Forty missiles and 574 drones: tonight the Russian aerospace forces hit Ukraine hard, while the search for the headquarters for interviews continues: Switzerland, Austria and Türkiye among Zelensky’s options
Diplomacy or not, the war in Ukraine continues in its brutal course. In the night a Powerful Russian missile attack throughout the countrywhich hit several infrastructures in central and western Ukraine. Kiev’s military aeronautics announces that “Russian forces attacked Ukraine last night with 40 missiles of various types and 574 drones», Including Kinzhal and Zircon hypersonic missiles.
A sad memento than beyond the negotiations and summit, The reality of war continues to be present well. A few hours after the attack, which took place in the middle of the night, the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky commented in a Facebook post: «There is still no Moscow signal indicating a real intention of starting substantial negotiations and put an end to this war. Pressure is required. Severe penalties, high duties ».
And the Ukrainian president, speaking in the morning as part of a press conference, confirmed the news regarding the request for Trump “to ensure that Hungary does not block our path towards adhesion to the EU». Zelensky continued stating that “President Trump promised me that his team will work on this”.
Regarding the possible face to face with Putin, for which the search for the diplomatic headquarters is underway, Zelensky said that The possible performance of the summit just in Budapest would be “difficult”because “there is a large unity in Europe in supporting Ukraine in this war, but, to be Franco, Budapest does not participate in it”. Of course, if the United States gave their “ok” at the summit in Hungary, it is more than likely than Zelensky portraits.
On the diplomatic headquarters of the face to face Putin -zeky (which, however, still remains to be planned), some of the offices proposed are Switzerland and Austria. Both, however, adhere to the International Criminal Court, who issued a stopping mandate for the Russian president. A third option presented by Zelensky is Turkeyseat of the diplomatic interviews of 2022 and the unsuccessful ones of June and July, a place that would most likely be welcome to Moscow.
On the front “security guarantees“Meanwhile, France, the United Kingdom and Germany continue to support the idea of unfolding some” reassurance force “in Ukraine; an eventuality rejected with force by the Kremlin, with the former president and vice -president of the Russian Federation Security Council, Dmitri Medvedevwho said in the evening: “It has been explicitly declared: no born troops like Peacekeeper. Russia will not accept such a “security guarantee”».
A possible way out of theimpasse It could be the idea of the Italian premier Giorgia Meloniwhich, as reported by Bloombergclaims A postbellic security plan for Ukraine that would give to the 24 -hour allies to decide whether or not to send troops in the event of a new Russian invasion. A sort of “accelerated” version of article 5 of NATO.
Meanwhile, by the United States, the American vice president JD Vance He declared in an interview that “we should expect, and the president surely waiting for him, that Europe plays a guide role “in providing post-war safety to Ukraine. In short, the United States will remain defilated.
