Russia carries out deadly attacks on Kyiv, Trump criticizes Selenskyj

Russia carries out deadly attacks on Kyiv, Trump criticizes Selenskyj

CNN reports on a new wave of fatal attacks on Kiev, which was started early Thursday morning. This was only a few hours after the statements of US President Donald Trump, who accused his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky to endanger peace talks.

attacks on Kyiv and the number of victims

Drone and rocket attacks met 13 places in the Ukrainian capital and demanded at least nine lives, while more than 70 more were injured, according to the Ukrainian emergency services. In Kiev, CNN reporters heard the sirens of the air protection warnings for about six hours in the early morning.

use of rescue workers

engineers, rescue workers and search dogs are actively looking for people who are suspected under the ruins of a house destroyed by the attacks in the Sviatoshyn district, reported the Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko. "There is information about two children who could not yet be found at the scene," noted Klymenko and added that the situation was "tragic".

reactions of the Ukrainian authorities

The mayor of the city, Vitali Klitschko, had previously asked the population to look for protection. The military administration of Kiev later published an all -clear. At least 42 people, including six children, were admitted to hospitals, according to the emergency services.

massive attacks on several regions

Klymenko reported that eight regions of the country were attacked in one, as he called it, “massive combined Russian attack”. The cities of Kiev, Zhytomyr, Dnipro, Charkiw, Poltawa, Chmelnyzkyj, Sumy and Saporischeschja were all affected.

political tensions and peace talks

The attacks occurred after a public refresh between Trump and Zelensky, especially about the future of Crimea, a Ukrainian peninsula that was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014. As part of the efforts to close the peace to end the three-year war, the US government proposed to recognize Russian control over the Crimea. Official sources that confirm this have informed CNN.

US policy and Zelensky's attitude

A proposal to recognize Russian control over the Crimea would reverse a decade of US politics and could endanger the international consensus that boundaries should not be violently changed. Zelensky has repeatedly said that Ukraine would not accept this because it would violate the state's constitution.

Trump comments on the peace negotiations

On Wednesday, Trump said that Zelensky's position was “very harmful to the peace negotiations with Russia”. "They are inflammatory statements like Zelensky that make it so difficult to end this war. He has nothing to be proud of!" he published on Truth Social.

The situation escalates

Trump expressed these comments for hours after Vice President JD Vance had indicated the negotiations. During a visit in India, he explained to the reporters that a “very concrete proposal” had been submitted to both Russia and Ukraine and that it was “time to either say yes or that the United States is withdrawing.”

Current developments in the negotiations

Earlier discussions between Ukraine, the USA, Great Britain, France and Germany, which aimed at promoting the efforts to promote an armistice, were downgraded at the level of officials after US Secretary of State Marco Rubio resigned. "The emotions ran up today," Zelensky said on X on Wednesday, while developments in the day brought fresh uncertainties on the diplomatic efforts to end the war.

planned discussions with Russia

The special sentence of the Trump administration for the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, is expected in Moscow on Friday to have talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

reports of CNN: Victoria Butenko, Svitlana Vlasova, Rob Picheta and Kylie Atwood.