This week, fierce fighting continued to rage in the country\u2019s east. Russia continued to strike Ukrainian cities and towns far behind the front lines with missiles and drones. The Ukrainian Air Force said on Thursday that it shot down 74 out of 106 drones launched by Russia overnight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Early in the week, Ukraine reported the first military engagement with North Korean troops in Russia\u2019s Kursk region. A Russian glide bomb attack on Zaporizhzhia on Thursday killed nine, including a one-year-old child, and injured 42 others. Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, Colonel Oleksandr Syrskyi summed up three months of Ukraine\u2019s Kursk operation that continues to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In an open letter, more than 100 Western thought leaders have warned against a \u201cnew Munich Agreement\u201d for Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi congratulated Donald Trump Wednesday on his \u201cimpressive victory\u201d in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. The next day Zelenskyi arrived in Budapest for a meeting of the European Political Community, his first visit to Hungary since the invasion. He was welcomed by the Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orb\u00e1n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even Trump can\u2019t afford to lose the Ukraine war, according to a Foreign Policy article. <\/strong>\u201cSomeone in Donald Trump\u2019s inner circle needs to take him to one side and tell him this home truth: as president-elect, he must immediately explain his plan to end the war in Ukraine,\u201d a column authored by Luke McGee, an Emmy Award-winning journalist covering European diplomacy, states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIdeally, his plan should not involve Ukraine giving up territory that has been captured by Russia over the course of the war. Nor should it be based on empty promises from Russian President Vladimir Putin, which he has a history of making,\u201d the article featured in Foreign Policy on Wednesday reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cVictory for Putin would be a grave blow to U.S. power,\u201d the column warns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"