At least four dead and 20 injured (16 hospitalized) is the toll of theAttack launched by Russian armed forces on Kiev during the night. Numerous Russian Shahed drones have hit several districts of the capital ofUkraine, damaging residential buildings and infrastructure, so much so that theelectric energy has been interrupted in some neighborhoods. Many citizens have taken refuge in shelters. There have also been reports Russian cruise missiles flying westward in the regions of Kiev, Vinnytsia, Khmelnytsia, Lviv and Ternopil. On the Russian front, seven drones were shot down in flight towards Moscow, while another aircraft set fire to a business in Engels, Saratov region.
Kiev, therefore, is under attack. Air defense forces responded actively, the Ukrainian Air Force reported overnight on Telegram. “Enemy drones are approaching the capital one after another from different directions and over the city’s airspace. Explosions are loud in different parts of Kiev. Air defenses are active,” he said. Timur Tkachenko, head of theMilitary Administration of the city of Kiev who also warned that there is a possible threat of use of missile weapons by the enemy.
Trump: “Russia and Ukraine are like children fighting in the park”
For his part, Donald Trump compared Russia and Ukraine to “kids fighting in the park,” suggesting that it might be better to let them continue for a little while longer. The “bad blood” and deep “hatred” between the two sides, combined with President Putin’s pledge to respond to Sunday’s Ukrainian drone strikes on strategic bases in Russia, make it difficult, according to the American president, to reach a ceasefire any time soon. “Sometimes you see two kids fighting in the park, sometimes it’s better to let them do it before you separate them,” he said, later comparing himself to a hockey referee who lets players fight for a while before intervening.
Trump, US media: furious with Zelensky?
Furthermore, although he has not officially stated it, Trump is said to be “furious” about Ukraine's drone strikes that grounded 41 Russian strategic bombers, which Ukraine celebrated as a victory but which he says stand in the way of peace. reigniting the debate in the White House over whether to abandon Kiev to its fate. He writes it The Atlantic, according to some informed sources.
“Ukrainian drone strikes in Russia,” the Washington Dc news site wrote, “dealt a severe blow to Moscow last weekend. Kiev’s defenders celebrated the attack as a triumph of modern warfare and a warning to the Russian president, Vladimir Putin. But the extraordinary operation has provoked a different reaction inside the White House: anger." According to The Atlantic, “Trump has vented openly in recent weeks about Putin's reluctance to end the war. But after Sunday's Ukrainian attack, which hit a string of Russian military airfields, The president privately expressed his frustration because the move could escalate the conflict, according to three administration officials and a non-White House adviser,” who spoke to the newspaper on condition of anonymity.
“These sources – writes Jonathan Lemire of The Atlantic – I'm told that the drone strike has reignited the president's long-standing displeasure with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and sparked a new debate in the White House about whether the United States should abandon Ukraine. Throughout the war, Trump called Zelensky a “bad guy” and a “hothead”, the outside adviser said, someone who could push the world toward World War III. Trump privately revived a right-wing viewpoint this week, criticizing Zelensky for allegedly showing off after the drone strikes; Trump was impressed by the audacity of the strikes, the adviser said, but believes Zelensky's focus should have been on negotiations between Ukraine and Russia in Istanbul,” the article reads, which was also picked up today by Rbc-Ukraine.
