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Ukraine is facing mounting pressure as it struggles to secure continued Western military aid, with tensions between Kyiv and Washington escalating. The latest remarks from both sides add to uncertainty over the future of U.S.-Ukraine relations.
Tensions between U.S. President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy intensified on Wednesday after Trump referred to the Ukrainian leader as a “dictator” in a post on Truth Social. The remarks followed Zelenskyy’s earlier claim that the U.S. president was trapped in a “Russian disinformation bubble.”
The dispute comes as Ukraine seeks continued Western military aid. Since 2022, the country has received $67 billion in U.S. weapons and $31.5 billion in financial support, but Washington has grown increasingly critical of the assistance. The U.S. president claimed Ukraine had “talked the United States into spending $350 billion” on a war that “never had to start.”
Kyiv’s leader dismissed the remarks, pointing to 57% approval ratings among Ukrainians and rejecting suggestions of territorial concessions. He stressed that “no decisions can be made behind our backs” and criticised U.S. demands for Ukraine to hand over $500 billion in rare earth minerals, calling them “not a serious conversation.”
Meanwhile, diplomatic tensions grew as Secretary of State Marco Rubio met Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday. The talks, which excluded Ukraine, have unsettled Kyiv, raising concerns over a shift in Washington’s approach.
In Moscow, officials welcomed recent statements from the American leader, noting that he was the first Western figure to acknowledge NATO’s role in the war. The Kremlin has also questioned Ukraine’s leadership, citing the absence of elections since 2019—though Ukrainian law prohibits voting during wartime.
The U.S. president has insisted he could end the war quickly, claiming Kyiv’s leader “wants to keep the gravy train going.” His stance aligns with Moscow’s position, increasing uncertainty over the future of U.S.-Ukraine relations.
Video from the USGS (United States Geological Survey) showed on Friday (19 September) the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii erupting and spewing lava.
At least 69 people have died and almost 150 injured following a powerful 6.9-magnitude earthquake off the coast of Cebu City in the central Visayas region of the Philippines, officials said, making it one of the country’s deadliest disasters this year.
Authorities in California have identified the dismembered body discovered in a Tesla registered to singer D4vd as 15-year-old Celeste Rivas Hernandez, who had been missing from Lake Elsinore since April 2024.
A tsunami threat was issued in Chile after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck the Drake Passage on Friday. The epicenter was located 135 miles south of Puerto Williams on the north coast of Navarino Island.
The war in Ukraine has reached a strategic impasse, and it seems that the conflict will not be solved by military means. This creates a path toward one of two alternatives: either a “frozen” phase that can last indefinitely or a quest for a durable political regulation.
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has unveiled a major development project near Mecca’s Grand Mosque that will add approximately 900,000 new indoor and outdoor praying spaces, according to the company overseeing the plan.
Türkiye has appointed Mehmet Gulluoglu, former head of its disaster management agency AFAD, to lead its humanitarian aid efforts in Gaza, a Foreign Ministry source confirmed.
French Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu survived two no-confidence votes in parliament on Thursday, winning crucial backing from the Socialist Party.
Thousands of mourners briefly stormed Nairobi's international airport on Thursday, interrupting a ceremony for the body of veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga, with crowds also flooding nearby roads and trying to breach parliament.
Renewed border clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan have left at least 18 people dead and more than 360 injured, the United Nations has reported, amid growing calls for an urgent ceasefire to protect civilians.
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