amendments to the initial US-Russia proposal are believed to have been incorporated into Kyiv's position.\n\nThe Kremlin refused to communicate with any parties other than the Trump administration, with Putin ridiculing parts of the drafted plan and rejecting claims that Russia is preparing to attack European countries \u2013 though he said he would be willing to formally put that assurance in writing.\n\n\u201cIf this is hyped up by public opinion, if (Western countries) have scared their citizens and they want to hear that we are not going to and have no aggressive plans towards Europe \u2013\u00a0we are ready to confirm this however you want\u201d, Putin said.\n\nMoscow repeatedly denied its intentions to invade Ukraine both in 2014 and in 2022.\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Moscow wants the United States to recognise Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, stating that the Kremlin has no intention of slowing down its assault on the country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUkrainian troops will withdraw from the territories they occupy, and then the fighting will cease,\" the Russian president said in Kyrgyzstan.<\/p>\n<p>\"If they don't withdraw, we'll achieve this through military force.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine, together with the US and the European Union, has called for Moscow to first agree to a ceasefire and then engage in direct negotiations with Kyiv. But in his remarks on Thursday, Putin also rejected this possibility. <\/p>\n<p>Putin said he would only discuss it with the US, saying that \u201csigning documents with the Ukrainian leadership is pointless\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called on Putin to have direct talks on numerous occasions. US President Donald Trump has previously offered to helm a trilateral meeting, but the Kremlin refused to participate.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Next steps unclear<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, Kyiv announced that the joint work of the Ukrainian and US delegations will continue this week and will follow up on the progress achieved in Geneva last weekend.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is crucial not to lose productivity and to work quickly,\" the head of Zelenskyy's office said. \"Our key shared goal remains unchanged: achieving a lasting and dignified peace for Ukraine ASAP.\"<\/p>\n<p>And next week, Trump\u2019s special envoy Steve Witkoff is set to visit Moscow, following bombshell revelations by Bloomberg that he advised Russian officials how to draft Moscow's demands into a plan and how to tailor it to get Trump's support.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-widget-related\" data-stories-id=\"\" data-event=\"widget_related\">\n <div class=\"c-widget-related__title\">\n <b class=\"c-widget-related__title__text\" lang=\"en\">Related<\/b>\n <\/div>\n <ul class=\"c-widget-related__list\">\n <li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//26//trump-backs-witkoff-after-leaked-call-appears-to-show-envoy-advised-putin-aide-on-ukraine-/">Trump backs Witkoff after leaked call appears to show envoy advised Putin aide on Ukraine peace plan<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//my-europe//2025//11//26//peace-deal-should-limit-russias-army-rather-than-ukraines-says-kaja-kallas/">Peace deal should limit Russia's army rather than Ukraine's, says Kaja Kallas<\/a><\/li><li class=\"c-widget-related__item\"><a class=\"c-widget-related__article\" href=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////www.euronews.com//2025//11//27//european-decision-making-on-ukraine-embarrassing-former-foreign-minister-kuleba-says/">European decision-making on Ukraine 'embarrassing,\u2019 former Foreign Minister Kuleba says<\/a><\/li>\n <\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Representatives of the US, Russia and Ukraine held talks earlier this week in the United Arab Emirates. <\/p>\n<p>There were no European officials at the negotiating table, though their amendments to the initial US-Russia proposal are believed to have been incorporated into Kyiv's position.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin refused to communicate with any parties other than the Trump administration, with Putin ridiculing parts of the drafted plan and rejecting claims that Russia is preparing to attack European countries \u2013 though he said he would be willing to formally put that assurance in writing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this is hyped up by public opinion, if (Western countries) have scared their citizens and they want to hear that we are not going to and have no aggressive plans towards Europe \u2013 we are ready to confirm this however you want\u201d, Putin said.