Overview

• In a UN General Assembly address, President Donald Trump threatened a "very serious" package of tariffs on Russia and urged European countries to stop buying Russian oil and gas, saying it is time for Ukraine to act.
• After meeting Volodymyr Zelensky in New York, Trump wrote that with European Union support Ukraine could regain all its original territory and possibly more, while cautioning the war may last a long time.
• Zelensky told the UN Security Council that China could compel Moscow to halt its full-scale invasion, and he cited recent gains of 360 square kilometers and the encirclement of about 1,000 Russian troops for potential prisoner exchanges.
• European and Ukrainian officials publicly welcomed Trump's rhetoric but privately reacted with caution, perceiving a shift of responsibility onto them, Bloomberg reported via RIA; the Kremlin said it has not heard the U.S. abandon dialogue.
• Pro‑Kremlin media intensified efforts to delegitimize Zelensky, amplifying commentary mocking his conduct in New York and an MP's unverified claims of assassination attempts and calls to remove him.