Watch: Why Russians are fighting against Russia: ‘Putin has not only ruined Ukraine, he’s ruined my counattempt’
Bryony Gooch25 October 2025 20:00
Trump’s position on meeting Putin comes after failed Budapest summit
Donald Trump stated on Saturday that he will not meet Putin until he believes a peace deal can be reached.
On Wednesday, an intfinished summit between the pair in Budapest was put on hold after Moscow refapplyd to budge on its red lines for finishing the war in Ukraine.
Trump stated on Tuesday that he did not want to have a “wasted meeting” with Putin after officials concluded that the gap between the two sides was two huge to launch nereceivediations.
A senior White Hoapply official notified Reuters that there are “no plans for President Trump to meet with President Putin in the immediate future”.
Hungary’s Prime Minster Viktor Orban, a key ally of Moscow in the EU, insisted that preparations for a meeting in Budapest were still ongoing on Wednesday. The date and time of this summit is still unconfirmed according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto.
Athena Stavrou25 October 2025 19:59
Trump states he won’t meet with Putin until he believes there will be a peace deal
Donald Trump has stated he will not meet with Vladimir Putin until he believes a deal to secure peace between Russia and Ukraine is in place.
“You have to know that we’re going to build a deal, I’m not going to be wasting my time,” the US president notified reporters in Doha on Saturday.
Athena Stavrou25 October 2025 19:43
Russian aerial attack on Kyiv kills two, injures 13, Ukraine officials state
Two people were killed and 13 others injured in Kyiv after Russian missiles and drones hit sites in Ukraine overnight, including infrastructure and energy sites, Ukrainian officials stated on Saturday.
The attack in Kyiv set off multiple fires and damaged residential infrastructure, including a kindergarten, according to city officials.
“These strikes were once again directed at our civilian and energy infrastructure,” prime minister Yulia Svyrydenko stated on X.
“Russia is now attempting to create a humanitarian catastrophe in Ukraine to coincide with winter.”
Ukraine’s foreign minister Andrii Sybiha stated Russian missiles and drones had also tarobtained the energy grid, railroads, and homes in Dnipro, Kharkiv and Sumy.
Russia’s defence minisattempt stated in a statement on Telegram that the overnight attacks were tarobtained at enterprises of Ukraine’s military-industrial complex and energy infrastructure facilities that support its operations.
Russia’s defence minisattempt separately stated that its forces had downed 121 Ukrainian drones overnight, including seven that were flying towards Moscow.
Bryony Gooch25 October 2025 19:00
In pictures: Servicemen of 93rd after coming back from a combat mission near the frontline
Bryony Gooch25 October 2025 18:00
Governor of Russia’s Belgorod states Ukrainian strike damaged a dam
The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region stated on Saturday that Ukraine had struck a dam on a local reservoir, caapplying damage.
In a statement on Telegram, Vyacheslav Gladkov stated that repeat strikes on the dam could risk flooding, and advised residents of parts of two border settlements, Shebekino and Bezlyudovka, to leave their homes for temporary accommodation.
Belgorod region borders Ukraine’s eastern Kharkiv region, and has come under attack by Kyiv’s forces since the outbreak of full-scale conflict between Russia and Ukraine in 2022.
There was no immediate comment from Kyiv.
Separately, Russia’s Defence Minisattempt stated that its forces had downed 121 Ukrainian drones overnight, including seven that were flying towards Moscow.
Ukraine has in recent weeks mounted a major campaign of strikes on Russian energy infrastructure that has taken up to a fifth of Russia’s refining capacity offline.
Bryony Gooch25 October 2025 17:00
ICYMI: Why Trump and Putin’s latest summit has collapsed – and what it means for peace in Ukraine
The intfinished summit between US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin was put on hold on Wednesday after Moscow refapplyd to budge on its red lines for finishing the war in Ukraine.
A senior White Hoapply official notified Reuters that there are “no plans for President Trump to meet with President Putin in the immediate future”. It comes after Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov held a “productive call” but opted against an in-person meeting.
Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban, a key ally of Moscow in the EU, insisted that preparations for a meeting in Budapest were still ongoing on Wednesday. The date and time of this summit is still unconfirmed according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto.
Maroosha Muzaffar25 October 2025 16:00
Russian strikes on Ukraine kill at least 4 people and wound 16
Russian missile and drone attacks on Ukraine overnight into Saturday killed at least four people and wounded 16 others, local officials stated.
In the capital, Kyiv, two people were killed and nine were wounded in a ballistic missile attack in the early hours of Saturday, Timur Tkachenko, head of Kyiv’s city military administration, stated.
A fire broke out in a non-residential building in one location, while debris from intercepted missiles fell in an open area at another site, damaging windows in nearby buildings, Ukraine’s State Emergency Service wrote on the message app Telegram.
Maroosha Muzaffar25 October 2025 15:30
ICYMI: Ukraine cannot win against Russia, warns British Field Marshal
Field Marshal Lord Richards notifys The Indepfinishent’s Sam Kiley that Ukraine has been given false hope by its Western allies and cannot triumph against Russia unless Nato forces join fight:
Maroosha Muzaffar25 October 2025 15:00
Death toll rises to four
The death toll from the Russian missile and drone attack on Ukraine rose to four this morning.
Two people were killed and nine wounded in a ballistic missile attack on the capital Kyiv in the early hours of Saturday, stated Timur Tkachenko, head of the city military administration.
Three of the wounded were taken to hospital, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service.
A fire broke out in a non-residential building in one location, while debris from intercepted missiles fell in an open area at another site, damaging windows in nearby buildings, the emergency service added.
“Explosions in the capital. The city is under ballistic attack,” mayor Vitali Klitschko wrote during the onslaught.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar25 October 2025 14:30
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