Zelenskyy announced this after a call with Trudeau, where they discussed the Montreal Peace Formula conference, Victory Plan, and North Korea’s involvement in the war.
Canada's FM Mélanie Joly stated that Canada supports Ukraine’s long-range strikes within Russia and advocates lifting restrictions on Western weapon use for such operations.
Seventeen nations gathered at the UN to discuss a China-Brazil led peace initiative for Ukraine, despite Ukrainian President's criticism that it serves Russian interests.
Russian presidential spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that now “there is a lot of different contradictory and unreliable information” surrounding Zelenskyy's peace plan.
Russia declines participation in Ukraine's peace summit, rejecting Zelenskyy's peace plan as allegedly unviable, and demanding Ukraine relinquish territories that Russia claims to have annexed.
Ukrainian President labeled the China-Brazil peace plan as politically destructive, emphasizing that it was not discussed with Ukraine. He criticized the lack of respect for Ukrainian territorial integrity and rejected calls for negotiations with Russian President Putin.
WP sources claim that Ukraine and Russia were set to hold indirect talks in Qatar for a partial ceasefire on energy infrastructure strikes, but the negotiations were postponed after Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russia's Kursk Oblast.
In an interview, Zelenskyy says he invited Trump to Ukraine, announced a peace plan due by November, rejected any ceasefire while Russia occupies Ukrainian territory, and emphasized patience, international support, and diplomatic pressure as strategies to end the war.
EU High Representative Josep Borrell also emphasized the importance of countering Russian propaganda internationally, reminding that Russia is the aggressor and Ukraine is defending itself.
NATO-Ukraine Council statement outlines support for Ukraine's defense and reforms, pledges long-term assistance, condemns Russian aggression, and confirms Ukraine's future NATO membership when allies agree and conditions are met.
Bloomberg sources claim Ukraine is planning a second peace summit before the US elections, this time with Russia's participation, allegedly to "achieve a fair peace settlement."
Ukraine's Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba announced the finalized balanced text of the Peace Summit final declaration, incorporating Ukraine's positions. Notably, the text has only 3/10 points of Ukraine's peace formula.
The Switzerland peace summit, touted as a chance for Ukraine to lock in global support for its peace plan, risks instead legitimizing alternate proposals that Kyiv sees as akin to capitulation, a leaked draft suggests.
At the Shangri-La Dialogue in Singapore, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy accused China of using its influence to disrupt Ukraine’s upcoming peace summit in Switzerland, colluding with Russia.
Responding to implications that Ukrainian President Zelenskyy could have prevented "tragedy" by making peace with Russia in 2022, Jakub Kumoch claimed that the Ukrainian leader could not agree to Russian demands, which, among many, included some "humiliating elements" like implementing "denazification" and introducing "the cult of the Great Patriotic War."