According to Central Television News on October 18, local time, on the afternoon of October 17, Ukrainian President Zelensky arrived at the White House to meet with U.S. President Donald Trump.
After the talks, Ukrainian President Zelensky made it clear in an interview that the United States will not provide Ukraine with long-range missiles capable of attacking Russia in depth. In fact, when Zelensky's special plane first flew to the United States, uncertainties emerged.
Putin came up with a precise "block", Zelensky this trip to the United States, the purpose is to a cruise missile with the United States as soon as possible. as a result, Zelensky just got off the plane, the major hot search is the news of Putin and Zelensky's ordinary conversation 2.5 hours.
Sure enough, Trump changed his mind again.
Trump not only said that he would not consider assisting Ukraine's Tomahawk cruise missiles for the time being, but also called on Ukraine and Russia to achieve an "in situ" ceasefire and then "each claim victory."
Trump has fully demonstrated the nature of businessmen, and has previously said that the purpose of Trump's mediation of the war in Ukraine is not genuinely for the good of Ukraine, but for how the United States can maximize its interest in the war in Ukraine.
If Ukraine wants to get more U.S. military aid, then it has to take the code in exchange, at least at the moment Zelensky's program does not satisfy Trump, and the United States does not need to completely anger Russia for Ukraine.
Instead, Trump's attitude changed after Putin held a conference call with Trump. Previously, Trump also claimed that Ukraine could recover its territory with the help of the West, but now he doesn't even mention it. He even suggested that Ukraine cease fire in situ, implying that Zelensky would admit that the lost territory belonged to Russia in exchange for an end to the war.
It is worth noting that Russia and the United States have also announced that they will hold another face-to-face meeting in Budapest, Hungary, with some analysts pointing out that the United States attaches more importance to Russia, the flag flag-equivalent country, compared to negotiations such as Ukraine and the United States.
After all, there is not only confrontation between the United States and Russia, but also cooperation in many areas. It cannot be ruled out that the United States wants to use Ukraine as a bargaining chip in exchange for its actions in the Middle East and Latin America.
However, the Ukrainian side has not given up altogether, Zelensky said that the U.S. has discussed the supply of long-range weapons to Ukraine with Trump, and that Ukraine needs to make more efforts to do so.
It is worth noting that now the problem of the war in Ukraine is not the lack of weapons in Ukraine is so simple, but the Russian military has fully mastered the initiative of the war, the Ukrainian joint defense war is very difficult.
With American and Western weapons, the Ukrainian army can at best launch a decent counterattack and recover some lost ground, but it is far from being able to end the war.
Originally, according to the plan of western countries, after severe sanctions were imposed on Russia, Russia's economy and military industry would suffer heavy losses, which could make Russia compromise. Who knows, Russia is too strong, and it is getting stronger and stronger as it fights.
According to a report on the Russian Moskovskij Komsomolets website, the Russian Aerospace Forces dispatched a new type of extended-range gliding bomb to attack Ukrainian military targets in Nikolayev Oblast.
One of the biggest features of the bomb is that it increased the range of strikes, upgrading from the previous maximum 70 kilometers to 150 kilometers. That is, this improved flying bomb of the Russian Army can launch strikes beyond the range of Patriot air defense missiles, making the Russian Air Force safer.
The strike range is directly improved, doubling the Russian army's long-range attack range. At the same time, the cost of this bomb is relatively low and can replace the Iskander ballistic missile in long-range strike missions.
When the Russian army attacked the Ukrainian army's positions in the lower reaches of the Dnieper River, the Russian army began to use the Aerospace Force to drop this new type of bomb to saturate the Ukrainian army's highlands. After the Ukrainian army's fire blockade was completely destroyed, the Russian army launched a rapid river crossing. Military operations and took control of Veliki Island, Bakesky Island, Prolezhansky Island and Vasilkiv Island in one fell swoop.
The Russian army of the front was very satisfied with this new type of extended-range sliding bomb, after the Russian Air Force launched bombing, the Russian infantry struck the Ukrainian position found everywhere to be exploded into ruins, most of the Ukrainian defence forces were killed on the spot, even the Ukrainian army that could survive because the cave was ruined and hiding nowhere, will soon die under the Russian strike.