As Trump’s plan to meet Putin is called off, Zelenskyy says another bloody night in Ukraine shows Russia isn’t feeling « enough pressure for dragging out the war. »
Kyiv – A Russian missile and drone barrage on Ukraine killed six people in and around the capital Kyiv overnight, including two children, proving once again that Vladimir Putin isn’t feeling « enough pressure » to end the war against his neighbors, Ukraine’s leader said.
The wave of strikes left at least 17 other people wounded and triggered power cuts across the country, Ukrainian authorities said, hours after President Trump’s efforts to settle the nearly four-year war appeared to hit another roadblock. The White House said Tuesday that a planned meeting between Mr. Trump and Putin in Hungary — announced by the U.S. leader less than a week earlier — was cancelled.
A White House official said there were « no plans » for such a meeting in the « immediate future », after Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov had a « productive call », but determined that another in-person presidential summit was « not necessary. »
Mr. Trump told reporters later Tuesday that he didn’t want to « have a wasted meeting. »
« Another night proving that Russia does not feel enough pressure for dragging out the war », Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said on social media following the latest overnight Russian attack on his country.
