Ukraine Live: After Tomahawk threat, Trump said, ‘We have to get work done by Russia.’

Volodymyr Zelensky has urged European countries to act quickly on using frozen Russian assets to benefit Ukraine.

In a statement last week, the UK, France and Germany said the joint action would “increase pressure” on Vladimir Putin and “bring Russia to the negotiating table”.

More details have emerged about Friday’s meeting between Trump and Zelensky, with the Ukrainian leader telling reporters the two planned to discuss Ukraine’s air defense and long-range strike capabilities.

Speaking to reporters in Kiev, Zelensky said he had shared a “view” with Trump on how many U.S. Tomahawk missiles Ukraine needs for its war effort against Russia and that the two leaders would discuss more details on the matter at their working lunch at the end of the week.

Zelensky is lobbying Washington for supplies of US-made Tomahawk missiles, which have the capability to hit Moscow, but Ukraine has said they would be used only against military targets. Moscow has said such a move represents a serious escalation. Trump has suggested that he would consider sending missiles to Ukraine, but has also said that he might talk to Vladimir Putin about it.

The EU will provide €10m (£8.7m) to support the creation of a special tribunal aimed at prosecuting Russia for the crime of aggression, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said.

Speaking at a news conference in Kiev alongside Ukrainian official Andriy Sibiha, Kallas said the funding marks the bloc’s first direct financial commitment to the tribunal effort.

He also pledged an additional €6m (£5.2m) to support Ukrainian children deported to Russia and survivors of conflict-related sexual violence.

“The first €10m in funding to set up a special tribunal to address Russia’s crimes” has now been allocated, Kallas said, underscoring the EU’s continued support for Ukraine as the war enters its third year.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that he believes Russian leader Vladimir Putin may be forced to make peace in Ukraine.

Speaking at the NATO parliamentary assembly, Zelensky said that despite the end of the conflict in Gaza, the war in Ukraine remains the biggest source of global instability.

Zelensky said, “Putin may be forced to restore peace like any other terrorist. Even Hamas is now preparing to release hostages. If this is possible, Putin may also be forced to restore peace.”

He added: “Before winter, Putin hopes to use this terror to break our resistance regime. We cannot allow this.”

Prosecutors have charged two Russians in the plot. citizens For spying for Russian intelligence and conspiring to send one of them a parcel of explosives.

European authorities are on high alert for explosive packages after Britain, Germany and a series of explosions at courier depots near the Polish capital Warsaw in July 2024. Western officials have blamed Russia for those incidents.

Moscow has denied the allegations.

One of the Russians, called Igor R under Polish secrecy laws, was accused of taking part in a plot to send parcel bombs through couriers, for which a Ukrainian citizen was also charged earlier this year.

Prosecutors said, “The parcel contained explosive devices and materials in the form of nitroglycerin, as well as hidden military-grade electric detonators and initiating devices… The entire package contained a so-called shaped charge bomb.”

The White House has confirmed that Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelensky will meet for a “working lunch” on Friday this week.

The two leaders spoke to each other on both Saturday and Sunday as Ukraine presses for access to more US-made weapons to counter Russian attacks.

NATO chief Mark Rutte has mocked Russia over the “lame” condition of one of its submarines, in a move likely to provoke anger in Moscow.

Russia’s Black Sea Fleet said the diesel-powered submarine Novorossiysk had surfaced from France to comply with navigation rules in the English Channel.

Moscow rejected reports it had suffered serious malfunctions.

But Rutte said in a speech in Slovenia that the ship was “broken”.

“In fact, there is hardly any Russian naval presence left in the Mediterranean now. There is only one lone, broken-down Russian submarine returning home from patrol,” he said.

“How much has changed since the 1984 Tom Clancy novel ‘The Hunt for Red October’. Today, it feels like looking for the nearest mechanic.”

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has expressed hope that Donald Trump will have the same impact on the war in Ukraine as he has in the Middle East, where he helped end the war in Gaza.

Speaking in Sharm el-Sheikh ahead of a summit with Trump and other global leaders to strengthen the Gaza ceasefire, Meraz said the meeting in Egypt showed that an end to the war is possible if the international community stands together.

His comments echo those made by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who previously said: “When peace is achieved in one part of the world, it brings greater hope for peace in other areas where life is still in danger.”

According to a report, President Trump plans to welcome President Zelensky to Washington on Friday.

Three sources told foot That the Ukrainian President held two phone calls with his US counterpart over the weekend to discuss US supplies of Tomahawk missiles and how to end the war in Russia.

A Ukrainian delegation has also arrived in Washington for a week of discussions with US officials.

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