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Al Jazeera
16-07-2025
- Politics
- Al Jazeera
Video: Several injured in latest Russian drone strikes in Ukraine
Several injured in latest Russian drone strikes in Ukraine NewsFeed At least fifteen people have been injured in the latest wave of Russian drone strikes, which this time hit four Ukranian cities. Video shows firefighters battling flames from a large blaze. This comes amid the 50-day deadline from the US for Russia to secure a peace deal. Video Duration 02 minutes 20 seconds 02:20 Video Duration 00 minutes 33 seconds 00:33 Video Duration 02 minutes 28 seconds 02:28 Video Duration 02 minutes 47 seconds 02:47 Video Duration 01 minutes 18 seconds 01:18 Video Duration 03 minutes 11 seconds 03:11 Video Duration 00 minutes 32 seconds 00:32
Associated Press
16-07-2025
- Politics
- Associated Press
Russia launches new attacks on Ukraine with the countdown to a US peace deadline underway
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russian weapons pounded four Ukrainian cities overnight from Tuesday to Wednesday, injuring at least 15 people in an attack that mostly targeted energy infrastructure, officials said. The latest bombardment in Russia's escalating aerial campaign against civilian areas came ahead of a Sept. 2 deadline set by U.S. President Donald Trump for the Kremlin to reach a peace deal in the three-year war, under the threat of possible severe Washington sanctions if it doesn't. No date has yet been publicly set for a possible third round of direct peace talks between delegations from Russia and Ukraine. Two previous rounds delivered no progress apart from prisoner swaps. Russia launched 400 Shahed and decoy drones, as well as one ballistic missile, during the night, the Ukrainian air force said. The strikes targeted northeastern Kharkiv, which is Ukraine's second-largest city, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hometown of Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine, Vinnytsia in the west and Odesa in the south. 'Russia does not change its strategy,' Zelenskyy said. 'To effectively counter this terror, we need a systemic strengthening of defense: more air defense, more interceptors, and more resolve so that Russia feels our response.' Trump on Monday pledged to deliver more weapons to Ukraine, including vital Patriot air defense systems, and threatened to slap additional sanctions on Russia. It was Trump's toughest stance toward Russian President Vladimir Putin since he returned to the White House nearly six months ago. But some U.S. lawmakers and European government officials expressed misgivings that the 50-day deadline handed Putin the opportunity to capture more Ukrainian territory before any settlement to end the fighting. Other U.S. ultimatums to Putin in recent months have failed to persuade the Russian leader to stop his invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Tens of thousands of soldiers have been killed in the war, many of them along the more than 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) front line, and Russian barrages of cities have killed more than 12,000 Ukrainian civilians, the United Nations says. The Institute for the Study of War, a Washington think tank, said Tuesday that 'Putin holds a theory of victory that posits that Russia can achieve its war aims by continuing to make creeping gains on the battlefield indefinitely and outlasting Western support for Ukraine and Ukraine's ability to defend itself.' Trump said the U.S. is providing additional weapons for Ukraine but European countries are paying for them. While Ukraine and European officials were relieved at the U.S. commitment after months of hesitation, some hoped Washington might shoulder some of the cost. 'We welcome President Trump's announcement to send more weapons to Ukraine, although we would like to see the U.S share the burden,' European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said Tuesday. 'If we pay for these weapons, it's our support.' ___ Follow AP's coverage of the war in Ukraine at
Times
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Times
Trump ‘not encouraging killing' by asking if Zelensky could bomb Moscow
President Trump mentioned possible Ukrainian strikes on Moscow to President Zelensky before he approved US arms supplies, but he was 'not encouraging further killing', the White House has said. His spokeswoman was responding to media reports that he had asked Zelensky why Kyiv's forces had not hit Moscow and St Petersburg, Russia's biggest and richest cities. 'Volodymyr, can you hit Moscow? Can you hit St Petersburg too?' Trump had asked, according to the Financial Times, which cited sources familiar with the call. 'Absolutely. We can if you give us the weapons,' Zelensky replied. Trump says Zelensky should not target Moscow Trump is also reported to have said that Kyiv should make Russians 'feel the pain' to force President Putin to agree to a peace deal. Trump said on Tuesday that Ukraine should not strike Moscow. 'I'm on humanity's side,' Trump said when asked if he was on anybody's side in the war. 'I want the killing to stop.'
