Following the largest Russian attack on Ukraine since the beginning of the war, Donald Trump announced that European leaders will be in the United States this week to discuss a path to an end to the conflict, which has lasted more than three years.
“Certain European leaders will be coming to our country on Monday [September 8] or Tuesday [9], individually,” said the US president, quoted by the international press, but without naming names. He expressed confidence, however, in a solution to the conflict. “I believe we will resolve it,” he declared.
Trump also said on Sunday that he will speak “soon” with his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, noting that he is not satisfied with the latest developments in the war, after Moscow launched its largest offensive against Ukrainian territory since the beginning of the conflict over the weekend.
When asked if the US is prepared for a new phase of sanctions against Moscow, Donald Trump replied “yes.”
Russia, it should be noted, launched 805 drones and missiles, hitting a government building in Kyiv, the country’s capital.
The attack “was the largest Russian drone attack since the beginning” of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuriy Ihnat told the Associated Press.
According to the Air Force, Ukraine managed to shoot down and neutralize 747 drones and four missiles, but there were nine missile hits and 56 drone strikes in 37 locations across the country, with debris falling in eight areas.
“For the first time, a government building has been damaged by an enemy attack, including the roof and upper floors,” said Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko, adding that the building “will be restored, but the lives lost cannot be recovered.”
“The world must respond to this destruction not just with words, but with actions. It is necessary to increase the pressure of sanctions—especially against Russian oil and gas,” he argued.
The two people killed were a mother and her three-month-old child, whose bodies were removed from the rubble by rescue teams, announced the head of the Kyiv city administration, Tymur Tkachenko, adding that at least 10 sites in Kyiv were damaged in the attack.
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