Ukraine Russia war live: NATO summit is about to open, Zelensky slams Modi for hugging Putin during visit

Zelenskiy said he could not predict what Donald Trump would do if he regained the U.S. presidency in November, but the whole world, including Russian leader Vladimir Putin, was waiting to see the results.

“I don’t know him very well,” Zelensky said of Trump, adding that he had “good meetings” with Trump during the Republican candidate’s first term as president, but that was before Russia’s 2022 invasion.

“If he became president of the United States, I can’t tell you what he would do. I don’t know.”

Speaking ahead of this week’s NATO summit, Ukraine’s leader said he hoped Trump would not withdraw from the 75-year-old NATO alliance and that the United States would continue to support Ukraine against a more than two-year-old Russian aggression.

“Everybody is waiting for November. Americans are waiting for November, Europe, the Middle East, the Pacific, the whole world is waiting for November, and to be honest, Putin is waiting for November,” Zelensky said.

“Now is the time to step out of the shadows and make a firm decision … to take action, rather than waiting until November or any other month.”

Trump, the Republican candidate in November’s U.S. presidential election, has frequently criticized the scale of U.S. military support to Ukraine – about $60 billion since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022 – and called Zelensky “the greatest salesman of all time.”

Ukraine’s State Security Service (SBU) has presented new evidence that the main children’s hospital in Kyiv was directly hit by a Russian Kh-101 cruise missile.

“The conclusion of the experts is clear, this was a direct attack,” Ukraine’s Security Service said on Telegram.

Ukraine’s security service shared images of what it said were fragments of a missile engine found at the scene and said analysis of the trajectory and nature of the damage proved it was a direct hit.

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer and NATO foreign ministers will meet in Washington this week to mark the 75th anniversary of the world’s largest security organization. Russia Taking Advantage on the Battlefield Ukraine.

The three-day summit that begins today will focus on how to reassure Ukraine of NATO’s continued support and give hope to Ukraine’s war-torn people that their country can survive the largest land conflict in history. Europe For decades.

What NATO can do for Ukraine and global security is misunderstood. NATO is often thought of as the sum of all U.S. relationships with its European partners, from imposing sanctions and other costs on Russia to delivering weapons and ammunition.

But as an organization, its duties are limited to defending its 32 member states by military means—a “Three Musketeers”-style sacred oath of “one for all, one for all”—and a commitment to help keep the peace in Europe and North America.

Japan’s leaders have warned that deepening military cooperation between Russia and North Korea highlights the need for Japan to forge closer ties with NATO.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida also expressed concern about Beijing’s alleged assistance to Moscow in waging war in Ukraine.

“The security of the Euro-Atlantic and Indo-Pacific is inextricably linked, and Russia’s aggression in Ukraine and its deepening military cooperation with North Korea are stark reminders of this,” Kishida said.

He added: “Japan is determined to strengthen cooperation with NATO and its partners.”

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has been criticised for greeting Vladimir Putin with his trademark warm hug at a summit in Moscow, while also implicitly criticising Russia for its recent missile strikes on Ukrainian civilians.

The Modi government has adopted a carefully balanced policy toward the war in Ukraine — neither criticizing nor condoning it, while strengthening trade ties with Russia while also bolstering ties with the West. This has led some analysts to question how warm the interaction between the two countries will be during Modi’s visit to Moscow.

Modi arrived at Moscow’s Vnukovo International Airport on Monday to a red carpet welcome. The two leaders briefly shook hands and then hugged when the Indian prime minister arrived at Putin’s residence in Novo-Ogaryovo, outside Moscow.