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Zelensky to meet Trump today in Florida for crucial Ukraine talks (Updated)

Zelensky to meet Trump today in Florida for crucial Ukraine talks (Updated)

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky will meet with US president, Donald Trump, in Florida on Sunday (28 December) in what many see as crucial talks on the future of Ukraine. The time of the meeting between president Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine and US president Donald Trump, in Florida today, has been moved to 1300 hours local time. A Ukrainian delegation arrived in the United States to participate in a meeting between the two presidents. Yesterday, Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the composition of Ukraine's negotiating team: National Security and Defense Council Secretary Rustem Umerov, Economy Minister Oleksiy Sobolev, Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine Andriy Hnatov, non-staff adviser to the head of the Presidential Office Oleksandr Bevz, and First Deputy Foreign Minister Serhiy Kyslytsya. On Saturday, the Ukrainian president outlined five thematic areas covered in the "peace plan" negotiations and which he wants to discuss with Trump at the meeting: "We are discussing security guarantees between Ukraine and the United States. This is one document. We are also discussing security guarantees with Europe. We are discussing the military dimension. This is part of the security guarantees." The fourth section he mentioned was a "prosperity plan, which will include many other documents," which includes discussions on raising up to $800 billion for Ukraine's reconstruction and creating a number of funds. "And fifth, what we want to discuss with the president is a plan of consistent action. That is, we want to propose, step by step, how to ensure that all the plans I've already mentioned actually work. They will, of course, discuss all of this with the Russians, and we will receive feedback," Zelenskyy stated.

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Russia warns its citizens about travel to Azerbaijan

Russia warns its citizens about travel to Azerbaijan

The Russian foreign ministry said that "repeated appeals of the Russian side to the Azerbaijani side about the inadmissibility of discriminatory actions based on ethnicity against the citizens of the Russian Federation arriving in Azerbaijan Republic are ignored"
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Poroshenko: "Kremlin wants to create Soviet Union 2.0"

Poroshenko: "Kremlin wants to create Soviet Union 2.0"

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko told visiting EU Council president Donald Tusk on Monday that he is convinced the Kremlin is seeking not only to return Ukraine to its zone of influence, but also to destroy its statehood.
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Armenia sends humanitarian mission to Syria

Armenia sends humanitarian mission to Syria

An Armenian mission made up of mine clearance experts, medical personnel and an accompanying security team has arrived in the Syrian city of Aleppo. A statement from the Armenian Ministry of Defence said that the mission was strictly humanitarian, and will be conducted only in areas where there was no ongoing fighting
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Lavrov: "Life will put everything in its place"

Lavrov: "Life will put everything in its place"

"We can see that our Western colleagues are reluctant to communicate on an equal footing on various platforms," the Russian Foreign Minister noted during a speech in Bishkek. "We are calm about it. Arrogance and a sense of superiority never made anyone more attractive," he said..
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Armenia set to boost its airforce

Armenia set to boost its airforce

The Russian newspaper Kommersant reported that Armenia will receive four new SU-30s fighter jets in 2020. Russia will supply the aircraft with credit, and at Russian domestic prices, the newspaper said.