
Fighter jet escorted Wizz Air from London to Budapest over bomb threat
A Wizz Air passenger flight bound for Sofia was diverted to Hungary after reports of a threat on board.

A Wizz Air passenger flight bound for Sofia was diverted to Hungary after reports of a threat on board.

Ukrainian President stated during visit to German capital that reduced Washington activity requires greater responsibility from European countries.

The Haisyn community lost the deputy company commander, who had lost her husband on the front line less than a year before her death.

Warsaw is discussing reports of an alleged refusal to allow the presidential aircraft to land. The ministry's official position does not confirm the incident.

Journalists identified one of the "medics" involved in the confrontation in Kyiv. He turned out to be Viktor Yena, who has a criminal record and manages a company.

Volodymyr Zelensky and Julia Klöckner discussed financial support and energy infrastructure protection. Germany plans to allocate €11.6bn in 2027.

The capital's power grid has suffered serious disruptions, leading to power cuts across most of the Left Bank and local emergency outages on the Right Bank.

Oleksandr Pivnenko stated that the teenager fell from a tree during riots in Petropavlivska Borshchahivka, and servicemen brought him inside to protect him from stones.

President Volodymyr Zelensky expressed opposition to the idea of exchanging visits between the leaders of Ukraine and Russia during a joint press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in Berlin. The head of state emphasised that inviting Volodymyr Putin to Kyiv or his own invitation to Moscow are destructive steps that would not contribute to ending hostilities.
«Ми не запрошуємо Путіна до Києва. Вони у 2022 році без запрошення до нас прийшли. Але немає сенсу запрошувати Путіна в Київ, тому що вони не приїдуть. Запрошувати для того, щоб вони не приїхали - це деструктивно. Так само, як і мене запрошувати в Москву: те, що робить Росія - деструктивно. Це просто плювати в обличчя всьому світові, який хоче, щоб війна закінчилась. Тому ніхто не буде підтримувати поїздки в Москву» (We are not inviting Putin to Kyiv. In 2022, they came to us without an invitation. But there is no point in inviting Putin to Kyiv, because they will not come. Inviting them so that they do not come is destructive. The same applies to inviting me to Moscow: what Russia is doing is destructive. It is simply spitting in the face of the whole world that wants the war to end. Therefore, no one will support trips to Moscow), Zelensky stated.
In response to a question about the possibility of a phone call between the presidents of the two countries, the Ukrainian leader also took a critical stance towards this initiative. He is convinced that Moscow will use such a format as an excuse to avoid real meetings.
«Розмову по телефону, безумовно, Росія буде використовувати, як можливість більше не зустрічатись. (…) Це буде дуже офіційна суха розмова телефоном, де я буду слухати черговий раз історичну лекцію від лідера Російської Федерації, а не про реальні кроки, як дійсно закінчити війну. Про це треба не просто балакати, треба сідати, домовлятись і доводити, де ця сторона неправа, тому що вона агресор» (A phone call, of course, will be used by Russia as an opportunity to stop meeting. (…) It will be a very official, dry phone conversation where I will listen to yet another historical lecture from the leader of the Russian Federation, rather than about real steps to actually end the war. We need to not just talk about this, we need to sit down, agree, and prove where this side is wrong, because it is the aggressor), the president explained.
Zelensky emphasised that personal contacts and concrete actions are necessary to achieve a peaceful settlement. According to him, the first step towards ending the conflict must be a ceasefire.
«Якщо ми хочемо закінчити війну, то повинні зустрічатись і зробити перший крок - припинення вогню» (If we want to end the war, we must meet and take the first step - a ceasefire), the head of state added.
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