Ukraine-Russia battle newest: Trump says ‘good news’ approaching peace talks at the same time as Putin rains missiles on Kyiv | EUROtoday

Several reviews on explosions are coming in from Ukrainian cities.

Ihor Terekhov, the mayor of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis, reported a number of strikes in succession by drones and missiles.

Public broadcaster Suspilne reported a sequence of explosions within the southeastern metropolis of Dnipro and in Sumy, close to the Russian border.

Donald Trump has mentioned his negotiating group engaged on ending the battle in Ukraine may have some excellent news quickly.

“I think we’re doing very well with Ukraine and Russia. For the first time, I’m saying that,” the US president mentioned, chatting with reporters within the Oval Office.

“I think we’re going to, maybe, have some good news”.

Hours later, Russian forces rained missiles and drones on Ukrainian cities, resuming their assaults after per week of ceasefire requested by Trump.

A kindergarten was amongst most of the civilian targets hit in Ukrainian cities, together with the capital Kyiv.

Russia’s international minister Sergei Lavrov has mentioned it could regard the deployment of any international army forces or infrastructure in Ukraine as international intervention and deal with these forces as professional targets.

“The deployment of military units, facilities, warehouses, and other infrastructure of Western countries in Ukraine is unacceptable to us and will be regarded as foreign intervention posing a direct threat to Russia’s security,” the Russian foreign ministry said, quoting the foreign minister.

It said Western countries – which have discussed a possible deployment to Ukraine to help secure any peace deal – had to understand “that all foreign military contingents, including German ones, if deployed in Ukraine, will become legitimate targets for the Russian Armed Forces”.

Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has mentioned he has ordered the nation’s army leaders to answer the newest sequence of Russian assaults on the war-hit nation’s railway infrastructure and logistics routes.

Russian forces have elevated their assaults on Ukraine’s nationwide railway community after capturing crucial prepare hubs in Kupiansk and Pokrovsk. At least 5 individuals have been killed after a prepare was attacked within the japanese area of Kharkiv.

“The Russian army remains focused on terror against our logistics – primarily railway infrastructure,” Zelensky mentioned. “In particular, there were strikes in the Dnipro region and in Zaporizhzhia, specifically targeting railway facilities,” he mentioned.

“During today’s coordination call, specific tasks in this regard were set for the Commander of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the Minister of Defence, and the Head of Ukrzaliznytsia (Ukrainian Railways). I expect these tasks to be carried out today,” he mentioned.

President Donald Trump has mentioned his newest commerce deal signed with India will finish the battle in Ukraine as Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has agreed to cease shopping for Russian oil.

The US president mentioned that he plans to decrease tariff on items from India to 18 per cent from 25 per cent in a breakthrough deal, months after Washington pressed New Delhi to chop its reliance on low cost Russian crude.

Trump mentioned that India would additionally begin to scale back its import taxes on US items to zero and purchase $500bn value of American merchandise.

“This will help END THE WAR in Ukraine, which is taking place right now, with thousands of people dying each and every week!” Trump said in a Truth Social post announcing the tariff reduction on India.

India has taken advantage of reduced Russian oil prices as much of the world has sought to isolate Moscow for its February 2022 invasion of Ukraine.

President Volodymyr Zelensky has said he is sending a delegation to a new round of US-brokered talks on ending the war in Ukraine.

The talks, which were initially tabled to be held over the weekend, are now set to go ahead this week after a brief postponement, a senior Kremlin official said.

The negotiations are taking place against a backdrop of continued front-line fighting and deadly long-range attacks on rear areas.

The trilateral talks will take place on Wednesday and Thursday in Abu Dhabi, where a previous meeting was held last month, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov confirmed.

The UK has expelled a Russian diplomat in a tit-for-tat move after Moscow last month expelled a British diplomat, accusing them of being an undeclared spy.

Russia’s accusations were “baseless” and the expulsion was “unprovoked and unjustified”, a spokesperson for Britain’s Foreign Office (FCDO) said in a statement on Monday.

“Summoning the Russian Ambassador, a senior FCDO official made it clear that the UK will not stand for intimidation of British Embassy staff and so we are taking reciprocal action today, revoking the accreditation of a Russian diplomat,” the spokesperson said.

Russia and the West have repeatedly accused each other of espionage campaigns since the war erupted in Ukraine.

The FCDO spokesperson added that “any further action taken by Russia will be considered an escalation and responded to accordingly”.

At least two individuals have been injured in Russia’s in a single day missile assault on Kyiv, officers mentioned, confirming injury to residence blocks and different buildings.

Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko mentioned a constructing housing a kindergarten had been set on hearth and a non-residential constructing hit in japanese districts.

An air raid alert remained in impact greater than two hours after it had been introduced.

Tymur Tkachenko, head of the town’s army administration, confirmed that a number of residence buildings, an training institution and a industrial constructing had been broken in districts east of the Dnipro River.

In Kyiv, Reuters witnesses reported loud explosions within the metropolis after midnight and mentioned each missiles and drones have been being deployed.

Early visuals from the attacked components of the Ukrainian capital confirmed an residence on the higher flooring of a Kyiv block ablaze.

Russian air assaults have been additionally confirmed in different Ukrainian areas, together with Kharkiv, the place the regional governor mentioned no less than two have been injured.