Location at a glance: Europeans advise on support for Ukraine

Under the impression of US President Donald Trump’s telephone diplomacy in the Ukraine War, the European countries are now advising on their support for the country attacked by Russia. While the EU heads of state and government come together in Brussels to form a summit, military representatives from European and allied countries are advised in London about a possible troop use in Ukraine to secure a peace agreement.

Meanwhile, the war continues in Ukraine. According to Kiev, the country again became the goal of a Russian major attack on fight drones at night. In the eastern half of the country, air alarm ruled, according to the Ukrainian Air Force, the drones flew from different directions. Russian aircraft threw around 20 lubricants over the Frontstadt Kupjansk in the east, as the administration of the Charkiw area announced. A man was killed. Infrastructure objects such as civil buildings were hit.

Under the mediation of Trump, Russia and Ukraine have agreed to temporarily stop the mutual attacks on energy systems. However, the minimum compromise is limited to goals of this kind and is not yet in force.

EU foreign officer wants a big ammunition package

At the top meeting in Brussels, probably the last regular EU summit for the outgoing Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD), no far-reaching resolutions are expected. The EU foreign commissioner Kaja Kallas at least wants to ensure that Ukraine can hope for the delivery of two million shots of artillery ammunition. In recent weeks, Kallas had not received enough support for an initiative of military aid commitments of 20 to 40 billion euros.

Top military advised on peacekeeping troops

At the meeting of the military representatives in London, in addition to British and French officers, representatives of the Bundeswehr are also expected. It was a continuation of earlier discussions in the circle of a “coalition of the willing,” said a spokesman for the British Ministry of Defense. The question is which options there are for a possible use and what individual countries could contribute.

Great Britain and France are ready to send soil troops for peacekeeping to Ukraine, but insist on protection by the United States in the event of an escalation. So far, Trump has not been able to move. Moscow has so far categorically rejected the stationing of soldiers from NATO countries in Ukraine.

Ukraine stops stop of attacks on energy systems

One day after the Russian President Vladimir Putin, Ukrainian head of state Wolodymyr Selenskyj also promised a temporary stop of attacks on energy infrastructure in the enemy country on Wednesday. However, Selenskyj made it clear that he was concerned with stopping Russian attacks “on energy supply and other civilian infrastructures”. This could be the first step towards the end of the war and the production of security, it said in a message from the presidential office in Kiev.

Russia has particularly damaged power plants and the electricity system of Ukraine with its attacks. The Ukrainian population suffers from power failures and shutdowns. In its part, Ukraine flies drone attacks on Russian oil systems to make fuel supplies more difficult for Putin’s army and reduce income for his war treasury. The damage to the Russian civilian population is low. An oil camp in the southern Russian area of ​​Krasnodar continued to meet after an attack on Wednesday night.

The technical details of the ceasefire, which are also limited to 30 days, should only be determined in Saudi Arabia in the coming days in the coming days. Selenskyj insists that the United States controls compliance with the fire break. The US government also wants to have similar conversations like the Ukrainians with Russia. In both cases, the entry into more comprehensive negotiations on the end of the war, which has lasted for three years, is to be achieved.

Selenskyj: Talked to Trump only about Saporischschja nuclear power

In one point, Selenskyj’s reproduction of the conversation with Trump contradicted the presentation of the US government. While Trump claims to have proposed a takeover of all four Ukrainian nuclear power plants as a security guarantee, according to Selenskyj was only talked about the Russian Saporischschja nuclear power plant, as he told the “Financial Times”.

The government in Kiev is currently in control of three of the Ukrainian nuclear power plants, while Russia has conquered the fourth in Saporischchja in 2022 and still holds it today. Whether the largest nuclear power plant in Europe can play a role in future security agreements depends on “whether we can get it back and put it back into operation,” Selenskyj told the newspaper. With Washington he had explored whether the USA couldn’t get Saporischeschja back from the Russians.

In a statement by US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Trump’s national security advisor Mike Waltz, it was said that the US President had spoken to Selenskyj that the United States “could be very helpful with their specialist knowledge in the areas of electricity and energy supply when operating the nuclear power plants. According to the US government, these systems and the Ukrainian energy infrastructure would be best protected if the power plants were owned by the United States.