Russia-Ukraine war – latest news: Zelensky open to ‘genuine talks’ with Russia, but not Putin

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President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he is open to “genuine” talks with Russia, but exclusively negotiated to restore Ukraine’s borders.

In his nightly video address, the Ukrainian president also demanded that Kyiv be compensated for Russia’s attacks and that Moscow punish those responsible for war crimes.

A senior adviser to Mr Zelensky said Ukraine had never refused to negotiate with Russia and was ready for talks with its future leader but not with Vladimir Putin.

The comments by Mykhailo Podolyak followed a Washington Post report saying the Biden administration was privately encouraging Ukraine’s leaders to signal an openness to negotiate.

It comes after Washington accused Russia of escalating the war in Ukraine and delaying peace talks, even as bodies of Russian soldiers keep “piling up” at the conflict’s frontlines.

“If Russia is ready for that negotiation, it should stop its bombs. It should stop its missiles. It should stop attacking and killing Ukrainian civilians – pursuing infrastructure, including civilian infrastructure,” US state department spokesperson N Price said last night.

He said: “But of course, the Kremlin is doing the opposite. It is continuing to escalate this war rather than to offer any sort of real signal that it is ready for or open to negotiations.”

Key PointsShow latest update 1667903404Moldova looks to sue Gazprom over 40% cut in gas deliveries

The Moldovan government is considering sueing the Russian state energy company Gazprom over a sharp decline in natural gas supply, a senior official said.

The small ex-Soviet state is reliant on Russian natural gas supplied by Gazprom and is grappling with a 40 per cent drop in deliveries that has hurt its ability to supply enough electricity to its 2.5 million population.

“The lawyers are analysing the possibility of applying sanctions for non-compliance with the contract on the issue of supplying the entire volume of gas,” Deputy prime minister Andrei Spinu told the PRO-TV television channel on Monday.

“When it becomes clear, we will decide what actions to take and in what direction to act.”

Emily Atkinson8 November 2022 10:30

1667902268Zelensky open to ‘genuine talks’ with Russia, but not Putin

President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he is open to “genuine” talks with Russia, but exclusively negotiated to restore Ukraine’s borders.

In his nightly video address, the Ukrainian president also demanded that Kyiv be compensated for Russia’s attacks and that Moscow punish those responsible for war crimes.

A senior adviser to Mr Zelensky said Ukraine had never refused to negotiate with Russia and was ready for talks with its future leader but not with Vladimir Putin.

The comments by Mykhailo Podolyak followed a Washington Post report saying the Biden administration was privately encouraging Ukraine’s leaders to signal an openness to negotiate.

Emily Atkinson8 November 2022 10:11

1667900431’Main condition’ for talks to resume with Russia is restoration of territorial integrity – Kyiv

Kyiv has said that the key condition for the resumption of talks with Moscow is would be the restoration of Ukraine’s terratorial integrity.

The secretary of Ukraine’s Security Council Oleksiy Danilov said on Twitter that Ukraine also needed the “guarantee” of modern air defences, aircraft, tanks and long-range missiles.

Emily Atkinson8 November 2022 09:40

1667899246North Korea insists he has never had arms dealings with Russia

North Korea’s military has denied American claims that it exported artillery shells and ammunition to Russia for use in the war against Ukraine, accusing Washington of spreading “groundless” rumours to “tarnish” its image.

The White House said last week that Russia is secretly supplying a “significant number” of ammunition shipments to North Korea, in a potential violation of multiple United Nations resolutions by Pyongyang.

State media KCNA reported a vice director at the North Korean ministry’s military foreign affairs office, who was not named, as saying: “We regard such moves of the US as part of its hostile attempt to tarnish the image of (North Korea) in the international arena.”

Emily Atkinson8 November 2022 09:20

1667898041Putin may join G20 summit virtually, says Indonesian counterpart

Vladimir Putin will join next week’s G20 leaders summit “if the situation is possible”, his Indonesian counterpart and the meeting’s host said on Tuesday, adding that the Russian president could attend virtually instead.

Joko Widodo, who is this year’s chair of the bloc of major importers, said Mr Putin during a phone conversation last week had not ruled out attending the summit in Bali, and would join if possible.

“But if not… maybe he’ll ask to do it virtually,” Jokowi, as the Indonesian president is popularly known, told reporters during a visit to Bali. He did not elaborate.

Emily Atkinson8 November 2022 09:00

1667896831Sweden’s PM to seek approval for Nato membership from Erdogan

Sweden is set to seek Turkey’s hard-fought approval for its bid to join Nato after Ankara stalled its application and accused the Nordic country of Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) militants.

Prime minister Ulf Kristersson is set to meet with his Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the presidential palace on Tuesday afternoon, to be followed by a news conference set for 3.30pm.

Stockholm’s application has so far been approved by 28 of Nato’s 30 member states.

Writing in Sweden’s Aftonbladet newspaper on Monday, Erdogan’s communications director Fahrettin Altun said he was “cautiously optimism that the Swedish government will take concrete steps regarding our terrorism concern.”

Along with neighbor Finland, Sweden applied for membership to the military alliance in May in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Emily Atkinson8 November 2022 08:40

1667895631Washington-Moscow communication channels ‘remain open’

A US security chief has confirmed that channels of communication between Washington and Moscow remain open.

Speaking in New York, US national security advisor Jake Sullivan said it was “in the interests of the US to stay in contact with Russia as its invasion of Ukraine threatens to rage on into the winter months.

Mr Sullivan insisted that US officials were “clear-eyed” about who they were dealing with in the Kremlin.

It comes after The Wall Street Journal reported that Mr Sullivan has held talks with Russian security council secretary Nikolai Patrushe and senior foreign policy aid Yuri Ushakov in recent months.

Emily Atkinson8 November 2022 08:20

1667894431Mykolaiv under Russian fire for 24 hours

Mulitple areas in the southern Ukrainian region of Mykolaiv have been struck by heavy Russian fire over the past 24 hours, the regional governor has said.

Posting to Telegram this morning, Vitaliy Kim said that despite damage to buildings, no consequence had been reported

Emily Atkinson8 November 2022 08:00

1667893228Blackouts shroud Kyiv after Russian missile attacks on Ukraine capital

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Emily Atkinson8 November 2022 07:40

1667891406 Russia’s building ‘dragon’s teeth’ anti-tank structures in Ukraine – MoD

Russia is now making anti-tank structures known as “dragon’s teeth” as it bolsters preparations to defend its positions in Ukraine’s southern port city Mariupol, the British defense ministry said today.

“Russia has started constructing defensive structures around the occupied southern Ukrainian city of Mariupol. Two plants are producing concrete pyramidal anti-tank structures, known as dragon’s teeth, for this purpose,” the ministry said in its latest intelligence update.

The “dragon’s teeth”, it said, likely have been installed between Mariupol and Nikolske village; and from northern Mariupol to Staryi Krym village.

Ukraine’s key port city Mariupol forms part of the “land bridge” from Russia to Crimea, a key logistics line of communication, the ministry said.

“Dragon’s teeth have additionally been sent for the preparation of defensive fortifications in occupied Zaporizhzhia and Kherson,” it said.

“Russia is fortifying its lines throughout areas of occupation. On 19 October 2022, Wagner Group owner Yevgeny Prigozhin claimed the construction of a fortified ‘Wagner Line’ of defences in Russian-occupied Luhansk Oblast,” according to the MoD.

This activity suggests Russia is making a significant effort to prepare defenses in depth behind their current front line, likely to forestall any rapid Ukrainian advances in the event of breakthroughs, the ministry noted.

Arpan Rai8 November 2022 07:10

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