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Euronews
3 days ago
- Politics
- Euronews
Destruction across Kharkiv after wave of Russian attacks, Ukraine says
At least 11 people, including two children, have been injured in Ukraine after a wave of missile and drone strikes hit the city of Kharkiv and the nearby region, officials have said. The State Emergency Service of Ukraine (SES) reported widespread destruction and that shelling ignited a major fire at a municipal transport company. A building and a trolleybus were destroyed by fire. The blaze extended to nearby vehicles and residential buildings, injuring three people, officials said. The Chuhuiv district suffered extensive damage from a combination of missile and drone strikes. A private residence, farm structures, a warehouse and agricultural equipment were all hit, with eight people reportedly injured. Also overnight, a series of Russian drone attacks on the Odesa region destroyed a branch of postal operator Nova Poshta, the SES said. Nobody was injured in the attacks, which triggered a fire covering some 300 square metres and damaged a number of lorries within the facility. The fire has since been extinguished. According to news reports, Nova Poshta is the country's largest private postal operator. One of the company's cargo facilities in the Odesa region was previously targeted by Russian attacks. Ukraine says it repelled a total of 173 Russian attacks over multiple fronts in Russia's Kursk Oblast region overnight. The fiercest fighting was in Pokrovsk, where Ukrainian forces halted 66 assaults. Russian strikes on Ukraine have intensified recently despite efforts towards peace talks between the two countries. Russian President Vladimir Putin has so far refused to meet face-to-face with his Ukrainian counterpart, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, and has rejected all ceasefire proposals. After negotiations in Istanbul this month, each side released more than 1,000 prisoners — soldiers and civilians — in the biggest swap of the war and are set to meet again for peace talks next week.
Yahoo
5 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump is trapped in a nightmare of Putin's making
There comes a point in life when a person has to sit down and face reality. On the war in Ukraine and the motives of Vladimir Putin, Donald Trump – who on Tuesday accused the Russian leader of 'playing with fire' – may have finally reached it. The long holiday weekend in the United States was a difficult one for Trump and his efforts to wind down the conflict in Ukraine. Over three consecutive days, the Russians conducted a ferocious barrage of drone, cruise missile and ballistic missile attacks against multiple Ukrainian cities, including Kyiv. On the third day of the bombardment, the Ukrainians claimed that 355 drones swarmed to various targets, most of which were shot down by air defence units and electronic countermeasures. Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky used the attack as yet another piece of evidence for an argument that is strengthening by the day: Putin is not genuinely interested in peace and still believes he can subjugate Ukraine to Moscow's will. That's not what Trump has imagined. He has repeatedly emphasised that Putin is as tired of the war as everybody else. Putin 'wants to end it,' Trump told reporters in February after one of his calls with the Russian leader. 'I think Russia is ready,' Trump said last month. 'I thought it might be easier to deal with Zelensky. So far, it's been harder.' Yet the tables have turned. Now it's Zelensky who's the cooperative one, throwing in his lot with Trump's peace efforts and signing up to the unconditional 30-day ceasefire that the US president once craved. Zelensky was clearly shocked into submission by his highly embarrassing dressing down by Trump and vice-president JD Vance in the Oval Office in February. In contrast, Putin seems hell-bent on alienating the Americans and having it both ways. On the one hand, he's trying to maintain the perception in Trump's eyes that Russia is indeed interested in finding a mutually-acceptable diplomatic resolution. Putin for the most part has done this by speaking with Trump directly and promising that Russian officials will eventually get around to drafting a memorandum explaining how they intend to end the conflict. Never mind that the memorandum – assuming it actually gets written – is highly likely to recycle Moscow's usual maximalist demands: that the Ukrainian army needs to withdraw from territory Putin claims he has annexed; that Ukraine must be demilitarised; and that the Ukrainian government itself must cease to exist. On the other hand, Putin continues to press on with the war as ferociously as ever. The weekend's drone and missile strikes on Kyiv were only the latest