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Latest Developments At A Glance Russia on September 28 launched two strikes on a hospital in Ukraine’s border region of Sumy, killing at least nine people. Former U.S. President Donald Trump, standing next to Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskiy amid tensions over what critics call the former president’s pro-Russia stance, said if elected in November ‘We’re going to work with both parties’ to end the war in Ukraine and that he believes it can be ‘resolved very quickly.’ U.S. President Joe Biden welcomed Zelenskiy to the White House on September 26, insisting again that Russia ‘will not prevail‘ in its invasion of Ukraine. Biden earlier announced more than $8 billion in military aid for Kyiv. Zelenskiy said on September 25 that he had received reports saying that Russian President Vladimir Putin is planning to attack nuclear power plants and infrastructure in Ukraine with the goal of disconnecting the plants from the power grid. Trump accused Zelenskiy on September 25 of taking billions of dollars from the United States while at the same time refusing to ‘make a deal’ to end Russia’s full-scale invasion. The speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Mike Johnson, has called on Zelenskiy to fire his ambassador to the United States. Putin said on September 25 that a conventional attack on Russia by any country that is supported by a nuclear power will be considered a joint attack. Ukraine’s Kursk Incursion: Interactive Updating Map What Do Ukrainians Expect From Zelenskiy’s ‘Victory Plan’?
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is set to present his plan for victory in the war against Russia to U.S. President Joe Biden during his visit to the United States this week. On September 19, RFE/RL asked people in two Ukrainian cities what they think the path to peace might look like. Report by RFE/RL’s Ukrainian Service.
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