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Ukraine war latest: Zelensky calls for Russia's regime change after Kyiv attack
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has urged his allies to bring about "regime change" in Russia after Moscow's drone attack on Kyiv killed 16 people, including a six-year-old boy. At least 150 people sustained injuries after the overnight strikes reduced part of a nine-storey apartment block in Kyiv's western suburbs to rubble. Speaking via video at a conference commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Cold War-era Helsinki Accords, Zelensky said Russia could be 'pushed' to end the war." But if the world doesn't aim to change the regime in Russia, that means even after the war ends, Moscow will still try to destabilise neighbouring countries," he said, according to AFP. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar 1 August 2025 04:14 President Volodymyr Zelensky restored the independence of Ukraine's two main anti-corruption agencies on Thursday, moving to defuse a political crisis that has shaken faith in his wartime leadership. 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Reuters
4 hours ago
- Reuters
US official says differences with India cannot be resolved overnight for deal
WASHINGTON, July 31 (Reuters) - Differences between the U.S. and India cannot be resolved overnight to arrive at a trade deal, a senior U.S. official told reporters late on Thursday, citing geopolitical disagreements. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday Washington was still negotiating with India on trade after announcing earlier that day the U.S. would impose a 25% tariff on goods imported from the country starting on Friday. The 25% figure would single out India more severely than other major trading partners, and threaten to unravel months of talks between the two countries, undermining a strategic partner of Washington's and a counterbalance to China. "Our challenges with India, they've always been a pretty closed market... there are a host of other kind of geopolitical issues," the U.S. official said. "You've seen the president express concern about, you know, membership in BRICS, purchases of Russian oil and that kind of thing." While saying there were constructive discussions with India, the official added: "These are complex relationships and complex issues, and so I don't think things can be resolved overnight with India." India has faced pressure from the West, including the U.S., to distance itself from Moscow after Russia invaded Ukraine in early 2022. New Delhi resisted that pressure, citing its longstanding ties with Russia and its economic needs, opens new tab. Trump has cast the BRICS group of developing nations - of which India is a key part - as hostile to the U.S. Those nations have dismissed that accusation and the group says it promotes the interests of its members and of developing countries at large. Trump has also drawn India's frustration by repeatedly taking credit for an India-Pakistan ceasefire that he announced on social media on May 10. The ceasefire halted days of hostilities between the nuclear armed Asian neighbors. India's position has been that New Delhi and Islamabad must resolve their issues directly without outside involvement. Trump has reached a trade deal with India's rival Pakistan.
The Guardian
4 hours ago
- The Guardian
Ukraine war briefing: Zelenskyy calls for ‘regime change' in Russia after attack on Kyiv kills 16
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged his allies to bring about 'regime change' in Russia, hours after a Russian drone and missile attack on Kyiv killed 16 people including two children. The Ukrainian president said he believed Russia could be 'pushed' to stop the war. 'But if the world doesn't aim to change the regime in Russia, that means even after the war ends, Moscow will still try to destabilise neighbouring countries,' he said on Thursday, speaking virtually to a conference marking the 50th anniversary of the cold war-era Helsinki accords. Russia's overnight strikes wounded at least 150 people, authorities said. Russia fired more than 300 drones and eight cruise missiles at Ukraine – with Kyiv the main target – from late Wednesday to early Thursday, the Ukrainian air force said. One missile tore through a nine-storey residential building in the capital's west, ripping off its facade, authorities said. Zelenskyy said the injured including 16 children and six police officers. It was the largest number of children hurt in a single attack on Kyiv during the war, the rescue service said. Donald Trump criticised Russia's actions in Ukraine, suggesting new sanctions against Moscow were coming. 'Russia – I think it's disgusting what they're doing,' the US president said on Thursday. 'We're going to put sanctions,' he said, before adding: 'I don't know that sanctions bother him,' referring to Russian president Vladimir Putin. Russia's attack came just days after Trump issued a 10-to-12-day ultimatum for Moscow to halt its invasion or face sanctions. The Ukrainian parliament has passed a law restoring independence to two anti-corruption bodies, essentially annulling another law adopted last week that prompted the biggest street protests since Russia's full-scale invasion three years ago, reports Shaun Walker. Several hundred protesters outside the parliament building in Kyiv erupted into chants of 'the people are the power' as the bill passed on Thursday. Volodymyr Zelenskyy will hope the new law will put an end to what had threatened to become a political crisis domestically and had worried European allies. He signed the law into force swiftly after the vote. Russia claimed on Thursday that it had captured the Ukrainian town of Chasiv Yar, a strategically important military hub in the eastern Donetsk region. Zelenskyy called Moscow's claim 'Russian disinformation', saying: 'Ukrainian units are defending our positions.' Ukrainian military analyst Oleksandr Kovalenko said Russian forces 'have full control over the entire northern and eastern part' of Chasiv Yar, including districts that had been hardest to get. But he said fighting for the western side was ongoing, with the situation 'very difficult'. The battlefields reports could not be independently verified.