illustration. Although fighting and talking simultaneously is hardly unprecedented in the annals of history, Putin's version is reinforcing the belief in Western capitals that he never intended to work toward a diplomatic settlement and was pulling Trump's chain the entire time. Credit: State Emergency Service of Ukraine Trump never wanted to believe this was the case. To accept that this is the game Putin is playing would be to admit his effort at forging peace in Ukraine was always destined to fail. Last week, when Trump briefed the Europeans on his latest call with Putin, he refused to entertain additional US sanctions on the Russian economy and left European leaders 'stunned' at his skittishness in taking a tougher line. Part of this was presumably because Trump was trying to preserve the diplomatic process and thought that more sanctions on the Russians would push Putin further away. But one can't help but think that Trump's own ego also had something to do with it. After all, he can't get his hands on a Nobel Peace Prize if there is no peace. Now, however, Trump appears to be becoming exasperated. After Russia's latest strikes, he called Putin 'CRAZY' for killing innocent people. 'I don't know what's wrong with him,' Trump exclaimed to reporters in New Jersey on Sunday. 'What the hell happened to him? Right? He's killing a lot of people. I'm not happy about that.' The Kremlin responded to the remarks in its usual passive-aggressive tone. Trump's latest salvo on social media against Putin on Tuesday shows that the temperature isn't cooling. Credit: US Network Pool / Reuters Reports suggest that the Trump administration may even be weighing up instituting more sanctions on Russia, an action Trump waved away just last week as unnecessary and needlessly provocative. The extent of those sanctions or whether they will even be green-lit by the White House is still unknown. Nevertheless, it increasingly feels like we're at a crossroads in this saga. Trump's peace efforts, which began in March with cautious optimism, are about as stuck as a desk drawer in the dead of the summer. Putin's antics aren't winning Russia any favours in Washington, a town that never really bought into Trump's diplomacy in the first place. A bipartisan group of 80 senators, a veto-proof majority, is ready to pass another comprehensive sanctions package against Moscow and is essentially waiting for Trump to signal his approval to go forward. And through it all, the fight along the 1,000 kilometre front-line in Ukraine remains intense, with Ukrainian officials expecting another Russian offensive sometime in the summer. Trump is now trapped in a quandary. He can revert to Joe Biden's Ukraine policy and start shovelling more military aid to the Ukrainians, hoping the Russian war machine will eventually break down. Or he can wash his hands of the war and let the Europeans handle it. The first is akin to doing the same thing and expecting a different result; the second will be depicted as giving up. Either way, Putin is clearly getting on Trump's nerves. The US president is close to accepting reality, but he faces few easy options in charting a way forward from here. Daniel DePetris is a fellow at Defense Priorities Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
New York Post
6 days ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Trump warns Putin is ‘playing with fire' after bitter exchange over Ukraine
WASHINGTON — President Trump warned Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin is 'playing with fire' — days after he called the dictator 'absolutely crazy' over the repeated bombings of Ukraine. 3 Trump warned Putin he was 'playing with fire' Tuesday and the tension between the two leaders escalates. 'What Vladimir Putin doesn't realize is that if it weren't for me, lots of really bad things would have already happened to Russia, and I mean REALLY BAD,' Trump wrote on Truth Social. 'He's playing with fire!' Trump has been trying to negotiate a peace deal with Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for months, but has expressed increasing frustration with both leaders. 3 Ukrainian firefighters and rescuers work at the site of a damaged storage facility of a private factory following an overnight attack in Vasyshcheve, near Kharkiv, Ukraine, 26 May 2025, amid the ongoing Russian invasion. SERGEY KOZLOV/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock 3 A blaze in a private enterprise facility following a Russian strike in Kharkiv region, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. State Emergency Service of Ukraine/AFP via Getty Images 'I don't know what the hell happened to Putin,' Trump told reporters on Sunday. 'I've known him a long time, always gotten along with him but he's sending rockets into cities and killing people, and I don't like it at all.'
