KYIV: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday he was worried US President Donald Trump’s push to take Greenland could be diverting focus away from Russia’s invasion, now approaching its four-year mark.
Trump last week threatened European nations with tariffs of up to 25 percent for opposing his plans to acquire Greenland, drawing anger from Brussels and putting the NATO military alliance under unprecedented strain.
Ukraine, which is currently battling a wave of Russian strikes on its energy infrastructure, is keen to avoid a dispute that could fracture unity among its Western allies.
“I’m worried about any loss of focus during a full-scale war,” Zelensky told reporters.
He added that the dispute surrounding Greenland, a Danish autonomous territory, and the Ukraine war should not be seen as “interchangeable.”
“We have a full-scale war, we have a specific aggressor, and we have specific victims,” he said.
He also called for Washington to engage in diplomacy with Europe.
“I want very, very much America to hear Europe, to truly hear it in the format of diplomacy. I think that’s what will happen and I strongly believe there won’t be any major threats,” he said.
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Zelensky ‘worried’ Greenland row diverting focus from Ukraine war
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Zelensky ‘worried’ Greenland row diverting focus from Ukraine war
- Ukraine is keen to avoid a dispute that could fracture unity among its Western allies
- “I’m worried about any loss of focus during a full-scale war,” Zelensky said
US police investigate after a car rams NY Jewish center
- New York police are investigating a possible hate crime after a car crashed into an Orthodox Jewish center on Wednesday, the city’s police commissioner said
NEW YORK: New York police are investigating a possible hate crime after a car crashed into an Orthodox Jewish center on Wednesday, the city’s police commissioner said.
Officers arrested a man after he repeatedly drove into the rear door of the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, New York Police Commissionner Jessica Tisch told reporters Wednesday.
Footage shared online shows the driver ram into the door of the building, before he reverses and plows into it again.
No injuries were reported, Tisch said.
The police has “significantly increased security” around places of worship, including counter terror and bomb squad deployments, she added.
New York, home to the largest Jewish population outside Israel, is on a high alert amid a spike in reports of antisemitic attacks.
The city’s mayor Zohran Mamdani said the crash was “deeply alarming.”
“Any threat to a Jewish institution or place of worship must be taken seriously. Antisemitism has no place in our city, and violence or intimidation against Jewish New Yorkers is unacceptable,” he wrote on X.
Officers arrested a man after he repeatedly drove into the rear door of the Chabad-Lubavitch World Headquarters in Brooklyn, New York Police Commissionner Jessica Tisch told reporters Wednesday.
Footage shared online shows the driver ram into the door of the building, before he reverses and plows into it again.
No injuries were reported, Tisch said.
The police has “significantly increased security” around places of worship, including counter terror and bomb squad deployments, she added.
New York, home to the largest Jewish population outside Israel, is on a high alert amid a spike in reports of antisemitic attacks.
The city’s mayor Zohran Mamdani said the crash was “deeply alarming.”
“Any threat to a Jewish institution or place of worship must be taken seriously. Antisemitism has no place in our city, and violence or intimidation against Jewish New Yorkers is unacceptable,” he wrote on X.
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