Russian attacks meet Kyiv after Trump's stopping the talks with Putin
Russian attacks meet Kyiv after Trump's stopping the talks with Putin
In the night from Thursday to Friday, more than a dozen places, including residential areas, were hit by Russian air strikes in the Ukrainian capital Kiev. This was reported by a local official. This was only a few hours after US President Donald Trump explained in a phone call with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin that "no progress" had been in the negotiations on an armistice.
attacks and injured
Eight people were injured in the hour -long attack, according to Tymur Tkachenko, head of Kiev's military administration. The attacks damaged several apartment buildings in two districts.warning by the Ukrainian Air Force
In the early hours of the morning, the Ukrainian Air Force announced that several rockets were fired towards Kiev and warned of a Ballistic Missile that approached the capital. Shortly afterwards there was a loud explosion in the city. Heavy swaths of smoke met some parts of the city center, while reporters from CNN reported that drones were floating above them.
increasing air strikes in Russia
In the past few weeks, Russia has undertaken air strikes to Ukraine in the past few weeks, in which hundreds of rockets and drones were used. The Ukrainian Foreign Minister said that in June over 330 rockets, including almost 80 ballistic rockets, 5,000 combat drones and 5,000 sliding bombs were fired against Ukraine.Trump and the ceasefire negotiations
On Thursday, Trump made an almost one -hour phone call to Putin, in which he expressed his displeasure with the hungry negotiations. "We had a conversation. It was a pretty long conversation. We talked about many things, including Iran, and also about the war in Ukraine," said Trump. "I'm not happy about it." When asked whether he had the feeling that he had made progress in a deal with Putin, Trump replied: "No." He added: "I did not make any progress with him at all today."
arms deliveries and US support
The acts of violence take place at a time when the Trump administration has exposed some arms deliveries to Ukraine, including air defense missiles. This was done after a review of military spending and American support for foreign countries. Trump admitted that the decision was made to protect the US stocks.
The United States is the largest individual donor military aid for Ukraine since Russia's extensive invasion in 2022, and they have provided Ukraine air defense systems, drones, rocket launchers, radar systems, tanks and anti-tank weapons. This has led to considering the dwindling US stocks.
change in the auxiliary balance sheet
The balance of help for Ukraine has changed significantly since Trump's return to power, which raises doubts about the future US support for Kiev. According to the Russian state media, TAS, who rely on a consultant of the Kremlin, Trump and Putin did not talk about the break to the deliveries to Ukraine in their conversation. However, Trump brought up to end the war "as early as possible" - whereupon Putin replied that Russia would not "reverse" his war goals in Ukraine.
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