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US President Donald Trump and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin emerged from a two-and-a-half-hour summit in Alaska on Friday, claiming they had reached an "understanding" on a pathway to ending the war in Ukraine. However, they offered no specifics and departed without taking questions from the press.
IMAGE: Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump hold a joint presser after their meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025. Photograph: Screen grab/White House/YouTube
In a brief statement, Putin said the pair had "hammered out" an understanding on the conflict and cautioned European nations not to "torpedo the nascent progress."
Speaking shortly after, Trump stated he had yet to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy but would do so imminently, along with other European leaders. He suggested a formal deal was not yet in place.
The summit, held at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, began with an uncharacteristically warm reception for a leader responsible for the largest land war in Europe since 1945.
two men shared an extended handshake on a red carpet, with Putin grinning as B-2s and F-22s, military aircraft designed to counter Russia, flew overhead.
As they greeted each other, reporters shouted, "President Putin, will you stop killing civilians?" The Russian leader put his hand to his ear as if he could not hear the question. The pair then took a short ride in the US presidential limousine, known as "The Beast," with Putin offering a broad smile as they passed cameras.
This display of public friendliness, typically reserved for close allies, is likely to raise concerns among European leaders and Kyiv, who fear Trump's primary focus is on American interests rather than a concerted effort to support Ukraine. Zelenskyy and European leaders were not part of the discussions.
As per CNN, the change-up in the format of today's bilateral meeting -- from a one-on-one to a larger group -- is significant.
Trump's one-on-one meetings with Putin during his first term were clouded with mystery. With only a translator inside the room, it was often unclear what exactly was discussed. Aides had a difficult time ascertaining if the two reached any agreements. After one such meeting, in Germany, Trump asked his interpreter to discard his notes.
The addition of two aides to today's sessio—Secretaryy of State Marco Rubio and US special envoy Steve Witkof—couldd allow for greater clarity once the meeting concludes, particularly if Russia offers an accounting of events that differs from the US perspective, as per CNN.
One of them will also be able to take notes, which is often an essential factor in the real-time record of high-level summits.
On Air Force One en route to Alaska, Trump told reporters that he wasn't having the meeting to broker a deal on behalf of Ukraine, but instead said his goal was getting Putin to the table. He also stopped short of promising security guarantees for Ukraine as part of a deal to end the war.
Trump said he spoke to Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko—a staunch Putin ally—ahead of the summit.
Trump has vowed to "end the Ukraine war quickly," while Putin is seeking recognition of Russia's territorial gains and relief from Western sanctions. Zelenskyy has refused to surrender territory and hasn't been invited to the summit.
IMAGE: Russian President Vladimir Putin and US President Donald Trump hold a joint presser after their meeting in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025. Photograph: Screen grab/White House/YouTube
In a brief statement, Putin said the pair had "hammered out" an understanding on the conflict and cautioned European nations not to "torpedo the nascent progress."
Speaking shortly after, Trump stated he had yet to speak with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy but would do so imminently, along with other European leaders. He suggested a formal deal was not yet in place.
The summit, held at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Anchorage, began with an uncharacteristically warm reception for a leader responsible for the largest land war in Europe since 1945.
two men shared an extended handshake on a red carpet, with Putin grinning as B-2s and F-22s, military aircraft designed to counter Russia, flew overhead.
As they greeted each other, reporters shouted, "President Putin, will you stop killing civilians?" The Russian leader put his hand to his ear as if he could not hear the question. The pair then took a short ride in the US presidential limousine, known as "The Beast," with Putin offering a broad smile as they passed cameras.
This display of public friendliness, typically reserved for close allies, is likely to raise concerns among European leaders and Kyiv, who fear Trump's primary focus is on American interests rather than a concerted effort to support Ukraine. Zelenskyy and European leaders were not part of the discussions.
As per CNN, the change-up in the format of today's bilateral meeting -- from a one-on-one to a larger group -- is significant.
Trump's one-on-one meetings with Putin during his first term were clouded with mystery. With only a translator inside the room, it was often unclear what exactly was discussed. Aides had a difficult time ascertaining if the two reached any agreements. After one such meeting, in Germany, Trump asked his interpreter to discard his notes.
The addition of two aides to today's sessio—Secretaryy of State Marco Rubio and US special envoy Steve Witkof—couldd allow for greater clarity once the meeting concludes, particularly if Russia offers an accounting of events that differs from the US perspective, as per CNN.
One of them will also be able to take notes, which is often an essential factor in the real-time record of high-level summits.
On Air Force One en route to Alaska, Trump told reporters that he wasn't having the meeting to broker a deal on behalf of Ukraine, but instead said his goal was getting Putin to the table. He also stopped short of promising security guarantees for Ukraine as part of a deal to end the war.
Trump said he spoke to Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko—a staunch Putin ally—ahead of the summit.
Trump has vowed to "end the Ukraine war quickly," while Putin is seeking recognition of Russia's territorial gains and relief from Western sanctions. Zelenskyy has refused to surrender territory and hasn't been invited to the summit.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin concluded his joint press conference with US President Donald Trump on Friday by inviting Trump for further talks in Moscow.
"Next time in Moscow," Putin said.
Trump accepted the suggestion, saying, "That's an interesting one. I'll get a little heat on that one, but I can see it possibly happening."
Trump said that the next step now rests with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, adding that a meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin would be arranged soon.
"Now it's really up to President Zelenskyy to get it done," Trump told the local media. "They're going to set up a meeting now between President Zelenskyy and President Putin and myself, I guess," Trump told the media.
He declined to disclose the remaining issues holding up a deal, saying only that he wants "to see what we can get done."
Despite the lack of a formal agreement, Trump described the summit as a success, rating it "10 out of 10, in the sense that we got along great."
"I want to make sure it gets done," he said adding, "And we have a pretty good chance of getting it done."
Trump said he and Putin agreed that the Ukraine conflict would end with land swaps and US-backed some type of security guarantee.
"Next time in Moscow," Putin said.
Trump accepted the suggestion, saying, "That's an interesting one. I'll get a little heat on that one, but I can see it possibly happening."
Trump said that the next step now rests with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, adding that a meeting between Zelenskyy and Putin would be arranged soon.
"Now it's really up to President Zelenskyy to get it done," Trump told the local media. "They're going to set up a meeting now between President Zelenskyy and President Putin and myself, I guess," Trump told the media.
He declined to disclose the remaining issues holding up a deal, saying only that he wants "to see what we can get done."
Despite the lack of a formal agreement, Trump described the summit as a success, rating it "10 out of 10, in the sense that we got along great."
"I want to make sure it gets done," he said adding, "And we have a pretty good chance of getting it done."
Trump said he and Putin agreed that the Ukraine conflict would end with land swaps and US-backed some type of security guarantee.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin says he and Donald Trump have reached an 'understanding' on Ukraine, warns Europe not to 'torpedo the nascent progress', PTI has reported quoting AP.
Trump and Putin end their joint press conference without taking questions or sharing details of talks on Ukraine's future.
President Donald Trump has indicated that the US may not impose secondary tariffs on countries continuing to procure Russia crude oil.
"Well, he (Russian President Vladimir Putin) lost an oil client, so to speak, which is India, which was doing about 40 percent of the oil. China, as you know, is doing a lot…And if I did what's called a secondary sanction, or a secondary tariff, it would be very devastating from their standpoint. If I have to do it, I'll do it. Maybe I won't have to do it,” Trump said on Friday.
The US president made the remarks in an interview with Fox News aboard Air Force One en route to Alaska for a high-stakes summit meeting with Putin. The meeting concluded without any agreement on ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
On Wednesday, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had said if “things don't go well” between Trump and Putin at the summit meeting, then secondary sanctions on India for purchasing Russian oil could go up.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Bessent said, “I think everyone has been frustrated with President Putin. We expected that he would come to the table in a more fulsome way. It looks like he may be ready to negotiate.”
“And we put secondary tariffs on the Indians for buying Russian oil. And I could see, if things don't go well, then sanctions or secondary tariffs could go up,” he added.
On whether sanctions can go up or loosened, Bessent had said, “Sanctions can go up, they can be loosened. They can have a definitive life. They can go on indefinitely.”
Trump imposed tariffs totalling 50 per cent on India, including 25 per cent for Delhi's purchases of Russian oil that will come into effect from August 27.
Responding to the tariffs, the Ministry of External Affairs has said that the targeting of India is unjustified and unreasonable.
“Like any major economy, India will take all necessary measures to safeguard its national interests and economic security,” it said.
Trump and Putin end their joint press conference without taking questions or sharing details of talks on Ukraine's future.
President Donald Trump has indicated that the US may not impose secondary tariffs on countries continuing to procure Russia crude oil.
"Well, he (Russian President Vladimir Putin) lost an oil client, so to speak, which is India, which was doing about 40 percent of the oil. China, as you know, is doing a lot…And if I did what's called a secondary sanction, or a secondary tariff, it would be very devastating from their standpoint. If I have to do it, I'll do it. Maybe I won't have to do it,” Trump said on Friday.
The US president made the remarks in an interview with Fox News aboard Air Force One en route to Alaska for a high-stakes summit meeting with Putin. The meeting concluded without any agreement on ending the Russia-Ukraine war.
On Wednesday, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent had said if “things don't go well” between Trump and Putin at the summit meeting, then secondary sanctions on India for purchasing Russian oil could go up.
In an interview with Bloomberg, Bessent said, “I think everyone has been frustrated with President Putin. We expected that he would come to the table in a more fulsome way. It looks like he may be ready to negotiate.”
“And we put secondary tariffs on the Indians for buying Russian oil. And I could see, if things don't go well, then sanctions or secondary tariffs could go up,” he added.
On whether sanctions can go up or loosened, Bessent had said, “Sanctions can go up, they can be loosened. They can have a definitive life. They can go on indefinitely.”
Trump imposed tariffs totalling 50 per cent on India, including 25 per cent for Delhi's purchases of Russian oil that will come into effect from August 27.
Responding to the tariffs, the Ministry of External Affairs has said that the targeting of India is unjustified and unreasonable.
“Like any major economy, India will take all necessary measures to safeguard its national interests and economic security,” it said.
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Trump is at his best, i.e., drumming. His howling is more than pronounced. He wants to show that he is the biggest; he wants to show that he is the greatest peacemaker, forgetting the travail of Americans in Vietnam and Afghanistan, very small countries as compared to Russia. Putin appears to be smarter. He wants to get out of this Ukraine muddle but has no way out. Trump is now showing him the way, which he will use tp his full advantage. NATO and the European Union were the biggest hurdles since the two spent billions in their proxy war against Russia. They have not liked the US dragging the carpet from under their feet. Since the carpet appears to be going, they chose to stick to Ukraine in the dialogue even when trump says Ukraine not going to NATO.
Watch: How Friday's Trump-Putin summit unfolded... in under 2 minutes
Donald Trump has said the Ukrainian president can end Russia's war "if he wants to", but there will be "no going into Nato by Ukraine" as part of a peace deal.
Hours before he was due to host Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House, Trump also said there would be "no getting back" the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow illegally annexed in 2014, eight years before launching its full-scale invasion.
Trump's remarks follow his summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska that resulted in the US president dropping a demand for a ceasefire and calling instead for a permanent peace deal.
After arriving in the US late on Sunday, Zelensky repeated his call for allies' effective security guarantees.
A US envoy said on Sunday that Putin had agreed to a possible Nato-like security pact for Ukraine.
The Russian president has consistently opposed the idea of Ukraine joining the military alliance.
Deadly Russian attacks on Ukrainian towns and cities continued hours before the summit in Washington - killing at least 10 people, including children.
In the northeastern city of Kharkiv, at least seven people were killed after a Russian drone hit an apartment block, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said. At least three were killed in Zaporizhzhia, officials said.
Zelensky described the attacks as a "demonstrative and cynical Russian strike" in a post on X.
"Putin will commit demonstrative killings to maintain pressure on Ukraine and Europe, as well as to humiliate diplomatic efforts. That is precisely why we are seeking assistance to put an end to the killings," he said.
"Remember how it started. No getting back Obama given Crimea (12 years ago, without a shot being fired!), and NO GOING INTO NATO BY UKRAINE. Some things never change!!!" Trump added.
The president's assertion is untrue:At least two Ukrainian soldiers are known to have been shot dead by Russian forces in Crimea in 2014.
The Ukrainian naval vessel Cherkasy, a minesweeper, was also attacked by Russian forces when trying to leave the area.
Before Trump's return to power in January, NATO countries agreed on Kyiv's "irreversible path" to membership in the alliance.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, alongside European leaders including UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, will join Zelensky in Washington for talks on Ukraine's future on Monday.
Also attending are French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. It is unclear how many of them will go to the White House.
Trump later added, "Big day at the White House tomorrow. Never had so many European leaders at one time. My great honor to host them!!!"
Zelensky posted on social media saying he was "grateful" for Trump's invitation. "We all share a strong desire to end this war quickly and reliably."
He also doubled down on the need for effective security guarantees from allies, "not like it was years ago... when Ukraine was given so-called 'security guarantees' in 1994, but they didn't work."
"Of course, Crimea should not have been given up then," he added. "Just as Ukrainians did not give up Kyiv, Odesa, or Kharkiv after 2022".
February's row between Zelensky, Vance and Trump
For so many heads of state to travel with such little notice across the Atlantic to what is essentially a wartime crisis meeting appears without precedent in the modern era, underscoring the sky-high stakes.
Diplomatic sources say European officials are concerned that Trump may try to press Zelensky to agree to terms after the Ukrainian leader was excluded from the Trump-Putin meeting on US soil last Friday.
But US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the BBC's US partner CBS that any suggestion Zelensky might be bullied by Trump into accepting a peace deal was a "stupid media narrative."
NATO leaders also appear eager to avoid a repeat of Zelensky's February trip to the Oval Office that ended abruptly after an argument with Trump and US Vice-President JD Vance.
The altercation—which saw Trump accuse Zelensky of "gambling with World War Three" - left Washington-Kyiv ties in tatters.
But European leaders have been working diligently behind the scenes since then to mend the relationship. The Ukrainian leader has been coached to talk in terms of deal-making—language that resonates with Trump.
In April, Ukraine signed a minerals agreement that gave the US a financial stake in the country, and Trump and Zelensky spoke privately at the Vatican before Pope Francis's funeral. Ukraine made clear it was willing to pay for US weapons.
By July, the two leaders had a phone call that the Ukrainian president described as "the best conversation we have had."
Meanwhile, Trump had begun to express exasperation with Russia's unrelenting onslaught in Ukraine. He called Putin "absolutely crazy," drastically shortened his deadline for a peace deal, and threatened economic sanctions on Moscow.
As these deliberations grind on, Russian forces continue to advance on the battlefield. They now occupy almost a fifth of Ukraine since Moscow launched its full scale invasion in February 2022.
EPA joined a virtual summit on Sunday with Nato and European leaders
A virtual summit was held on Sunday between Zelensky and the so-called coalition of the willing - a group of nations including the UK, France and Germany that have pledged to protect peace in Ukraine once it is achieved.
Afterwards, Emmanuel Macron told reporters their plan was to "present a united front" for Monday's talks with Trump.
Zelensky and the Nato leaders said they were keen to learn more after US envoy Steve Witkoff told US television that Putin had agreed on Friday to "robust security guarantees that I would describe as game-changing".
Witkoff said such an agreement could see Europe and the US protect Ukraine from further aggression with a Nato-like defence agreement.
"We were able to win the following concession: that the United States could offer Article 5-like protection, which is one of the real reasons why Ukraine wants to be in Nato," Witkoff told CNN on Sunday.
Putin has long opposed Ukraine joining Nato, and Witkoff said the arrangement could be an alternative if the Ukrainians "can live with it".
Article 5 is a principle at the heart of the 32-member transatlantic military alliance that says its members will come to the defence of an ally that is under attack.
Witkoff also told CNN that Russia made "some concessions" around five heavily contested regions of Ukraine.
In talks with European allies after the Alaska summit, Trump said Putin had reiterated that he wants the key Donetsk and Luhansk regions that make up Donbas, eastern Ukraine, according to European officials.
But at Sunday's virtual summit with Nato leaders, Zelensky stressed that the Ukrainian constitution makes it impossible to give up territory - and that this should only be discussed by the leaders of Ukraine and Russia at a trilateral summit with the US.
