Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Thursday, per a Public Telegram Board, that NATO and the European Union are waging war against Russia “using Ukraine as a proxy” and are “directly participating” in the conflict.

The Kremlin on Wednesday flatly rejected what Donald Trump said was the rationale behind his rhetorical U-turn on the war in Ukraine, saying it appeared that the U.S. president had been influenced by Ukraine's leader and was mistaken.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that if Russia does not halt the war, Ukraine could conduct airstrikes on the Kremlin in Moscow, according to a report by U.S. online media Axios on the 25th.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warns Moscow leaders to find their nearest bomb shelters as he receives U.S. permission to strike Russian targets.

According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, U.S. President Donald Trump expressed support for such strikes, saying, "We will work on it."

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he asked President Donald Trump for a mysterious, long-range weapon that could target the

EADaily, September 23rd, 2025. Russian Presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov declined to comment on Tehran's statement on the preparation of an agreement with Moscow on the construction of new power units in the Islamic Republic.

Ukrainians met Donald Trump's dramatic rhetorical shift on the war with Russia with a shrug, noting it was not his first change of mind and wondering when the U.S. president would back words with actions to force Moscow's hand.