{"id":26801,"date":"2026-08-08T14:05:31","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:05:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=26801"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:05:31","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T11:05:31","slug":"vuchych-viyna-ukrayina-vazhka-zyma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/politics\/vuchych-viyna-ukrayina-vazhka-zyma\/","title":{"rendered":"Vu\u010di\u0107 does not expect the war to end any time soon and warns of a harsh winter"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">Serbian President Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 has stated that he sees no prospects for a swift end to Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine and expects a difficult winter for Ukraine and other European countries. Against the backdrop of Volodymyr Zelenskyy\u2019s visit to Belgrade, Serbia has announced further humanitarian aid and its readiness to rebuild one small Ukrainian town.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Vu\u010di\u0107 believes that Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine may continue.<\/li>\n<li>The President of Serbia is predicting a difficult winter ahead for Europe.<\/li>\n<li>Zelenskyy arrived in Belgrade on his first official visit.<\/li>\n<li>Serbia plans to provide Ukraine with a new humanitarian aid package.<\/li>\n<li>Belgrade is ready to help with the reconstruction of a small town.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>Talks in Belgrade against a backdrop of a pessimistic assessment of the war<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107<\/strong> said he was not confident that the war would end any time soon. \u00abI am not confident that the war will end any time soon, and I fear that a difficult winter lies ahead, both for Ukraine and for all of us,\u00bb he said.<\/p>\n<p>On 8 August, Zelenskyy arrived in Belgrade for his first official visit to Serbia. The two sides plan to discuss security, economic cooperation and European integration.<\/p>\n<h2>Assistance and proposals for reconstruction<\/h2>\n<p>Belgrade is set to deliver another batch of humanitarian aid to Ukraine. Serbia has previously provided humanitarian and energy aid; in particular, in May 2025, the Serbian government announced the delivery of energy equipment to repair the electricity grid.<\/p>\n<p>Vu\u010di\u0107 also stated that Serbia is prepared to take on the reconstruction of one small Ukrainian town. Belgrade had previously announced this area of cooperation: in June 2025, Kyiv reported that Serbia was ready to assist in the reconstruction of several settlements.<\/p>\n<h2>Support for Ukraine without changing the stance on sanctions<\/h2>\n<p>Serbia declares its respect for Ukraine\u2019s sovereignty and territorial integrity, whilst at the same time not joining <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/economics\/eu-21-paket-sanktsii-proty-rf\/\">sanctions against Russia<\/a>. During Zelenskyy\u2019s visit, Vu\u010di\u0107 confirmed that Belgrade\u2019s position on restrictive measures had not changed.<\/p>\n<p>Practical cooperation between Kyiv and Belgrade is expanding from humanitarian and energy supplies to discussions on a specific reconstruction project. At the same time, this does not signify a radical shift in Serbia\u2019s policy, which combines its aspiration to join the EU with its traditionally close relations with Moscow.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Aleksandar Vu\u010di\u0107 does not expect the war to end any time soon and is forecasting a harsh winter. Serbia is preparing aid for Ukraine and assistance with the reconstruction of the city.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":26800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"\u0410\u043b\u0435\u043a\u0441\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0430\u0440 \u0412\u0443\u0447\u0438\u0447 \u043d\u0435 \u043e\u0447\u0456\u043a\u0443\u0454 \u0448\u0432\u0438\u0434\u043a\u043e\u0433\u043e \u0437\u0430\u0432\u0435\u0440\u0448\u0435\u043d\u043d\u044f \u0432\u0456\u0439\u043d\u0438 \u0442\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0433\u043d\u043e\u0437\u0443\u0454 \u0432\u0430\u0436\u043a\u0443 \u0437\u0438\u043c\u0443. \u0421\u0435\u0440\u0431\u0456\u044f \u0433\u043e\u0442\u0443\u0454 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456 \u0434\u043e\u043f\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0433\u0443 \u0439 \u0432\u0456\u0434\u0431\u0443\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0443 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0430.","rank_math_title":"\u0414\u043e\u043f\u043e\u043c\u043e\u0433\u0430 \u0421\u0435\u0440\u0431\u0456\u0457 \u0423\u043a\u0440\u0430\u0457\u043d\u0456: \u0412\u0443\u0447\u0438\u0447 \u043f\u0440\u043e \u0432\u0456\u0434\u0431\u0443\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0443 \u043c\u0456\u0441\u0442\u0430","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u0412\u0443\u0447\u0438\u0447","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805617],"tags":[806756],"class_list":["post-26801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics","tag-806756"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26801"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26801\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26802,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26801\/revisions\/26802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}