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 a child[/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.
And a pal to Trump, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, is hoped to help in aiding the recently frosty US-Europe alliance.
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.
Russia’s strikes that have recently killed dozens of people including many children in Ukraine’s cities of Sumy and Kryvyi Rig show how the war is taking a hefty toll despite a series of diplomatic efforts.
Macron has taken the lead in seeking to forge a coordinated European response to defending Ukraine, both during the current conflict and in its eventual aftermath after Trump shocked the world by opening direct negotiations with Russia.
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.
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