MAD Vladimir Putin’s forces have killed more civilians including two children in a new barbaric strike on a city centre.
The heinous attack came a mere few hours before French President Macron is to meet with the US’ top diplomat on crafting a Ukraine ceasefire.
East2WestVladimir Putin’s forces have killed civilians including two children[/caption]
East2WestIt comes in defiance of US calls for the bloodshed to stop[/caption]
East2WestRussia launched a new attack on Dnipro city centre[/caption]
The savage Shaded drone terror attack on Dnipro was in defiance of Trump administration’s calls to halt the bloodshed and seek a ceasefire.
The death toll was put at three, including a child, a girl, 16, and an “elderly woman”, as ten huge explosions rocked the city in 20 minutes.
Some 30 were wounded including five children, one aged just nine months.
The strike on Dnipro was described as “real hell”, with strikes close to the city hall.
It comes as the top Ukrainian officials are to meet in Paris today to hold crunch talks with EU and US delegations.
US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and US envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in the French capital as President Donald Trump‘s push for a ceasefire has yet to bear fruit despite his pledges to quickly end the war.
Meanwhile pal to Trump Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is hoped to relieve the recently frosty US-Europe relationship as she heads to Washington DC to meet the President.
Her right-wing background has placed her in a position of privilege with the Republican, demonstrated through her receiving an invitation to attend his inauguration unlike other European leaders.
But this also means Meloni could visit the White House and focus predominantly on striking deals for Italy rather than the continent.
Can there be peace?
BY Lydia Doye
EARLIER this year it seemed hopeful that world leaders would broker a peace deal in Ukraine.
But these hopes are wavering as Putin has repeatedly refused to cooperate, instead choosing to ramp up attacks on Ukraine.
Putin’s latest recruitment drive could have huge ramifications for peace with Donald Trump already voicing serious concerns over Putin’s readiness to agree to a ceasefire in recent days.
Putin has already angered the US President over refusing to commit to any truce agreement.
Trump previously admitted he was “p***ed off” with the Russian tyrant after he called for Zelensky’s removal from office in an effort to stall peace.
In Europe Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron have put forward an idea to help maintain a future truce deal by sending their troops to patrol.
But this proposal has been widely condemned by Putin and his Kremlin pals sparking further Russia-European tensions.
Macron has taken the lead in seeking to forge a coordinated European response to defending Ukraine, during both the current conflict and in its eventual aftermath.
Zelensky’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak said he and Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiga and Defence Minister Rustem Umerov were in Paris to meet France, Germany, Britain and the United States.
A French diplomatic source had said earlier Rubio and France‘s Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot would discuss “the war in Ukraine, the situation in the Middle East and the Iranian nuclear file”.
This will be Rubio’s third trip to Europe since taking office.
Witkoff said on Monday, just days after his third meeting with Putin, that he himself sees a peace deal “emerging”.
The Paris talks come after discussions between the United States and Iran on Tehran’s nuclear program were held Saturday in Oman.
And in the latest development, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araqchi will visit Russia this week ahead of a planned second round of talks.
Despite a series of diplomatic efforts, Russia’s strikes that have recently killed dozens of people show how the war is taking a hefty toll.
APFirefighters extinguish fire following a Russian attack in Dnipro[/caption]
ReutersBurned cars are seen at the site of a Russian drone strike[/caption]
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