New York Post
7 days ago
- Politics
- New York Post
Ukraine free to strike any Russian military facility after West lifts all range restrictions, Germany says
The West has lifted all range restrictions on the weapons delivered to Ukraine, freeing the war-torn country to strike at any Russian military target across the border, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said Monday. Following Moscow's third-consecutive overnight aerial barrage against Ukraine, Merz called it necessary that the US, France, Germany and the UK allow Kyiv the use of long-range weapons to stop Russian President Vladimir Putin from 'ruthlessly bombing cities, kindergartens, hospitals and care homes.' 'We will do everything in our power to continue supporting Ukraine,' Mertz said in a statement. 'This also means no longer having any range restrictions on the weapons we supply. 4 German Chancellor Friedrich Merz said all range restrictions on Western weapons have been lifted, freeing Ukraine to attacking Kremlin military targets deep inside Russia. AP 4 The order came after Moscow fired yet another large volley of more than 300 missiles and drones overnight. State Emergency Service of Ukraine/AFP via Getty Images The order came after Moscow hit Ukraine with a bombardment of more than 300 missiles and drones overnight. 'Ukraine can now also defend itself by attacking military positions in Russia,' Mertz added. Previously, Kyiv had been restricted to only attacking Russian military targets in occupied Ukrainian territories, with few exceptions. But given Putin's repeated slow walking of cease-fire talks and ramped up attacks on Ukraine, Merz said the West has effectively 'exhausted all the diplomatic means available.' The German leader said the lift on the ban will mark the 'decisive difference' to end Russia's three-year war. 4 Russian President Vladimir Putin had previously warned the West from allowing Ukraine to use long-range weapons against targets inside Russia. Getty Images 4 Ukrainian first responders put out flames following Russia's largest bombardment. SERGEY KOZLOV/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock Moscow had previously warned the West not to lift such restrictions, with Putin claiming last year that any country supporting an attack deep inside Russia could be viewed as a viable target for the Kremlin, and face the threat of nuclear weapons.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump suffering ‘emotional overload', says Russia
Credit: US Network Pool / Reuters Russia has suggested Donald Trump is suffering from 'emotional overload' as it deflected his criticism of its record drone strikes against Ukraine at the weekend. In response to the US president calling Vladimir Putin 'crazy', spokesman Dmitry Peskov said the Russian leader was 'taking the decisions that are necessary to ensure the security of our country'. 'We are really grateful to the Americans and to President Trump personally for their assistance in organising and launching this negotiation process,' the Kremlin spokesman told reporters. 'Of course, at the same time, this is a very crucial moment, which is associated, of course, with the emotional overload of everyone absolutely and with emotional reactions.' Peskov spoke on Monday after Russia launched another wave of missiles at Ukraine overnight, in what Kyiv said was Moscow's largest drone assault on Ukraine since the beginning of the war. Russian forces fired nine cruise missiles and over 350 Iranian-built Shaheds and decoy drones as part of the assault, which a Ukrainian defence official confirmed was the largest drone attack yet since the beginning of the full-scale invasion in February 2022. Credit: State Emergency Service of Ukraine Speaking early on Sunday, Mr Trump said he remained 'not happy' with Putin and his latest attacks on Ukraine, and that he would 'absolutely' consider increasing sanctions on Moscow. 'I'm not happy with what Putin's doing. He's killing a lot of people. And I don't know what the hell happened to Putin,' Mr Trump told reporters at the airport in Morristown, New Jersey, as he prepared to return to Washington. 'I've known him a long time, always gotten along with him, but he's sending rockets into cities and killing people and I don't like it at all. ' Later on Sunday Mr Trump wrote on his Truth Social site that Putin had 'gone absolutely crazy' and that he was considering more sanctions on Moscow. 'I've always had a very good relationship with Vladimir Putin of Russia, but something has happened to him. He has gone absolutely CRAZY!' he wrote. 'I've always said that he wants ALL of Ukraine, not just a piece of it, and maybe that's proving to be right, but if he does, it will lead to the downfall of Russia!' Mr Trump also criticised president Volodymyr Zelensky, posting that the Ukrainian leader 'is doing his country no favours by talking the way he does. Everything out of his mouth causes problems, I don't like it, and it better stop'. The Ukrainian air force said that it shot down 233 drones and all nine cruise missiles, while 55 drones were redirected by electronic warfare. Ukraine reported that some civilians were injured. No deaths were immediately reported. Kyiv was among the targets of the barrage. Windows were blown out from a residential building, and debris fell on the territory of a garage co-operative on the river Dnipro, said Tymur Tkachenko, the head of the city's military administration. The assault comes after what Ukraine described as a 'weekend of terror' in which Russia intensified its air strikes, leading to 13 deaths and dozens of injuries on Sunday. Emmanuel Macron, the French president, said on Monday that he hoped Mr Trump's anger at Moscow 'translates into action'. 'President Trump realises that when president Putin said on the phone he was ready for peace, or told his envoys he was ready for peace, he lied,' he said. 'We have seen once again in recent hours Donald Trump express his anger. A form of impatience. I simply hope now that this translates into action.' Meanwhile, Russia has signalled that it doesn't see the Vatican as a serious venue for peace talks with Ukraine after Mr Trump had proposed the papal state as a neutral venue. 'The Vatican definitely is not seen in Russia as a serious force capable of resolving such a complex conflict,' one senior Russian source acquainted with top-level Kremlin thinking told Reuters. Russia's reluctance is because the Holy See is the seat of Catholicism and is surrounded by Italy, a Nato and EU member, three senior Russian sources told the agency. They also pointed out that many Russian officials could not even fly there due to Western restrictions. Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 1 month with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more.
