In a joint statement, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Poland, Finland and the European Commission said Ukraine alone must decide its future. Their declaration came ahead of U.S. President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on Friday.
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy welcomed the joint position, saying Kyiv “values and fully supports” efforts to achieve peace while protecting Ukrainian and European interests. He said the end of the war must be fair, and thanked the European leaders for their united approach.
A White House official has said Trump is open to a three-way summit involving Mr Zelenskyy, but for now it remains a Trump–Putin meeting, as requested by Moscow.
Zelenskyy has warned that agreements made without Kyiv will be “dead decisions”. He rejected Mr Trump’s suggestion that there could be a “swapping of territories” to reach a deal.
U.S. media reports suggest the White House has explored a proposal allowing Russia to take the entire Donbas region and keep Crimea. European leaders have pushed back, saying borders must not be changed by force.
On Saturday, French President Emmanuel Macron also cautioned against any U.S.–Russia deal that sidelines Europe, saying Europeans “will necessarily be part of the solution, as their own security is at stake”.
U.S. Vice-President JD Vance met UK Foreign Secretary David Lammy and two of Zelenskyy’s top aides in London on Saturday. Andriy Yermak, the head of the Ukrainian president’s office, said a lasting peace is only possible with Kyiv at the table.
The Alaska meeting will be the first between sitting U.S. and Russian presidents since Joe Biden met Putin in Geneva in 2021. Nine months later, Russia launched its full-scale war, later declaring the annexation of Donetsk, Lugansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson.
Moscow still holds swathes of Ukraine’s east, but has failed to secure a decisive breakthrough. Ukrainian offensives have also fallen short of forcing a Russian retreat.
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The U.S. has approved the sale of 500 Patriot PAC-3 missiles to Ukraine in a deal worth an estimated $2.1 billion, but Kyiv could face years of delays before receiving the weapons it urgently needs to defend against intensifying Russian attacks.
Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei has ordered Iran's armed forces to respond to any threat immediately and without geographical limits in statements posted to social media platforms on Saturday (31 October).
Demonstrators carrying Iranian flags and placards supporting the hijab gathered outside the Azerbaijani Embassy in London.
A Chinese-made AI chip has matched Nvidia’s H200 in tests conducted by its developer, marking a potential breakthrough in China’s efforts to reduce its dependence on foreign technology.
A hacking group linked to North Korea is widely believed to be behind the theft of $6.3 billion from cryptocurrency giant Binance, a cyberattack that experts describe as the largest cryptocurrency heist on record.
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A drone strike hit a power station in northern Sudan early Sunday (1 November), sparking a fire and triggering loud explosions, witnesses said.
Gen Z protests swept 34 German cities on Saturday (31 October) over education and living costs. Violence erupted in Frankfurt, where shops were looted and police reported Molotov cocktail attacks.
Iran designated Britain's Royal Navy and Royal Air Force as terrorist organisations on Sunday, (1 November), and classified the country's foreign intelligence agency, MI6, as a hostile group, according to a statement from the Iranian Foreign Ministry.
Thousands protested in Albania's capital, Tirana, on Saturday (31 October), demanding Prime Minister Edi Rama's resignation over perceived corruption allegations and dissatisfaction with the government over a lack of jobs and poor education standards.
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