The US secretary of state, meanwhile, sought to temper hopes that a deal to end Europe's deadliest conflict for 80 years could be imminent.
"We're still a long ways off," Rubio said on Sunday.
with additional reporting by Vitaliy Shevchenko, Russia editor at BBC Monitoring.
'No going into Nato by Ukraine,' says Trump as Zelensky prepares for White House talks
Watch: How Friday's Trump-Putin summit unfolded... in under 2 minutes
Donald Trump has said the Ukrainian president can end Russia's war "if he wants to", but there will be "no going into Nato by Ukraine" as part of a peace deal.
Hours before he was due to host Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House, Trump also said there would be "no getting back" the Crimean peninsula, which Moscow illegally annexed in 2014, eight years before launching its full-scale invasion.
Trump's remarks follow his summit with Russian leader Vladimir Putin in Alaska that resulted in the US president dropping a demand for a ceasefire and calling instead for a permanent peace deal.
After arriving in the US late on Sunday, Zelensky repeated his call for allies' effective security guarantees.
A US envoy said on Sunday that Putin had agreed to a possible Nato-like security pact for Ukraine.
The Russian president has consistently opposed the idea of Ukraine joining the military alliance.
Deadly Russian attacks on Ukrainian towns and cities continued hours before the summit in Washington - killing at least 10 people, including children.
In the northeastern city of Kharkiv, at least seven people were killed after a Russian drone hit an apartment block, Mayor Ihor Terekhov said. At least three were killed in Zaporizhzhia, officials said.
Zelensky described the attacks as a "demonstrative and cynical Russian strike" in a post on X.
"Putin will commit demonstrative killings to maintain pressure on Ukraine and Europe, as well as to humiliate diplomatic efforts. That is precisely why we are seeking assistance to put an end to the killings," he said.
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"Remember how it started. No getting back Obama given Crimea (12 years ago, without a shot being fired!), and NO GOING INTO NATO BY UKRAINE. Some things never change!!!" Trump added.
The president's assertion is untrue:At least two Ukrainian soldiers are known to have been shot dead by Russian forces in Crimea in 2014.
The Ukrainian naval vessel Cherkasy, a minesweeper, was also attacked by Russian forces when trying to leave the area.
Before Trump's return to power in January, NATO countries agreed on Kyiv's "irreversible path" to membership in the alliance.
NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte, alongside European leaders including UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer, will join Zelensky in Washington for talks on Ukraine's future on Monday.
Also attending are French President Emmanuel Macron, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. It is unclear how many of them will go to the White House.
Trump later added, "Big day at the White House tomorrow. Never had so many European leaders at one time. My great honor to host them!!!"
Zelensky posted on social media saying he was "grateful" for Trump's invitation. "We all share a strong desire to end this war quickly and reliably."
He also doubled down on the need for effective security guarantees from allies, "not like it was years ago... when Ukraine was given so-called 'security guarantees' in 1994, but they didn't work."
"Of course, Crimea should not have been given up then," he added. "Just as Ukrainians did not give up Kyiv, Odesa, or Kharkiv after 2022".
February's row between Zelensky, Vance and Trump
For so many heads of state to travel with such little notice across the Atlantic to what is essentially a wartime crisis meeting appears without precedent in the modern era, underscoring the sky-high stakes.
Diplomatic sources say European officials are concerned that Trump may try to press Zelensky to agree to terms after the Ukrainian leader was excluded from the Trump-Putin meeting on US soil last Friday.
But US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told the BBC's US partner CBS that any suggestion Zelensky might be bullied by Trump into accepting a peace deal was a "stupid media narrative."
NATO leaders also appear eager to avoid a repeat of Zelensky's February trip to the Oval Office that ended abruptly after an argument with Trump and US Vice-President JD Vance.
The altercation—which saw Trump accuse Zelensky of "gambling with World War Three" - left Washington-Kyiv ties in tatters.
But European leaders have been working diligently behind the scenes since then to mend the relationship. The Ukrainian leader has been coached to talk in terms of deal-making—language that resonates with Trump.
In April, Ukraine signed a minerals agreement that gave the US a financial stake in the country, and Trump and Zelensky spoke privately at the Vatican before Pope Francis's funeral. Ukraine made clear it was willing to pay for US weapons.
By July, the two leaders had a phone call that the Ukrainian president described as "the best conversation we have had."
Meanwhile, Trump had begun to express exasperation with Russia's unrelenting onslaught in Ukraine. He called Putin "absolutely crazy," drastically shortened his deadline for a peace deal, and threatened economic sanctions on Moscow.
As these deliberations grind on, Russian forces continue to advance on the battlefield. They now occupy almost a fifth of Ukraine since Moscow launched its full scale invasion in February 2022.
A virtual summit was held on Sunday between Zelensky and the so-called coalition of the willing - a group of nations including the UK, France and Germany that have pledged to protect peace in Ukraine once it is achieved.
Afterwards, Emmanuel Macron told reporters their plan was to "present a united front" for Monday's talks with Trump.
Zelensky and the Nato leaders said they were keen to learn more after US envoy Steve Witkoff told US television that Putin had agreed on Friday to "robust security guarantees that I would describe as game-changing".
Witkoff said such an agreement could see Europe and the US protect Ukraine from further aggression with a Nato-like defence agreement.
"We were able to win the following concession: that the United States could offer Article 5-like protection, which is one of the real reasons why Ukraine wants to be in Nato," Witkoff told CNN on Sunday.
Putin has long opposed Ukraine joining Nato, and Witkoff said the arrangement could be an alternative if the Ukrainians "can live with it".
Article 5 is a principle at the heart of the 32-member transatlantic military alliance that says its members will come to the defence of an ally that is under attack.
Witkoff also told CNN that Russia made "some concessions" around five heavily contested regions of Ukraine.
In talks with European allies after the Alaska summit, Trump said Putin had reiterated that he wants the key Donetsk and Luhansk regions that make up Donbas, eastern Ukraine, according to European officials.
But at Sunday's virtual summit with Nato leaders, Zelensky stressed that the Ukrainian constitution makes it impossible to give up territory - and that this should only be discussed by the leaders of Ukraine and Russia at a trilateral summit with the US.
The US secretary of state, meanwhile, sought to temper hopes that a deal to end Europe's deadliest conflict for 80 years could be imminent.
"We're still a long ways off," Rubio said on Sunday.
with additional reporting by Vitaliy Shevchenko, Russia editor at BBC Monitoring.
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ਟ੍ਰੰਪ ਦੀਆਂ ਭਾਰਤ ਵਿਰੁਧ ਟਿਪਣੀਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਕਾਰਗੁਜ਼ਾਰੀਆਂ ਨੇ ਦੁਨੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਰਾਜਨੀਤੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਵਾਂ ਹੀ ਮੋੜ ਲੈ ਆਂਦਾ ਹੈ।ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਚਿੰਤਕ ਆਰ ਜਗਨਾਥਨ ਸਮਝਦੇ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਕਿਸੇ ਨੂੰ ਹੈਰਾਨੀ ਹੋਣੀ ਚਾਹੀਦੀ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਕੀ ਅੱਜ ਦੀ ਦੁਨੀਆ ਦੇ ਵੱਡੇ ਦੋ ਸ਼ਰਾਬ ਪੀਣ ਅਤੇ ਖਾਣਾ ਖਾਣ ਵਾਲੇ ਲੋਕਾ ਨੂੰ ਸ੍ਰੀ ਮੋਦੀ ਦੀਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਮਿਲਣ ਦੀਆਂ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਦੋਸਤੀ ਦੇ ਹੱਥ ਦੀ ਬਜਾਏ ਕਮਜ਼ੋਰੀ ਦੀ ਨਿਸ਼ਾਨੀ ਵਜੋਂ ਦੇਖਿਆ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ।
ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਨਰਿੰਦਰ ਮੋਦੀ ਅਤੇ ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਰਾਜ ਦੇ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀ ਡੋਨਾਲਡ ਟਰੰਪ 13 ਫਰਵਰੀ, 2025 ਨੂੰ ਵ੍ਹਾਈਟ ਹਾਊਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਿਲ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ। ਫੋਟੋਃ ਏਐੱਨਆਈ
ਭਾਰਤ ਇੱਕ ਅਜਿਹਾ ਦੇਸ਼ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਜਲਦੀ ਹੀ ਜਪਾਨ ਨੂੰ ਪਛਾੜ ਕੇ ਦੁਨੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਚੌਥੀ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡੀ ਅਰਥਵਿਵਸਥਾ ਬਣਨ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ, ਪਰ ਕੂਟਨੀਤਿਕ ਪੱਧਰ ਤੇ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਭਾਰ ਹਲਕਾ ਮੰਨਿਆਂ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਬਾਰੇ ਟ੍ਰੰਪ ਦੇ ਭਾਰਤ ਬਾਰੇ ਲਏ ਗਏ ਫੈਸਲੇ ਅਤੇ ਉਸਦਾ ਅਚਾਨਕ ਝੁਕਾ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਵਲ ਹੋਇਆ ਦਸਦੇ ਹਨ। ਭਾਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਨਰਿੰਦਰ ਮੋਦੀ ਨੂੰ ਨਿਯਮਿਤ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਉੱਭਰ ਰਹੇ ਗਲੋਬਲ ਨੇਤਾ ਦੇ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੇਖੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ ਪਰ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਬਦਲੇ ਹਾਲਤਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਰਗਰਮ ਕੂਟਨੀਤੀ ਰਾਹੀਂ ਹੋਰ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਨਾ ਪਵੇਗਾ।
ਇਹ ਦੇਖਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਇਆ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਦੇ ਨੇਤਾਵਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਜਫੀਆਂ ਪਾਈਆਂ ਬਹਤੀਆਂ ਲਾਭਦਾਇਕ ਸਿੱਧ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦੀਆਂ ਤੇ ਨਾ ਹੀ ਕੋਈ ਠੋਸ ਆਧਾਰ ਬਣਾਉਂਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ ਖਾਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਵੱਡੇ ਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਦੇ ਅਪਣੇ ਹਿੱਤ ਮੋਹਰੀ ਹੋਣ।ਇਸੇ ਲਈ ਤਾਂ ਅਪਣੇ ਹਿਤਾਂ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਨਾਲ ਉਸ ਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਦੇ ਹਿਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਮੂਹਰੇ ਰੱਖਣਾ ਪੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਤਾਕਤਵਰ ਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਹੋਰ ਹੈ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਤਾਂ ਆਰਥਿਕ ਜਾਂ ਸਾਮਰਿਕ ਪੱਖ ਨਾਲ ਅਪਣੀ ਗੱਲ ਮਨਾਉਣੀ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਅਪਣਾ ਪੱਖ ਹਰ ਹਾਲਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੂਰਾ ਕਰਨਾ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।ਇਹ ਤਾਂ ਦੂਸਰੇ ਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਦੀ ਕੂਟਨੀਤੀ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਇਨ੍ਹਾ ਉਲਝਣਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਦੂਰ ਰੱਕ ਕੇ ਅਪਣਾ ਪੱਖ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਪੂਰਦੀ ਹੈ। ਹਾਲ ਹੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੋਦੀ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਡੋਨਾਲਡ ਟਰੰਪ ਨਾਲ ਬਣਾਏ ਜੱਫੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਸਬੰਧਾਂ ਦੇ ਬਾਵਜੂਦ, ਉਹ ਇਹ ਦਾਅਵਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਭਾਰਤ ਨੂੰ ਬਹੁਤ ਸ਼ਰਮਿੰਦਾ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਾਮਯਾਬ ਰਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਰਾਜ ਨੇ ਅਪਰੇਸ਼ਨ ਸਿੰਦੂਰ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਭਾਰਤ ਅਤੇ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਦਰਮਿਆਨ ਜੰਗਬੰਦੀ ਦੀ ਵਿਚੋਲਗੀ ਕੀਤੀ ਸੀ।
ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਵੀ ਮਾੜੀ ਗੱਲ ਇਹ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਅਸੀਂ ਹੁਣ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਤੋਂ ਭਾਰਤ ਨੂੰ ਨਿਰਯਾਤ 'ਤੇ 25 ਪ੍ਰਤੀਸ਼ਤ ਟੈਰਿਫ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਲਾਇਆ ਗਿਆ ਤੇ ਹੁਣ ਦੁਨੀਆਂ ਵਿਚ ਸੱਭ ਤੋਂ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ 50% ਟੈਰਿਫ ਘੋਸ਼ਿਤ ਕਰ ਦਿਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ।
ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਮੋਦੀ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਗੁਜਰਾਤ ਅਤੇ ਤਾਮਿਲਨਾਡੂ ਵਿੱਚ ਚੀਨ ਦੇ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀ ਸ਼ੀ ਜਿਨਪਿੰਗ ਦੀ ਨਿੱਜੀ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਮੇਜ਼ਬਾਨੀ ਕਰਨ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਅਸੀਂ ਗਲਵਾਨ ਝੜਪਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਭਾਰਤ-ਚੀਨ ਸਰਹੱਦ ਦੇ ਭਾਰੀ ਫੌਜੀਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਹੋਏ।ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਵੀ ਬੁਰੀ ਗੱਲ ਇਹ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਅਪਰੇਸ਼ਨ ਸਿੰਦੂਰ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਚੀਨ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਹਥਿਆਰਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਖੁਫੀਆ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਨਾਲ ਭਾਰਤੀ ਹਵਾਈ ਅਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਸੰਪਤੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਨਿਸ਼ਾਨਾ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਦਾ ਪੂਰਾ ਸਮਰਥਨ ਕੀਤਾ, ਅਜਿਹੀ ਸਥਿਤੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਾਡੇ ਨਾਲ ਖੜ੍ਹਾ ਹੋਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਮੁਲਕ ਕਿਹੜਾ ਹੈ । ਜੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਤਾਂ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਅਪਣੇ ਨਵੇਂ ਗੂੜ੍ਹੇ ਸਾਮਰਿਕ ਮਿਤਰ ਲ਼ੱਭ ਕੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਸਮਝੌਤੇ ਕਰਨੇ ਹੀ ਪੈਣਗੇ ਤਾਂ ਕਿ ਜਦ ਭੀੜ ਪਵੇ ਤਾਂ ਸਾਡੇ ਨਾਲ ਖੜ੍ਹਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਕੋਈ ਹੋਵੇ ਜਿਸ ਦੀ ਇਸ ਸਮੇਂ ਘਾਟ ਹੈ। ਕੋਈ ਵੀ ਦੇਸ਼ ਨਿਰਲੱਗ ਰਹਿਕੇ ਇਕਲੀ ਅਪਣੀ ਤਾਕਤ ਤੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਟਿਕ ਸਕਦਾ, ਹਰ ਦੇਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਸਹਾਰੇ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ ਹੈ ਤੇ ਭਵਿਖ ਲਈ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਇਹੋ ਨਿਧੀ ਅਰਜਿਤ ਕਰਨੀ ਚਾਹੀਦੀ ਹੈ।
ਸਾਨੂੰ ਕੂਟਨੀਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਕਾਰਜ ਦੋਵਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਦਰਸ਼ਨਕਾਰੀ ਸ਼ੈਲੀ ਤੋਂ ਠੋਸ ਨੀਤੀ ਵੱਲ ਵਧਣ ਦੀ ਜ਼ਰੂਰਤ ਹੈ।ਰੋਜ਼ ਨਵੀਆਂ ਕਾਢਾਂ ਹੋਣ ਕਰਕੇ ਹਥਿਆਰਾਂ ਤੇ ਮਸ਼ੀਨੀਰੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਲਗਾਤਾਰ ਬਦਲੀਆਂ ਆ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਹਨ। ਸੌ ਫੀ ਸਦੀ ਸਵਦੇਸ਼ੀ ਹੋਣਾ ਕਿਸੇ ਦੇਸ਼ ਦੇ ਵਸ ਦਾ ਨਹੀਂ।ਇਸ ਲਈ ਸਵਦੇਸ਼ੀ ਸਪਲਾਈ ਚੇਨ ਅਤੇ ਟੈਕਨੋਲੋਜੀ 'ਤੇ ਧਿਆਨ ਕੇਂਦਰਿਤ ਕਰਕੇ ਵਿਦੇਸ਼ੀ ਫੌਜੀ ਸਪਲਾਈ' ਤੇ ਸਾਡੀ ਨਿਰਭਰਤਾ ਨੂੰ ਘਟਾਉਣਾ ਕੋਈ ਬੁੱਧੀਮਾਨ ਗੱਲ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ।
ਸਾਨੂੰ ਇਸ ਗੱਲ 'ਤੇ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਕੀ ਸਾਡੀ ਕੂਟਨੀਤੀ ਹੁਣ ਤੱਕ ਸਰਗਰਮ ਹੋਣ ਦੀ ਬਜਾਏ ਵਧੇਰੇ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਕਿਰਿਆਸ਼ੀਲ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ।
ਸਿਰਫ਼ ਬਿਆਨਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਜਾਂ ਮੀਡੀਆਂ ਰਾਹੀਂ ਜੰਗਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਲੇ-ਦੁਆਲੇ ਵਧ ਰਹੀ ਅਸਥਿਰਤਾ ਦਾ ਜਵਾਬ ਨਹੀਂ ਦੇ ਸਕਦੇ। ਸਾਨੂੰ ਹਾਲਾਤ ਬਦਲਨੇ ਚਾਹੀਦੇ ਹਨ ਤੇ ਮੌਕੇ ਮੁਤਾਬਕ ਅਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ ਤਿਆਰ ਰੱਖਣਾ ਪਵੇਗਾ। ਗੋਲੀਆ, ਤੋਪਾਂ ਟੈਂਕਾ ਦੀ ਲੜਾਈ ਦੀ ਥਾਂ ਹੁਣ ਮਿਸਾਈਲਾਂ, ਡਰੋਨਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਰੋਬੋਟਾਂ ਦੀ ਲੜਾਈ ਆ ਗਈ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਨਿਊਕਲਾਈ, ਕੈਮੀਕਲ, ਤੇ ਪੁਲਾੜੀ ਜੰਗ ਲਗਾਤਾਰ ਦਸਤਕ ਦੇ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ ਜਿਸੁਰੱਖਿਆ ਲਈ ਅਤੇ ਦੁਸਮਣ ਦੇ ਮੀੰਹ ਮੋੜਣ ਲਈ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਨਵੇਂ ਹਥਿਆਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਜ਼ਖੀਰੇ ਤਿਆਰ ਕਰਨੇ ਪੈਣਗੇ।ਸੈਨਿਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਥਾਂ ਰੋਬੋਟ, ਤੋਪਾਂ ਦੀ ਥਾਂ ਮਿਸਾਈਲਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਡਰੋਨ ਅਤੇ ਤੋਪਾਂ ਦੀ ਥਾਂ ਦੂਰ-ਮਾਰ ਰਾਕਟ ਹੁਣ ਸਮੇਂ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ ਹੈ।
ਸਾਰੇ ਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਵਿਚੋਂ ਦੋ ਦੇਸ਼ ਹੀ ਹਨ ਜੋ ਸਾਡੇ ਨਾਲ ਖੜ੍ਹੇ ਨਜ਼ਰ ਆਏ ਹਨ ਤੇ ਉੁਹ ਹਨ ਰੂਸ ਅਤੇ ਇਜ਼ਰਾਈਲ। ਭਾਵੇਂ ਅਸੀਂ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਜੰਗ ਦੇ ਤਰੀਕਿਆ ਨਾਲ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸਹਿਮਤ ਨਹੀਂ ਪਰ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਖੜ੍ਹਾ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਦੱਸਣਾ ਹੀ ਪਵੇਗਾ ਕਿ ਅਸੀਂ ਅਕ੍ਰਿਤਘਣ ਨਹੀਂ ਅਸੀਂ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਨਾਲ ਹਾਂ।ਅਸੀਂ ਜਾਣਦੇ ਹਾਂ ਚੀਂ ਨੇ ਪਾਕਸਤਾਨ ਦੀ ਆਪਰੇਸ਼ਨ ਸਿੰਧੂਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਹਥਿਆਰਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਮਦਦ ਕੀਤੀ ਤੇ ਸਾਡੇ ਨਾਲ ਲਦਾਖਨਵਿੱਚ ਆਢਾ ਲਾਇਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੈ ਪਰ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਇਹ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ ਵੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਛਡਣੀ ਚਾਹੀਦੀ ਕਿ ਅਸੀਂ ਉਸਨੂੰ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਤੋਂ ਤੋੜ ਕੇ ਅਪਣੇ ਵਲ ਮੋੜੀਏ ਤੇ ਪੁਰਾਣੀ ਹਿੰਦੀ ਚੀਨੀ ਭਾਈ ਭਾਈ ਦੀ ਸਾਂਝ ਬਣਾਈਏ। ਇਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੀ ਸਾਡਾ ਭਲਾ ਹੈ।
ਮੋਦੀ 28 ਜੂਨ, 2019 ਨੂੰ ਜਾਪਾਨ ਦੇ ਓਸਾਕਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਜੀ-20 ਸਿਖਰ ਸੰਮੇਲਨ ਦੇ ਮੌਕੇ 'ਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਮੀਟਿੰਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਰੂਸ ਦੇ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀ ਵਲਾਦੀਮੀਰ ਪੁਤਿਨ, ਖੱਬੇ ਅਤੇ ਚੀਨ ਦੇ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀ ਸ਼ੀ ਜਿਨਪਿੰਗ ਨਾਲ। ਫੋਟੋ-ਸਪੂਤਨਿਕ/ਮਿਖਾਇਲ ਕਲਿਮੇਂਤੀਵ/ਕ੍ਰੇਮਲਿਨ /ਰਾਇਟਰਜ਼
ਕੁਝ ਨਵੀਆਂ ਚੁਣੌਤੀਆਂ ਹਨ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ , ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਰੂਸ ਨਾਲ ਸਾਡੇ ਆਰਥਿਕ ਅਤੇ ਫੌਜੀ ਸਬੰਧਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਘਟਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਸਾਡੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਦਬਾਅ ਵਧ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ। ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਪੱਛਮੀ ਏਸ਼ੀਆ ਵਿੱਚ, ਇਜ਼ਰਾਈਲ ਗਾਜ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਪਣੀਆਂ ਕਾਰਵਾਈਆਂ ਕਾਰਨ ਪੱਛਮੀ ਰਾਏ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਅਲੱਗ-ਥਲੱਗ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ (ਫਰਾਂਸ ਅਤੇ ਕੁਝ ਯੂਰਪੀਅਨ ਯੂਨੀਅਨ ਦੇ ਮੈਂਬਰਾਂ ਨੇ ਫਲਸਤੀਨ ਨੂੰ ਮਾਨਤਾ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਯੂਨਾਈਟਿਡ ਕਿੰਗਡਮ ਇਸ ਦੀ ਪਾਲਣਾ ਕਰ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ) ਭਾਰਤ ਉੱਤੇ ਵੀ ਫਲਸਤੀਨ ਬਾਰੇ ਕੁਝ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਦਬਾਅ ਜ਼ਰੂਰ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ। ਇਜ਼ਰਾਈਲ ਨਾਲ ਸਾਡੀ ਨਜ਼ਦੀਕੀ ਰਣਨੀਤਕ ਭਾਈਵਾਲੀ ਨੂੰ ਕਾਇਮ ਰੱਖਣਾ ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ, ਖ਼ਾਸਕਰ ਜੇ ਘਰੇਲੂ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ਰਾਏ-ਜੋ ਕਦੇ ਵੀ ਮੋਦੀ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਨਾਲ ਸਹਿਮਤ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦੀ-ਵਿਰੋਧੀ ਪਾਰਟੀਆਂ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਦਬਾਅ ਪਾਉਣਾ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਕਰ ਦਿੰਦੀ ਹੈ।
ਇਹ ਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਹਿੱਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਰੂਸ ਜਾਂ ਇਜ਼ਰਾਈਲ ਨੂੰ ਬਹੁਤ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ ਕਮਜ਼ੋਰ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾਵੇ ਜਾਂ ਨੁਕਸਾਨ ਪਹੁੰਚਾਇਆ ਜਾਵੇ। ਭਾਵੇਂ ਅਜੇ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਇਜ਼ਰਾਈਲ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਖੜ੍ਹਾ ਹੈ, ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਅਤੇ ਯੂਰਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਘਰੇਲੂ ਰਾਏ-ਖ਼ਾਸਕਰ ਰਾਜਨੀਤਿਕ ਖੱਬੇ ਪੱਖੀ-ਤੇਜ਼ੀ ਨਾਲ ਇਜ਼ਰਾਈਲ ਵਿਰੋਧੀ ਬਣ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ। ਪੱਛਮੀ ਏਸ਼ੀਆ ਵਿੱਚ, ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਰਾਏ ਦੋ-ਰਾਜ ਹੱਲ ਵੱਲ ਵਧ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ, ਤੇ ਫਿਲਸਤੀਨ ਨੂੰ ਸੁਤੰਤਰ ਰਾਜ ਵੇਖਣਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ ਇਹ ਰਾਏ ਕੰਮ ਕਰੇਗੀ ਕਿ ਨਹੀਂ ਅਜੇ ਸ਼ਕ ਦੇ ਘੇਰੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੈ।।
ਇੱਕ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸੁਤੰਤਰ ਗਾਜ਼ਾ ਆਸਾਨੀ ਨਾਲ ਹਮਾਸ ਦੇ ਹੱਥਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਆ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਜਾਇਜ਼ ਰਾਜ ਦੇ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ, ਅੱਤਵਾਦੀ ਸੰਪਤੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਮੇਜ਼ਬਾਨੀ ਕਰਨ ਤੋਂ ਇਲਾਵਾ ਆਪਣੀ ਸੁਤੰਤਰ ਫੌਜੀ ਤਾਕਤ ਦਾ ਨਿਰਮਾਣ ਕਰਨ ਦੇ ਯੋਗ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ।ਇਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾਤਰ ਯੂਰਪ ਅਤੇ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਨੂੰ ਰੂਸ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵਸ਼ਾਲੀ ਪ੍ਰਮੁੱਖ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਦੇ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੌਤ ਤੋਂ ਖੁਸ਼ੀ ਹੋਵੇਗੀ।
ਸਾਡੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਗੁਆਂਢ ਵਿੱਚ, ਸਾਡੇ ਕੋਲ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਹੀ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ-ਚੀਨ ਦਾ ਧੁਰਾ ਹੈ, ਪਰ ਜਲਦੀ ਹੀ ਬੰਗਲਾਦੇਸ਼ ਵੀ ਸੰਭਾਵਿਤ ਦੁਸ਼ਮਣ ਸ਼ਕਤੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਸੂਚੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਹੋ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ।ਇਹੇ ਵੀ ਭਾਰਤ ਦੀ ਤਰਾਸਦੀ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਭਾਰਤ ਬੰਗਲਾਦੇਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਹਿੰਦੂਆਂ ਦੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰ ਸਕਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਨਾ ਹੀ ਘੁਸਪੈਠ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਿਆਂ ਤੋਂ ਆਪਣੀਆਂ ਸਰਹੱਦਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸੀਲ ਕਰ ਸਕਿਆ ਹੈ।
ਸ੍ਰੀ ਮੋਦੀ ਜੀ ਦਾ ਬਿਆਨ ਕਿ 'ਇਹ ਯੁੱਧ ਦਾ ਯੁੱਗ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ' ਬਹੁਤਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵਿਤ ਕਰ ਸਕਿਆ।ਯੂਕਰੇਨ-ਰੂਸ ਸੰਘਰਸ਼ ਦੇ ਸੰਦਰਭ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਇਹ ਕਹਿਣ ਤੋਂ ਤੁਰੰਤ ਬਾਅਦ, ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਨਾਲ ਸਾਡੀ ਆਪਣੀ ਛੋਟੀ ਜੰਗ ਹੋਈ ਹੈ। ਦੱਖਣ-ਪੂਰਬੀ ਏਸ਼ੀਆ ਵਿੱਚ, ਦੋ ਏਸ਼ੀਆਈ ਮੈਂਬਰ, ਕੰਬੋਡੀਆ ਅਤੇ ਥਾਈਲੈਂਡ, ਹਾਲ ਹੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਘਾਤਕ ਸਰਹੱਦੀ ਝੜਪ ਹੋਈ ਹੈ।ਹੋ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਕੋਈ ਜੰਗ ਨਾ ਚਾਹੇ, ਪਰ ਇਹ ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ ਦਾ ਯੁੱਗ ਵੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਜਾਪਦਾ, ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਹਰ ਦੇਸ਼ ਹੁਣ ਆਪਣੀਆਂ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਸਮਰੱਥਾਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵਧਾਉਣ ਦੀ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ ਕਰ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ।
