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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy connected Monday (October 13, 2025) hailed the "extraordinary" Gaza ceasefire arsenic bringing anticipation that U.S. President Donald Trump could broker an extremity to the Russian penetration of his country.
"When bid is achieved for 1 portion of the world, it brings much anticipation for bid successful different regions," Mr. Zelenskyy said connected societal media.
He added: "If a ceasefire and bid person been achieved for the Middle East, the enactment and determination of planetary actors tin surely enactment for america too, successful Ukraine."
Russia invaded Ukraine successful February 2022, mounting disconnected the largest struggle successful Europe since World War II.
Tens of thousands person been killed, millions forced from their homes and overmuch of eastbound and confederate Ukraine decimated.
Mr. Trump had erstwhile vowed helium could extremity the warfare successful a substance of hours, but contempt respective rounds of talks and a acme with Russian President Vladimir Putin, determination has been nary important advancement towards a bid deal.
Russia has refused aggregate calls for a ceasefire and outlined hardline demands, fundamentally calling for Kyiv to capitulate successful speech for peace.
The U.S. person has grown progressively frustrated with Putin successful caller weeks and precocious said helium could spot Ukraine reclaiming each inch of territory seized by Russia.
Moscow's Army presently controls astir a 5th of Ukraine, including the Crimean peninsula which it captured and annexed successful 2014.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz besides urged Mr. Trump to transportation the momentum from brokering the Israel-Hamas ceasefire into efforts connected Ukraine.
"We besides anticipation that the American president volition present usage the power helium has exerted connected the parties progressive successful the [West Asia] to enactment with america connected the Russian government," Mr. Merz said successful Egypt, wherever helium was to be a acme of satellite leaders including Trump.
Mr. Merz added that helium volition sermon the Russia-Ukraine warfare colony with Mr. Trump astatine the summit.
