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Japan Forward
6 days ago
- Politics
- Japan Forward
US-Russia Summit: Appease the Invader, Trigger a New War
このページを 日本語 で読む United States President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin are scheduled to meet in Alaska on August 15. This will be the first face-to-face meeting between the US and Russian leaders since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022. The summit offers a crucial opportunity to impose tougher sanctions and thereby force Putin to accept a ceasefire. However, there are causes for concern about Trump's diplomatic approach. In the past he has rebuked Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who should be considered an ally, saying, "You have no cards." He has also made some unreasonable decisions, such as temporarily suspending the provision of military assistance to Kyiv. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (©Kyodo) Trump has mentioned the possibility of prolonged negotiations with Russia. We would like to see such negotiations proceed in coordination with Ukraine and the major European countries. First, however, the US should press for a ceasefire by imposing tougher sanctions. Those might include "secondary tariffs" on countries like China and India that support the invasion by importing Russian oil. Trump has said that his peace plan includes "the return of some territory and the swapping of some territory." Concessions such as the withdrawal of Russian troops from certain Ukrainian territories in exchange for the transfer of the Crimean Peninsula and occupied territories in the east to Russia must not be made over Ukraine's head. To do so would only open the door for Russia to invade the three Baltic states of Lithuania, Estonia, and Latvia. Ignoring the fact that Russia is the aggressor, Putin has demanded the "elimination of the root causes of the conflict." That, he says, is a precondition for a ceasefire. In that, Putin would also deny Ukraine's right to become a member of NATO or strengthen its military. A hospital building in Sumy Oblast, northeastern Ukraine, was attacked by Russia, September 2024 (Provided by the National Police of Ukraine, Reuters via Kyodo) The Russian president is also demanding that Ukraine recognize Russia's annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and cede four eastern and southern Ukrainian provinces to Russia. These are unreasonable demands tantamount to requiring Ukraine to abjectly surrender. The world should not be fooled by Putin's bluff. Russia has been economically exhausted by years of war. Drawing a ceasefire line is one thing. But as far as the fundamental issue of national sovereignty in the form of territory is concerned, Ukraine will certainly not agree to any deal that would benefit the aggressor by ceding Ukrainian soil. Such a bargain would only encourage other authoritarian countries, including China, to commit acts of aggression. Trump says that he is trying to prevent World War III. World War II officially started when Germany and the Soviet Union jointly invaded Poland in the fall of 1939. But the stage for the conflict had been set in 1938. That was when Great Britain and France agreed that part of Czechoslovakia could be ceded to Germany at the Munich Conference. We should approach the August 15 summit mindful of the lesson from history that appeasement of an invader can trigger a new war. Author: Editorial Board, The Sankei Shimbun このページを 日本語 で読む
New York Post
09-08-2025
- Politics
- New York Post
Russian drone strikes kill 8 civilians overnight, including devastating bus attack
Russia pounded Ukraine overnight, killing at least eight civilians and injuring 24 others, as tensions mount ahead of scheduled high-stakes talks between President Trump and Vladimir Putin next week. Moscow launched 47 Shahed-type drones and two missiles over the past day, according to Ukraine's Air Force. 5 Two people were killed after a Russian drone struck a bus in Kherson. Telegram/National Police of Ukraine 5 Three police officers were also wounded in the bus attack. Telegram/National Police of Ukraine Kherson, a partly Russian-occupied territory just north of Crimea, suffered a brutal bus attack Saturday. A drone struck a bus in the city's suburbs killing two people and injuring 19 others, local authorities reported. Then as police officers were recovering bodies of the victims, a second drone hit the vehicle, leaving three officers wounded, Ukraine's National Police said. 'This is how Russia 'wants peace,'' Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak slammed. 'An attack on a civilian bus in the suburbs of Kherson, where Russians hunt civilians every day.' 5 Zelensky's Chief of Staff Andriy Yermak said Russia is trying to fool everyone around them. REUTERS Kherson has been repeatedly targeted by Russian forces since the start of the full-scale invasion. 'Russians are fooling everyone around them, pretending that they are ready to stop the war, but doing nothing to achieve this goal,' Yermak added. In Donetsk — the eastern Russian-occupied region Putin wants in exchange for ending the war — three people were killed, Gov. Vadym Filashkin reported. 5 Houses were destroyed overnight in Ukraine's Donetsk region. Donetsk Regional State Administration Zelensky vowed Saturday, however, that he would not relinquish any land Russia occupied during its three-year invasion. His remarks came after President Trump said a cease-fire deal could involve 'a swapping of territories' — something Putin has repeatedly pushed for. 5 Putin reportedly wants the Donetsk region in exchange for ending the war in Ukraine. APAImages/Shutterstock 'Everyone clearly sees Putin's tactics. He fears sanctions and is doing everything to bail on them,' Zelensky posted on X. He wants to exchange a pause in the war, in the killings, for the legalization of the occupation of our land. 'We must end the war with a dignified peace, based on a clear and reliable security architecture. Our partners are ready to help us with this.' European leaders countered Putin's cease-fire demands Saturday, calling for an immediate truce from Moscow and membership in NATO for Ukraine.
