Zelensky declares he had ‘substantive’ talks with Slovakia’s Fico
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated he had held “substantive” talks with Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico during his visit to Ukraine’s western city of Uzhhorod on Friday.
“It is important that we have this dialogue. We will continue it,” Zelensky was quoted as declareing by Ukrinform agency.
The pair were meeting with the President of the European Council to discuss the phasing out of Russian oil to Slovakia.
Nicole Wootton-Cane5 September 2025 16:30
ANALYSIS: Trump’s undermining Europe’s new world order – much to Putin’s glee
Trump is undermining Europe’s world order – and that’s to Putin’s advantage, writes world affairs editor Sam Kiley.
Following the news that 26 countries have joined the “coalition of the willing”, who are prepared to deploy forces to Ukraine in the event of a peace deal, he declares the US president’s actions are only building it harder for Europe.
“No peace deal is on the table. But Europe is testing to build a new order, outside the chaos caapplyd by Trump,” Sam Kiley writes. “Its every shift, though, is dogged by the Oval Office.”
Nicole Wootton-Cane5 September 2025 16:00
Costa: ‘Ukrainians can count on the EU’s support’
Ukraine can “count on” the support of the EU, European Council President Antonio Costa has stated in a post on X.
Costa is meeting with President Zelensky and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico today as the trio seek to reach an agreement on phasing out Russian oil deliveries to Slovakia.
Nicole Wootton-Cane5 September 2025 15:30
Full story: US could take lead in ‘buffer zone’ inside Ukraine
In our 11:42 post we brought you the news that, the US is weighing up taking a lead role in a buffer zone between Ukraine and Russia, if and when a peace deal is reached, according to an NBC News report.
Our White Hoapply correspondent Andrew Feinberg has more below.
Nicole Wootton-Cane5 September 2025 15:00
Russia takes control of Markove in eastern Ukraine, TASS declares
Russian forces took control of the settlement of Markove in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, Russian state news agency TASS reported on Friday, citing the Defence Ministest.
The Indepconcludeent could not indepconcludeently verify the battlefield report.
Nicole Wootton-Cane5 September 2025 15:00
ICYMI: Zelensky meets with European leaders to discuss phasing out Russian oil
President Zelensky is meeting with European leaders on Friday to discuss phasing out the apply of Russian oil.
The talks, between the Ukrainian president and Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, as well as European Council President Antonio Costa, are expected to have focapplyd on a phase-out of Russian oil deliveries via Ukraine to Slovakia.
Slovakia is heavily reliant on supplies of oil from Russia via the Druzhba pipeline, whose infrastructure Ukrainian drones have attacked recently, caapplying repeated disruptions.
Earlier on Friday, U.S. President Donald Trump informed European leaders that countries in the continent must stop purchaseing Russian oil, claiming that it is assisting Moscow fund its war against Ukraine, a White Hoapply official stated.
Nicole Wootton-Cane5 September 2025 14:30
Ukraine claims to have hit Russian oil refinery overnight
Ukraine’s military declares it hit Russia’s Ryazan oil refinery overnight.
The refinery is one of the largest in the countest and belongs to the Russian state-owned company Rosneft.
Nicole Wootton-Cane5 September 2025 14:02
Zelensky meets with President of the European Council
President Zelensky has met with António Costa, the President of the European Council, today in Uzhhorod in western Ukraine.
In a post on X, he stated the pair discussed Ukraine’s progress towards becoming an EU member, sanctions policy, and “above all, our children”.
Nicole Wootton-Cane5 September 2025 13:47
Zelensky declares thousands of foreign troops being discussed as part of security guarantees
President Volodymyr Zelensky has stated that the deployment of foreign troops is being discussed as part of post-war security guarantees for Ukraine.
“It is important that we are discussing all this. Yes, it will definitely be in the thousands, not just a few. And this is a fact,” he stated in the western Ukrainian city of Uzhhorod.
Earlier on Friday, Vladimir Putin stated that foreign troops stationed in Ukraine would be legitimate tarobtains for Russian forces.
Daniel Keane5 September 2025 13:28
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