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Russia attacks Ukraine ahead of US envoys’ visits to Moscow and Kyiv

From La Vanguardia · () Spanish

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  • Russia reported overnight attacks on targets in Ukraine and said its air defenses shot down 53 Ukrainian drones before planned US envoy visits to Moscow and Kyiv.
  • Ukraine’s president said he had ordered a pause in attacks on Russian airspace during the visit, while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov ruled out an agreement on a bombing moratorium.
  • US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner are expected to carry a proposal to end the war, but President Vladimir Putin has rejected a possible three-way summit unless it would sign a final peace agreement.

Russia launched overnight attacks against targets in Ukraine just before US envoys were due to arrive in Moscow and Kyiv in an effort to revive stalled peace negotiations.

The Russian Defense Ministry said it struck two metallurgical plants in the Dnipropetrovsk region, describing them as the largest supplier of such products to the Ukrainian army. It also reported attacks on a power station, a logistics center and a ship carrying military cargo in the Black Sea regions of Odesa and Mykolaiv. In the Kyiv region, Russian forces hit two fuel distribution facilities serving Ukraine’s armed forces, a logistics center and a radio-intelligence station, among other targets.

Russia’s air defenses meanwhile shot down 53 Ukrainian drones overnight across seven regions, including the border regions of Belgorod, Kursk and Bryansk, the southern Krasnodar region and the annexed Crimean Peninsula. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he had ordered a suspension of attacks on Russian airspace during the visit by US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner.

Russia must do the same. Our goal is for the visit and the negotiations with the American side to be as constructive and substantial as possible.

· Volodymyr ZelenskyyZelenskyy called on Russia to suspend attacks during the US envoys’ visit.

“Russia must do the same,” Zelenskyy said, adding that the goal was for the visit and talks with the US side to be as constructive and substantial as possible. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Friday that Moscow and Kyiv would not reach any kind of agreement on a moratorium on airstrikes.

Russian and Ukrainian officials confirmed the envoys’ visit. US media reported that the mediators were seeking security guarantees from both sides. Witkoff and Kushner have not traveled to Moscow since January and have never visited Kyiv, despite Zelenskyy’s repeated requests. President Donald Trump said his envoys “are carrying a proposal to end the war. Because I ended eight wars.” Putin said he was ready to receive them but rejected a possible three-way summit with the United States and Ukraine unless it was held to sign a final peace agreement.

Are carrying a proposal to end the war. Because I ended eight wars.

· Donald TrumpTrump described what his envoys were taking to the talks.
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Originally published by La Vanguardia in Spanish. Translated, summarized, and contextualized automatically by DistantNews, with a note on how the source frames the story. Not individually reviewed before publishing. How this works.

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