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Yahoo
12-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
These parents and children were killed by Russia after Kyiv agreed to 30-day ceasefire
One month ago, Ukraine agreed to a full 30-day ceasefire in the U.S.-mediated talks in Jeddah, and Russia did not. Russia has soon intensified its attacks against Ukrainian civilian infrastructure. Russian attacks on Ukraine have killed over 160 civilians in March alone. According to the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission's (HRMMU) recent report, civilian casualties in Ukraine surged by 50% in March compared to February, with at least 164 killed and 910 injured. The primary cause of casualties was strikes using long-range missiles and loitering munitions. The recent escalation includes deadly strikes on Odesa, Dnipro, Kyiv, Zaporizhzhia, Kherson, Kharkiv and Kryvyi Rih. "Russian strikes every day. Every day, people are killed. There is only one reason this continues: Russia does not want a ceasefire, and we see it. The whole world sees it," President Volodymyr Zelensky said following an attack on his hometown of Kryvyi Rih that killed 20 people, including nine children. "Every Russian promise ends with missiles or drones, bombs or artillery. Diplomacy means nothing to them. And that's why pressure is needed — sufficient pressure on Russia so they feel the consequences of every lie of theirs, every strike, every single day they take lives and prolong the war." Here are just a few of the stories of those killed in the brutal attacks. Killed by Russian missile in Kryvyi Rih on April 4 Amid the chaos and heart-wrenching screams, the small body of three-year-old Tymofii Tsvitok was gently laid on the ground. A combat medic desperately tries to detect his pulse. "No, I can not hear it at all. Silence everyone!" a man says, as seen in the video posted by a local Telegram channel. A brief moment of hope for Tymofii's family ended in tragedy. The boy became the youngest victim of one of Russia's most brutal strikes on Ukrainian civilians — an April 4 attack on Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. Russian troops hit the city with a missile, killing a total of 20 people, including nine children. HRMMU reported that this was the deadliest single attack on Ukrainian children that they have verified since the start of the full-scale invasion. Another 75 people sustained injuries, with victims ranging from senior citizens to a three-month-old infant. Thirty-seven of the wounded have been hospitalized, according to local authorities. Hitting a residential area, the missile attack also damaged 34 apartment buildings and six educational facilities, as well as various shops, businesses, cars, and homes. Little Tymofii and his grandmother were on their way home from the playground when the missile hit, the boy's grandfather Vitalii told journalists following the attack. According to him, Tymofii's grandmother was injured and hospitalized, and although the medics tried to save the boy's life, they were unable to. "Tymofii was an extremely energetic child. He loved space and everything related to it. By the age of three, he could count in English. He adored animals," he says, crying. "My wife is in the hospital. No one knows how she survived. Everyone who stood near her died." Killed by Russian drone in Kyiv on March 23 After fleeing their home in the constantly attacked town of Orikhiv in Zaporizhzhia Oblast, Oleksandra Haranska's family had hoped to build a peaceful life in the capital. Russia didn't let them. A massive Russian drone strike on Kyiv killed Haranska's husband Oleksandr and their five-year-old daughter Nikol overnight on March 23. Apart from the family, one more person was reported killed in the brutal strike, while ten others were injured, including Oleksandra and an 11-month-old child. At the time of the attack, Haranska's family was staying in a guest house near the church they attended, family friend Diana Dudchenko told the Kyiv Independent. Being a member of the same church, Dudchenko's husband was called to help clear the debris in the early morning following the attack. Dudchenko says that was how they learned the family had stayed there and that while Oleksandra survived, her loved ones were killed. "She miraculously survived because her husband and daughter were killed instantly while she was thrown 30 meters away," Dudchenko says. "They only found her later, three hours after the attack. She regained consciousness, was found, and taken to the hospital. It's truly a miracle because she had been in the same room with her husband," she added. "They had a small honey farm in Zaporizhzhia Oblast," Dudchenko said. "But when the full-scale invasion started, they lost it all, as the village got occupied by the Russian troops." The family had friends and relatives in Kyiv, so they decided to escape the war and start their lives from scratch. According to Dudchenko, Oleksandra instantly became an active member of their community, joining the choir and supporting local youth. Before reuniting with his family in Kyiv, Oleksandr stayed in Orikhiv for a while, volunteering and supporting the Ukrainian soldiers and civilians, according to Dudchenko. They were kind, warm-hearted people who loved their little daughter dearly. She had been getting ready to start first grade. Dudchenko said Oleksandra spent two weeks in the hospital with a shattered pelvic bone, an injured arm, and burns. "Now she's beginning the recovery process. We're all supporting her — relatives