Russia exposed one of its biggest airstrikes on Ukraine in recent months, presiding over a meeting to discuss the plans of US President Donald Trump only a few hours ago in Britain and Germany. NATO collaborated to provide Ukraine with weapons,
Two people were killed in this attack and a 12 -year -old 15 -year -old, Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelanski said.
In Kiev’s Shevchenkivski district, a drone hit the entrance to a metro station, where people covered. The video posted on social media showed the station platform associated with smoke, along with dozens of people. Kiev Mayor Vitali Clights said that the station was called “extended mode”.
The heaviest strike hit Kiev’s Darnsky district, where a kindergarten, supermarket and warehouse facilities caught fire.
French Foreign Minister Jean-Noel Barrot arrived in Kiev on Monday and visited some damage.
On Monday night overnight drone and missile attacks outlined Ukraine’s urgency of Ukraine’s need for further western military assistance, especially in air defense, Trump said that delivery would reach within days in Ukraine.
US defense chief and NATO leader will participate in Ukraine Meet
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The virtual meeting will be led by British Defense Secretary John Hele and his German counterpart Boris Pistorius. Hele said US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth And NATO leaders Mark Rute, as well as NATO’s highest affiliated commander Europe, General Alexus Grinkvich, Ukraine Defense Contact Group will participate in the meeting.
Moscow is fast Its long distance attacks On Ukrainian cities, and analysts say the barrage is likely to increase as the expansion of Russian drone production.
Last week in an innings of Tone towards Russia, Trump Moscow was given 50-day time limit To agree to a ceasefire or Face hard restrictions,
The UK government said in a statement that at Monday’s meeting, Hele was urged by Western partners of Ukraine to start “50-day drive” by a coincidence to fight the large Army of Russia and fight against the large Army of Russia.
Trump’s arms plan was declared a week ago, which included European countries to send American weapons to Ukraine via NATO – either from existing stockpiles or to buy and donate new. The US President indicated that the discussion was partially focused on advanced Patriot Air Defense System and said a week ago that delivery would be “within days.”
But last week various senior officials suggested that no transfer has been done so far.
NATO’s Grinkvich on Thursday told the Associated Press that “preparations are going on” for the transfer of arms in Ukraine while the US ambassador of NATO Matthew Whitekar said he could not give a time limit.
Ukraine wants an American-made Patriot missile system
Germany has said that it offered to provide finance to two new Patriot systems for Ukraine and increased the possibility of supply of the system that is already and has been replaced by the US.
But delivery may take time, the German Chancellor Frederick Merz suggested, because “they have to be taken, they have to be installed; it’s not a question of hours, it’s days, perhaps weeks.”
Other Patriot systems may come thanks to Switzerland, whose Ministry of Defense said on Thursday that it was informed by the US Department of Defense that it would “re -prepare the delivery” to support Ukraine.
While Ukraine waits for patriots, a senior NATO official said the alliance is still coordinating other military assistance – such as the ammunition and artillery round – including assistance from the US that was briefly prevented. The officer spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.
Zelanski On Saturday, his officials have proposed a new round of peace talks this week. On Sunday, the Russian state media said that no date has been set for talks yet, but said that Istanbul will probably remain the host city. A Kremlin spokesman said on Sunday that Russia is open to peace with Ukraine, but achieving its goals is a priority.
Ukraine also fire drones in Moscow
Kiev’s overnight Russian barrage began after midnight and continued until around 6 pm the residents of the capital were awakened with machine-gun fire, drone engine and many loud explosions.
This was the first major attack after Kav’s special messenger Kev, which reached the city last Monday after Trump’s Ukraine’s special messenger Keith Kelog. Russia stopped the attacks on Kyiv during its visit.
Russia’s Defense Ministry said its attack used drone and kinzal hypersonic missiles. It said that the barrage successfully targeted the Airfield Infrastructure and Ukraine’s military complex.
Ukraine’s Air Force said that Russia launched 426 Shahd and Dickoy drones on Monday night, as well as 24 different types of missiles. It said that 200 drones were intercepted with more than 203 jams or lost from radar.
The National Defense Ministry of Romania said that four Ukrainian aircraft “unknowingly entered” in the Romanian airspace for several minutes, but did not pose a threat to national security or civil life. This said that brief disorder occurred when Ukraine took measures to move military aircraft away from air areas in western Ukraine amidst Russian bombing.
Meanwhile, Ukraine continued to deploy its domestic long distance drones. The Russian Ministry of Defense said that its forces shot 74 Ukrainian drones overnight, out of which about one -third was destroyed near the Russian capital. Twenty -three drones were shot in the Moscow region, the ministry said that 15 were stopped in the city itself.
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Novicov reported from Kyiv, Ukraine. Associated press writer Stephen McGrath, Romania contributed to the report in Bucharest.
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Emma Baroz and Ilya Novicov, Associated Press