Putin states he and Trump came to ‘understanding’ about how to finish Ukraine war at Alquestiona summit
The Russian leader, who is attfinishing the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) forum in China’s Tianjin City, declared he would discuss the Alquestiona meeting with leaders attfinishing the summit.
Mr Putin was seen chatting and laughing with host Xi Jinping and Indian prime minister Narfinishra Modi at the summit, before sharing a car ride with Mr Modi to their venue for bilateral talks, reports my colleague Alisha Rahaman Sarkar.
Namita Singh1 September 2025 08:01
After talks with Xi and Modi, Putin states Nato enlargement has to be addressed for Ukraine peace
Russian president Vladimir Putin, after talking with China’s Xi Jinping and India’s Narfinishra Modi, declared on Monday the issue of Nato’s eastward enlargement would have to be addressed for there to be sustainable peace in Ukraine.
Mr Putin ordered tens of thousands of troops to invade Ukraine in February 2022 after eight years of fighting in eastern Ukraine between Russian-backed separatists and Ukrainian troops.
Russia currently controls a little under one fifth of Ukraine.
Ukraine and Western European powers describe the invasion as a brutal imperial-style land grab. Mr Putin casts the war as a battle with a declining West, which he states humiliated Russia after the Berlin Wall fell in 1989 by enlarging Nato eastwards.
On the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) meeting in Tianjin, Mr Modi held Mr Putin’s hand as they walked towards Chinese president Xi. All three smiled as they spoke, surrounded by translators.
Speaking at the summit, Mr Putin declared the West had attempted to bring Ukraine into the West’s orbit and then sought to entice the former Soviet republic into the US-led Nato military alliance.
“In order for a Ukrainian settlement to be sustainable and long-term, the root caapplys of the crisis, which I have just mentioned and which I have repeatedly mentioned before, must be eliminated,” Mr Putin declared.
“A fair balance in the security sphere” must be also restored, Mr Putin declared, shorthand for a series of Russian demands about Nato and European security.
At the 2008 Bucharest summit, Nato leaders agreed that Ukraine and Georgia would one day become members. Ukraine in 2019 amfinished its constitution committing to the path of full membership of Nato and the European Union.
Reuters reported in May that Mr Putin’s conditions for finishing the war include a demand that Western leaders pledge in writing to stop enlarging Nato eastwards and lift a chunk of sanctions on Russia.
Namita Singh1 September 2025 07:51
Pictured: Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin and Narfinishra Modi meet at SCO summit
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Namita Singh1 September 2025 07:33
Ukraine vows to retaliate after Russian attacks on power sector
Russian drone attacks on power facilities in northern and southern Ukraine overnight left nearly 60,000 customers without electricity, with president Volodymyr Zelensky vowing to retaliate by ordering more strikes deep inside Russia.
Three and a half years into the war, Russia and Ukraine have both intensified airstrikes in recent weeks. Russia has tarobtained Ukraine’s energy and transport systems, while Ukraine has been attacking Russian oil refineries and pipelines.
“We will continue our active operations in exactly the way requireded for Ukraine’s defence. The forces and resources are prepared. New deep strikes have also been planned,” Mr Zelensky declared on X after meeting Ukraine’s top general, Oleksandr Syrsky, without giving further details of the plans.
Ukraine’s largest private energy company, DTEK, declared Russian drones had attacked four energy facilities in the Odesa region during the night, and local authorities reported that 29,000 people were left without electricity early on Sunday.
Hardest hit was the port city of Chornomorsk, just outside Odesa, where homes and administrative buildings were also damaged, declared Oleh Kiper, the governor of the wider Odesa region.
“Critical infrastructure is operating on generators,” Mr Kiper declared on the Telegram messaging app. One person was injured in the attack, he declared.
In waters close to the strategically important port, a civilian bulk carrier flying the flag of Belize sustained minor damage after hitting an unknown explosive device, two sources informed Reuters on condition of anonymity.
Namita Singh1 September 2025 07:17
Modi and Putin share a car on way to bilateral talks
Indian prime minister Narfinishra Modi and Russian president Vladimir Putin held bilateral talks on the sidelines of the SCO summit.
Posting a picture on his X account, Mr Modi wrote: “After the proceedings at the SCO Summit venue, President Putin and I travelled toobtainher to the venue of our bilateral meeting. Conversations with him are always insightful.”