and friends have come to see her because she was left with absolutely nothing." Killed by Russian drone in Zaporizhzhia on March 21 There was a house filled with laughter and joy, home to a happy family of three — until Russia reduced it to ruins. The drone strike on a private home in the city of Zaporizhzhia late on March 21 killed 41-year-old Roman Malenko, his 38-year-old wife Olha, and their 17-year-old daughter Uliana-Khrystyna. According to local authorities, the strike also injured 16 people as well as damaged several apartment buildings in the city. A number of high-rises caught fire following the attack. The family's eldest daughter, 21-year-old Viktoria, who didn't live with her parents, told Suspilne media outlet that she had planned to visit them that night — but something stopped her, and she ended up staying home. She and her younger sister were texting just as the attack began. According to the report, Uliana-Khrystyna heard the drones being shot down very loudly, as if "above their home." That appeared to be her last message to her sister. Shortly after, Viktoria received a call from their relative saying that the drone hit her parent's building. "I arrived there and saw them wrapping up my sister. They showed me photos of her — her face wasn't burned, it remained intact. I didn't see my mom at all. They say it's too horrific," she told Suspilne. Olha Malenko was in the hospital for about 10 hours as doctors tried to save her, but her injuries proved fatal, Suspilne reported. The family was buried in Zaporizhzhia on March 28. According to the report, the family had many dreams and plans for the future. Roman, a construction worker, dreamed of buying a car for his youngest daughter. His wife Olha, who worked at a grocery store, hoped to open a shop of her own. Their daughter Uliana-Khrystyna was studying to become a pastry chef, aspiring to one day make a name for herself in the culinary world. We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
CNN
15-03-2025
- Politics
- CNN
Putin calls on Ukrainian troops in Kursk to surrender, as Zelensky asks US to put pressure on Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called on Ukrainian troops in the Russian region of Kursk to surrender, as diplomatic back-and-forth continues over a potential US-brokered ceasefire with Kyiv. At a meeting with members of Russia's security council on Friday, Putin accused Ukrainian troops in the region of committing crimes against civilians, but acknowledged US President Donald Trump's wish to spare the soldiers' lives as Russian forces retake the area and claimed surrendering soldiers' lives would be guaranteed. He also said that his country is working at restoring relations with the US, after they were 'practically reduced to zero, destroyed by the previous American administration.' 'Overall, the situation is starting to move,' he said on relations with the Trump administration. 'Let's see what comes out of this.' With Kyiv losing its grip on Kursk, its sole territorial bargaining chip, many believe that Putin may be delaying talks on a US-Ukraine ceasefire proposal until the region is back under Russian control. Earlier this week, Ukrainian officials accepted a US proposal for a 30-day ceasefire covering the entire front line after holding talks with US counterparts in Saudi Arabia. Putin's remarks came after he met with US Special Envoy Steve Witkoff on Thursday in Moscow – a visit that US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said gave 'reason to be cautiously optimistic.' Trump earlier in the day had struck a similar note, calling the discussions 'good and productive' in a post on Truth Social, adding that 'there is a very good chance that this horrible, bloody war can finally come to an end.' Trump also said that he has 'strongly requested' for Putin to spare the lives of Ukrainian troops in Kursk. 'We understand President Trump's call to be guided by humanitarian considerations with regard to these servicemen,' Putin said on Friday. 'In this regard, I would like to emphasize that if they lay down their arms and surrender, they will be guaranteed life and decent treatment in accordance with international law and the laws of the Russian Federation.' Ukraine's military would first have to order troops in Kursk to surrender, however, he added. In February, the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine said it was alarmed at reports that dozens of Ukrainian soldiers who surrendered to Russia since the end of August 2024 had been 'shot dead on the spot.' 'All allegations of execution of captured Ukrainian military personnel and public statements calling for, or condoning, such actions must be investigated,' Danielle Bell, head of the mission, said at the time. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meanwhile on Friday expressed skepticism about Putin's motives and urged the US to take 'strong steps' to pressure Russia into ending its war against Kyiv. In a series of posts on X, the Ukrainian leader said his country wants peace, writing that 'from the very first minutes of this war, we have wanted only one thing – for Russia to leave our people in peace and for Russian occupiers to get off our land.' 