Children injured in Russian attack on Kiev, Ukrainian officials say

Four children were among at least 14 people injured in overnight Russian airstrikes on the capital Kiev, Ukrainian officials said.

Two high-rise residential buildings were hit in the attack, Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko said, noting whether they were hit directly or by debris.

“Everyone is receiving medical attention, some have been hospitalized,” Kiev’s military administration said in a post on Telegram.

Meanwhile, according to the city’s mayor, Sergey Sobyanin, the Russian Air Defense Forces destroyed a drone heading towards Moscow.

US President Donald Trump said he would only meet Russian President Vladimir Putin if he knew “we’re going to make a deal”, just days after the two planned to The meeting in Budapest collapsed.

“I’ve always had a good relationship with Vladimir Putin, but this is very disappointing,” Trump said aboard Air Force One as he began. A week long trip to Asia.

“I thought it would have been done before peace in the Middle East,” he added.

Trump also said he would like to China will help efforts to end the war in Ukraine.

The US President will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea on Thursday.

Ending the Russia-Ukraine war has become a focal point for Trump in recent months, with a ceasefire agreement thus far eluding him, despite his campaign promises to resolve the situation quickly.

A summit with Putin in August yielded no concrete results, and Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with Moscow.

“Every time I talk to Vladimir I have a good conversation and then they don’t go anywhere,” Trump said earlier this week.

However, senior Russian ambassador Kirill Dmitriev, who met with US officials in Washington on Friday and Saturday, told CNN he believed Russia, Ukraine and the US were close to a diplomatic solution to end the war.

Referring to the Ukrainian president’s description of using the current front lines for negotiations as a “good compromise”, Dmitriev said, “President Zelensky has already admitted that it is about battle lines.”

“You know, his previous position was that Russia should leave completely, I think we’re very close to a diplomatic solution that can be worked out,” Dmitriev added.

Trump said this week Talks with Putin “go nowhere”, He announced new sanctions targeting Russia’s two largest oil companies – Rosneft and Lukoil.