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow repeatedly denied its intentions to invade Ukraine both in 2014 and in 2022.<\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764256360,"updatedAt":1764322472,"publishedAt":1764262752,"firstPublishedAt":1764262752,"lastPublishedAt":1764322471,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/40\/58\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_b81c2cc9-ac60-5827-9da5-eccb6d14b96d-9564058.jpg","altText":"Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a Kyrgyzstan-Russia talks at the Administrative complex Yntymak-Manas Ordo, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025","caption":"Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a Kyrgyzstan-Russia talks at the Administrative complex Yntymak-Manas Ordo, in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1620,"height":911}],"authors":{"journalists":[{"id":598,"urlSafeValue":"vakulina","title":"Sasha 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PLAN LEAKED RECORDINGS ","daletPyramidId":3422610,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":3},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Trump backs Witkoff after leaked call appears to show envoy advised Putin aide on Ukraine peace plan","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Trump backs Witkoff after leak reveals he advised Moscow on peace plan","titleListing2":"Whose plan is it? Leaked phone recordings reveal where Ukraine peace proposal came from ","leadin":"The US president reacted to the leaked transcript aboard Air Force One on Tuesday, stating that Witkoff \"got to sell\" the deal to both Russia and Ukraine, adding, \"That's what a dealmaker does.\"","summary":"The US president reacted to the leaked transcript aboard Air Force One on Tuesday, stating that Witkoff \"got to sell\" the deal to both Russia and Ukraine, adding, \"That's what a dealmaker does.\"","keySentence":"","url":"trump-backs-witkoff-after-leaked-call-appears-to-show-envoy-advised-putin-aide-on-ukraine-","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/11\/26\/trump-backs-witkoff-after-leaked-call-appears-to-show-envoy-advised-putin-aide-on-ukraine-","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff advised a Russian presidential aide on how to draft a peace plan for ending the war in Ukraine and how to communicate with Trump, according to a leaked recording published on Tuesday.\n\nTrump called the recording a \"standard thing\" when asked about it by reporters on Air Force One.\n\n\"He's got to sell this to Ukraine. He's got to sell Ukraine to Russia,\" Trump said. \"That's what a dealmaker does.\"\n\nAccording to the transcript of the call, allegedly recorded on 14 October and published by Bloomberg, Witkoff, who helped broker the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement, suggested that Moscow and Washington develop a joint peace framework similar to that deal.\n\n\u201cWe put a 20-point Trump plan together that was 20 points for peace and I\u2019m thinking maybe we do the same thing with you,\u201d he said.\n\nWitkoff also reportedly gave guidance to Putin\u2019s top foreign affairs aide on what should be in the plan and what Moscow would gain from it.\u00a0\n\n\"Now, me to you, I know what it's going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere,\" Witkoff said.\n\n\"But I'm saying instead of talking like that, let's talk more hopefully because I think we're going to get to a deal here. And I think Yuri, (Trump) will give me a lot of space and discretion to get to the deal.\"\n\nWitkoff also advised Ushakov to congratulate Trump and frame discussions in a more positive and flattering way.\u00a0\n\nUshakov appeared to be receptive to the advice, saying Putin \u201cwill congratulate\u201d and will say: \u201cMr Trump is a real peace man,\u201d he said.\n\nAccording to the conversation, Witkoff played a role in the timing and sequence of events.\n\n\"Zelenskyy is coming to the White House on Friday,\" Witkoff reportedly told Ushakov. \"I will go to that meeting because they want me there, but I think if possible, we have the call with your boss before that Friday meeting.\"\n\nZelenskyy visited Trump on 17 October, one day after Trump spoke with Putin by phone and agreed to meet him in Hungary.\n\nZelenskyy hoped to secure the Tomahawk missiles deal between the US and Ukraine, but Trump did not green-light the delivery.\n\nThe meeting between Trump and Putin in Budapest, which the two presidents had discussed a day before Zelenskyy\u2019s visit, was later cancelled.\u00a0The US president has not commented on this part of the recorded conversation so far.\n\nWho came up with the 28-point plan?