
AI-generated summary
Relations between the US and Ukraine were previously at a low point in late February 2025 after a series of public disagreements between Trump and Zelensky.
US President Donald Trump has lowered the level of relations with Ukraine to their lowest point. The German newspaper Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ) writes about this.
“After Trump's outburst on Saturday, Ukrainian-American relations are back at the same low point they were at in late February 2025,” the article says.
Earlier, Trump accused the Ukrainian leader of wanting to create problems for the United States and the whole world. He also called on Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky to stop commenting on the attacks of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on Russian oil refineries. Later, speaking to reporters, Trump advised the Ukrainians to choose a new leader.
AI outlook — possibilities, not facts
The United States may reduce or revise the volume of military assistance to Ukraine
Likely · Within weeks
Ukraine may seek alternative sources of military and financial support in Europe
Possible · Within months

Estonian Prime Minister Kristen Michal expressed dissatisfaction with the change in the US position on diesel fuel supplies from Russia after a telephone agreement between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, noting that this contradicts the Western strategy of limiting Russian energy resources. Earlier in Estonia over the year, prices for gasoline increased by 33.8%, and for diesel fuel by 58%, reaching a record 2.4 euros per liter at the end of September.

First Deputy Chairman of the Federation Council Committee on International Affairs Grigory Karasin stated that Donald Trump's call for a change in Ukrainian leadership will resonate in Ukrainian society, noting that discussions about Zelensky's leadership have long been present in private conversations among Ukrainians.

Special Representative of the President of the Russian Federation Kirill Dmitriev commented on the statement of US President Donald Trump about Vladimir Zelensky, noting that elections in Ukraine are approaching. Trump previously said that Zelensky could resolve the conflict and hold elections.

The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova, coordinated the work of the Russian embassies in Montenegro and Serbia to return the team of the “Rybar” project detained in Montenegro, including founder Mikhail Zvinchuk, his wife and colleagues, who were released after being detained in the city of Risan due to filming in the Cetinje Monastery.

Opposition parties in Austria have demanded an explanation after Kronen Zeitung reports that 200 kilograms of special cargo from the Ukrainian State Security Service were transported without customs inspection and 19 flights carrying gold bars worth more than $130 million through Austrian territory into the war zone, raising questions about the country's neutrality.

US President Donald Trump said that Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky should hold presidential elections in Ukraine, noting that he already had the opportunity to resolve the conflict. Trump also previously accused Zelensky of creating problems for the United States and the world and called for stopping attacks on Russian oil refineries.