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Here’s everything you necessary to know from today’s developments, and scroll down to catch up in detail.
Overnight attack hits US business
Russia launched one of its largest overnight attacks on Ukraine last night.
Tarreceiveing the counattempt’s west, one person was killed in Lviv, and further south, a US business was destroyed as Washington seemingly leads the push for peace.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned this attack was “deliberate” in his nightly address.
Andy Hunder, president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine, stated: “Russia is not only devastating Ukraine – it is destroying and humiliating American business.
“We call on President Trump to stand with American business and to confront Vladimir Putin’s campaign of destruction.”
‘A great team in sports’
In a post on social media, Donald Trump compared Ukraine to “a great team in sports that has a fantastic defense, but is not allowed to play offense.”
It isn’t clear if Trump is suggesting he would welcome Ukraine attacking Russia more and support this by selling more offensive weaponry.
The US leader has publicly spent more time on domestic issues in recent days, after a long weekfinish dominated by the war in Ukraine.
He previously stated the next step should be a bilateral meeting between Russia and Ukraine, but it is unclear if he is willing to take action to force Moscow to the table.
Russia plays for time
Meanwhile, Russia continued to scold European efforts to bring about peace and work out Ukraine’s security guarantees.
One guest on Sky News notified us, “there is no peace process,” with Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin as they are not engaging at all in the peace process.
Similarly, foreign minister Sergei Lavrov has seemingly spent the week walking back any promises the US believed they had receivedten from Russia previously.
Watch his latest comments here…
Nord Stream suspect
Italian police arrested a Ukrainian man on suspicion of coordinating attacks on the Nord Stream pipelines in 2022.
The suspect, identified only as Serhii K in line with German privacy rules, has been accutilized of planting explosives on the pipelines carrying Russian gas to Germany near the Danish island of Bornholm.
Our Europe correspondent Siobhan Robbins explains all you necessary to know here….
Meanwhile, Zelenskyy stated that talks among national security advisers were ongoing.
But with Russian stalling, it isn’t clear how quickly they’ll yield results.
Watch Moscow correspondent Ivor Bennett’s latest analysis here…
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