Trump claims Putin wants peace, but the war demands fatalities

Trump claims Putin wants peace, but the war demands fatalities

When the rescue workers arrived on Wednesday after the drone attack on the home of Tetyana Kulyk and her husband Pavlo Ivanchov in the north of Kiev, they could only recover their charred body. Kulyk, a respected Ukrainian journalist, and Ivanchov, a surgeon and university professor, lost her life in this attack.

eyewitness reports

Neighbors told the Ukrainian public broadcaster Suspilne that they had heard screams and tried to get into the burning house via the garage. But they were quickly forced to determine that the entire building had been transformed into an impassable inferno.

political reactions and the situation in Ukraine

While US President Donald Trump pleads for a "deal" to end the war in Ukraine, Moscow continues to carry out daily attacks on Ukrainian goals. Kulyk and Ivanchov are just two of more than 75 civilians who have been killed less than three weeks ago as "extremely productive" calling with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Trump was convinced that the Russian guide wanted to end the war. "I think he wants to stop the fights. I see that. We have spoken long and intensely," said the US President.

criticism of the Ukrainian leadership

Trump for his alleged refusal to have diplomatic conversations with Putin, although he repeatedly violated previous agreements and started an unpredictated invasion of Ukraine, in which civilians are killed every day. On Friday, Trump said in front of cameras that Zelensky had "hate on Putin" and did not want peace - an assertion that Zelensky rejected.

The increasing number of civilian victims

The conflict continues to tear deep wounds into the civilian population. According to the Ukrainian Air Force, Russia has fired over 3,000 drones and at least 35 rockets to Ukraine since the phone call. In addition to the civilians already killed more than 75, almost 300 other, including many children, were injured, according to a count of CNN, which is based on information from Ukrainian civil servants

Although Russia denies to aim to aim civil infrastructure, there is plenty of evidence of the opposite. Among the victims of the past few weeks was Olga Moroz, the baker, who was born in 1968, who died when a Russian rocket scored her garden in Kramatorsk. Friends described them as a hardworking, always happy person who took care of their old mother.

further attacks and civilian victims

in Kryvyi Rih, a building was hit by a Russian rocket, with 21-year-old Vladimir Pimenov, a talented dancer, died in the hospital. Pimenov's girlfriend suffered serious injuries in the attack and is still in the hospital. A Russian attack on a residential building took place in the city of Bilytske in Donbass, in which Yevhen and Olga Buryane, a young couple of parents with two children, died. Local volunteers have organized a fundraiser for the orphans.

Several civilians were killed on Friday, while Trump and Zelensky prepared for their failed meeting in the White House. A civilian died when a Russian drone met a minibus in Cherson, while two men were killed by Russian drones in the early 60s while cycling in Lyman. At least seven other Ukrainian civilians, including a teenager, were killed in Russian attacks at the weekend.

Putin's territorial demands

Trump sent a delegation of American diplomats that met in Saudi Arabia with their Russian colleagues for peace talks. Ukraine was not invited to this summit. The meeting lasted over four hours and was described as "positive" by a member of the Moscow trial.

While Trump indicated that Putin was ready to negotiate, the Russian president repeated his demands that are unacceptable for Kiev. Putin is aiming for control over the entire eastern regions of Donetsk, Luhansk, Cherson and Zaporizhzhia as well as the retention of the illegally annexed Crimea peninsula in 2014. According to the Institute for the Study of War, Russia currently occupies around 99 % of the Luhansk region, 70 % of the Donetsk region and about 75 % of the Cherson and Zaporizhzhia regions.

difficult humanitarian situation

US officials have said that Ukraine probably can't regain much of its pre-war area. Trump even said that Ukraine "could one day be Russian". It is estimated that around 6 million people, including 1 million children, live under the Russian crew. The United Nations describe the situation as a "dark human rights situation".

While Russian troops are steadily advancing in various areas on the front, the entire Ukraine remains vulnerable. Cities like Kostyantynivka and Pokrovsk have been attacked several times in the past few days, with three people being killed in Kostyantynivka and in Pokrovsk. Also in Kiev there were attacks on the day of Trumps and Putin's phone calls in which a person was killed and a child was injured.

The legacy of Kulyk and Ivanchov

When the news about the death of Kulyk and Ivanchov became known on Wednesday, both were honored by friends and colleagues who raised their respective services. Serhiy Cherevaty, the general director of Ukrinform, praised Kulyk's work on programs that focused on the Ukrainian soldiers. "It will stay in our hearts and memories forever," he said in an explanation.

"Tetiana was not just a specialist in her field; she was the voice that told the world of the perseverance of the Ukrainian people," said Serhiy Tomilenko, President of the National Union of journalists in Ukraine.

The Bogomolet's National Medical University, on which Ivanchov worked, emphasized that he not only operated, but also organized the entire healing process - from the admission to discharge from the hospital. He passed on his knowledge to students and colleagues and was considered a model for prospective doctors and responsible citizens.

ivanchov was "the one who has made the university what it is today".

reports of CNNS Kostya Gak and Svitlana Vlasova.