Missiles rain on Kyiv as Russia steps up pressure before NATO summit in Ankara
Russia launched a fresh missile and drone assault on Kyiv early Monday, hours before a NATO summit in Ankara where the Ukraine war is expected to top the agenda.
Russia launched a fresh missile and drone assault on Kyiv early Monday, hours before a NATO summit in Ankara where the Ukraine war is expected to top the agenda.
Russia carried out an overnight missile and drone strike on Kyiv, damaging residential buildings, sparking fires and injuring medical workers after Ukraine warned of a large-scale assault.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has said it had sent a note to all foreign diplomatic missions and international organisations accredited with the ministry, urging them to ensure the evacuation of personnel from Kyiv.
After Russia unleashed a fresh wave of strikes on Kyiv and nearby regions, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called Russian leader Vladimir Putin a "man of war."
The newest diplomatic push to end the war in Ukraine exposes a paradox at the heart of the current moment: negotiations are speeding up, yet the road to an actual settlement remains strewn with obstacles that neither side appears ready to clear.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has clearly indicated that the transfer of Tomahawk missiles to Kyiv will inflict irreparable damage on relations between Moscow and Washington
Hours after US President Donald Trump accused India of being one of the "primary funders" of Russia's war in Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday disagreed, saying New Delhi is largely on the side of Kyiv.
Moscow will send a draft peace memorandum to Kyiv soon, which will outline the key principles of a potential settlement, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday.
The call, which focused on reviving stalled peace negotiations, marks a significant diplomatic development in the three-year-long war.
The new US-Ukraine minerals agreement, months in the making, marks a defining moment in the war’s third year ~ not just for Kyiv, but for Washington and its global standing.