ਸਾਡੀ ਆਪਣੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਬਰਾਮਦ ਵੀ ਵੱਧ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ, ਪੁਰਾਣੀ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਵਿਵਸਥਾ ਦੇ ਢਹਿ ਜਾਣ ਅਤੇ ਚੀਨ ਦੇ ਉਭਾਰ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਯੁੱਧ ਦੀ ਖਿੱਚ ਹਰ ਜਗ੍ਹਾ ਵਧਦੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਲਗਦੀ ਹੈ। ਪਰ ਇਸ ਦਾ ਮਤਲਬ ਇਹੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਿ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੇ ਰਣਨੀਤਕ ਹਿੱਤਾਂ ਦੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਕਰਨੀ ਚਾਹੀਦੀ ਹੈ ਤੇ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਯੁੱਧਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਖਤਮ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਅਪਣਾ ਯੋਗਦਾਨ ਪਾਉਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ। ਰੂਸ ਨੂੰ ਕਮਜ਼ੋਰ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਦੇਖਣਾ ਸਾਡੇ ਹਿੱਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ, ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਇਸ ਨਾਲ ਰੂਸ ਚੀਨ ਦੇ ਹੱਥਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਆ ਜਾਵੇਗਾ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਡੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਰਣਨੀਤਕ ਹਿੱਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਨੁਕਸਾਨ ਪਹੁੰਚੇਗਾ। ਸਾਨੂੰ ਯੂਕਰੇਨ ਯੁੱਧ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਾਂਤ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਰਗਰਮ ਹਿੱਸਾ ਲੈਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ ਤਾਂ ਕਿ ਰੂਸ ਹੋਰ ਫਜੀਹਤ ਤੋਂ ਬਚ ਸਕੇ। ਹੋਰ ਤਾਂ ਹੋਰ, ਟ੍ਰੰਪ ਵੀ ਰੂਸ ਅਤੇ ਯੁਕਰੇਨ ਨੂੰ ਯੂਰਪ ਦੀ ਗ੍ਰਿਫਤ ਤੋਂ ਬਚਾ ਕੇ ਅਪਣੇ ਹਿਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਨਾਟੋ ਉਪਰ ਅਪਣਾ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵ ਜਮਾਉਣਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।
ਇਹ ਯੂਰਪੀ ਸੰਘ ਅਤੇ ਰੂਸ ਦੇ ਕਿਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਸਮਝੌਤੇ 'ਤੇ ਆਉਣ ਤੋਂ ਬਿਨਾਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੋ ਸਕਦਾ ਕਿ ਭਵਿੱਖ ਵਿੱਚ ਯੂਕਰੇਨ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਵੰਡਿਆ ਜਾਂ ਸ਼ਾਸਨ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾਵੇ। ਰੂਸ ਇੱਕ ਯੂਰਪੀਅਨ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਯੂਰਪ ਨੂੰ ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਇੱਕ ਸਥਾਈ ਦੁਸ਼ਮਣ ਵਜੋਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੋਚਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ, ਖ਼ਾਸਕਰ ਜਦੋਂ ਰੂਸ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਦੇ ਊਰਜਾ ਅਤੇ ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਣ ਖਣਿਜਾਂ ਦੇ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡੇ ਸਰੋਤਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਇੱਕ ਹੈ। ਪਰ ਰੂਸ ਯੂਕਰੇਨ ਨੂੰ ਨਾਟੋ ਦਾ ਅੰਗ ਨਹੀਂ ਬਣਨ ਦੇਣਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ। ਯੁਰਪ ਅਤੇ ਯੂਕਰੇਨ ਇਸ ਜ਼ਿਦ ਤੇ ਡਟੇ ਹੋਏ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਯੂਕਰੇਨ ਨਾਟੋ ਦਾ ਭਾਗ ਬਣੇ। ਹੁਣ ਟ੍ਰੰਪ ਨੇ ਚਾਲ ਚੱਲ ਕੇ ਰੂਸ ਨੂੰ ਅਪਣੇ ਵਲ ਖਿੱਚਣ ਦੀ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ।ਟ੍ਰੰਪ ਦੇ ਕਹਿਣ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਯੂਕਰੇਨ ਨਾਟੋ ਦਾ ਅੰਗ ਨਹੀਂ ਬਣੇਗਾ ਤੇ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਪੂਰੀ ਸੁਰਖਿਆ ਦੇਵੇਗਾ। ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਦੀ ਇਸ ਚਾਲ ਨਾਲ ਯੂਕਰੇਨ ਨਾ ਤਾਂ ਰੂਸ ਅਤੇ ਨਾ ਹੀ ਨਾਟੋ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵ ਥੱਲੇ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ ਬਲਕਿ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵ ਥੱਲੇ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ।। ਰੂਸ ਕਰੀਮੀਆ ਉਪਰ ਅਪਣਾ ਕਬਜ਼ਾ ਬਣਾਈ ਰੱਖਣਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਨੂੰ ਕੋਈ ਉਜਰ ਨਹੀਂ । ਉਧਰ ਰੂਸ ਡੌਨਬਾਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਪਣੀਆਂ ਫੌਜਾਂ ਰੱਖ ਕੇ ਸੁਰਖਿਆ ਲਈ ਜ਼ਿਮੇਵਾਰ ਬਣਦਾ ਹੈ ਭਾਵ ਇਹ ਇਲਾਕਾ ਵੀ ਯੁਕਰੇਨ ਤੋਂ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਲਗਦਾ ਹੈ ।
ਅੱਜ ਜਰਮਨੀ ਅਤੇ ਜਪਾਨ ਦੀ ਅਗਵਾਈ ਹਿਟਲਰ ਵਰਗੇ ਆਦਮੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ। ਪਰ ਬੁਰਾਈ ਦੀ ਧੁਰੀ ਦੀ ਅਗਵਾਈ ਚੀਨ ਦੇ ਸ਼ੀ ਜਿਨਪਿੰਗ, ਈਰਾਨ ਦੇ ਅਯਾਤੁੱਲਾ, ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਦੇ ਫੌਜੀ ਜਨਰਲ ਅਤੇ ਤੁਰਕੀ ਦੇ ਏਰਦੋਗਨ ਕਰ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ, ਜੋ ਅਗਲੇ ਇਸਲਾਮੀ ਖਲੀਫ਼ਾ ਦੀ ਅਗਵਾਈ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਸੁਪਨਾ ਦੇਖ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ। ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ ਲਈ ਖ਼ਤਰਾ ਆਮ ਤੌਰ ਉੱਤੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਤਾਕਤਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਸਥਿਤੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੱਡੀਆਂ ਤਬਦੀਲੀਆਂ ਚਾਹੁੰਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ, ਅਤੇ ਇਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਭਾਰਤ, ਇੰਡੋਨੇਸ਼ੀਆ, ਬ੍ਰਾਜ਼ੀਲ ਜਾਂ ਦੱਖਣੀ ਅਫਰੀਕਾ ਵਰਗੀਆਂ ਹੋਰ ਉੱਭਰ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਸ਼ਕਤੀਆਂ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਨਹੀਂ ਹਨ। ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਦੇਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਤਿ-ਅਭਿਲਾਸ਼ੀ ਖੇਤਰੀ ਦਾਅਵੇ ਜਾਂ ਕਬਜ਼ਾ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਰਵੱਈਆ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ। ਪਰ ਚੀਨ ਜਿਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਤਾਇਵਾਨ ਉਤੇ ਹਮਲਿਆਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਧਮਕੀਆਂ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਰਹਿੰਦਾ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਵੀ ਅਸ਼ਾਤੀ ਦਾ ਮਾਹੌਲ ਪੈਦਾ ਕਰ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਹੈ। ਫਿਲਪੀਨਜ਼ ਵੀ ਅਜਿਹਾ ਦੇਸ਼ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਚੀਨ ਦੀਆਂ ਧੰਗੇੜਾਂ ਸਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਅਮਰੀਕਾਂ ਵਲੋਂ ਤੇ ਹੁਣ ਭਾਰਤ ਵਲੋਂ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਕੁੱਝ ਆਸਰਾ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਹੈ ਜਦ ਦੋਨਾਂ ਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਦੇ ਮੁਖੀਆਂ ਵਿਚਕਾਰ ਗੱਲੋ ਬਾਤ ਹੋਈ ਹੈ ਤੇ ਦੋਨਾਂ ਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਨੇ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ ਵਿੱਛ ਮਿਲਕੇ ਮਸ਼ਕਾਂ ਕੀਤੀਆਂ ਹਨ ਜਿਸ ਦੀਆਂ ਚੀਨ ਨੂੰ ਮਿਰਚਾਂ ਲੱਗੀਆਂ ਹਨ।
ਮੋਦੀ ਅਤੇ ਫਿਲੀਪੀਨਜ਼ ਦੇ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀ ਬੋਂਗਬੋਂਗ ਮਾਰਕੋਸ 5 ਅਗਸਤ, 2025 ਨੂੰ ਨਵੀਂ ਦਿੱਲੀ ਦੇ ਹੈਦਰਾਬਾਦ ਹਾਊਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਭਾਰਤ ਅਤੇ ਫਿਲੀਪੀਨਜ਼ ਦਰਮਿਆਨ ਸਹਿਮਤੀ ਪੱਤਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਅਦਾਨ-ਪ੍ਰਦਾਨ ਦੇ ਗਵਾਹ ਬਣੇ। ਫੋਟੋ-ਰਾਹੁਲ ਸਿੰਘ/ਏਐੱਨਆਈ ਫੋਟੋ
ਭਾਰਤ ਨੂੰ ਇੱਕ ਨਵਾਂ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਸੰਤੁਲਨ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਰਣਨੀਤਕ ਹਿੱਤਾਂ ਦੀ ਰਾਖੀ ਲਈ ਆਪਣੀ ਕੂਟਨੀਤਕ ਖੇਡ ਨੂੰ ਇੱਕ ਤੋਂ ਸਰਗਰਮ ਤੱਕ ਵਧਾਉਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਲਈ ਜੱਫੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਰਾਜਨੀਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਸਾਮਰਿਕ ਹਿਤਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਬਦਲਣ ਦੀ ਸਖਤ ਲੋੜ ਹੈ।
ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਨਰਿੰਦਰ ਮੋਦੀ ਅਤੇ ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਰਾਜ ਦੇ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀ ਡੋਨਾਲਡ ਟਰੰਪ 13 ਫਰਵਰੀ, 2025 ਨੂੰ ਵ੍ਹਾਈਟ ਹਾਊਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਿਲ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ। ਫੋਟੋਃ ਏਐੱਨਆਈ
ਭਾਰਤ ਇੱਕ ਅਜਿਹਾ ਦੇਸ਼ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਜਲਦੀ ਹੀ ਜਪਾਨ ਨੂੰ ਪਛਾੜ ਕੇ ਦੁਨੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਚੌਥੀ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡੀ ਅਰਥਵਿਵਸਥਾ ਬਣਨ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ, ਪਰ ਕੂਟਨੀਤਿਕ ਪੱਧਰ ਤੇ ਉਸ ਦਾ ਭਾਰ ਹਲਕਾ ਮੰਨਿਆਂ ਜਾ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਬਾਰੇ ਟ੍ਰੰਪ ਦੇ ਭਾਰਤ ਬਾਰੇ ਲਏ ਗਏ ਫੈਸਲੇ ਅਤੇ ਉਸਦਾ ਅਚਾਨਕ ਝੁਕਾ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਵਲ ਹੋਇਆ ਦਸਦੇ ਹਨ। ਭਾਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਨਰਿੰਦਰ ਮੋਦੀ ਨੂੰ ਨਿਯਮਿਤ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਉੱਭਰ ਰਹੇ ਗਲੋਬਲ ਨੇਤਾ ਦੇ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਦੇਖੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ ਪਰ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਬਦਲੇ ਹਾਲਤਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਰਗਰਮ ਕੂਟਨੀਤੀ ਰਾਹੀਂ ਹੋਰ ਕੰਮ ਕਰਨਾ ਪਵੇਗਾ।
ਇਹ ਦੇਖਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਇਆ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਦੇ ਨੇਤਾਵਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਜਫੀਆਂ ਪਾਈਆਂ ਬਹਤੀਆਂ ਲਾਭਦਾਇਕ ਸਿੱਧ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦੀਆਂ ਤੇ ਨਾ ਹੀ ਕੋਈ ਠੋਸ ਆਧਾਰ ਬਣਾਉਂਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ ਖਾਸ ਕਰਕੇ ਜਿੱਥੇ ਵੱਡੇ ਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਦੇ ਅਪਣੇ ਹਿੱਤ ਮੋਹਰੀ ਹੋਣ।ਇਸੇ ਲਈ ਤਾਂ ਅਪਣੇ ਹਿਤਾਂ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਨਾਲ ਉਸ ਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਦੇ ਹਿਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਮੂਹਰੇ ਰੱਖਣਾ ਪੈਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਤਾਕਤਵਰ ਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਦੀ ਗੱਲ ਹੋਰ ਹੈ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਤਾਂ ਆਰਥਿਕ ਜਾਂ ਸਾਮਰਿਕ ਪੱਖ ਨਾਲ ਅਪਣੀ ਗੱਲ ਮਨਾਉਣੀ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਅਪਣਾ ਪੱਖ ਹਰ ਹਾਲਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਪੂਰਾ ਕਰਨਾ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।ਇਹ ਤਾਂ ਦੂਸਰੇ ਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਦੀ ਕੂਟਨੀਤੀ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਇਨ੍ਹਾ ਉਲਝਣਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਦੂਰ ਰੱਕ ਕੇ ਅਪਣਾ ਪੱਖ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਪੂਰਦੀ ਹੈ। ਹਾਲ ਹੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੋਦੀ ਜੀ ਦੇ ਡੋਨਾਲਡ ਟਰੰਪ ਨਾਲ ਬਣਾਏ ਜੱਫੀਆਂ ਦੇ ਸਬੰਧਾਂ ਦੇ ਬਾਵਜੂਦ, ਉਹ ਇਹ ਦਾਅਵਾ ਕਰਕੇ ਭਾਰਤ ਨੂੰ ਬਹੁਤ ਸ਼ਰਮਿੰਦਾ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਾਮਯਾਬ ਰਿਹਾ ਕਿ ਸੰਯੁਕਤ ਰਾਜ ਨੇ ਅਪਰੇਸ਼ਨ ਸਿੰਦੂਰ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਭਾਰਤ ਅਤੇ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਦਰਮਿਆਨ ਜੰਗਬੰਦੀ ਦੀ ਵਿਚੋਲਗੀ ਕੀਤੀ ਸੀ।
ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਵੀ ਮਾੜੀ ਗੱਲ ਇਹ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਅਸੀਂ ਹੁਣ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਤੋਂ ਭਾਰਤ ਨੂੰ ਨਿਰਯਾਤ 'ਤੇ 25 ਪ੍ਰਤੀਸ਼ਤ ਟੈਰਿਫ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਲਾਇਆ ਗਿਆ ਤੇ ਹੁਣ ਦੁਨੀਆਂ ਵਿਚ ਸੱਭ ਤੋਂ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ 50% ਟੈਰਿਫ ਘੋਸ਼ਿਤ ਕਰ ਦਿਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ।
ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਮੋਦੀ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਗੁਜਰਾਤ ਅਤੇ ਤਾਮਿਲਨਾਡੂ ਵਿੱਚ ਚੀਨ ਦੇ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀ ਸ਼ੀ ਜਿਨਪਿੰਗ ਦੀ ਨਿੱਜੀ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਮੇਜ਼ਬਾਨੀ ਕਰਨ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਅਸੀਂ ਗਲਵਾਨ ਝੜਪਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਭਾਰਤ-ਚੀਨ ਸਰਹੱਦ ਦੇ ਭਾਰੀ ਫੌਜੀਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਹੋਏ।ਇਸ ਤੋਂ ਵੀ ਬੁਰੀ ਗੱਲ ਇਹ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਅਪਰੇਸ਼ਨ ਸਿੰਦੂਰ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਚੀਨ ਨੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਹਥਿਆਰਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਖੁਫੀਆ ਜਾਣਕਾਰੀ ਨਾਲ ਭਾਰਤੀ ਹਵਾਈ ਅਤੇ ਹੋਰ ਸੰਪਤੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਨਿਸ਼ਾਨਾ ਬਣਾਉਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਦਾ ਪੂਰਾ ਸਮਰਥਨ ਕੀਤਾ, ਅਜਿਹੀ ਸਥਿਤੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਾਡੇ ਨਾਲ ਖੜ੍ਹਾ ਹੋਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਮੁਲਕ ਕਿਹੜਾ ਹੈ । ਜੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਤਾਂ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਅਪਣੇ ਨਵੇਂ ਗੂੜ੍ਹੇ ਸਾਮਰਿਕ ਮਿਤਰ ਲ਼ੱਭ ਕੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਸਮਝੌਤੇ ਕਰਨੇ ਹੀ ਪੈਣਗੇ ਤਾਂ ਕਿ ਜਦ ਭੀੜ ਪਵੇ ਤਾਂ ਸਾਡੇ ਨਾਲ ਖੜ੍ਹਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਕੋਈ ਹੋਵੇ ਜਿਸ ਦੀ ਇਸ ਸਮੇਂ ਘਾਟ ਹੈ। ਕੋਈ ਵੀ ਦੇਸ਼ ਨਿਰਲੱਗ ਰਹਿਕੇ ਇਕਲੀ ਅਪਣੀ ਤਾਕਤ ਤੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਟਿਕ ਸਕਦਾ, ਹਰ ਦੇਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਸਹਾਰੇ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ ਹੈ ਤੇ ਭਵਿਖ ਲਈ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਇਹੋ ਨਿਧੀ ਅਰਜਿਤ ਕਰਨੀ ਚਾਹੀਦੀ ਹੈ।
ਸਾਨੂੰ ਕੂਟਨੀਤੀ ਅਤੇ ਕਾਰਜ ਦੋਵਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਪ੍ਰਦਰਸ਼ਨਕਾਰੀ ਸ਼ੈਲੀ ਤੋਂ ਠੋਸ ਨੀਤੀ ਵੱਲ ਵਧਣ ਦੀ ਜ਼ਰੂਰਤ ਹੈ।ਰੋਜ਼ ਨਵੀਆਂ ਕਾਢਾਂ ਹੋਣ ਕਰਕੇ ਹਥਿਆਰਾਂ ਤੇ ਮਸ਼ੀਨੀਰੀਆਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਲਗਾਤਾਰ ਬਦਲੀਆਂ ਆ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਹਨ। ਸੌ ਫੀ ਸਦੀ ਸਵਦੇਸ਼ੀ ਹੋਣਾ ਕਿਸੇ ਦੇਸ਼ ਦੇ ਵਸ ਦਾ ਨਹੀਂ।ਇਸ ਲਈ ਸਵਦੇਸ਼ੀ ਸਪਲਾਈ ਚੇਨ ਅਤੇ ਟੈਕਨੋਲੋਜੀ 'ਤੇ ਧਿਆਨ ਕੇਂਦਰਿਤ ਕਰਕੇ ਵਿਦੇਸ਼ੀ ਫੌਜੀ ਸਪਲਾਈ' ਤੇ ਸਾਡੀ ਨਿਰਭਰਤਾ ਨੂੰ ਘਟਾਉਣਾ ਕੋਈ ਬੁੱਧੀਮਾਨ ਗੱਲ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ।
