Russian drone strikes kill 2 in Ukraine ahead of holiday ceasefire
Russian drone strikes killed at least two people in the Ukrainian city of Odesa overnight into Saturday, local authorities reported.
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Russian drone strikes killed at least two people in the Ukrainian city of Odesa overnight into Saturday, local authorities reported.
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The attack comes after the U.S. postponed Russia-Ukraine peace talks due to the war with Iran.
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President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine doesn't expect the ongoing peace talks to resume until next week. U.S. officials have dubbed the talks "productive and constructive,” but haven't shared more details.
As Ukraine accuses Russia of terrorism with a deadly strike on a train, some defense analysts believe Elon Musk's Starlink may have guided the killer drones.
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Some European officials believe that Russian President Vladimir Putin claimed the attack in an effort to derail peace efforts without angering President Trump.
President Trump's meeting at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the White House's latest attempt to bring the war between Russia and Ukraine to an end.
The meeting comes a day after Russia launched an hours-long attack on Ukraine. Wendy Gillette reports.
Ahead of a crucial meeting to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, Moscow steps up attacks on Ukraine's capital of Kyiv.
Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says he and President Trump have agreed to meet in Florida on Sunday, signaling progress in talks to end the Russia-Ukraine war.
The majority Russian-speaking region has been at the center of frenzied peace talks in recent days.
Special envoy Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump's son-in-law, also represented the U.S. during Sunday's talks. They're expected to travel to Moscow on Monday.
A barrage of missiles and drones rained down on Kyiv. Several apartment buildings took a direct hit.
Top Kremlin officials said it's premature to consider a peace plan close to done, and said they have not received an official proposal from the U.S.
Russian officials say they have now received the revised U.S.-backed proposal to end the Russian invasion of Ukraine, after high-level talks between American and Ukrainian negotiators in Geneva.
A push by the Trump administration to end Russia's war on Ukraine appears to make headway, with Kyiv saying Zelenskyy could visit D.C. within days to finalize a deal.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was in Switzerland for talks with Ukrainian and European leaders regarding a possible peace deal.
Ukraine and its western allies are meeting in Geneva to discuss a U.S. peace plan, just hours after Russia launched a drone attack in Ukraine that killed at least 14 people. Cristian Benavides reports.
Ukrainian officials say a missile and drone attack killed dozens, right as the U.S. Army secretary arrived to push for peace talks.
Video captured the aftermath of a Russian drone strike near an apartment building and another near a school in Ukraine.
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