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Former President Donald Trump told rally-goers in the swing state of Nevada Thursday that if elected, he will call Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on election night in an effort to end the war in Ukraine. “I’m going to work on that from the day, hopefully the day that we win, which is Nov. 5th, in the evening,” Trump said. “On the evening of Nov. 5th, I will call Putin. I will call Zelensky,” the Republican nominee for president continued. “I’ll say, ‘We got to stop it.’”

The West made a mistake by promising Ukraine NATO membership, High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Josep Borrell said. “I am ready to admit that we made a number of mistakes and that we lost the possibility of Russia’s rapprochement with the West," he said in an interview with LCI TV channel."There are moments that we could do better, there are things that we proposed and then could not implement, such as, for example, the promise that Ukraine and Georgia will become part of NATO.""I think it's a mistake to make promises that you...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Saturday has asked NATO and the European Union for a firm and "honest" answer on his country's prospects for entry into the alliance at the Munich Security Conference.During remarks in the afternoon Saturday, the Ukrainian president questioned why the E.U. avoids questions over his country's membership status, asking, "Doesn't Ukraine deserve direct, honest answers?"Zelensky said "this also applies to NATO. We are told the door is open. But for now, no outsiders are allowed in," he said while addressing world leaders in Munich, Kyiv-based news agency Interfax-Ukraine reported.He added that if some members of the...

Ukraine's prime minister has said he will ask parliament to put the country on a path towards Nato membership. Arseny Yatsenyuk said the government was sending a bill to MPs urging that Ukraine's non-bloc status be cancelled. The remarks come as Nato holds an emergency meeting to discuss the crisis in eastern Ukraine. The West has stepped up its accusations of direct Russian involvement in the conflict, following advances by pro-Russian rebels. On Thursday Nato released satellite images it said showed Russian forces inside Ukraine. and said more than 1,000 troops were operating there.