On Thursday, June 26, 2018, the situation is as follows:
Fighting
- According to the Defense Ministry in Moscow, Russian forces have taken control of the settlement of Yalta in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine.
diplomacy and politics
- NATO allies have pledged to increase annual defense spending by 2035, to a total of 5% of GDP. The transatlantic military bloc reiterated its commitment to collective defense in light of Russia’s military threat, stating that “an attack on one is an attack on all.”
- Trump added that he will discuss ending the war with Putin “soon.” Putin may have territorial ambitions outside of Ukraine, he added.
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the president of Ukraine, stated that he and Trump had a discussion about possible drone production together during their meeting on the day of the NATO summit.
- Zelenskyy claimed that every Russian “war criminal faces justice,” including Russian President Putin, was required after the signing of the agreement in Strasbourg.
- Due to an outstanding arrest warrant against him by the International Criminal Court, Putin, according to Yuri Ushakov, a Kremlin aide for foreign policy, will not attend the BRICS summit in Brazil next week.
- Boris Pistorius, the German minister of defense, emphasized the importance of the US involvement in the Ukraine conflict and said allies were working to stop Washington from losing interest, according to comments made by the ARD broadcaster.
Source: Aljazeera
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