Conflict & Security
Zelenskyy sets de-escalation terms for Russia ahead of UN meeting with Trump
September 21, 2026 at 07:32 PM · Updated 24d ago
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4 reports · 3 in Arabic, 1 in English · over 13 hours
MAMasrawy
فولوديمير زيلينسكي: اتفاقية جديدة بشأن الطائرات المسيرة جاهزة للتوقيع | مصراوي
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MAMasrawy
نائب ترامب يتحدث عن مستقبل الصراع في أوكرانيا: "صعوبة الحل وتوقعات بالتقدم"
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قبل لقائهما.. زيلينسكي يرد على ترامب بشروط التهدئة
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TGThe Guardian
Trump set to press Zelenskyy at UN to agree energy ceasefire with Russia
(opens the publisher’s site)Ahead of Tuesday's UN meeting, Zelenskyy tied Ukrainian de-escalation to a halt in Russian attacks on energy, infrastructure, and food exports.
- Trump and Zelenskyy are set to meet Tuesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly high-level week in New York.
- Zelenskyy said Russia must stop targeting Ukraine's energy sector, critical infrastructure, and food exports, which would trigger matching de-escalation steps from Ukraine.
- Trump said Russia had lost control of its diesel industry and called for ending the "ridiculous and never ending war with Ukraine."
- Ukraine launched its largest reported strike on the Moscow region over the weekend, hitting a major oil refinery and killing three people.
- US Vice President JD Vance said the Ukraine crisis is proving difficult to resolve but expected progress after the Trump–Zelenskyy meeting.
- Upon arriving in New York, Zelenskyy said a new agreement on drones is ready to be signed.
- Zelenskyy said there are concrete security proposals and measures to ease tensions that would bring the war closer to an end.