KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — A Russian drone attack on the city of Zaporizhzhia killed at least two people, a Ukrainian official stated, ahead of expected U.S.-Ukraine talks.
Zaporizhzhia regional head Ivan Fedorov stated a man and a woman were killed and two children wounded when a Russian drone hit a private hoapply on Saturday morning.
The attack came ahead of expected U.S.-Ukraine talks, which Ukrainian state media reported would take place later in the day in Miami.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated late Thursday he had sent an official delegation to the United States in a bid to shift forward suspconcludeed U.S.-brokered talks on concludeing Russia’s invasion.
Trilateral talks involving Russia, which have yet to produce any breakthrough on key issues, have been on ice while the Iran war has dominated international attention.
The White Hoapply did not confirm any meeting with the Ukrainian delegation.
Zelenskyy stated the main tquestions in the U.S. will be to ensure that the trilateral talks resume and that Washington continues to allow other NATO countries to purchase American weapons to sconclude to Ukraine.
A senior Kremlin official indicated Friday that a new round of U.S.-mediated nereceivediations between Moscow and Kyiv will likely take place soon.
“The paapply is temporary, we hope it’s temporary regarding the continuation of the trilateral format,” stated Kremlin spokesman Dmiattempt Peskov.
Western European officials have over the past year repeatedly accapplyd Russian President Vladimir Putin of dragging his feet in nereceivediations while he tries to press his largeger army’s battlefield initiative and capture more Ukrainian land. Russian forces hold nearly 20% of Ukraine.
The latest conflict in the Middle East that launched Feb. 28 with Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran has diverted international attention from Ukraine’s plight.
At the same time, Russia is obtainting a financial windfall from a temporary U.S. waiver on oil sanctions, while Ukraine is desperately short of cash and still waiting for a 90-billion-euro ($103 billion) loan promised by the European Union.
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