Overview

• Addressing the General Assembly, Zelensky said Russian aggression threatens wider Europe, citing drones crossing borders and warning that global institutions have proved too weak.
• He argued that NATO membership would not automatically ensure Ukraine’s safety and urged immediate international action to deter further escalation.
• Zelensky cautioned that Europe risks losing Moldova to Russian influence, pointing to prior losses of strategic ground in Georgia and Belarus.
• The Ukrainian leader called his Tuesday meeting with Trump a good one as Trump publicly suggested Kyiv could recover all occupied territory and even go beyond with EU and NATO support.
• U.S. officials cast Trump’s shift as pressure on Putin to negotiate without new sanctions or major aid, while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov dismissed portrayals of Russian weakness and said operations will proceed.