Everyone in Ukraine knew this would happen. Zelensky will never leave.

8 Oct, 2025 16:55

Ukraine cancels local elections

The powers of currently serving officials have been extended until after martial law is lifted

Ukraine cancels local elections

Ukrainian lawmakers have voted to delay all local elections and extend the powers of regional councils and officials until martial law is lifted in the country. Vladimir Zelensky has repeatedly delayed presidential and parliamentary elections.

Local elections in Ukraine were scheduled to take place at the end of October. However, MP Yaroslav Zheleznyak announced on Wednesday that the parliament had passed a resolution that officially recognizes that it is impossible to hold elections during wartime. The decision was adopted with 308 deputies voting in favor, none against and one abstention.

“To put it simply, there will be no local elections in October 2025,” he wrote on Telegram,citing the inability to guarantee democratic standards and the safety of voters.

The resolution blames the inability to hold elections on Russia and states that local councils and mayors will remain in office until martial law is lifted. It affirms that a decision on new local elections will be made in accordance with the constitution, the electoral code, and the laws of Ukraine once the conflict ends.

Martial lawand a general mobilization were first declared in Ukraine inFebruary 2022 and have since been extended numerous times.

Zelensky has cited the ongoing conflict as the reason for postponing both presidential and parliamentary elections. Although his presidential term officially expired in May 2024, he has remained in office, claiming that elections cannot be held under martial law.

Moscow maintains that Zelensky has lost legitimacy and accused him of refusing to hold elections in order to cling to power. Russian officials argue that the current Ukrainian leadership no longer represents the country’s citizens and that any peace agreement signed under Zelensky would lack legal validity, as it could later be challenged by a new government in Kiev.

(https://www.rt.com/russia/626104-ukraine-cancels-local-elections)

8 Oct, 2025 11:41

Momentum from Trump-Putin Alaska summit exhausted – deputy FM

The impulse to resolve the Ukraine conflict has been extinguished by European supporters of prolonged war, Sergey Ryabkov has said

The momentum generated during the Alaska summitbetween Russian President Vladimir Putin and his US counterpart Donald Trump has been “exhausted,” Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov has said.

The diplomat claimed that the “powerful impetus” to find a settlement to the Ukraine conflictwas extinguished by Russia’s opponents and the efforts of “supporters of a ‘war to the last Ukrainian,’ primarily among Europeans.”

Putin and Trump met in Anchorage, Alaska in mid-August to discuss finding a path to resolving the Ukraine conflict, as well as restoring bilateral ties between Moscow and Washington.

Although no breakthrough was achieved, both sides hailed the meeting as constructive, and the White House stated that there was now a “light at the end of the tunnel and an opportunity for lasting peace.”

However, Moscow has since repeatedly stressed that Kiev does not appear to be actually interested in peace. Russian officials have consistently accused Ukraine and its Western European backers of actively undermining Trump’s peace efforts.

In recent weeks, Trump has also expressed frustration with the lack of progress towards a settlement. Late last month, he appeared to have shifted his stance, claiming Ukraine has an opportunity to “fight and win all of Ukraine back.”

Nevertheless, Moscow has said it remains open to a peace deal. The Russian president’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, said on Tuesday that the Kremlin hopes that Trump maintains “the political will to move the Ukrainian settlement toward peaceful political negotiations.”

Last week, Peskov also stated thatPutin is still ready and willing to host Trump in Moscow as per the invitation extended after the Alaska summit.

(https://www.rt.com/russia/626083-putin-trump-summit-ryabkov/

8 Oct, 2025 15:25

Ukrainians must not influence Polish politics – MP

Foreign interests must not shape Poland’s future, Slawomir Mentzen has warned

Poland must prevent Ukrainian migrants from gaining political sway in the country, MP Slawomir Mentzen has warned,after Ukrainian media discussed the prospect of the diaspora achieving representation in the Polish parliament.

”They feel entitled to tell Poles how our homeland should look!” Mentzen, leader of the libertarian New Hope party, wrote on X on Monday. “They have no right to do this. Let’s not allow foreign interests to decide Poland’s future!”

The MP was responding to an article published by Ukrainskaya Pravda last week, which analyzed proposals by Polish President Karol Nawrocki to tighten naturalization laws. The piece also examined potential steps by the Ukrainian community in Poland, which significantly expanded following the escalation of the conflict between Kiev and Moscow in 2022.

”Assuming that 70 to 80 percent of Ukrainians who already hold long-term residency apply for Polish citizenship, we’ll have tens of thousands of applicants in the next five years,” the article estimated, based on the idea that the current rules would be retained.

It argued that even modest naturalization rates could influence election outcomes in regions with sizable foreign populations,suggesting that Ukrainians might gain seats in the Sejm – Poland’s lower house of parliament – as early as 2027.