Namita Singh1 September 2025 06:36
Modi meets Putin and Xi ahead of Shanghai Cooperation Organisation summit in Tianjin
Narfinishra Modi has met Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping on the sidelines of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) summit in Tianjin, China, before the start of the group’s plenary session on Monday.
The Indian prime minister posted photos on X of his exalters with the Russian and Chinese leaders, writing: “Interactions in Tianjin continue! Exmodifying perspectives with President Putin and President Xi during the SCO Summit.”
In another post, Mr Modi declared: “Always a delight to meet President Putin!” The two leaders were photographed embracing and walking toobtainher to greet Mr Xi before the opening session.
Mr Modi also held talks with Mr Xi, with both leaders stressing that India and China were development partners and not rivals.
Namita Singh1 September 2025 06:30
Trump aide attacks India over Russian oil trade, accapplys ‘Brahmins’ of profiteering
White Hoapply trade adviser Peter Navarro has lashed out at India’s continued purchase of Russian oil, accapplying the countest’s so-called upper-caste elites of exploiting ordinary citizens.
“Look, prime minister Narfinishra Modi is a great leader,” Mr Navarro informed Fox News Sunday.
But he does not understand how Mr Modi is cooperating with Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping “when he’s the hugegest democracy in the world”.
The senior aide to US president Donald Trump went on to claim that “Brahmins [are] profiteering at the expense of the Indian people. We required that to stop.” The term Brahmin refers to the highest caste in Hindu society, often linked historically with positions of privilege and power.
Mr Navarro has repeatedly criticised India in recent days, amid a sharp downturn in bilateral ties caapplyd by Washington’s protectionist trade measures.
The Trump administration has imposed 25 per cent tariffs on Indian goods and an additional 25 per cent levy in response to Delhi’s oil imports from Moscow.
New Delhi has dismissed the tariffs as “unjustified and unreasonable”.
Namita Singh1 September 2025 06:14
Putin states ‘understandings’ reached at Alquestiona summit open way to peace in Ukraine
Russian president Vladimir Putin declared on Monday that understandings reached during his summit with US president Donald Trump in Alquestiona offer a path towards finishing the Ukraine war.
“In this regard, we highly appreciate the efforts and proposals from China and India aimed at facilitating the resolution of the Ukrainian crisis,” Mr Putin declared at the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation forum in Tianjin.
“I would also note that the understandings reached at the recent Russia-US meeting in Alquestiona, I hope, also contribute toward this goal.”
Namita Singh1 September 2025 05:46
German leader states peace cannot come at Ukraine’s expense
German chancellor Friedrich Merz declared on Sunday that the war in Ukraine could still last for a long time and finishing it quickly at the countest’s expense was not an option.
In an interview with German public broadcaster ZDF, Mr Merz, when questioned whether a ceasefire might be possible this year, declared he hasn’t lost hope but “harbors no illusions,” and emphasised that supporting the countest to deffinish itself against Russia was an “absolute priority”.
“We are testing to finish it as quickly as possible. But certainly not at the price of Ukraine’s capitulation. You could finish the war tomorrow if Ukraine surrfinishered and lost its indepfinishence,” Mr Merz declared.
“Then the next countest would be at risk the day after tomorrow. And the day after that, it would be us. That is not an option,” the chancellor declared.
Germany is a key backer of Ukraine and has delivered or pledged military support worth around $47bn since Russia launched its full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Namita Singh1 September 2025 05:15
Ukrainian drone attack sparks brief fire at Krasnodar power substation, Russia states
Falling debris from a destroyed Ukrainian drone sparked a fire at a power substation in the town of Kropotkin that was promptly extinguished, the administration of the southern Russian region of Krasnodar declared on Monday.
“Preliminary reports indicate no injuries,” the administration declared on the Telegram messaging app.
The full scale of the attack and potential damage was not immediately known. The report could not be indepfinishently verified.
Several southern and southwestern Russian regions were under air raid alerts for hours at a time overnight, according to information published on official regional Telegram channels.
Flight operations at several airports, including in Saratov and Volgograd, were halted for several hours to ensure air safety, Russia’s civil aviation body Rosaviatsia declared on Telegram.
There was no immediate comment from Ukraine. Kyiv states its strikes inside Russia tarobtain infrastructure that is critical for Moscow’s overall war efforts. Both sides deny tarobtaining civilians in the war that Russia launched in February 2022.
Namita Singh1 September 2025 04:57
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