\u00a0\n\nAnother recording obtained by Bloomberg, dating from a few days after the Witkoff-Ushakov call, shows Russian officials' efforts to draft a plan with maximalist demands.\n\nOn 29 October, Ushakov called Russian special envoy Kirill Dmitriev, who met with Witkoff in the US in October,\u00a0to discuss the draft.\n\n\"Well, we need the maximum, don't you think? What do you think? Otherwise, what's the point of passing anything on?\" Ushakov said.\n\n\"No, look. I think we'll just make this paper from our position, and I'll informally pass it along, making it clear that it\u2019s all informal,\" Dmitriev replied.\u00a0\n\n\"I don't think they'll take exactly our version, but at least it'll be as close to it as possible.\"\n\nOn 20 October US media outlets reported that Washington and Moscow had come up with a 28-point plan to put an end to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine.\u00a0\n\nThe reports suggested Washington representatives had been talking secretly to the Russians about a renewed effort to bring the invasion to an end, which involved Ukraine ceding land it still controls to Russia.\u00a0\n\nWitkoff commented on the story on X, \"He must have got this from K...\" seemingly in error, instead of sending a private message. \"K\" likely stands for Kirill Dmitriev.\n\nThe document's content, specifically its language, raised further doubts about its origin, with reports claiming it may have been written in Russian and later translated into English.\u00a0\n\nEuronews reviewed the leaked plan in both languages and found that the wording and syntax of specific phrases, while common in Russian, do not directly translate into English, suggesting that at least some parts may have been translated from Russian using automatic translation tools.\n\nBloomberg recordings of the alleged call between Ushakov and Dmitriev further point to this possibility.\u00a0\n\n'Some are tapping, some are leaking, but it\u2019s not us'\n\nEver since the 28-point draft plan was leaked last week, Moscow officials have been repeatedly referring to it as the \u201cUS plan\u201d without even mentioning Russia\u2019s input or participation, despite Moscow\u2019s clearly stated maximalist demands.\u00a0\n\nDmitriev called the Bloomberg story \"fake\" on X, later adding: \"The closer we get to peace the more desperate warmongers become.\"\n\nUshakov did not deny the recordings' authenticity, only stating the leaked transcripts were intended to \"hinder efforts to improve Russia-US relations.\u201d\u00a0\n\n\"I don\u2019t comment on the essence of the conversations, as they are confidential\u201d, he said, adding that he \u201coften\u201d speaks with Witkoff.\u00a0\n\nHe also said he did not know how the recordings got leaked. \"Some are tapping, some are leaking, but it\u2019s not us,\" Ushakov said.\n\nWhat comes next?\n\nSince the 28-point draft framework got leaked, the plan has been significantly changed during the consultations between the US and Ukraine.\u00a0\n\nThe delegations met in Geneva on Sunday, and since then Kyiv has amended the draft proposal, removing some of Russia\u2019s maximalist demands and shortening the framework, which no longer has 28 points. It now includes \u201cmany correct elements\u201d, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday.\u00a0\n\nThe changes reportedly include the elements of the European counterproposal, drafted by\u00a0the UK, France and Germany.\n\nMoscow\u2019s initial plan included Russia\u2019s demands to Europe as well, including the issue of the frozen Russian assets. Moscow also mentioned European security, using it as leverage in its proposal, with the Kremlin stating, \u201cIt is expected that Russia will not invade neighbouring countries\u201d.\n\nUkraine\u2019s president praised the progress on the possible plan, noting that the most sensitive elements he intends to discuss one-on-one with Trump. Kyiv is hoping to set up the meeting in the coming days.\n\nHowever, the US president said he would only meet Zelenskyy and Putin when more progress is made in negotiations.\n\nMeanwhile, Trump has decided to send his envoy Witkoff to meet with Putin, while the US Army Secretary Driscoll is to meet with Ukrainian officials to fine-tune the plan. It is unclear if these plans have now changed after the phone call recordings released by Bloomberg.\u00a0\n\nWith Washington and Kyiv repeatedly saying that peace efforts are gathering momentum and the possibility of putting an end to Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine is now more realistic than ever, the Kremlin is signalling that the deal is nowhere closer.\u00a0\n\nPutin\u2019s spokesperson said on Wednesday it is too early to \u201cjump to conclusions\u201d about Moscow\u2019s war against Ukraine being close to any resolution.