'Every day of war means losing the lives of our people – the most valuable thing we have,' he said. Zelensky also accused Putin of attempting to sabotage peace negotiations and lying about the 'real situation' on the battlefield. The Russian leader on Thursday had suggested a number of conditions for truce, including that any deal address what the Kremlin sees as 'root causes' of the conflict. Russia first invaded Ukraine in 2014 and launched a full-scale invasion in 2022. At the time, Putin demanded that Ukraine never be allowed into NATO, and that the bloc roll back its military footprint in Eastern and Central Europe – which the US and its allies dismissed as non-starters, condemning the invasion as a blatant land grab. 'Putin cannot exit this war because that would leave him with nothing,' Zelensky said. 'That is why he is now doing everything he can to sabotage diplomacy by setting extremely difficult and unacceptable conditions right from the start even before a ceasefire.' Zelensky said that he 'strongly urges' countries that can influence Russia, especially the US, to take steps to help end the war. 'Pressure must be applied to the one who does not want to stop the war. Pressure must be put on Russia. Only decisive actions can end this war, which has already lasted for years,' he said. The Ukrainian leader is expected to take part in a virtual meeting with European and NATO leaders on support for Ukraine on Saturday, hosted by British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. CNN's Alejandra Jaramillo and Nick Paton Walsh contributed to this reporting.
Yahoo
10-03-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
What Trump wants from Zelenskyy and Canada's new leader: Morning Rundown
President Trump is now after something more than just rights to Ukraine's rare earth minerals. Canada has a new leader. And why an enterprising matchmaker is putting a bounty on single men. Here's what to know today. What Trump really wants from ZelenskyyAmerican and Ukrainian officials will meet in Saudi Arabia this week for high-stakes discussions, and President Donald Trump has privately made clear to aides that a signed deal for U.S. rights to rare earth minerals between won't be enough to restart aid and intelligence sharing with the war-torn country, according an administration official and another U.S. official. Trump wants the deal signed. But he also wants to see a change in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's attitude toward peace talks, the officials said, including a willingness to make concessions, such as giving up territory to Russia. Trump also wants Zelenskyy to make some movement toward elections in Ukraine and possibly toward stepping down as his country's leader, the officials has stepped up attacks on Ukraine in the aftermath of the U.S. pause in equipment and intelligence sharing this week, making Friday one of the deadliest days for civilians this year, according to the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine. Read the full story here. Meanwhile, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., warned of potentially disastrous consequences for Ukraine if the Trump administration doesn't restart military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine. There isn't any question about who is the public face of Trump's Department of Government Efficiency. Elon Musk's appearances at Trump's side in the Oval Office and at Cabinet meetings leave no room for doubt. But there are many questions about who is nominally leading DOGE, the task force unit at the center of Trump's efforts to streamline the federal the end of February, the White House announced that a relatively low-profile health care data cruncher with a passion for simplifying access to electronic medical records had been named DOGE's acting administrator. Amy Gleason, 53, previously worked on projects related to health data at the U.S. Digital Service, DOGE's predecessor, overlapping with Trump's first term and the Biden administration. The White House has not provided details about why, exactly, it selected Gleason to lead DOGE, and her relationship with Musk remains unclear. Read the full story here. More politics news: The Department of Homeland Security has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to determine who might be leaking information to the media about immigration operations. House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a funding bill to avert a shutdown at the end of the week and keep government running through September. Federal workers, including many veterans — spoke to NBC News about the serious mental health crises they've been grappling with amid firings and buyout efforts. Former central banker Mark Carney will become Canada's next prime minister after the governing Liberal Party elected him its leader in a landslide vote over the weekend. Carney, 59, replaces Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced his resignation in January. Carney will take over amid surging Canadian nationalism in response to Trump's repeated threats of tariffs and his talk of making Canada the 51st state. Read the full story here. A small plane crashed in a residential area of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, yesterday afternoon, hitting several cars and bursting into flames. All five people aboard the single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza survived and were taken to hospitals, authorities said. No one on the ground was injured. The plane had just taken off from Lancaster Airport when it went down in the parking lot of the Brethren Village retirement community. The local police chief said the plane appeared to have skidded about 100 feet when it hit the ground. First responders were on the scene within three minutes and faced multiple intense fires. Air traffic control radio traffic indicates that someone in the plane reported