Russia loses membership in numerous UN bodies.

If President Volodymyr Zelensky refuses to accept the terms of the 28-point-plan, "then he can continue to fight his little heart out," Trump added.

"Rewarding Russian butchery would be disastrous to America’s interests," U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell said.

Nine Ukrainian officials, including Andriy Yermak, Head of the President's Office, and Kyrylo Budanov, the country's military intelligence chief, are set to attend the meeting, according to a presidential decree published on November 22.

The drones were spotted above the Volkel Air Base overnight, Dutch Defense Minister Ruben Brekelmans said on Nov. 22. The drones flew away after weapons were deployed and an investigation is underway.

"We are changing the rules of the game: now we are hunting," Ukraine's Special Operations Forces said on Nov. 22. The Mi-8 was allegedly downed over Russia's Rostov Oblast.

Search and rescue operations in the western Ukrainian city concluded after four days, with 33 confirmed dead and six people still missing.

"We welcome the continued US efforts to bring peace to Ukraine," the leaders of the European Union, the U.K., France, Germany, Canada, Japan, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, Poland, Norway, and Finland said in a statement after meeting on the sidelines of a G20 summit.

The decision was made following an agreement reached by Lukashenko with U.S. President Donald Trump, at Ukraine's request.

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The Russian advance in Zaporizhzhia Oblast comes as Russian troops also intensify their offensives in other hot spots of the war.