\n\n\u201cIt's too early to say that\u201d, Dmitry Peskov said amid the Kremlin\u2019s continuous statements regarding its maximalist demands and unwillingness to scale down on those.\u00a0\n\n","htmlText":"<p>US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff advised a Russian presidential aide on how to draft a peace plan for ending the war in Ukraine and how to communicate with Trump, according to a leaked recording published on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Trump called the recording a \"standard thing\" when asked about it by reporters on Air Force One.<\/p>\n<p>\"He's got to sell this to Ukraine. He's got to sell Ukraine to Russia,\" Trump said. \"That's what a dealmaker does.\"<\/p>\n<p>According to the transcript of the call, allegedly recorded on 14 October and published by Bloomberg, Witkoff, who helped broker the Israel-Hamas ceasefire agreement, suggested that Moscow and Washington develop a joint peace framework similar to that deal. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe put a 20-point Trump plan together that was 20 points for peace and I\u2019m thinking maybe we do the same thing with you,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Witkoff also reportedly gave guidance to Putin\u2019s top foreign affairs aide on what should be in the plan and what Moscow would gain from it. <\/p>\n<p>\"Now, me to you, I know what it's going to take to get a peace deal done: Donetsk and maybe a land swap somewhere,\" Witkoff said. <\/p>\n<p>\"But I'm saying instead of talking like that, let's talk more hopefully because I think we're going to get to a deal here. And I think Yuri, (Trump) will give me a lot of space and discretion to get to the deal.\"<\/p>\n<p>Witkoff also advised Ushakov to congratulate Trump and frame discussions in a more positive and flattering way. <\/p>\n<p>Ushakov appeared to be receptive to the advice, saying Putin \u201cwill congratulate\u201d and will say: \u201cMr Trump is a real peace man,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.714\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//56//23//66//808x577_cmsv2_5a9ceb82-804c-5bdc-b21c-9500ede600cd-9562366.jpg/" alt=\"FILE: President Donald Trump greets Ukraine&#x27;s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Washington.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/384x274_cmsv2_5a9ceb82-804c-5bdc-b21c-9500ede600cd-9562366.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/640x457_cmsv2_5a9ceb82-804c-5bdc-b21c-9500ede600cd-9562366.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/750x536_cmsv2_5a9ceb82-804c-5bdc-b21c-9500ede600cd-9562366.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/828x591_cmsv2_5a9ceb82-804c-5bdc-b21c-9500ede600cd-9562366.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/1080x771_cmsv2_5a9ceb82-804c-5bdc-b21c-9500ede600cd-9562366.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/1200x857_cmsv2_5a9ceb82-804c-5bdc-b21c-9500ede600cd-9562366.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/1920x1371_cmsv2_5a9ceb82-804c-5bdc-b21c-9500ede600cd-9562366.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">FILE: President Donald Trump greets Ukraine&#x27;s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House, Friday, Oct. 17, 2025, in Washington.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>According to the conversation, Witkoff played a role in the timing and sequence of events.<\/p>\n<p>\"Zelenskyy is coming to the White House on Friday,\" Witkoff reportedly told Ushakov. \"I will go to that meeting because they want me there, but I think if possible, we have the call with your boss before that Friday meeting.\"<\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy visited Trump on 17 October, one day after Trump spoke with Putin by phone and agreed to meet him in Hungary. <\/p>\n<p>Zelenskyy hoped to secure the Tomahawk missiles deal between the US and Ukraine, but Trump did not green-light the delivery. <\/p>\n<p>The meeting between Trump and Putin in Budapest, which the two presidents had discussed a day before Zelenskyy\u2019s visit, was later cancelled. The US president has not commented on this part of the recorded conversation so far.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Who came up with the 28-point plan?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Another recording obtained by Bloomberg, dating from a few days after the Witkoff-Ushakov call, shows Russian officials' efforts to draft a plan with maximalist demands.<\/p>\n<p>On 29 October, Ushakov called Russian special envoy Kirill Dmitriev, who met with Witkoff in the US in October, to discuss the draft.<\/p>\n<p>\"Well, we need the maximum, don't you think? What do you think? Otherwise, what's the point of passing anything on?