"Russia targeted Ukraine with more than 200 drones in a large-scale daytime assault on Wednesday, hours after a previous barrage of civilian areas had killed at least eight people. The strikes came as Kyiv and Moscow traded long-range attacks after a brief ceasefire, and despite the latest suggestion from Donald Trump that the war could soon come to an end."
"Ukrainian monitors detected at least eight salvoes of Russian drones, including some entering from Belarus, with the apparent target being Kyiv's critical infrastructure. Ukraine's president, Volodomyr Zelenskyy, who was visiting Romania on Wednesday, wrote on X: Russia continues its strikes and is doing so brazenly deliberately targeting our railway infrastructure and civilian sites in our cities."
"In an apparent reference to world attention being focused on the Iran war, he wrote: It is important to support Ukraine and not remain silent about Russia's war. Every time the war disappears from the top of the news, it encourages Russia to become even more savage. Debris from a Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at a gas processing plant in Russia's southern Astrakhan region on Wednesday, the local governor said."
"The end of the war in Ukraine I really think is getting very close, the US president told reporters as he left the White House for a summit in Beijing. Believe it or not, it's getting closer. His comments follow remarks by Vladimir Putin in a speech last weekend that Russia's invasion of Ukraine was possibly coming to an end."
Russia carried out a large daytime drone assault on Ukraine, launching more than 200 drones hours after earlier strikes on civilian areas killed at least eight people. Ukrainian monitors detected multiple salvoes, including drones entering from Belarus, with targets appearing to include Kyiv’s critical infrastructure. Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy said Russia deliberately struck railway infrastructure and civilian sites and urged continued international support. Debris from a Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at a gas processing plant in Russia’s Astrakhan region. Kyiv and Moscow continued trading long-range attacks after a brief ceasefire. Donald Trump claimed negotiations were making progress with limited detail, while Vladimir Putin suggested the invasion could be ending soon.
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