ਸਾਨੂੰ ਇਸ ਗੱਲ 'ਤੇ ਵਿਚਾਰ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਕੀ ਸਾਡੀ ਕੂਟਨੀਤੀ ਹੁਣ ਤੱਕ ਸਰਗਰਮ ਹੋਣ ਦੀ ਬਜਾਏ ਵਧੇਰੇ ਪ੍ਰਤੀਕਿਰਿਆਸ਼ੀਲ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ।
ਸਿਰਫ਼ ਬਿਆਨਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਜਾਂ ਮੀਡੀਆਂ ਰਾਹੀਂ ਜੰਗਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਆਲੇ-ਦੁਆਲੇ ਵਧ ਰਹੀ ਅਸਥਿਰਤਾ ਦਾ ਜਵਾਬ ਨਹੀਂ ਦੇ ਸਕਦੇ। ਸਾਨੂੰ ਹਾਲਾਤ ਬਦਲਨੇ ਚਾਹੀਦੇ ਹਨ ਤੇ ਮੌਕੇ ਮੁਤਾਬਕ ਅਪਣੇ ਆਪ ਨੂੰ ਤਿਆਰ ਰੱਖਣਾ ਪਵੇਗਾ। ਗੋਲੀਆ, ਤੋਪਾਂ ਟੈਂਕਾ ਦੀ ਲੜਾਈ ਦੀ ਥਾਂ ਹੁਣ ਮਿਸਾਈਲਾਂ, ਡਰੋਨਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਰੋਬੋਟਾਂ ਦੀ ਲੜਾਈ ਆ ਗਈ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਨਿਊਕਲਾਈ, ਕੈਮੀਕਲ, ਤੇ ਪੁਲਾੜੀ ਜੰਗ ਲਗਾਤਾਰ ਦਸਤਕ ਦੇ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ ਜਿਸੁਰੱਖਿਆ ਲਈ ਅਤੇ ਦੁਸਮਣ ਦੇ ਮੀੰਹ ਮੋੜਣ ਲਈ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਨਵੇਂ ਹਥਿਆਰਾਂ ਦੇ ਜ਼ਖੀਰੇ ਤਿਆਰ ਕਰਨੇ ਪੈਣਗੇ।ਸੈਨਿਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਥਾਂ ਰੋਬੋਟ, ਤੋਪਾਂ ਦੀ ਥਾਂ ਮਿਸਾਈਲਾਂ ਅਤੇ ਡਰੋਨ ਅਤੇ ਤੋਪਾਂ ਦੀ ਥਾਂ ਦੂਰ-ਮਾਰ ਰਾਕਟ ਹੁਣ ਸਮੇਂ ਦੀ ਲੋੜ ਹੈ।
ਸਾਰੇ ਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਵਿਚੋਂ ਦੋ ਦੇਸ਼ ਹੀ ਹਨ ਜੋ ਸਾਡੇ ਨਾਲ ਖੜ੍ਹੇ ਨਜ਼ਰ ਆਏ ਹਨ ਤੇ ਉੁਹ ਹਨ ਰੂਸ ਅਤੇ ਇਜ਼ਰਾਈਲ। ਭਾਵੇਂ ਅਸੀਂ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਜੰਗ ਦੇ ਤਰੀਕਿਆ ਨਾਲ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸਹਿਮਤ ਨਹੀਂ ਪਰ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਖੜ੍ਹਾ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਦੱਸਣਾ ਹੀ ਪਵੇਗਾ ਕਿ ਅਸੀਂ ਅਕ੍ਰਿਤਘਣ ਨਹੀਂ ਅਸੀਂ ਤੁਹਾਡੇ ਨਾਲ ਹਾਂ।ਅਸੀਂ ਜਾਣਦੇ ਹਾਂ ਚੀਂ ਨੇ ਪਾਕਸਤਾਨ ਦੀ ਆਪਰੇਸ਼ਨ ਸਿੰਧੂਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਹਥਿਆਰਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਮਦਦ ਕੀਤੀ ਤੇ ਸਾਡੇ ਨਾਲ ਲਦਾਖਨਵਿੱਚ ਆਢਾ ਲਾਇਆ ਹੋਇਆ ਹੈ ਪਰ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਇਹ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ ਵੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਛਡਣੀ ਚਾਹੀਦੀ ਕਿ ਅਸੀਂ ਉਸਨੂੰ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਤੋਂ ਤੋੜ ਕੇ ਅਪਣੇ ਵਲ ਮੋੜੀਏ ਤੇ ਪੁਰਾਣੀ ਹਿੰਦੀ ਚੀਨੀ ਭਾਈ ਭਾਈ ਦੀ ਸਾਂਝ ਬਣਾਈਏ। ਇਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੀ ਸਾਡਾ ਭਲਾ ਹੈ।
ਮੋਦੀ 28 ਜੂਨ, 2019 ਨੂੰ ਜਾਪਾਨ ਦੇ ਓਸਾਕਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਜੀ-20 ਸਿਖਰ ਸੰਮੇਲਨ ਦੇ ਮੌਕੇ 'ਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਮੀਟਿੰਗ ਵਿੱਚ ਰੂਸ ਦੇ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀ ਵਲਾਦੀਮੀਰ ਪੁਤਿਨ, ਖੱਬੇ ਅਤੇ ਚੀਨ ਦੇ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰਪਤੀ ਸ਼ੀ ਜਿਨਪਿੰਗ ਨਾਲ। ਫੋਟੋ-ਸਪੂਤਨਿਕ/ਮਿਖਾਇਲ ਕਲਿਮੇਂਤੀਵ/ਕ੍ਰੇਮਲਿਨ /ਰਾਇਟਰਜ਼
ਕੁਝ ਨਵੀਆਂ ਚੁਣੌਤੀਆਂ ਹਨ ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ , ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਰੂਸ ਨਾਲ ਸਾਡੇ ਆਰਥਿਕ ਅਤੇ ਫੌਜੀ ਸਬੰਧਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਘਟਾਉਣ ਲਈ ਸਾਡੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਦਬਾਅ ਵਧ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ। ਜਿਵੇਂ ਕਿ ਪੱਛਮੀ ਏਸ਼ੀਆ ਵਿੱਚ, ਇਜ਼ਰਾਈਲ ਗਾਜ਼ਾ ਵਿੱਚ ਆਪਣੀਆਂ ਕਾਰਵਾਈਆਂ ਕਾਰਨ ਪੱਛਮੀ ਰਾਏ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਅਲੱਗ-ਥਲੱਗ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ (ਫਰਾਂਸ ਅਤੇ ਕੁਝ ਯੂਰਪੀਅਨ ਯੂਨੀਅਨ ਦੇ ਮੈਂਬਰਾਂ ਨੇ ਫਲਸਤੀਨ ਨੂੰ ਮਾਨਤਾ ਦਿੱਤੀ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਯੂਨਾਈਟਿਡ ਕਿੰਗਡਮ ਇਸ ਦੀ ਪਾਲਣਾ ਕਰ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ) ਭਾਰਤ ਉੱਤੇ ਵੀ ਫਲਸਤੀਨ ਬਾਰੇ ਕੁਝ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਦਬਾਅ ਜ਼ਰੂਰ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ। ਇਜ਼ਰਾਈਲ ਨਾਲ ਸਾਡੀ ਨਜ਼ਦੀਕੀ ਰਣਨੀਤਕ ਭਾਈਵਾਲੀ ਨੂੰ ਕਾਇਮ ਰੱਖਣਾ ਮੁਸ਼ਕਲ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ, ਖ਼ਾਸਕਰ ਜੇ ਘਰੇਲੂ ਮੁਸਲਮਾਨ ਰਾਏ-ਜੋ ਕਦੇ ਵੀ ਮੋਦੀ ਸਰਕਾਰ ਨਾਲ ਸਹਿਮਤ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦੀ-ਵਿਰੋਧੀ ਪਾਰਟੀਆਂ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਦਬਾਅ ਪਾਉਣਾ ਸ਼ੁਰੂ ਕਰ ਦਿੰਦੀ ਹੈ।
ਇਹ ਭਾਰਤ ਦੇ ਹਿੱਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਰੂਸ ਜਾਂ ਇਜ਼ਰਾਈਲ ਨੂੰ ਬਹੁਤ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾ ਕਮਜ਼ੋਰ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾਵੇ ਜਾਂ ਨੁਕਸਾਨ ਪਹੁੰਚਾਇਆ ਜਾਵੇ। ਭਾਵੇਂ ਅਜੇ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਇਜ਼ਰਾਈਲ ਦੇ ਨਾਲ ਖੜ੍ਹਾ ਹੈ, ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਅਤੇ ਯੂਰਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਘਰੇਲੂ ਰਾਏ-ਖ਼ਾਸਕਰ ਰਾਜਨੀਤਿਕ ਖੱਬੇ ਪੱਖੀ-ਤੇਜ਼ੀ ਨਾਲ ਇਜ਼ਰਾਈਲ ਵਿਰੋਧੀ ਬਣ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ। ਪੱਛਮੀ ਏਸ਼ੀਆ ਵਿੱਚ, ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਰਾਏ ਦੋ-ਰਾਜ ਹੱਲ ਵੱਲ ਵਧ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ, ਤੇ ਫਿਲਸਤੀਨ ਨੂੰ ਸੁਤੰਤਰ ਰਾਜ ਵੇਖਣਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ ਇਹ ਰਾਏ ਕੰਮ ਕਰੇਗੀ ਕਿ ਨਹੀਂ ਅਜੇ ਸ਼ਕ ਦੇ ਘੇਰੇ ਵਿੱਚ ਹੈ।।
ਇੱਕ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਸੁਤੰਤਰ ਗਾਜ਼ਾ ਆਸਾਨੀ ਨਾਲ ਹਮਾਸ ਦੇ ਹੱਥਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਆ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਜਾਇਜ਼ ਰਾਜ ਦੇ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ, ਅੱਤਵਾਦੀ ਸੰਪਤੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਮੇਜ਼ਬਾਨੀ ਕਰਨ ਤੋਂ ਇਲਾਵਾ ਆਪਣੀ ਸੁਤੰਤਰ ਫੌਜੀ ਤਾਕਤ ਦਾ ਨਿਰਮਾਣ ਕਰਨ ਦੇ ਯੋਗ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ।ਇਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਜ਼ਿਆਦਾਤਰ ਯੂਰਪ ਅਤੇ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਨੂੰ ਰੂਸ ਦੀ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵਸ਼ਾਲੀ ਪ੍ਰਮੁੱਖ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਦੇ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਮੌਤ ਤੋਂ ਖੁਸ਼ੀ ਹੋਵੇਗੀ।
ਸਾਡੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਗੁਆਂਢ ਵਿੱਚ, ਸਾਡੇ ਕੋਲ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਹੀ ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ-ਚੀਨ ਦਾ ਧੁਰਾ ਹੈ, ਪਰ ਜਲਦੀ ਹੀ ਬੰਗਲਾਦੇਸ਼ ਵੀ ਸੰਭਾਵਿਤ ਦੁਸ਼ਮਣ ਸ਼ਕਤੀਆਂ ਦੀ ਸੂਚੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਹੋ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ।ਇਹੇ ਵੀ ਭਾਰਤ ਦੀ ਤਰਾਸਦੀ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਉਹ ਭਾਰਤ ਬੰਗਲਾਦੇਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਹਿੰਦੂਆਂ ਦੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰ ਸਕਿਆ ਅਤੇ ਨਾ ਹੀ ਘੁਸਪੈਠ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਿਆਂ ਤੋਂ ਆਪਣੀਆਂ ਸਰਹੱਦਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਸੀਲ ਕਰ ਸਕਿਆ ਹੈ।
ਸ੍ਰੀ ਮੋਦੀ ਜੀ ਦਾ ਬਿਆਨ ਕਿ 'ਇਹ ਯੁੱਧ ਦਾ ਯੁੱਗ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ' ਬਹੁਤਾ ਨਹੀਂ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵਿਤ ਕਰ ਸਕਿਆ।ਯੂਕਰੇਨ-ਰੂਸ ਸੰਘਰਸ਼ ਦੇ ਸੰਦਰਭ ਵਿੱਚ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਇਹ ਕਹਿਣ ਤੋਂ ਤੁਰੰਤ ਬਾਅਦ, ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਨਾਲ ਸਾਡੀ ਆਪਣੀ ਛੋਟੀ ਜੰਗ ਹੋਈ ਹੈ। ਦੱਖਣ-ਪੂਰਬੀ ਏਸ਼ੀਆ ਵਿੱਚ, ਦੋ ਏਸ਼ੀਆਈ ਮੈਂਬਰ, ਕੰਬੋਡੀਆ ਅਤੇ ਥਾਈਲੈਂਡ, ਹਾਲ ਹੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੱਕ ਘਾਤਕ ਸਰਹੱਦੀ ਝੜਪ ਹੋਈ ਹੈ।ਹੋ ਸਕਦਾ ਹੈ ਕਿ ਕੋਈ ਜੰਗ ਨਾ ਚਾਹੇ, ਪਰ ਇਹ ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ ਦਾ ਯੁੱਗ ਵੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਜਾਪਦਾ, ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਹਰ ਦੇਸ਼ ਹੁਣ ਆਪਣੀਆਂ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਸਮਰੱਥਾਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵਧਾਉਣ ਦੀ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ ਕਰ ਰਿਹਾ ਹੈ।
ਸਾਡੀ ਆਪਣੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਬਰਾਮਦ ਵੀ ਵੱਧ ਰਹੀ ਹੈ, ਪੁਰਾਣੀ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਵਿਵਸਥਾ ਦੇ ਢਹਿ ਜਾਣ ਅਤੇ ਚੀਨ ਦੇ ਉਭਾਰ ਤੋਂ ਬਾਅਦ ਯੁੱਧ ਦੀ ਖਿੱਚ ਹਰ ਜਗ੍ਹਾ ਵਧਦੀ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਲਗਦੀ ਹੈ। ਪਰ ਇਸ ਦਾ ਮਤਲਬ ਇਹੇ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਿ ਸਾਨੂੰ ਆਪਣੇ ਰਣਨੀਤਕ ਹਿੱਤਾਂ ਦੀ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਕਰਨੀ ਚਾਹੀਦੀ ਹੈ ਤੇ ਨਾਲ ਹੀ ਯੁੱਧਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਖਤਮ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਮਦਦ ਕਰਨ ਲਈ ਅਪਣਾ ਯੋਗਦਾਨ ਪਾਉਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ। ਰੂਸ ਨੂੰ ਕਮਜ਼ੋਰ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਦੇਖਣਾ ਸਾਡੇ ਹਿੱਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ, ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਇਸ ਨਾਲ ਰੂਸ ਚੀਨ ਦੇ ਹੱਥਾਂ ਵਿੱਚ ਆ ਜਾਵੇਗਾ ਅਤੇ ਸਾਡੇ ਆਪਣੇ ਰਣਨੀਤਕ ਹਿੱਤਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਨੁਕਸਾਨ ਪਹੁੰਚੇਗਾ। ਸਾਨੂੰ ਯੂਕਰੇਨ ਯੁੱਧ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਾਂਤ ਕਰਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਸਰਗਰਮ ਹਿੱਸਾ ਲੈਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ ਤਾਂ ਕਿ ਰੂਸ ਹੋਰ ਫਜੀਹਤ ਤੋਂ ਬਚ ਸਕੇ। ਹੋਰ ਤਾਂ ਹੋਰ, ਟ੍ਰੰਪ ਵੀ ਰੂਸ ਅਤੇ ਯੁਕਰੇਨ ਨੂੰ ਯੂਰਪ ਦੀ ਗ੍ਰਿਫਤ ਤੋਂ ਬਚਾ ਕੇ ਅਪਣੇ ਹਿਤ ਵਿੱਚ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਨਾਟੋ ਉਪਰ ਅਪਣਾ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵ ਜਮਾਉਣਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ।
ਇਹ ਯੂਰਪੀ ਸੰਘ ਅਤੇ ਰੂਸ ਦੇ ਕਿਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਸਮਝੌਤੇ 'ਤੇ ਆਉਣ ਤੋਂ ਬਿਨਾਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੋ ਸਕਦਾ ਕਿ ਭਵਿੱਖ ਵਿੱਚ ਯੂਕਰੇਨ ਨੂੰ ਕਿਵੇਂ ਵੰਡਿਆ ਜਾਂ ਸ਼ਾਸਨ ਕੀਤਾ ਜਾਵੇ। ਰੂਸ ਇੱਕ ਯੂਰਪੀਅਨ ਸ਼ਕਤੀ ਹੈ, ਅਤੇ ਯੂਰਪ ਨੂੰ ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਇੱਕ ਸਥਾਈ ਦੁਸ਼ਮਣ ਵਜੋਂ ਨਹੀਂ ਸੋਚਣਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ, ਖ਼ਾਸਕਰ ਜਦੋਂ ਰੂਸ ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਦੇ ਊਰਜਾ ਅਤੇ ਮਹੱਤਵਪੂਰਣ ਖਣਿਜਾਂ ਦੇ ਸਭ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਡੇ ਸਰੋਤਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਇੱਕ ਹੈ। ਪਰ ਰੂਸ ਯੂਕਰੇਨ ਨੂੰ ਨਾਟੋ ਦਾ ਅੰਗ ਨਹੀਂ ਬਣਨ ਦੇਣਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ। ਯੁਰਪ ਅਤੇ ਯੂਕਰੇਨ ਇਸ ਜ਼ਿਦ ਤੇ ਡਟੇ ਹੋਏ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਯੂਕਰੇਨ ਨਾਟੋ ਦਾ ਭਾਗ ਬਣੇ। ਹੁਣ ਟ੍ਰੰਪ ਨੇ ਚਾਲ ਚੱਲ ਕੇ ਰੂਸ ਨੂੰ ਅਪਣੇ ਵਲ ਖਿੱਚਣ ਦੀ ਕੋਸ਼ਿਸ਼ ਕੀਤੀ ਹੈ।ਟ੍ਰੰਪ ਦੇ ਕਹਿਣ ਅਨੁਸਾਰ ਯੂਕਰੇਨ ਨਾਟੋ ਦਾ ਅੰਗ ਨਹੀਂ ਬਣੇਗਾ ਤੇ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਪੂਰੀ ਸੁਰਖਿਆ ਦੇਵੇਗਾ। ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਦੀ ਇਸ ਚਾਲ ਨਾਲ ਯੂਕਰੇਨ ਨਾ ਤਾਂ ਰੂਸ ਅਤੇ ਨਾ ਹੀ ਨਾਟੋ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵ ਥੱਲੇ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ ਬਲਕਿ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਦੇ ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵ ਥੱਲੇ ਹੋਵੇਗਾ।। ਰੂਸ ਕਰੀਮੀਆ ਉਪਰ ਅਪਣਾ ਕਬਜ਼ਾ ਬਣਾਈ ਰੱਖਣਾ ਚਾਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਜਿਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ ਨੂੰ ਕੋਈ ਉਜਰ ਨਹੀਂ । ਉਧਰ ਰੂਸ ਡੌਨਬਾਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਪਣੀਆਂ ਫੌਜਾਂ ਰੱਖ ਕੇ ਸੁਰਖਿਆ ਲਈ ਜ਼ਿਮੇਵਾਰ ਬਣਦਾ ਹੈ ਭਾਵ ਇਹ ਇਲਾਕਾ ਵੀ ਯੁਕਰੇਨ ਤੋਂ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਲਗਦਾ ਹੈ ।
ਅੱਜ ਜਰਮਨੀ ਅਤੇ ਜਪਾਨ ਦੀ ਅਗਵਾਈ ਹਿਟਲਰ ਵਰਗੇ ਆਦਮੀ ਨਹੀਂ ਕਰ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ। ਪਰ ਬੁਰਾਈ ਦੀ ਧੁਰੀ ਦੀ ਅਗਵਾਈ ਚੀਨ ਦੇ ਸ਼ੀ ਜਿਨਪਿੰਗ, ਈਰਾਨ ਦੇ ਅਯਾਤੁੱਲਾ, ਪਾਕਿਸਤਾਨ ਦੇ ਫੌਜੀ ਜਨਰਲ ਅਤੇ ਤੁਰਕੀ ਦੇ ਏਰਦੋਗਨ ਕਰ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ, ਜੋ ਅਗਲੇ ਇਸਲਾਮੀ ਖਲੀਫ਼ਾ ਦੀ ਅਗਵਾਈ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਸੁਪਨਾ ਦੇਖ ਰਹੇ ਹਨ। ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਸ਼ਾਂਤੀ ਲਈ ਖ਼ਤਰਾ ਆਮ ਤੌਰ ਉੱਤੇ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਤਾਕਤਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਸਥਿਤੀ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੱਡੀਆਂ ਤਬਦੀਲੀਆਂ ਚਾਹੁੰਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ, ਅਤੇ ਇਸ ਵਿੱਚ ਭਾਰਤ, ਇੰਡੋਨੇਸ਼ੀਆ, ਬ੍ਰਾਜ਼ੀਲ ਜਾਂ ਦੱਖਣੀ ਅਫਰੀਕਾ ਵਰਗੀਆਂ ਹੋਰ ਉੱਭਰ ਰਹੀਆਂ ਸ਼ਕਤੀਆਂ ਸ਼ਾਮਲ ਨਹੀਂ ਹਨ। ਇਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਵਿੱਚੋਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਵੀ ਦੇਸ਼ ਵਿੱਚ ਅਤਿ-ਅਭਿਲਾਸ਼ੀ ਖੇਤਰੀ ਦਾਅਵੇ ਜਾਂ ਕਬਜ਼ਾ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਰਵੱਈਆ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੈ। ਪਰ ਚੀਨ ਜਿਸ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਤਾਇਵਾਨ ਉਤੇ ਹਮਲਿਆਂ ਦੀਆਂ ਧਮਕੀਆਂ ਦਿੰਦਾ ਰਹਿੰਦਾ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਵੀ ਅਸ਼ਾਤੀ ਦਾ ਮਾਹੌਲ ਪੈਦਾ ਕਰ ਰੱਖਿਆ ਹੈ। ਫਿਲਪੀਨਜ਼ ਵੀ ਅਜਿਹਾ ਦੇਸ਼ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਚੀਨ ਦੀਆਂ ਧੰਗੇੜਾਂ ਸਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ। ਅਮਰੀਕਾਂ ਵਲੋਂ ਤੇ ਹੁਣ ਭਾਰਤ ਵਲੋਂ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਕੁੱਝ ਆਸਰਾ ਮਿਲਿਆ ਹੈ ਜਦ ਦੋਨਾਂ ਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਦੇ ਮੁਖੀਆਂ ਵਿਚਕਾਰ ਗੱਲੋ ਬਾਤ ਹੋਈ ਹੈ ਤੇ ਦੋਨਾਂ ਦੇਸ਼ਾਂ ਨੇ ਸਮੁੰਦਰ ਵਿੱਛ ਮਿਲਕੇ ਮਸ਼ਕਾਂ ਕੀਤੀਆਂ ਹਨ ਜਿਸ ਦੀਆਂ ਚੀਨ ਨੂੰ ਮਿਰਚਾਂ ਲੱਗੀਆਂ ਹਨ।