Yahoo
12-06-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Russian strikes kill two and injure six in Donetsk Oblast
Widespread Russian attacks on settlements killed at least two civilians and injured six others in Donetsk Oblast on 11 June. Source: National Police of Ukraine on Telegram Details: Russian forces dropped a guided aerial bomb on Toretske in the Pokrovsk district, killing one civilian. A Russian drone attack claimed another civilian life in the village of Raiske. Aftermath of the Russian attack Photo: National Police of Ukraine Two civilians were injured in Myrnohrad and Pokrovsk. Another civilian was wounded in Kramatorsk, which was struck by two Russian drones. In Kostiantynivka, drones and artillery fire injured one person. Rodynske suffered a combined artillery and drone attack, which damaged a State Emergency Service building. Aftermath of the Russian attack Photo: National Police of Ukraine In total, Russian forces damaged 32 civilian targets, including 13 residential buildings. The police, in collaboration with the Security Service of Ukraine, initiated criminal proceedings under Article 438 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (violation of the laws and customs of war). Background: Vadym Filashkin, Head of Donetsk Oblast Military Administration, previously reported that one person had been killed as a result of a Russian drone strike on the village of Raiske in Donetsk Oblast. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
The Independent
06-05-2025
- The Independent
Ukrainian men paid $15,000 to border guards to ‘dodge military draft'
Two border guard officers have been detained by Ukrainian officals after a gang reportedly charged men $15,000 dollars each to get them out of the country to dodge the military draft. National Police of Ukraine shared in a Telegram post that the group helped about 30 people leave Ukraine, which has imposed a ban on most men aged between 18 and 60 leaving the country following Russia 's invasion. The group allegedly did this by listing them as disabled. The prosecutor general's office said in a separate Telegram post how the scheme was started by a border guard officer and a businessman in Ukraine's western Zakarpattia region, who then recruited a second border guard and other accomplices. Law enforcement agencies published photos of the detention of some of the suspects at their homes, showing large quantities of euro banknotes, multiple mobile phones, and luxury SUVs. Many Ukrainians have volunteered to fight in the more than three-year-old war but hundreds of thousands of men have been compulsorily drafted into the military. Ukrainian officials say they are now facing widespread attempts to avoid the draft. Under Ukraine's mobilisation law, which came into effect in May 2024, Ukrainian men must join the military effort and and face the possibility of being sent to the frontlines. If they try to evade conscription, men risk penalties and condemnation.
Yahoo
21-04-2025
- Yahoo
Russians attack logging company in Chernihiv Oblast
Russian troops attacked a logging company in the Semenivka hromada in Chernihiv Oblast with drones on 21 April. [A hromada is an administrative unit designating a village, several villages, or a town, and their adjacent territories – ed.] Source: National Police of Ukraine Details: The police reported that the explosions damaged the company's building and premises, causing a fire on the roof and timber products, which firefighters have extinguished. No one was injured. Police immediately arrived at the scene of the strike and documented the aftermath of the Russian attack. Background: On 14 April, the Russians attacked a train carriage in Chernihiv Oblast. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