\" Ushakov said.<\/p>\n<p>\"No, look. I think we'll just make this paper from our position, and I'll informally pass it along, making it clear that it\u2019s all informal,\" Dmitriev replied. <\/p>\n<p>\"I don't think they'll take exactly our version, but at least it'll be as close to it as possible.\"<\/p>\n<p>On 20 October US media outlets reported that Washington and Moscow had come up with a 28-point plan to put an end to Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>The reports suggested Washington representatives had been talking secretly to the Russians about a renewed effort to bring the invasion to an end, which involved Ukraine ceding land it still controls to Russia. <\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//56//23//66//808x539_cmsv2_bdc6eb45-f91b-537f-a34a-c4edb7ccc408-9562366.jpg/" alt=\"Kirill Dmitriev and Donald Trump&#x2019;s special envoy Steve Witkoff walk to attend the talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, Russia,April 11, 2025.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/384x256_cmsv2_bdc6eb45-f91b-537f-a34a-c4edb7ccc408-9562366.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/640x427_cmsv2_bdc6eb45-f91b-537f-a34a-c4edb7ccc408-9562366.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/750x500_cmsv2_bdc6eb45-f91b-537f-a34a-c4edb7ccc408-9562366.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/828x552_cmsv2_bdc6eb45-f91b-537f-a34a-c4edb7ccc408-9562366.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/1080x720_cmsv2_bdc6eb45-f91b-537f-a34a-c4edb7ccc408-9562366.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/1200x800_cmsv2_bdc6eb45-f91b-537f-a34a-c4edb7ccc408-9562366.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/1920x1280_cmsv2_bdc6eb45-f91b-537f-a34a-c4edb7ccc408-9562366.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">Kirill Dmitriev and Donald Trump&#x2019;s special envoy Steve Witkoff walk to attend the talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in St. Petersburg, Russia,April 11, 2025.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Witkoff commented on the story on X, \"He must have got this from K...\" seemingly in error, instead of sending a private message. \"K\" likely stands for Kirill Dmitriev.<\/p>\n<p>The document's content, specifically its language, raised further doubts about its origin, with reports claiming it may have been written in Russian and later translated into English. <\/p>\n<p>Euronews reviewed the leaked plan in both languages and found that the wording and syntax of specific phrases, while common in Russian, do not directly translate into English, suggesting that at least some parts may have been translated from Russian using automatic translation tools.<\/p>\n<p>Bloomberg recordings of the alleged call between Ushakov and Dmitriev further point to this possibility. <\/p>\n<h2><strong>'Some are tapping, some are leaking, but it\u2019s not us'<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Ever since the 28-point draft plan was leaked last week, Moscow officials have been repeatedly referring to it as the \u201cUS plan\u201d without even mentioning Russia\u2019s input or participation, despite Moscow\u2019s clearly stated maximalist demands. <\/p>\n<p>Dmitriev called the Bloomberg story \"fake\" on X, later adding: \"The closer we get to peace the more desperate warmongers become.\"<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" src=https://www.euronews.com/"https:////images.euronews.com//articles//stories//09//56//23//66//808x539_cmsv2_39e7b522-a1d1-54ff-b11b-71cd1e3e01d2-9562366.jpg/" alt=\"FILE: Steve Witkoff, Vladimir Putin&#x27;s investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev and Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov. Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 25, 2025.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/384x256_cmsv2_39e7b522-a1d1-54ff-b11b-71cd1e3e01d2-9562366.jpg 384w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/640x427_cmsv2_39e7b522-a1d1-54ff-b11b-71cd1e3e01d2-9562366.jpg 640w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/750x500_cmsv2_39e7b522-a1d1-54ff-b11b-71cd1e3e01d2-9562366.jpg 750w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/828x552_cmsv2_39e7b522-a1d1-54ff-b11b-71cd1e3e01d2-9562366.jpg 828w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/1080x720_cmsv2_39e7b522-a1d1-54ff-b11b-71cd1e3e01d2-9562366.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/1200x800_cmsv2_39e7b522-a1d1-54ff-b11b-71cd1e3e01d2-9562366.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/1920x1280_cmsv2_39e7b522-a1d1-54ff-b11b-71cd1e3e01d2-9562366.