an open door on the aircraft shortly after takeoff and requested permission to return to the airport. Read the full story here. Israel cut off electricity to the Gaza Strip over the weekend, as it presses Hamas to accept an extension of the first phase of a ceasefire. Federal immigration authorities arrested a Palestinian graduate student who played a prominent role in protests against Israel at Columbia University, according to his attorney. International authorities are searching for a University of Pittsburgh student who disappeared while on a spring break trip to the Dominican Republic last week. Over a thousand civilians were killed in Syria in the deadliest eruption of violence since the fall of the Assad regime in December. The Buffalo Bills announced that NFL MVP Josh Allen signed a jaw-dropping contract extension worth $330 million. As more and more singles feel burnt out by the endless swiping of dating apps, in-person dating events are having a soaring comeback. But attendees and organizers are coming across the same problem: Tickets for women sell out, but men lag behind. So when Tommy Flaim was organizing his own cornhole dating league, he went on TikTok and offered a bounty for single men. Instead of paying for ads, Flaim offered friends and family of single men a $50 reward if they got a man to sign up. I went to the Lawn Club in New York City, an infamously tough dating scene, to see whether the risk paid off. — senior breaking news reporter Is your dog in need of a bath? If the answer is yes, here are the best dog shampoos, as recommended by experts, for long coats, short coats, curly coats and more. newsletter for hands-on product reviews, expert shopping tips and a look at the best deals and sales each week. Thanks for reading today's Morning Rundown. Today's newsletter was curated for you by Elizabeth Robinson. If you're a fan, please send a link to your family and friends. They can sign up here. This article was originally published on
NBC News
10-03-2025
- Business
- NBC News
What Trump wants from Zelenskyy and Canada's new leader: Morning Rundown
President Trump is now after something more than just rights to Ukraine's rare earth minerals. Canada has a new leader. And why an enterprising matchmaker is putting a bounty on single men. Here's what to know today. What Trump really wants from Zelenskyy American and Ukrainian officials will meet in Saudi Arabia this week for high-stakes discussions, and President Donald Trump has privately made clear to aides that a signed deal for U.S. rights to rare earth minerals between won't be enough to restart aid and intelligence sharing with the war-torn country, according an administration official and another U.S. official. Trump wants the deal signed. But he also wants to see a change in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's attitude toward peace talks, the officials said, including a willingness to make concessions, such as giving up territory to Russia. Trump also wants Zelenskyy to make some movement toward elections in Ukraine and possibly toward stepping down as his country's leader, the officials said. This is Morning Rundown, a weekday newsletter to start your day. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Russia has stepped up attacks on Ukraine in the aftermath of the U.S. pause in equipment and intelligence sharing this week, making Friday one of the deadliest days for civilians this year, according to the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine. Read the full story here. Meanwhile, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., warned of potentially disastrous consequences for Ukraine if the Trump administration doesn't restart military aid and intelligence sharing with Ukraine. Mystery surrounds the DOGE acting administrator There isn't any question about who is the public face of Trump's Department of Government Efficiency. Elon Musk's appearances at Trump's side in the Oval Office and at Cabinet meetings leave no room for doubt. But there are many questions about who is nominally leading DOGE, the task force unit at the center of Trump's efforts to streamline the federal government. Near the end of February, the White House announced that a relatively low-profile health care data cruncher with a passion for simplifying access to electronic medical records had been named DOGE's acting administrator. Amy Gleason, 53, previously worked on projects related to health data at the U.S. Digital Service, DOGE's predecessor, overlapping with Trump's first term and the Biden administration. The White House has not provided details about why, exactly, it selected Gleason to lead DOGE, and her relationship with Musk remains unclear. Read the full story here. More politics news: The Department of Homeland Security has begun performing polygraph tests on employees to determine who might be leaking information to the media about immigration operations. House Speaker Mike Johnson unveiled a funding bill to avert a shutdown at the end of the week and keep government running through September. Federal workers, including many veterans — spoke to NBC News about the serious mental health crises they've been grappling with amid firings and buyout efforts. Canada has a new prime minister Former central banker Mark Carney will become Canada's next prime minister after the governing Liberal Party elected him its leader in a landslide vote over the weekend. Carney, 59, replaces Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced his resignation in January. Carney will take over amid