Trump: The meeting with Putin is being arranged! Zelensky proposed the latest plan to end the war between Russia and Ukraine

US President-elect Donald Trump said early on January 9 local time that Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to meet with him, and that arrangements were being made.

According to US media, before Trump met with state governors from his Republican Party on January 9 at his Florida home, Mar-a-Lago, he said he was approached by Putin, and that they "must end the war."

Trump did not, however, mention when the two leaders might meet.

This was Trump's second recent revelation that he was considering a meeting with the Kremlin leader. In a recent news conference from Mar-a-Lago on January 7, he said it would not be appropriate for him to meet with Putin before he assumes the presidency on January 20. He also said that Putin had made an offer of peace, and that the US should try to end the Russia-Ukraine conflict within six months.

Zelensky offers new plan to end war

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said on January 9 that he welcomed the prospect of Western troops being deployed in his country, saying it was "one of the best ways" to "make Russia give up."

According to a report by the Reference News, French news agency AFP cited Zelensky as saying during the meeting of Ukraine's defense support group in Germany that Europe was on "a completely new page" of cooperation and had "a new opportunity" that "we must use," referring to the return to the White House of Trump later this month.

"Our goal today is to find as many instruments, as many mechanisms to make Russia give up," Zelensky said at the meeting which brought together more than 40 countries and international organizations to discuss military and financial aid to Ukraine. "I have only one desire – that is, to find the fastest, most effective way out of this war, so we are ready to use everything to achieve this."

In the context of heated debate among NATO countries over sending troops to Ukraine, Zelensky said, referring to the proposed deployment of foreign forces in Ukraine, that "I have every reason to believe that this is one of the best instruments."

He did not clarify whether he was referring to sending Western combat troops or peacekeepers as a package deal to end the nearly three-year war.

Zelensky also urged the US to allow the production of air defense systems and missiles in Ukraine, saying that would help provide more security for his country.

Zelensky said in an interview with local media on January 2 that Ukraine supported the proposal to deploy European combat forces in Ukraine presented by French President Emmanuel Macron during a visit to Kyiv earlier this month, "but he is one representative of many [countries], which must support this decision in the future" and "we do not want and do not need this mission to be performed only by one or two countries."

Ukrainian President meets US defense chief to discuss American support for Ukraine

On January 9 last year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky met US Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin at the Ukraine Defense Support Group meeting in Germany. The two sides discussed US support for Ukraine.

According to Zelensky's official social media account, during the meeting the two parties discussed "the situation at the front, the role of drones at this stage of the war and the needs of Ukrainian forces in different classes of drones. There was also the topic of strengthening air defense capabilities of Ukraine and the possibility of providing additional systems."

Kyiv sounds air raid alert as drones strike

Kyiv Oblast Military Administration issued an air raid alert in Kyiv on January 10 local time. According to the report, Kyiv was attacked by drones. The sound of防空missile launches could be heard in the area.

Kyiv Oblast Military Administration Chief Kyrylo Tymoshenko said on Telegram that a piece of a downed Russian drone landed on a multistory building. "According to preliminary information, there are no injured people. Several apartments windows were damaged. Six cars were damaged," he said.

Russia has no comment yet.

Russia claims to have struck a Ukrainian military airport

The Russian Defense Ministry announced on January 9 local time that the Russian Army targeted Ukrainian military airport infrastructure, drone assembly and storage facilities, ammunition warehouses, and other targets over the past day. Meanwhile, Russia's air defense forces shot down one aerial bomb, over a dozen HIMARS rocket shells, and more than 60 drones fired by the Ukrainian army. At the same time, the Russian army continued to strike Ukrainian army targets in the Kursk Oblast of Russia on January 9. .

The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said on January 9 that more than a hundred confrontations took place in the frontline area as of the afternoon of January 9, and the Ukrainian army repelled multiple attacks by the Russian army in the direction of Kharkiv, Pokrovsk, Kurakhovo, and others.