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 95vw, (max-width: 1024px) 80vw, (max-width: 1280px) 55vw, 728px\"\/>\n <figcaption class=\"widget__caption\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionWrap\">\n <span class=\"widget__captionText\">FILE: Steve Witkoff, Vladimir Putin&#x27;s investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev and Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov. Moscow, Russia, Friday, April 25, 2025.<\/span>\n <span class=\"widget__captionCredit\">AP Photo<\/span>\n <\/span>\n <\/figcaption>\n <\/figure>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Ushakov did not deny the recordings' authenticity, only stating the leaked transcripts were intended to \"hinder efforts to improve Russia-US relations.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>\"I don\u2019t comment on the essence of the conversations, as they are confidential\u201d, he said, adding that he \u201coften\u201d speaks with Witkoff. <\/p>\n<p>He also said he did not know how the recordings got leaked. \"Some are tapping, some are leaking, but it\u2019s not us,\" Ushakov said.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>What comes next?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Since the 28-point draft framework got leaked, the plan has been significantly changed during the consultations between the US and Ukraine. <\/p>\n<p>The delegations met in Geneva on Sunday, and since then Kyiv has amended the draft proposal, removing some of Russia\u2019s maximalist demands and shortening the framework, which no longer has 28 points. It now includes \u201cmany correct elements\u201d, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Monday. <\/p>\n<p>The changes reportedly include the elements of the European counterproposal, drafted by the UK, France and Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow\u2019s initial plan included Russia\u2019s demands to Europe as well, including the issue of the frozen Russian assets. Moscow also mentioned European security, using it as leverage in its proposal, with the Kremlin stating, \u201cIt is expected that Russia will not invade neighbouring countries\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s president praised the progress on the possible plan, noting that the most sensitive elements he intends to discuss one-on-one with Trump. 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It is unclear if these plans have now changed after the phone call recordings released by Bloomberg. <\/p>\n<p>With Washington and Kyiv repeatedly saying that peace efforts are gathering momentum and the possibility of putting an end to Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine is now more realistic than ever, the Kremlin is signalling that the deal is nowhere closer. <\/p>\n<p>Putin\u2019s spokesperson said on Wednesday it is too early to \u201cjump to conclusions\u201d about Moscow\u2019s war against Ukraine being close to any resolution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt's too early to say that\u201d, Dmitry Peskov said amid the Kremlin\u2019s continuous statements regarding its maximalist demands and unwillingness to scale down on those. <\/p>\n","hashtag":null,"createdAt":1764156072,"updatedAt":1764162205,"publishedAt":1764161984,"firstPublishedAt":1764161984,"lastPublishedAt":1764161984,"expiresAt":0,"images":[{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_eb999590-02b3-5611-9bbf-aba1b47be081-9562366.jpg","altText":"FILE: Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, shake hands during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Aug. 6, 2025.","caption":"FILE: Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump's special envoy Steve Witkoff, shake hands during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Aug. 6, 2025.","captionUrl":null,"captionCredit":"AP Photo","sourceUrl":null,"sourceCredit":null,"callToActionUrl":null,"callToActionText":null,"width":1918,"height":1079},{"url":"https:\/\/images.euronews.com\/articles\/stories\/09\/56\/23\/66\/{{w}}x{{h}}_cmsv2_39e7b522-a1d1-54ff-b11b-71cd1e3e01d2-9562366.jpg","altText":"FILE: Steve Witkoff, Vladimir Putin's investment envoy Kirill Dmitriev and Russian Presidential Aide Yuri Ushakov. 