surging Canadian nationalism in response to Trump's repeated threats of tariffs and his talk of making Canada the 51st state. Read the full story here. A small plane crashed in a residential area of Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, yesterday afternoon, hitting several cars and bursting into flames. All five people aboard the single-engine Beechcraft Bonanza survived and were taken to hospitals, authorities said. No one on the ground was injured. The plane had just taken off from Lancaster Airport when it went down in the parking lot of the Brethren Village retirement community. The local police chief said the plane appeared to have skidded about 100 feet when it hit the ground. First responders were on the scene within three minutes and faced multiple intense fires. Air traffic control radio traffic indicates that someone in the plane reported an open door on the aircraft shortly after takeoff and requested permission to return to the airport. Read the full story here. Staff Pick: What's a real-life bachelor worth? As more and more singles feel burnt out by the endless swiping of dating apps, in-person dating events are having a soaring comeback. But attendees and organizers are coming across the same problem: Tickets for women sell out, but men lag behind. So when Tommy Flaim was organizing his own cornhole dating league, he went on TikTok and offered a bounty for single men. Instead of paying for ads, Flaim offered friends and family of single men a $50 reward if they got a man to sign up. I went to the Lawn Club in New York City, an infamously tough dating scene, to see whether the risk paid off. — Doha Madani, senior breaking news reporter NBC Select: Online Shopping, Simplified Is your dog in need of a bath? If the answer is yes, here are the best dog shampoos, as recommended by experts, for long coats, short coats, curly coats and more.
Yahoo
09-03-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Trump wants to see more than just a minerals deal to restart aid and intel to Ukraine
WASHINGTON — As U.S. and Ukrainian officials prepare to meet in Saudi Arabia this week, President Donald Trump has privately made clear to aides that a signed minerals deal between Washington and Kyiv won't be enough to restart aid and intelligence sharing with the war-torn country, according an administration official and another U.S. official. Trump wants the deal, which would give the U.S. a stake in Ukraine's mineral resources, signed. But he also wants to see a change in Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's attitude toward peace talks, the officials said, including a willingness to make concessions such as giving up territory to Russia. Trump also wants Zelenskyy to make some movement toward elections in Ukraine and possibly toward stepping down as his country's leader, the officials said. Elections in Ukraine have been paused under the country's constitutional provision for martial law, which has been in effect since Russia invaded in 2022. 'As President Trump demonstrated by reading President Zelenskyy's message at the joint session, the Ukrainians have made positive movement. With meetings in Saudi this coming week, we look forward to hearing more positive movement that will hopefully ultimately end this brutal war and bloodshed,' White House National Security Council spokesman Brian Hughes said when asked about Trump's requirements. Russia has stepped up attacks on Ukraine in the aftermath of the U.S. pause in equipment and intelligence sharing this week, making Friday one of the deadliest days for civilians this year, according to the United Nations Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine. Most of the casualties occurred in the Donetsk region, in territory controlled by Ukraine. Casualty numbers have been higher so far in 2025 than in 2024, the monitoring agency said. The U.S. does not have any indication that the pause in intelligence sharing had a direct impact on the Russian attacks, according to the U.S. official and the administration official. They said these large attacks were likely planned before the intelligence and aid stopped. Congressional Republicans are applying pressure on the White House to restart both aid and intelligence, and the two officials said they are optimistic the flow of weapons and equipment and sharing of intelligence could be restored as early as next week, especially after Zelenskyy pronounced that Ukraine is 'ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible.' The Ukrainian president also said he and his team 'stand ready to work under President Trump's strong leadership to get a peace that lasts.' The officials said the U.S. is still sharing defensive intelligence with Ukraine — that is, information that helps Ukraine's self-defense against attacks — explaining that they still have a duty to warn. But they are not providing targeting information against Russian targets. That means the U.S. can warn Ukraine when intelligence shows that Russians are preparing an attack, but they can no longer provide the targeting coordinates for Ukraine to strike first. The U.S. has provided Ukraine with targeting information, satellite imagery and signals intelligence for most of the past three years. European allies are now working to bridge some of the gaps, but the lack of U.S. intelligence is already having an impact on Ukraine every day, according to a Western official. 'Every day hurts Ukraine, and every day gives Russia a more favorable position,' the official said. This article was originally published on