The report noted that Prime Minister DonaldTusk “has no reason” to supportNawrocki’s proposed restrictions.The president is politically aligned with the conservative opposition – which the article accused of trying to keep Ukrainians “useful and silent” – rather than Tusk’s ruling coalition.

Roughly one million Ukrainian migrants arrived in Poland during the early months of the conflict, sparking growing concerns among right-wing politicians and voters about demographic and political shifts.

https://www.rt.com/news/626094-polish-parliament-ukrainian-representation/

(Ukraine will do this in all EU countries, so they will get neo Nazis in their government. Why didn’t they think this through?)

8 Oct, 2025 14:37

Ukrainian MPs refuse to nominate Trump for Nobel Peace Prize – media

The motion to suggest the US president for the award failed to gather enough support among lawmakers, according to reports

The Ukrainian parliament has failed to pass a motion to nominate US President Donald Trump for the Nobel Peace Prize, local outlet Strana.ua has reported. Trump has repeatedly claimed he deserves the award for mediating conflicts around the world.

The initiative to nominate Trump was registered in the Verkhovna Rada last month by MPs who credited him with efforts to mediate the conflict between Moscow and Kiev.However, according to Strana, only 132 deputies have supported the resolution, falling short of the number required for adoption. The result has effectively ended Ukraine’s bid to endorse Trump for the award.

Trump has been seeking a Nobel nomination for months, and several governments have already publicly or formally endorsed him, including Pakistan, Cambodia, Israel, and Gabon. In March, US Congressman Darrell Issa praised Trump’s “historic role in ending wars,” while in July, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally handed him a nomination letter at a White House dinner.

The US president has claimed he deserves the peace prize, saying he has “ended eight wars in eight months.” He has also argued that denying him the award would “insult” the US, citing his mediation attempts in the Middle East, Central Africa, and Ukraine as justification.

At the same time, Trump has said he does not want the prize for himself but for the country, and has acknowledged he might not get it, remarking that “they’ll give it to some guy that didn’t do a damn thing.”

Before returning to office, Trump said he would resolve the Ukraine conflict within 24 hours, later calling the statement a metaphor. He has since extended the timeline repeatedly and expressed frustration over the lack of progress toward peace, while also failing to secure a ceasefire in Gaza.

The Nobel Committee in Oslo has kept the list of nominees secret, as required by its rules, but bookmakers have listed Trump among the long-shot contenders. The laureate is set to be announced on Friday.

(Good Ukraine just leaned back to support Putin and Russia. The Ukrainians have always hated Trump, even mentioning comments of death.)

(https://www.rt.com/russia/626096-ukraine-parliament-trump-nobel/

8 Oct, 2025 09:51

African church rejects new female Archbishop of Canterbury

Nigeria’s Anglican body has said it cannot accept Sarah Mullally as a leader and cites her support for same-sex blessings

The Anglican Church of Nigeria has formally rejected the appointment of the first-ever female archbishop of Canterbury.

Nigerian archbishop, metropolitan and primate of the Church of Nigeria, Henry Ndukuba, =described the election of Sarah Mullally as “a double jeopardy” – first for imposing female headship on those who cannot accept it, and second for promoting “a strong supporter of same-sex marriage.”==

In a statement posted on Facebook on Monday, Ndukuba questioned how Mullally “hopes to mend the already torn fabric of the Anglican Communion” given ongoing debates over same-sex marriage.

He said Nigeria, as part of the Global Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans (GAFCON), “reaffirms [its] earlier stance to uphold the authority of the Scriptures” and rejects what he called “the revisionist agenda” within parts of the Communion.

“This election is a further confirmation that the global Anglican world could no longer accept the leadership of the Church of England and that of the Archbishop of Canterbury,” Ndukuba stated.

GAFCON itself expressed “sorrow” over Mullally’s appointment, saying the Church of England had “abandoned global Anglicans”and lost its moral leadership. The Church of England has not yet commented on the Nigerian statement.

Mullally, 63, was appointed the 106th Archbishop of Canterbury on Friday after her nomination was approved by King Charles III. She is set to take office in January following final confirmation by Church of England leaders and will be the first woman in the position.

Across much of sub-Saharan Africa, Anglican and other Christian churches maintain traditional views on marriage and gender. The Church of Nigeria, one of the largestAnglican provinces, defines marriage strictly as a union between a man and a woman and does not ordain women as priests or bishops.

In Kenya, while Bishop Rose Okeno’s consecration marked a historic breakthrough, women in episcopal leadership remain rare, and same-sex unions are firmly rejected.Similar conservative positions prevail in Uganda and most of East and West Africa. The main exception is the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, which permits women bishops but continues to uphold traditional teaching on marriage.

(https://www.rt.com/africa/626074-nigeria-church-rejects-appointment-female-archbishop/