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PUTIN US PLAN","daletPyramidId":3383234,"channels":[{"id":1},{"id":2},{"id":4},{"id":5},{"id":10},{"id":12},{"id":14}],"status":2,"title":"Zelenskyy faces tough choice as Putin welcomes US-Russia peace plan","titleSeo":null,"titleListing1":"Zelenskyy faces tough choice as Putin welcomes US-Russia peace plan","titleListing2":"Zelenskyy faces tough choice as Putin welcomes US-Russia peace plan","leadin":"President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine faces a pivotal choice between standing up for its sovereign rights and preserving the US support it needs, as leaders discuss the deal which is seen as favouring Russia.","summary":"President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine faces a pivotal choice between standing up for its sovereign rights and preserving the US support it needs, as leaders discuss the deal which is seen as favouring Russia.","keySentence":"","url":"putin-says-us-plan-for-ukraine-could-form-the-basis-for-a-final-peace-settlement","canonical":"https:\/\/www.euronews.com\/2025\/11\/21\/putin-says-us-plan-for-ukraine-could-form-the-basis-for-a-final-peace-settlement","masterCms":"v2","plainText":"Russia's President Vladimir Putin has publicly spoken about the US-Russian plan to end the war in Ukraine for the first time on Friday, saying it \"could form the basis of a final peace settlement.\"\n\nPutin called the proposal \"a new version\" and \"a modernised plan,\" stating Moscow has received it.\n\n\"I believe that it, too, could form the basis for a final peace settlement,\" Putin said.\n\n\"But this text has not been discussed with us in any substantive way, and I can guess why,\" Putin added.\n\n\"The US administration has so far been unable to secure the consent of the Ukrainian side. Ukraine is against it. Apparently, Ukraine and its European allies are still under illusions and the dream of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia on the battlefield.\"\n\nPutin's claim that the text of the plan was not discussed with the Kremlin contradicts its contents, which show that it largely consists of the same maximalist demands Moscow has made since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022.\n\nAccording to the draft leaked by US outlets, Russia has demanded Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk to be \u201cde facto Russian, including by the United States\u201d.\n\nRussia has been trying to occupy all of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions \u2013 known together as Donbas \u2013 since its first invasion of 2014. Until now, Moscow's troops have not fully controlled these areas.\n\nThe Kremlin would in return agree to a ceasefire in the regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia along the current contact line.\n\nThe Kremlin also wants Ukraine to scale down its military to 600,000 personnel, with European fighter jets stationed in neighbouring Poland, and to forgo many of its weapons.\n\nThe leaked plan also includes vague indications that Moscow would not invade other countries apart from Ukraine.\n\nPutin's envoy Kirill Dmitriev has \"extensively\" discussed the draft of the plan with US special envoy Steve Witkoff for as long as three days during a get-together in Miami, according to multiple reports in international outlets, citing US and Russian officials.\n\nMeanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told his country in an address on Friday that it was facing a pivotal choice between standing up for its sovereign rights and preserving the US support it needs, as leaders discuss the deal which is seen as favouring Russia.\n\nZelenskyy insisted on fair treatment while pledging to \"work calmly\" with Washington and other partners in what he called \"truly one of the most difficult moments in our history.\"\n\n\"Currently, the pressure on Ukraine is one of the hardest,\" Zelenskyy said in his speech. \"Ukraine may now face a very difficult choice, either losing its dignity or the risk of losing a key partner.\"\n\nTrump wants Ukraine to respond within a week\n\nUS President Donald Trump said in a radio interview on Friday that he wanted an answer from Zelenskyy on his 28-point plan by Thursday, but added that an extension is possible to finalise terms.\n\n\"I've had a lot of deadlines, but if things are working well, you tend to extend the deadlines,\" Trump said on the Brian Kilmeade Show on Fox News Radio. \"But Thursday is it \u2014 we think an appropriate time.\"\n\nHe urged Ukrainians to \"stop fighting\" each other, in a possible reference to a\u00a0major corruption scandal\u00a0that has brought fierce criticism of the government and said peace talks next week \"will be very difficult\".\n\nEurope says it will keep supporting Ukraine\n\nZelenskyy spoke by phone with the leaders of Germany, France and the United Kingdom earlier on Friday, who assured him of their continued support, as European officials scrambled to respond to the US proposals that apparently caught them unawares.\n\nWary of antagonising Trump, the European and Ukrainian responses were cautiously worded and pointedly commended US peace efforts.\n\nGerman Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer assured Zelenskyy of \"their unchanged and full support on the way to a lasting and just peace\" in Ukraine, Merz's office said.\n\nThe four leaders welcomed Washington's efforts to end the war.