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Ukraine's leader says huge Russian attack shows Putin isn't "really going to engage" in peace effort.
Russia targeted Ukraine overnight with 574 drones and 40 missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force said. Most of the weapons were intercepted by Ukraine's air defenses, but the massive assault was far from unusual, and officials said at least one person was killed and 15 injured.
Ukrainian officials said the Russian attack hit energy infrastructure, private homes, an American electronics factory—where President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the 15 injuries were sustained—and a kindergarten.
"Last night, the Russian army set one of its insane anti-records. They struck civilian infrastructure, residential buildings, and our people," Zelenskyy said in a message posted on social media. He called the electronics plant an "American investment" and an "ordinary civilian enterprise" producing "everyday items such as coffee machines."
"This is also a target for the Russians. Very telling. The fire is still being extinguished at the enterprise. As of now, 15 people are known to have been affected by this strike. All of them have been provided with the necessary assistance," he said.
Emergency services and firefighting teams work at the scene after a Russian missile attack hit a U.S.-owned factory in Zakarpattia, Ukraine, Aug. 21, 2025.Ukrainian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu/Getty
Alluding to President Trump's efforts to broker a peace deal to end the war, including the bilateral summit between Mr. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin just a week earlier, Zelenskyy condemned Moscow for launching the new strike "as if nothing had changed at all." As if there were no efforts by the world to stop this war."
"A response is needed," he added. "So far, there has been no signal from Moscow that they are really going to engage in meaningful negotiations and end this war. Pressure is needed. Strong sanctions, strong tariffs."
There has been a lot of talk—outside of Ukraine—about a peace deal amid Mr. Trump's ramped-up diplomacy. But inside Ukraine, people continue to live and die in a war zone more than three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion . Many in the country, like their president, simply don't believe that Putin really wants to end the war. They think he's just playing along with the ceasefire narrative to avoid angering Mr. Trump.
And in the meantime, Putin's army continues to expand its massive seizure of territory in eastern Ukraine. The Russian defense ministry claimed Thursday that forces had captured yet another village in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.
A map of Ukraine shows the percentage of different regions under Russian control, displayed in the Oval Office during President Trump's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders on Aug. 18, 2025. BBC News
Major Taras Berezovets of the Ukrainian forces told CBS News that even if Putin were to agree to a ceasefire, the Russian leader simply should not be trusted.
"Absolutely not," Berezovets told CBS News. "He's a cheater, he's a criminal… and he would never accept the fact that independent Ukraine still exists."
That is why Ukraine wants security guarantees—a promise of protection from the U.S. and its NATO allies in the event Russia should invade again after any eventual ceasefire is implemented.
President Trump has been adamant that such a guarantee would not involve U.S. boots on the ground, and Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that Europe would have to bear most of the costs.
But getting all sides, including Russia, to agree to those security guarantees may be next to impossible. After his meeting with Putin, Mr. Trump met with Zelenskyy and European leaders in Washington to hold separate talks.
But Moscow has downplayed the prospect of a Putin-Zelenskyy summit any time soon, and officials have said Russia should be included in any looming discussions on security guarantees for Ukraine.
Russia targeted Ukraine overnight with 574 drones and 40 missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force said. Most of the weapons were intercepted by Ukraine's air defenses, but the massive assault was far from unusual, and officials said at least one person was killed and 15 injured.
Ukrainian officials said the Russian attack hit energy infrastructure, private homes, an American electronics factory—where President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the 15 injuries were sustained—and a kindergarten.
"Last night, the Russian army set one of its insane anti-records. They struck civilian infrastructure, residential buildings, and our people," Zelenskyy said in a message posted on social media. He called the electronics plant an "American investment" and an "ordinary civilian enterprise" producing "everyday items such as coffee machines."
"This is also a target for the Russians. Very telling. The fire is still being extinguished at the enterprise. As of now, 15 people are known to have been affected by this strike. All of them have been provided with the necessary assistance," he said.
Emergency services and firefighting teams work at the scene after a Russian missile attack hit a U.S.-owned factory in Zakarpattia, Ukraine, Aug. 21, 2025.Ukrainian Presidency/Handout/Anadolu/Getty
Alluding to President Trump's efforts to broker a peace deal to end the war, including the bilateral summit between Mr. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin just a week earlier, Zelenskyy condemned Moscow for launching the new strike "as if nothing had changed at all." As if there were no efforts by the world to stop this war."
"A response is needed," he added. "So far, there has been no signal from Moscow that they are really going to engage in meaningful negotiations and end this war. Pressure is needed. Strong sanctions, strong tariffs."
There has been a lot of talk—outside of Ukraine—about a peace deal amid Mr. Trump's ramped-up diplomacy. But inside Ukraine, people continue to live and die in a war zone more than three years after Russia launched its full-scale invasion . Many in the country, like their president, simply don't believe that Putin really wants to end the war. They think he's just playing along with the ceasefire narrative to avoid angering Mr. Trump.
And in the meantime, Putin's army continues to expand its massive seizure of territory in eastern Ukraine. The Russian defense ministry claimed Thursday that forces had captured yet another village in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk region.
A map of Ukraine shows the percentage of different regions under Russian control, displayed in the Oval Office during President Trump's meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders on Aug. 18, 2025. BBC News
Major Taras Berezovets of the Ukrainian forces told CBS News that even if Putin were to agree to a ceasefire, the Russian leader simply should not be trusted.
"Absolutely not," Berezovets told CBS News. "He's a cheater, he's a criminal… and he would never accept the fact that independent Ukraine still exists."
That is why Ukraine wants security guarantees—a promise of protection from the U.S. and its NATO allies in the event Russia should invade again after any eventual ceasefire is implemented.
President Trump has been adamant that such a guarantee would not involve U.S. boots on the ground, and Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that Europe would have to bear most of the costs.
But getting all sides, including Russia, to agree to those security guarantees may be next to impossible. After his meeting with Putin, Mr. Trump met with Zelenskyy and European leaders in Washington to hold separate talks.
But Moscow has downplayed the prospect of a Putin-Zelenskyy summit any time soon, and officials have said Russia should be included in any looming discussions on security guarantees for Ukraine.
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574 Drones, 40 Missiles: Russia Hammers Ukraine As Peace Talks Drag
The attack mostly targeted western regions of the country, where much of the military aid provided by Ukraine's Western allies is believed to be delivered and stored.
Firefighters work at the site of the Russian missile strike on the outskirts of Lviv.
Russia launched one of its biggest aerial attacks of the year on Ukraine, firing 574 drones and 40 ballistic and cruise missiles overnight, the Ukrainian Air Force said Thursday, while a recent diplomatic push to stop the three-year war is trying to gain momentum.
The attack mostly targeted western regions of the country, the air force said, where much of the military aid provided by Ukraine's Western allies is believed to be delivered and stored. The strikes killed at least one person and injured 15 others, according to officials.
It was Russia's third-largest aerial attack this year in terms of the number of drones fired and the eighth-largest in terms of missiles, according to official figures. Most such Russian attacks have hit civilian areas.
The strikes occurred during a renewed U.S.-led effort to reach a peace settlement following Russia's February 2022 invasion of its neighbor. U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the war with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska last week and at the start of this week hosted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and European leaders at the White House.
Russia has fired nearly 1,000 long-range drones and missiles at Ukraine since the White House talks.
Ukraine and European leaders have accused Putin of stalling in ongoing peace efforts, including Ukraine's proposal of a ceasefire and Zelenskyy's offer to sit down with the Russian leader. The Kremlin has reacted coolly to those possibilities.
Zelenskyy condemned the overnight attack, saying it was carried out "as if nothing were changing at all."
Russia's Defense Ministry said the strikes targeted "enterprises of the Ukrainian military-industrial complex." It claimed the attack hit drone factories, storage depots, and missile launch sites, as well as areas where Ukrainian troops were gathered. Russia has repeatedly denied targeting civilian areas of Ukraine.
Moscow has shown no signs of pursuing meaningful negotiations to end the war, Zelenskyy said. He urged the international community to respond with stronger pressure on Moscow, including tougher sanctions and tariffs.
Ukraine, meanwhile, has kept up its attacks with domestically produced long-range drones on infrastructure inside Russia that supports Moscow's war effort. Among other targets, it has hit oil refineries, and Russian wholesale gasoline prices have reached record highs in recent days.
Almost all the overnight missiles were fired from inside Russia. They reached deep into western Ukraine, near the border with Hungary.
Western parts of Ukraine are far from the battlefield's front line in the east and south of the country, where a grinding war of attrition has killed tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides.