Yahoo
15-07-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Brit Hume said it was clear that Trump got 'jollied along' by the Russian president.
Even a Fox News analyst could see that President Donald Trump 'got played' by his Russian counterpart in the talks to end the Ukraine war. In a Monday episode of Special Report, Brit Hume said Trump got dragged along by Russian President Vladimir Putin's pretense that he was interested in securing a peace deal to finally end the war in Ukraine. Trump threatened on Monday to impose tariffs on Russia if negotiations don't conclude within 50 days. 'It's clear, from what the president himself has said—although he wouldn't put it this way—that he got played by Putin and dragged on for months, and he was being jollied along under the impression that Putin had obviously given him, that Putin wanted to end the war and was prepared to negotiate,' Hume said.
The Independent
10-07-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
US disappointed by Russia's ‘lack of flexibility' to end Ukraine war as Kyiv pounded by drones
Donald Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with Russian president Vladimir Putin as Moscow intensifies its attacks on Ukraine, US secretary of state Marco Rubio told Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov. The secretary of state expressed to Mr Lavrov that the US president had publicly expressed his disappointment that 'there's not been more flexibility on the Russian side to bring about an end to this conflict', only a day after Ukraine reported a record-breaking aerial strike which saw more than 700 drones and missiles launched by Russia. It was the second time Mr Rubio had met Mr Lavrov in person, on the sidelines of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations foreign ministers' meeting in Malaysia for a 'frank conversation' where they discussed a possible peace deal with Ukraine. Mr Rubio's statement comes as President Trump put his foot down during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday in which he said: 'We get a lot of bulls*** thrown at us by Putin,' adding: 'He's very nice all the time, but it turns out to be meaningless.' While Mr Trump's support for Ukraine has been inconsistent since he entered the Oval Office, he recently vowed to send more defensive weapons to Kyiv days after the Pentagon decided to stall critical munition supplies to the war-torn country. Meanwhile, Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky met with world leaders at the Ukraine recovery conference in Rome, where he described the 'terrorism' of Russia's increased drone strikes. 'Ukrainians now face attacks by hundreds of these drones every single night, and this is pure terrorism,' he said, hours after Ukraine's air force reported 415 drone and missile strikes that had killed two people and injured more than 23 people. Particular damage was done to the capital, with nearly every part of Kyiv impacted by the drone and missile attacks. Addressing his global counterparts, Mr Zelensky urged allies to 'more actively' use frozen Russian assets for rebuilding, adding that Ukraine needs more air defence systems and missiles and urging allies to increase their investments. 'When Russia increases its attacks, we cannot have a shortage of funding for drone production.' Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni announced at the start of the two-day conference that participants had pledged over €10bn (£8.6bn) to help rebuild Ukraine, with Ursula Von Der Leyen, president of the European Commission, announcing €2.3bn funding. This will reportedly cover barely a fraction of the costs needed to rebuild the country; a report by the United Nations in February put the estimated total cost of reconstruction and recovery in Ukraine at €506bn over the next decade. The updated joint Rapid Damage and Needs Assessment, commissioned by the Ukrainian government, the World Bank Group, the European Commission and the UN, covers damage incurred since the intensified conflict erupted in February 2022, up to the end of 2024. As Russia increases the intensity of its drone strikes, the Kremlin has continued to insist that Russia does not think peace talks on Ukraine have stalled. Spokesperson Dmitry Peskov said that it still wants to achieve its goals there through peaceful political and diplomatic means. He added that Moscow was waiting for Kyiv to give a signal on whether it is ready to start the third round of talks, which first kicked off in May in Istanbul.
