Zelenskyy plans to meet Trump on the United Nations when Russia intensifies attacks | Russia-Ukraine War News

kyiv, in the sanctions, grows while NATO states on the European eastern flank take preventive measures after Moscow air incursions.

The Ukrainian volodymyr Zelenskyy is preparing to meet US President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly in New York next week in order to exhort him to impose stronger sanctions on Russia.

The Ukrainian President shared his plans on Saturday, while Russia intensified attacks on his country following air incursions on the European eastern flank which aroused anxiety in the face of a potential overflow of the in progress in Ukraine.

The announcement, reported by the AFP news agency, came the day after the day after the European Union presented its 19th pack of sanctions.

“We are now expecting high stages of sanctions from the United States as well – Europe is making its part,” Zelenskyy on X. published on Saturday.

This week has brought us closer to the finalization of the 19th set of sanctions – we are soon expecting its approval. We will quickly synchronize the package in Ukraine. Russia’s energy resources are limited. The infrastructure of the “Shadow fleet” will face new pressure. Cryptocurrency … pic.twitter.com/jzgvsqqhh

– Volodymyr Zelenskyy / Volodymyr Zelenskyy (@zelenskyyua) September 20, 2025

Trump has already pointed out last week that he was ready to impose “major sanctions” on Russia, which has so far escaped his attempts to cease-fire, but only if all NATO allies are completely agreeing to buy oil in Moscow.

Zelenskyy should also discuss security guarantees for Ukraine to prevent future Russian attacks after a possible truce, although Russian President Vladimir Putin warned that he would not accept the presence of Western troops in Ukraine.

Moscow intensified attacks against Ukraine overnight, pulling 40 missiles and some 580 drones in one of the greatest dams in the Russian war against his neighbor, killing at least three people and injuring dozens.

Preventive operations is

NATO countries have taken measures to strengthen the defenses on the European eastern flank after the Russian drone incursions in Poland and Romania in the past two weeks, and unprecedented reports of three Russian fighter planes entering the Estonian Avoid Space on Friday.

The Polish army said that Polish and Allies planes had been deployed early Saturday in a “preventive operation” to ensure the security of Polish airspace after Russia has launched air strikes targeting western Ukraine, near the Polish border.

The United Kingdom said that its fighter planes had piloted their first kind of NATO air defense to patrol the Polish sky and defend itself against potential air threats against Russia as part of the Mission of the Eastern Sentinel of the Alliance.

On Saturday, the Russian Defense Ministry denied that its planes took off in Estonia airspace the day before, but Estonian officials said that the 12 -minute violation was confirmed by Radar and Visual Contact.

Colonel Ats Kiviselg, the commander of the military intelligence center of Estonia, said that he “should be confirmed” if the borders’ violation was deliberate.