In the western city of Lviv, one person was killed and three were injured as the attack damaged 26 residential buildings, a kindergarten, and administrative buildings, regional head Maksym Kozytskyi wrote on Telegram.
The Regional Prosecutor's Office said three Russian cruise missiles with cluster munitions struck the city.
A U.S. electronics plant near the Hungarian border was also struck, according to Andy Hunder, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine. The Flex factory is one of the biggest American investments in Ukraine, Hunder told The Associated Press by phone.
At the moment of impact, 600 night shift workers were on the premises, and six of them were injured, Hunder said. Russian attacks on Ukraine since it launched its invasion have damaged property belonging to more than half of the chamber's approximately 600 members, he added
"The message is clear: Russia is not looking for peace. Russia is attacking American business in Ukraine, humiliating American business," Hunder said.
In comments Wednesday that were embargoed until Thursday, Zelenskyy said Ukraine will hold intensive meetings to understand what kind of security guarantees its allies are willing to provide.
The details are being hammered out by national security advisers and military officials. The plans will become clearer by the end of next week, Zelenskyy said. He then expects to be ready to hold direct talks with Putin for the first time since the full-scale invasion.
The talks could also be conducted in a trilateral format alongside Trump, Zelenskyy said.
A venue for the meeting is being discussed, and Switzerland, Austria, and Turkey are possibilities, Zelenskyy added.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Wednesday that working on security arrangements in Ukraine without Moscow's involvement was not feasible, according to state news agency RIA Novosti.
Zelenskyy said that in his meeting with Trump in the Oval Office on Monday, he sought to convince the American president that the battlefield situation was not as bad for Ukraine as Putin portrayed.
Zelenskyy pointed to errors in the U.S. map of the front line that he said showed Russia holding more territory than it actually does.
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Russia Strikes US Factory in One of War's Largest Aerial Attacks, Ukraine Says. Russia launches a massive drone and missile attack across Ukraine, hitting Flex Ltd's Mukachevo factory.
Russia-Ukraine War: The assault marked Russia’s third-largest drone attack of 2025 and its eighth-largest missile barrage.
Russia launched one of its largest aerial assaults of the war overnight, firing hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles across Ukraine, including a strike that hit a major American-owned factory, Ukrainian officials said.
The Ukrainian air force reported that 574 drones and 40 missiles were unleashed, primarily targeting western regions far from the eastern and southern front lines. The bombardment killed one person, injured at least 15 and struck the premises of Flex Ltd, a Texas-based multinational electronics manufacturer, according to Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha.
Video footage showed a large fire engulfing the facility in the city of Mukachevo, Zakarpattia region, where some 600 workers were present. Flex produces electronics ranging from laptops and game consoles to control units for vehicles. It was not immediately confirmed by the company whether the Mukachevo plant was the intended target.
“This was as if nothing were changing at all. Russia wasted several cruise missiles against an American business… very telling," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, accusing Moscow of deliberately targeting civilian enterprises.
The assault marked Russia’s third-largest drone attack of 2025 and its eighth-largest missile barrage, Ukrainian officials said. Poland scrambled jets to protect its airspace as missiles struck Lviv, less than 50 miles from the Polish border, though Warsaw later reported no violations. The strike comes just days after Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Alaska to meet US President Donald Trump to outline his terms for peace, which included Ukraine ceding the entire Donetsk region.
Ukraine’s military said it carried out its own overnight operations, striking an oil refinery in Russia’s Novoshakhtinsk region and a fuel base in Voronezh. Zelenskyy also announced the successful test of a new Flamingo long-range cruise missile, capable of reaching targets up to 3,000 kilometers away, with mass production slated for early next year.
Despite ongoing peace overtures, Zelenskyy said Moscow had shown no genuine interest in negotiations and urged allies to tighten sanctions and increase pressure on Russia.
“No military logic or necessity, just terror against people, businesses, and normal life in our country," Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Sybiha said.
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Russian missiles and drones ripped through apartment blocks in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Thursday, killing at least 23 people, including four children, authorities said, in an attack the United States warned undermines peace efforts.
Ukraine’s air force said Moscow fired at least 629 drones and missiles, making it the second-largest overnight barrage of the entire war, according to Kyiv’s data.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that aside from residential buildings, the deadly Russian attack also hit the Embassy of Azerbaijan, the European Union delegation, the British Council, and a Turkish enterprise in the capital city.
Ukraine’s military struck a small missile-carrying Russian warship in the Sea of Azov, causing damage, Ukrainian military intelligence said. The ship had the potential to launch missiles in the Temryuk Bay area of the Azov Sea, Ukraine said.
A fire broke out at a unit of the Afipsky oil refinery in Russia’s southern Krasnodar region following a Ukrainian drone attack, local authorities said. The extent of damage was not immediately clear at the refinery, which, together with the Krasnodar refinery, processed an estimated 7.2 million metric tonnes of crude oil in 2024.
Ukraine’s national power grid operator said Russia’s overnight attack on Thursday damaged energy facilities in several regions, prompting local power cuts. The attack on critical infrastructure in central Ukraine’s Vinnytsia region cut power to 60,000 consumers, regional official Natalia Zabolotna said.
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Russian air attack on Kyiv kills children and damages EU building
The Kremlin said the attack targeted Ukrainian military sites and insisted it was still interested in diplomacy to end the conflict, but that its strikes would “continue.”United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres also condemned the attack and urged for a ceasefire. The EU and British government have summoned Russia’s ambassadors after the overnight attack on Kyiv damaged buildings of the EU’s mission and the British Council. British Prime Minister Keir Starmer accused Russian President Vladimir Putin of “sabotaging hopes of peace,” while German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said “Russia showed its true face” with the latest strikes.French President Emmanuel Macron slammed Russian “terror and barbarism,” saying on X: “This is Russia’s idea of peace.”EU chief Ursula von der Leyen spoke with both Zelenskyy and Trump following the attacks, insisting afterwards that “Putin must come to the negotiating table”.
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Russian missile attack on Kyiv: President Zelenskyy says proves Putin still wants war. President Zelenskyy denounced the Russian attack on Kyiv, noting that it was Moscow’s answer to diplomatic efforts to end the war.US President Donald Trump said he “was not happy” about the Russian attack and planned to talk more about the subject later, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt said.
- NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said on X that “we need to ensure Ukraine has what it needs to defend itself & secure a lasting peace”.
- Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said Russia’s attack demonstrates that it is not interested in negotiating an end to the war in Ukraine.
- Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Kyiv had summoned Hungary’s ambassador over what he called the Budapest government’s “discrimination” against ethnic Hungarians in Ukraine.
- Hungary’s Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said his country was issuing an entry ban against the Ukrainian military commander, Robert Brovdi, who carried out “an attack on Hungary’s sovereignty, endangering our energy security.” Brovdi is an ethnic Hungarian who commands Ukraine’s drone forces.
Peace talks
- Zelenskyy told a group of European leaders that it was important to produce a clear definition of security guarantees for Ukraine as part of any plan to secure a peace settlement with Russia.
- Zelenskyy also said he had discussed security guarantees for Ukraine with Turkiye’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
- Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter hosted Ukraine’s Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko in Bern for a courtesy visit, the Swiss government said in a statement. The talks focused on the peace process and the reconstruction of Ukraine, it said.
Military aid
- The US Department of State has approved a potential sale of air-launched cruise missiles and related equipment to Ukraine for an estimated $825m, the Pentagon said. The 3,350 Extended Range Attack Munition (ERAM) missiles have a range of “several hundred” kilometers, according to a manufacturer.
Regional security
- Russia or its proxies have flown surveillance drones over routes that the US and its allies use to transport military supplies through eastern Germany, according to a New York Times report. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov dismissed the report, describing it as “another newspaper fake”.
Economy
- Russian oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline to Slovakia have resumed after an outage caused last week by a Ukrainian attack in Russia, Slovak Economy Minister Denisa Sakova said.
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As Ukraine declined Putin's offer for talks, saying that under the rain of drones and missiles it is not possible to talk, Russia launched its largest aerial assault of the Ukraine war overnight into Sunday, deploying more than 800 drones and striking a Kyiv government building for the first time, CNN reported.
IMAGE: Thick smoke from a nearby strike site fills the sky during a Russian drone strike in Ukraine, September 7, 2025. Photograph: ANI Photo/Reuters
At least three people, including a child, were killed and dozens were injured after a series of overnight Russian missile and drone strikes pounded multiple Ukrainian cities, damaging residential areas and igniting a fire in Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers building, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
In a statement on X, Zelenskyy said emergency services were working around the clock to address the aftermath of the attacks, which included over 800 drones and 13 missiles, four of which were ballistic.
As per Zelenskyy, citing preliminary reports, several drones had crossed into Ukrainian airspace from Belarus. The Cabinet of Ministers building in Kyiv sustained significant damage, with a fire breaking out on its upper floors following the strikes.
"Since last night, work has been ongoing to eliminate the consequences of Russian strikes -- more than 800 drones, 13 missiles, including four ballistic. According to preliminary information, several drones crossed the border of Ukraine and Belarus. In Kyiv, ordinary residential buildings have been destroyed. In one of them, the floors between the 4th and 8th stories have collapsed. As of now, two people have been reported killed, including one child. My condolences to all their loved ones. In total, dozens were injured in the capital alone. The Cabinet of Ministers building was damaged -- a fire broke out on the upper floors," the Ukrainian President stated.
Russia launched a total of 810 drones, four ballistic missiles and nine cruise missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force said. While most were shot down by air defences, 54 drones and nine missiles hit targets across Ukraine, it said.
The latest assault surpasses the size of a July attack that was previously the largest of the war, which began with Russia's full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022.
It also comes after recent attempts by Kyiv's Western allies to broker a peace deal, as per CNN.
Zelenskyy described the attack as "vile," saying that "such killings now, when real diplomacy could have started a long time ago, are a deliberate crime and a prolongation of the war."
"The world can make the Kremlin's criminals stop killing; all we need is political will," Zelenskyy said.
He further stated that other regions across Ukraine were also hit.
In Zaporizhzhia, more than 20 houses and a kindergarten were damaged. Warehouses were destroyed in Kryvyi Rih, and one person was reported killed in Safonivka of the Sumy region and the Chernihiv region. A residential high-rise was hit in Odesa, causing further damage and concern.
"More than 20 houses and a kindergarten were damaged in Zaporizhzhia. Warehouses were destroyed in Kryvyi Rih, one person was killed in Safonivka, Sumy region, and another one in the Chernihiv region. A residential high-rise was hit in Odesa. Many regions have been affected over the past day. Our emergency services are working everywhere they are needed," his post read.
He again urged international allies to maintain pressure on Moscow and follow through on commitments to strengthen Ukraine's air defence, referencing past agreements made in Paris and statements from Washington promising sanctions for failure to engage in peace efforts.
Zelenskyy also expressed gratitude to the countries assisting Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict and reiterated the urgent need for enhanced air defence capabilities.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko called it a "massive attack," saying the cities of Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro, Kremenchuk, and Odesa all came under fire, as well as Kyiv.
In the capital, the building that houses the prime minister's office, as well as some government ministries, was struck in the assault, she said, CNN reported.
"For the first time, the government building, its roof, and upper floors were damaged by the enemy attacks. Rescuers are extinguishing the fire. I thank them for their work," Svyrydenko said.
Earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin said any Western troops in Ukraine would be considered "legitimate targets for defeat," a day after it was announced that dozens of Western countries have pledged to contribute to a potential peacekeeping force there if a ceasefire deal is agreed.
IMAGE: Thick smoke from a nearby strike site fills the sky during a Russian drone strike in Ukraine, September 7, 2025. Photograph: ANI Photo/Reuters
At least three people, including a child, were killed and dozens were injured after a series of overnight Russian missile and drone strikes pounded multiple Ukrainian cities, damaging residential areas and igniting a fire in Ukraine's Cabinet of Ministers building, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.
In a statement on X, Zelenskyy said emergency services were working around the clock to address the aftermath of the attacks, which included over 800 drones and 13 missiles, four of which were ballistic.
As per Zelenskyy, citing preliminary reports, several drones had crossed into Ukrainian airspace from Belarus. The Cabinet of Ministers building in Kyiv sustained significant damage, with a fire breaking out on its upper floors following the strikes.
"Since last night, work has been ongoing to eliminate the consequences of Russian strikes -- more than 800 drones, 13 missiles, including four ballistic. According to preliminary information, several drones crossed the border of Ukraine and Belarus. In Kyiv, ordinary residential buildings have been destroyed. In one of them, the floors between the 4th and 8th stories have collapsed. As of now, two people have been reported killed, including one child. My condolences to all their loved ones. In total, dozens were injured in the capital alone. The Cabinet of Ministers building was damaged -- a fire broke out on the upper floors," the Ukrainian President stated.
Russia launched a total of 810 drones, four ballistic missiles and nine cruise missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force said. While most were shot down by air defences, 54 drones and nine missiles hit targets across Ukraine, it said.
The latest assault surpasses the size of a July attack that was previously the largest of the war, which began with Russia's full-scale invasion of its neighbour in February 2022.
It also comes after recent attempts by Kyiv's Western allies to broker a peace deal, as per CNN.
Zelenskyy described the attack as "vile," saying that "such killings now, when real diplomacy could have started a long time ago, are a deliberate crime and a prolongation of the war."
"The world can make the Kremlin's criminals stop killing; all we need is political will," Zelenskyy said.
He further stated that other regions across Ukraine were also hit.
In Zaporizhzhia, more than 20 houses and a kindergarten were damaged. Warehouses were destroyed in Kryvyi Rih, and one person was reported killed in Safonivka of the Sumy region and the Chernihiv region. A residential high-rise was hit in Odesa, causing further damage and concern.
"More than 20 houses and a kindergarten were damaged in Zaporizhzhia. Warehouses were destroyed in Kryvyi Rih, one person was killed in Safonivka, Sumy region, and another one in the Chernihiv region. A residential high-rise was hit in Odesa. Many regions have been affected over the past day. Our emergency services are working everywhere they are needed," his post read.
He again urged international allies to maintain pressure on Moscow and follow through on commitments to strengthen Ukraine's air defence, referencing past agreements made in Paris and statements from Washington promising sanctions for failure to engage in peace efforts.
Zelenskyy also expressed gratitude to the countries assisting Ukraine amid the ongoing conflict and reiterated the urgent need for enhanced air defence capabilities.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko called it a "massive attack," saying the cities of Kryvyi Rih, Dnipro, Kremenchuk, and Odesa all came under fire, as well as Kyiv.
In the capital, the building that houses the prime minister's office, as well as some government ministries, was struck in the assault, she said, CNN reported.
"For the first time, the government building, its roof, and upper floors were damaged by the enemy attacks. Rescuers are extinguishing the fire. I thank them for their work," Svyrydenko said.
Earlier this week, Russian President Vladimir Putin said any Western troops in Ukraine would be considered "legitimate targets for defeat," a day after it was announced that dozens of Western countries have pledged to contribute to a potential peacekeeping force there if a ceasefire deal is agreed.
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Ukraine in maps: Tracking the war with Russia
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Fighting has raged in Ukraine since Russia launched a full-scale invasion more than three years ago. Over the past year, Russian forces have slowly expanded the amount of territory they control, mostly in the east of Ukraine, and have continued their recent barrage of air strikes on Kyiv and other cities.
US President Donald Trump has said Kyiv can "win all of Ukraine back in its original form" - a major shift in his position on the conflict. He had previously suggested that Ukraine would have to give up territory to end the war.
Here is a recap of the situation on the ground in Ukraine.
Russia grinds forward in the east
In eastern Ukraine, Moscow's war machine has been churning mile by mile through the wide open fields of the Luhansk and Donetsk regions - also known as the Donbas - surrounding and overwhelming villages and towns.
It has been trying to gain full control of the area along with two more regions to the west - Zaporizhzhia and Kherson. Shortly after the invasion, Russia held referendums to try to annexe all these regions - in the same way it had annexed Crimea in 2014 - but it has never had them under full control.
It is believed that one of Russian President Vladimir Putin's demands is that Kyiv surrenders the parts of the Donbas area it still controls.
But Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has consistently said Ukraine would not hand over the Donbas in exchange for peace, saying such a concession could be used as a springboard for future attacks by Russia.
Summer offensive targets key towns
A recent report by the US-based Institute for the Study of War, (ISW) describes a "fortress belt" running 50km (31 miles) through western Donetsk."Ukraine has spent the last 11 years pouring time, money, and effort into reinforcing the fortress belt and establishing significant defence industrial and defensive infrastructure," it writes.
The area also includes big cities that are still under Ukrainian control, including Druzhkivka, Kramatorsk and Slovyansk.
Although a Russian summer offensive near the eastern town of Pokrovsk did make rapid advances just north of the town and Russia has recently made progress to the east of nearby Kostyantynivka, analysts say it would take "several years" for it to complete its objective in the region.
However, they also note that Russia's casualty rates have fallen in recent months despite its more rapid advances and say this is likely to be the result of its increased use of unmanned aerial vehicles - drones.
- Why Donetsk 'fortress belt' matters so much for Ukraine's defences
- Four key takeaways from Ukraine talks in Washington
- Why did Putin's Russia invade Ukraine?
Russian incursion north of Kharkiv
Further north, Russia has been pushing towards Kupyansk in east of the Kharkiv region, as part of its efforts to capture the whole of Luhansk and encircle northern Donetsk.Its defence ministry has said that if it seizes Kupyansk it will use this as a foothold to make further advances into the Kharkiv region.
And in addition to the eastern front, in May 2024 Russia began what the ISW describes as its "subordinate main effort", when it crossed the border to the north of Ukraine's second-biggest city, Kharkiv.
Several villages were seized and thousands of civilians fled.
Recent ISW analysis of the area shows Russia has advanced near Vovchansk and Lyptsi as it tries to create a buffer zone inside Ukraine's northern borders and get within artillery range of Kharkiv.
Putin says he wants this buffer zone to protect Russia, after Ukrainian forces captured a swathe of territory further north in Kursk last summer. Russian forces eventually drove them out, with the help of North Korean troops.
The Russians then pushed on into Ukraine but quickly became bogged down in fighting over small border villages, which keep changing hands even today. Without major reinforcements, it is unlikely Russian troops will advance much further.
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As well as the counter-offensive in the Kursk region, Ukraine has struck air bases deep inside Russia. One of these attacks involved using 100 drones to target nuclear-capable long-range bombers.
The Russian Defence Ministry confirmed the attacks had occurred in five regions of Russia - Murmansk, Irkutsk, Ivanovo, Ryazan and Amur - but stated planes had been damaged only in Murmansk and Irkutsk, while in other locations the attacks had been repelled.
Kyiv claims the drone operation inflicted $7bn (£5.2bn) of damage to the Russian military. It hasn't been possible to verify either country's claims.
More recently Moscow blamed Ukrainian drones for a massive oil depot fire near Russia's Black Sea resort of Sochi - the venue of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games.
Meanwhile, Russia has continued to bomb Ukrainian cities, launching 574 drones and 40 missiles on the night of 20 August - which the ISW described as the third-largest strike of the war so far.
Ceasefire talks
Since Trump took office at the start of 2025, the US has been pursuing an end to the war - now in its fourth year - through negotiations.There have been no major breakthrough in talks, leading Trump to threaten to impose further severe tariffs on Russia, targeting its oil and other exports, if it failed to agree a ceasefire.
That deadline passed on the same day it was announced that Trump and Putin would meet at a summit in Alaska.
The summit and subsequent meetings with European leaders and Zelensky ended without a peace deal but Trump did not rule out the US helping to guarantee Ukraine's security if a deal could be reached. Security guarantees are generally seen as paramount to any sort of deal with Russia.
And after talks with Zelensky in September Trump posted on his Truth Social platform that Ukraine could get back "the original borders from where this war started" with the support of Europe and Nato, due to pressures on Russia's economy.
Ukraine minerals deal
At the end of April the US and Ukraine signed a long-discussed deal to share profits from the future sale of Ukraine's mineral and energy reserves.
The deal aims to provide an economic incentive for the US Military assistance - to continue to invest in Ukraine's defence and reconstruction, as well as to address Washington's concerns over the amount of aid it has already contributed.
It will also see the establishment of an investment fund to spur Ukraine's economic recovery from the war.
Three years of fighting
Russia's full-scale invasion began with dozens of missile strikes on cities all over Ukraine before dawn on 24 February 2022.Russian ground troops moved in quickly and within a few weeks were in control of large areas of Ukraine and had advanced to the suburbs of Kyiv.
Russian forces were bombarding Kharkiv, and had taken territory in the east and south as far as Kherson, and surrounded the port city of Mariupol.
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Aug 2025: Russia edges forward; controlled areas increase again.
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But they hit very strong Ukrainian resistance almost everywhere and faced serious logistical problems with poorly-motivated Russian troops suffering shortages of food, water and ammunition.
Ukrainian forces were also quick to deploy Western supplied arms such as the Nlaw anti-tank system, which proved highly effective against the Russian advance.
By October 2022, the picture had changed dramatically and, having failed to take Kyiv, Russia withdrew completely from the north. The following month, Ukrainian forces recaptured the southern city of Kherson.
Since then, the battle has mostly been in the east of Ukraine with Russian forces slowly gaining ground over many months - military experts estimate between 165,000 and 235,000 Russian service personnel have been killed since the invasion.
Ukraine last updated its casualty figures in December 2024, when President Zelensky acknowledged 43,000 Ukrainian deaths among soldiers and officers. Western analysts believe this figure to be an under-estimate.
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- The UN’s International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) said that “two rounds of shelling struck around 1.25 km” [less than a mile] from the perimeter of Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant on Monday afternoon.
- IAEA chief Rafael Grossi warned the attacks came as the plant has been running on emergency diesel generators for almost two weeks after losing its external power source. Russia and Ukraine have accused each other of being behind recent attacks near the nuclear power station.
- Ukrainian drones hit the Feodosia oil terminal in Russian-occupied Crimea on Monday night causing a “large-scale fire”, Ukraine’s General Staff said in a post on Telegram.
- A Russian attack hit the roof of a perinatal centre in Sumy, causing it to catch fire, the head of the Ukrainian President’s Office, Andriy Yermak, said in a post on Telegram. The babies, patients and employees had evacuated to a bomb shelter before the attack, Yermak added.
- Russian shelling killed two people and injured five others in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, the region’s governor Oleh Syniehubov said in a post on Telegram.
- Russian forces launched drone attacks, air strikes and artillery shelling on Ukraine’s Kherson region, killing one person and injuring three others, regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin wrote on Telegram.
- A Russian attack killed one person and injured 11 in Ukraine’s Zaporizhia region, governor Ivan Fedorov wrote in a post on Telegram.
- A Ukrainian missile attack killed two people in Russia’s Belgorod region, governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said, according to Russia’s state-run TASS news agency.
- A Ukrainian drone attack killed one person in Russian-occupied Luhansk, the Russian installed regional government reported in a post on Telegram.
Are Russians footing the bill for the war in Ukraine
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters “there is no reason to blame Russia” for recent drone sitings across Europe, describing the “whole story” as “really rather strange, to say the very least”.
- Peskov also said that “many politicians in Europe… are now inclined to blame Russia for everything”, and that they do so “unreasonably, indiscriminately”, after German Chancellor Friedrich Merz recently said he assumed Russia was behind the reported drone flights.
- A Polish court ruled on Monday that the Ukrainian diver wanted by Germany over his alleged involvement in explosions which damaged the Nord Stream gas pipeline must remain in custody for another 40 days, his lawyer said.
Finnish President Alexander Stubb and Prime Minister Petteri Orpo will visit Washington DC on Thursday and Friday this week for a meeting with US President Donald Trump, the Finnish government said on Monday.
- Trump responded to a question from reporters on Ukraine asking the US to sell long-range Tomahawk Missiles to some European countries, with the US President responding: “I would ask some questions. I’m not looking to escalate that war.”
- Trump’s comments come a day after a video was released of Russian President Vladimir Putin saying the sale of Tomahawk missiles would destroy progress made in Moscow’s relationship with Washington.
- Czech President Petr Pavel urged political parties to continue supplying ammunition to Ukraine after populists that have pledged to scrap the scheme won a recent election in his country.
- “If we were to reduce or even end this support, we would primarily harm ourselves, but ending this support would also have a negative impact on Ukraine, where many more would lose their lives,” Pavel said.
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Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday formally admitted for the first time that the country's air defences were responsible for shooting down an Azerbaijani airliner last December, an incident that killed 38 people, reports Associated Press.
IMAGE: Visuals of emergency and rescue operations at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, on December 25, 2024. Photograph: Azamat S{censored}nbayev/Reuters
Putin made the statement during a meeting with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, on the sidelines of a summit of former Soviet nations.
The Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet crashed on December 25, 2024, after being struck while on a flight from Baku to Grozny, the regional capital of Russia’s Chechnya republic.
Azerbaijani authorities previously asserted the jet was accidentally hit by Russian air defences and crashed while attempting an emergency landing in western Kazakhstan, killing 38 of the 67 people on board.
The Russian president has previously apologised to Aliyev for what he called a “tragic incident,” but had stopped short of acknowledging official responsibility until his remarks on Thursday.
Aliyev had earlier criticised Moscow for attempting to “hush up” the incident.
IMAGE: Visuals of emergency and rescue operations at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger plane near the city of Aktau, Kazakhstan, on December 25, 2024. Photograph: Azamat S{censored}nbayev/Reuters
Putin made the statement during a meeting with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev in Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan, on the sidelines of a summit of former Soviet nations.
The Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet crashed on December 25, 2024, after being struck while on a flight from Baku to Grozny, the regional capital of Russia’s Chechnya republic.
Azerbaijani authorities previously asserted the jet was accidentally hit by Russian air defences and crashed while attempting an emergency landing in western Kazakhstan, killing 38 of the 67 people on board.
The Russian president has previously apologised to Aliyev for what he called a “tragic incident,” but had stopped short of acknowledging official responsibility until his remarks on Thursday.
Aliyev had earlier criticised Moscow for attempting to “hush up” the incident.
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US President Donald Trump on Sunday warned Russia that he may send Ukraine long-range Tomahawk missiles if Moscow doesn’t settle its war there soon—suggesting that he could be ready to increase the pressure on Vladimir Putin's government using a key weapons system. Donald Trump, speaking to reporters aboard Air Force One en route to Israel, said, “I might say, ‘Look: if this war is not going to get settled, I’m going to send them Tomahawks.’ The Tomahawk is an incredible weapon, a very
“Do they want to have Tomahawks going in that direction? I don’t think so,” Trump said of Russia. “I think I might speak to Russia about that.” He described the deployment of Tomahawks as “a new step of aggression.”
Russia reacted sharply to the suggestion. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday that “the topic of Tomahawks is of extreme concern,” echoing warnings that such a move could seriously damage bilateral relations.
Vladimir Putin has previously cautioned that supplying long-range weapons to Ukraine would cross a red line and further escalate hostilities. Donald Trump’s comments mark a notable shift in tone. Having once urged Kyiv to make concessions to end the war, the US president has in recent weeks adopted a firmer stance, frustrated by Putin’s refusal to engage directly with Zelensky.
Last month, Trump asserted that he now believes Ukraine could reclaim all territory lost to Russia—a dramatic reversal from his earlier position. He has also hinted at a decision “sort of made” on whether to send Tomahawks, without offering specifics.
“I really think Putin would look great if he got this settled,” Trump said aboard Air Force One. “It’s not going to be good for him if not.”
A senior Ukrainian delegation is expected to visit Washington this week, amid speculation that the issue of long-range weapons will top the agenda. Tomahawk cruise missiles, known for their precision and extended range, would significantly enhance Ukraine’s strike capability—allowing Kyiv to target Russian infrastructure and military assets deep inside enemy territory.
While Ukraine argues such weapons are essential to bring Russia to the negotiating table, Moscow views them as a provocative escalation tantamount to US participation in the conflict.
For now, Trump appears to be using the threat of Tomahawks as diplomatic leverage. Whether it becomes a reality could define the next phase of the Russia–Ukraine war and the fragile balance of deterrence between Washington and Moscow.
“Do they want to have Tomahawks going in that direction? I don’t think so,” Trump said of Russia. “I think I might speak to Russia about that.” He described the deployment of Tomahawks as “a new step of aggression.”
Russia reacted sharply to the suggestion. Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said on Sunday that “the topic of Tomahawks is of extreme concern,” echoing warnings that such a move could seriously damage bilateral relations.
Vladimir Putin has previously cautioned that supplying long-range weapons to Ukraine would cross a red line and further escalate hostilities. Donald Trump’s comments mark a notable shift in tone. Having once urged Kyiv to make concessions to end the war, the US president has in recent weeks adopted a firmer stance, frustrated by Putin’s refusal to engage directly with Zelensky.
Last month, Trump asserted that he now believes Ukraine could reclaim all territory lost to Russia—a dramatic reversal from his earlier position. He has also hinted at a decision “sort of made” on whether to send Tomahawks, without offering specifics.
“I really think Putin would look great if he got this settled,” Trump said aboard Air Force One. “It’s not going to be good for him if not.”
A senior Ukrainian delegation is expected to visit Washington this week, amid speculation that the issue of long-range weapons will top the agenda. Tomahawk cruise missiles, known for their precision and extended range, would significantly enhance Ukraine’s strike capability—allowing Kyiv to target Russian infrastructure and military assets deep inside enemy territory.
While Ukraine argues such weapons are essential to bring Russia to the negotiating table, Moscow views them as a provocative escalation tantamount to US participation in the conflict.
For now, Trump appears to be using the threat of Tomahawks as diplomatic leverage. Whether it becomes a reality could define the next phase of the Russia–Ukraine war and the fragile balance of deterrence between Washington and Moscow.
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What are Tomahawk missiles? Tomahawk missiles were also used by the US when Donald Trump had ordered military strikes against Syria in 2017
Tomahawk missile
Tomahawk missiles are fired from sea. The missiles travel relatively low to the ground and are guided by an advanced navigation system, because of which the US could use them to attack Iran's nuclear sites from submarines located 400 miles away on Sunday, June 22. Tomahawk missiles are designed to follow a non-linear path, so they cannot be shot down. “What’s important about the Tomahawks is that they just don’t necessarily go from point A to point B in a straight line. They will take kind of a circumnavigation route so they can’t be shot down,” retired US Army Major General James “Spider” Marks had told CNN during an interview in 2017. Tomahawk missiles reportedly cost about $2 million each, measure 18.3 feet long, and weigh 3,200 pounds (4,400 with booster). The missile is also designed to carry a 1,000-pound conventional warhead or cluster munitions.
Tomahawk missile
Tomahawk missiles are fired from sea. The missiles travel relatively low to the ground and are guided by an advanced navigation system, because of which the US could use them to attack Iran's nuclear sites from submarines located 400 miles away on Sunday, June 22. Tomahawk missiles are designed to follow a non-linear path, so they cannot be shot down. “What’s important about the Tomahawks is that they just don’t necessarily go from point A to point B in a straight line. They will take kind of a circumnavigation route so they can’t be shot down,” retired US Army Major General James “Spider” Marks had told CNN during an interview in 2017. Tomahawk missiles reportedly cost about $2 million each, measure 18.3 feet long, and weigh 3,200 pounds (4,400 with booster). The missile is also designed to carry a 1,000-pound conventional warhead or cluster munitions.
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Foreign Ministers from the Group of Seven nations released a joint statement calling for an “immediate ceasefire” in the Ukraine war.
G7 foreign ministers call for an "immediate ceasefire" in Ukraine. AFP
Foreign ministers from the Group of Seven nations released a joint statement calling for an "immediate ceasefire in the Ukraine war. The group went on to pledge continued support for Kyiv’s sovereignty as Russia advances in the country’s east.The joint statement was released after the G7 foreign ministers concluded their two-day meeting in Niagara, Canada. “We reaffirmed our unwavering support for Ukraine in defending its territorial integrity and right to exist, and its freedom, sovereignty, and independence,” the ministers said in a joint statement issued Wednesday.
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The ministers from Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom and the United States, along with the European Union’s high representative, met under Canada’s G7 presidency on November 11–12. They were joined by officials from Brazil, India, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, South Africa and Ukraine.
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