Zelensky: If Russia is ready for a ceasefire, it must stop massive strikes on Ukraine.
Also, we reviewed Trump’s proposal in London, adjusted some minor details, and sent it back for approval.
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Zelensky: Trump’s team proposed a strategy for a ceasefire during London talks.
Ukraine, European countries, and the U.S. reviewed it, adjusted certain points, and created a document that's now awaiting Trump’s approval.
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Zelensky: Russia dislikes Ukraine’s presence in Africa and opposes normal humanitarian and economic relations between Ukraine and African nations.
Russia seeks exclusive influence not only in Africa but globally.
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Zelensky: Russia kidnapped thousands of Ukrainian children. Today, I handed President Ramaphosa a list of 400 names.
We seek South Africa's assistance in returning them home.
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Zelensky: If Russia says it's ready for a ceasefire, it must stop massive strikes on Ukraine. That's Ukrainians who have been under constant Russian attacks.
Zelenskyy: The Americans have proposed a direct negotiation in the Ukraine-US-Russia format, and possibly Europe.
Today there is no peace deal, and there cannot be one until the war is stopped. Ukraine’s MFA is working on creating the infrastructure for elections abroad. 1/
Zelenskyy: There is no peace agreement today. And there may not be one.
A peace agreement will exist only when it is not just on paper, but when it is signed by leaders and when the war has stopped. That is what constitutes an agreement — unlike the Budapest Memorandum. 2/
Zelenskyy: Ukraine’s MFA is working on creating the infrastructure to hold elections abroad.
Elections will not be held in Ukraine’s temporarily occupied territories due to the risk of Russia falsifying the results. 3/
An 18-year-old from occupied Crimea was about to be drafted into the Russian army. Instead, he escaped more than 3,000 kilometers and reached Kyiv.
This is the story of Artem, who chose flight over serving the state that occupied his home. — Suspilne 1/
Artem was born in Zaporizhzhia. At age five, his family moved to Sevastopol. In 2014, Russia occupied Crimea. From that moment on, his life unfolded inside a closed, repressive system that punished dissent and offered young people no real choices. 2/
At school, Artem once shouted “Glory to Ukraine” out of a window. Minutes later, a school psychologist entered the classroom. Artem was taken aside and told those words were “Nazi slogans” used during the alleged “killing of children in Donbas.” 3/
Leva, Ukrainian marine infantry just came back after a concussion.
Leva: I walked onto the position. Snow still lay there. Blood stains showed through it.
Crimson drops spread on the white slope. A drone buzzed “bzzzz”. I stared at those stains, and it burned me, reports UP. 1/
Leva: The dugout smelled of urine, smoke, and dust. A Russian drone had just killed a buddy there. I came back from a concussion.
My eardrums did not heal. Sleep broke. Paranoia hit. The mortar kept landing closer and closer. 2/
Leva: We had one radio. The guys in the trench held it. I put my rifle near me, then pushed it away. God forbid I get minused again. I pictured a grenade in the dark. I ran out and asked: All right guys? 3/
The US-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund is fully operational and poised to start its first investments in 2026.
Development Finance Corporation activated a fund of this size and complexity in less than a year, advancing US-Ukraine shared national interests, — DFC.
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The Fund's board reached final consensus on investment policies, fund policies, and investment strategy. Alvarez & Marsal was announced as Fund Advisor in November. The board includes DFC General Counsel and Head of Investments.
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The Fund will leverage American talent, resources, and governance standards to promote US and US-aligned private capital mobilization. It will partner with multilateral development banks and private sector investors.
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