Trump and Zelenskyy to speak after Russia strikes Ukraine hospital following Trump-Putin call
Kiev, Okraine – President Trump was speaking with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Wednesday, sources familiar with the program phone said Russia launched a series of drone strikes that attacked civilians overnight and damaged a hospital Ukraine. The attack was just what we did after the call between Mr. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
During that call, Russian leaders refused to support 30-day ceasefire. Mr. Trump He said Putin agreed In a call for an immediate halt to Ukraine’s “all energy and infrastructure”.
However, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that despite a consensus Putin and Trump, Russian attacks continued to attack its country’s civilians and energy infrastructure. Zelenskyy said Moscow refused to stop all strikes, proving that pressure on Moscow needs to be increased to prevent Putin from prolonging the war.
“This confirms that we must continue to put pressure on Russia for peace,” he said. “Only by truly stopping Russia’s attack on civilian infrastructure can we show a real desire to end this war and bring peace closer.”
The White House described the call between Mr. Trump and Putin as the first step in a “peace movement”, hoping that it will include a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea and ultimately endure completely in the fight. But there is no indication that Putin withdraws from the conditions of a quasi-peace agreement, which Kiev strongly opposes.
According to Russian government readings to the leader’s phone number, Putin reiterated that Moscow will need to completely cut off all military and intelligence support to Kiev from the United States and its Western partners. The White House did not mention the terms on Tuesday.
“I don’t think we should make any concessions in Ukraine’s aid, but should increase our aid to Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said on Wednesday.
Ukrainian Emergency Services
Shortly after Mr. Trump and Putin made a long phone call, amid the sirens of air strikes in Kiev followed by explosions and residents evade.
Despite efforts to repel the attacks, several strikes attacked civilian infrastructure, including direct drone strikes at Sumi Hospital and attacks on cities in the Donetsk region. Russian drones are also reported in Kiev, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Chernihiv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk and Cherkasy regions.
Emergency services indicated that Sumi’s hospital was damaged and about 150 patients were evacuated, but they did not report any casualties. This drone strike was originally reported by Zelenskyy’s top assistant Andriy Yermak, who is Social Media Posts “Russia is currently attacking civilian infrastructure and people,” said about six hours after the call between Mr. Trump and Putin, specifically referring to the attack on medical facilities.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov spokesman said Wednesday, accusing Ukraine of “opposing our ordinary (Russian-American) efforts” by attacking Russia’s infrastructure. Peskov claims Russian troops took a lawsuit Tuesday to stop planned attacks on Ukraine’s energy infrastructure following Trump-Putin’s call, including shooting down seven of its own drones.
He claimed that Ukraine had time to do the same thing, turning its drone attack on Russia, but it chose not to.
The Russian Defense Ministry said earlier Wednesday that air defense has intercepted 57 Ukrainian drones in the Azov Sea and several Russian regions – the border provinces of Kursk and Bryansk and nearby Oriel and Tula areas.
In addition, authorities in the Krasnodar region border the Crimean Peninsula, which was occupied and then unilaterally annexed by Russia in 2014 and remained under Moscow’s control.
