2025-10-09
30 分钟It's 1,324 days since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
And after Vladimir Putin warned that mooted American plans to supply Ukraine with Tomahawk missiles represented a whole new level of escalation,
Donald Trump rather dialed down his rhetoric this week,
saying he would only deliver the long-range weapons if he knew what Ukraine planned to do with them.
Further diplomatic engagement with Moscow seems unlikely for now after the Russian Foreign Ministry's assessment that any momentum that was gained at August's Alaska summit had been largely exhausted.
Meanwhile,
as Germany became the latest NATO member to report hostile drone sightings in its airspace,
President Zelensky accused Russia of using its so-called shadow fleet to launch reconnaissance operations.
and with legislation being drafted across the continent to allow security forces to destroy drones,
is Europe preparing for escalation too.
You've been in touch with plenty of questions and as always our team are here to answer them on this episode of Ukrainecast.
Ukraine costs from BBC News.
This is a sovereign nation under unprovoked attack.
We are ready to finish this war as quick as possible.
Russia is not preparing for peace.
We are an enemy of NATO.
And we'll do whatever is necessary to ensure our security.
I don't love it.
I don't like when that happens.
It could be big trouble.