\n\n\"In particular, they welcomed the commitment to the sovereignty of Ukraine and the readiness to grant Ukraine solid security guarantees,\" the statement added.\n\nThe line of contact must be the departure point for an agreement, they said, and \"the Ukrainian armed forces must remain in a position to defend the sovereignty of Ukraine effectively.\"\n\nStarmer said the right of Ukraine to \"determine its future under its sovereignty is a fundamental principle.\"\n\n","htmlText":"<p>Russia's President Vladimir Putin has publicly spoken about the US-Russian plan to end the war in Ukraine for the first time on Friday, saying it \"could form the basis of a final peace settlement.\"<\/p>\n<p>Putin called the proposal \"a new version\" and \"a modernised plan,\" stating Moscow has received it.<\/p>\n<p>\"I believe that it, too, could form the basis for a final peace settlement,\" Putin said.<\/p>\n<p>\"But this text has not been discussed with us in any substantive way, and I can guess why,\" Putin added.<\/p>\n<p>\"The US administration has so far been unable to secure the consent of the Ukrainian side. Ukraine is against it. Apparently, Ukraine and its European allies are still under illusions and the dream of inflicting a strategic defeat on Russia on the battlefield.\"<\/p>\n<p>Putin's claim that the text of the plan was not discussed with the Kremlin contradicts its contents, which show that it largely consists of the same maximalist demands Moscow has made since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in early 2022.<\/p>\n<p>According to the draft leaked by US outlets, Russia has demanded Crimea, Luhansk and Donetsk to be \u201cde facto Russian, including by the United States\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Russia has been trying to occupy all of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions \u2013 known together as Donbas \u2013 since its first invasion of 2014. Until now, Moscow's troops have not fully controlled these areas.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin would in return agree to a ceasefire in the regions of Kherson and Zaporizhzhia along the current contact line.<\/p>\n<p>The Kremlin also wants Ukraine to scale down its military to 600,000 personnel, with European fighter jets stationed in neighbouring Poland, and to forgo many of its weapons.<\/p>\n<p>The leaked plan also includes vague indications that Moscow would not invade other countries apart from Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Putin's envoy Kirill Dmitriev has \"extensively\" discussed the draft of the plan with US special envoy Steve Witkoff for as long as three days during a get-together in Miami, according to multiple reports in international outlets, citing US and Russian officials.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio 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week<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>US President Donald Trump said in a radio interview on Friday that he wanted an answer from Zelenskyy on his 28-point plan by Thursday, but added that an extension is possible to finalise terms.<\/p>\n<p>\"I've had a lot of deadlines, but if things are working well, you tend to extend the deadlines,\" Trump said on the Brian Kilmeade Show on Fox News Radio. \"But Thursday is it \u2014 we think an appropriate time.\"<\/p>\n<p>He urged Ukrainians to \"stop fighting\" each other, in a possible reference to a major corruption scandal that has brought fierce criticism of the government and said peace talks next week \"will be very difficult\".<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img 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with the leaders of Germany, France and the United Kingdom earlier on Friday, who assured him of their continued support, as European officials scrambled to respond to the US proposals that apparently caught them unawares.<\/p>\n<p>Wary of antagonising Trump, the European and Ukrainian responses were cautiously worded and pointedly commended US peace efforts.<\/p>\n<p>German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, French President Emmanuel Macron and UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer assured Zelenskyy of \"their unchanged and full support on the way to a lasting and just peace\" in Ukraine, Merz's office said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"widget widget--type-image widget--size-fullwidth widget--animation-fade-in widget--align-center\" data-ratio=\"0.6665\">\n <div class=\"widget__wrapper\">\n <div class=\"widget__ratio widget__ratio--auto\">\n <div class=\"widget__contents\">\n <figure class=\"widget__figure\">\n <img class=\"widgetImage__image\" loading=\"lazy\" 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