Russia launched at least 70 missiles and 145 drones during the night, especially against the capital kyiv, so the Ukrainian president announced that he will shorten his stay in South Africa. This occurs while the tensions between the United States and Ukraine rise, after Donald Trump accused Volodimir Zelenski of hindering peace by not wanting
The Ukrainian president, Volodimir Zelenski, announced Thursday that he will shorten his visit to South Africa and return to Ukraine before, after new attacks left at least eight dead in kyiv and more than 70 injured, according to a revised balance of victims by the authorities. During the night, Russia launched at least 70 missiles and 145 drones against Ukraine.
In Telegram, the Ukrainian presidency accused the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, of having “just wanting to kill” and, on social networks, Zelenski asked Moscow to cease his attacks “immediately and without conditions.” The head of Ukrainian diplomacy, Andriï Sybiga, declared that these Russian night attacks showed that Vladimir Putin “wants to continue war.”
Tensions between the United States and Ukraine
This save of attacks launched by the Russian army occurs at a time of diplomatic tension, since the US president, Donald Trump, accused on the eve of the Ukrainian president to block a possible agreement with Russia.
Trump violated violently against Zelenski, accusing him of making “incendiary” comments about annexed Crimea, at a time when an agreement with Russia is “very close,” according to him. The discussion is “more difficult” with the Ukrainian head of state, he said.
kyiv’s refusal to accept US conditions to end the war “will only prolong the killing,” Trump warned, which in recent weeks has made its own part of the Kremlin’s language, particularly on the causes of the conflict.
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“It’s our territory”
According to the Republican president, Crimea, annexed by Russia in 2014, it is a territory already “lost” for Ukraine, although Zelenski has said on Tuesday to this purpose: “There is nothing to discuss (…) is our territory.”
Zelenski reacted reminding Trump the position he took in this regard in his first term: “Ukraine will always act according to his constitution, and we are totally sure that our partners, and in particular USA, will act in accordance with their solid decisions,” he wrote in Telegram, accompanying his message with a link to a statement that made in 2018 the then Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo.
In this statement it is read that “no country can change the borders of another by force.” The text also says that the United States refuses to recognize Kremlin’s sovereignty claims over territories conquered in violation of international law.
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