Nine killed in Russian strikes – Kyiv receives missile warnings again
After at least a week without early warnings, Ukraine is again getting alerts about Russian missiles, Zelensky said. Meanwhile, Trump is pressing Kyiv to make a deal with Moscow.
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New Russian missile and drone attacks killed at least nine people in Ukraine, according to officials. In the Kyiv region, four people were killed and 27 wounded, including children. In the Bucha district, 21 people were wounded, eight of them children, and hundreds of buildings were damaged, AP reported. Three people were killed on the Kyiv–Odesa highway and two on the outskirts of Dnipro. Grid operator Ukrenergo reported power outages in 12 regions.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Kyiv is again receiving early warnings of Russian ballistic missiles from partners after they had stopped for at least a week. He credited talks with US officials, including a call with Secretary of State Marco Rubio. "We are thankful that intelligence works now," Zelensky said. He also said Ukraine has nearly run out of Patriot interceptors and accused the Pentagon of delaying delivery of missiles that other countries bought for Ukraine. Rubio, speaking in India, denied the US was withholding aid: "Nothing has changed."
US President Donald Trump said in the Oval Office that "it's time" for Ukraine to agree to a deal with Russia. "We want Zelenskyy to make a deal," he said, warning that failure would be "a very bad thing." He said the US had gotten nothing back from Ukraine "except grief, death, tremendous monetary loss." According to Germany's Kiel Institute, Europe and EU institutions have allocated 237 billion euros to Ukraine, compared with 115 billion from the US. Russia's Defence Ministry reported strikes on the port of Reni and said it downed 136 Ukrainian drones.