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Russia has launched a wave of missile attacks against Ukrainian cities at the end of August 17, just hours before President Volodymyr Zelensky met for peace talks with US President Donald Trump in the White House.
The mayor of Kharkiv, Ihor Terekhov, brought back around 11 p.m. local time that a missile had struck a residential building in the industrial district of Kharkiv.
At least 11 people were injured in the attack, including a 13 -year -old girl, said regional governor Oleh Syniehubov. A dozen buildings have been damaged, as well as five vehicles parked.
More than 1,000 windows have been damaged by the breath wave, said Syniehubov.
No information was immediately available on the extent of damage caused or the state of injured victims.
Explosions were also heard at Sumy around 10:45 p.m. local time. Oleh Hryhorov, the governor of Sumy Oblast, said that a missile had struck near an education establishment in the city. No victim has been reported.
The governor later reported that Russia had struck the border village of Nova Sloboda with a guided aerial bomb, injuring a 57 -year -old woman and damaging 10 houses. A drone strike also targeted the village of Myropillia, injuring a driver. The man was hospitalized.
In the southern city of Odesa, explosions were reported around 11:40 p.m. in the middle of the current missile attack, according to the press speech.
The Air Force of Ukraine has also warned of slippery bombs attacks along the first -line regions of Ukraine as well as the threat of drone swarms across the country.
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The Russian attack comes as Zelensky will visit Washington on August 18 for peace discussions with Trump, alongside European leaders.
The visit comes a few days after Trump met Russian President Vladimir Putin at a summit in Alaska, to whom Zelensky was not invited. While Trump said that he and Putin “had made progress” in peace talks, the summit saw no agreement to put an end to the war in Ukraine and no promise as a ceasefire while the talks continue.
The New York Times reported, quoting European officials, that Putin described a peace plan that would imply Ukraine giving in unoccupied territory in exchange for the written promise of Moscow not to invade any more.
Despite Trump praising the progress of peace talks in recent days, the American president previously expressed his frustration in the face of Russian attacks against Ukrainian cities in the midst of continuous peace negotiations with kyiv.
“I could see things that were very surprised to me. Roquettes were shot dead in cities like kyiv during a negotiation which was perhaps very close to the end,” said Trump at a press conference at the Oval office on May 30.
“Suddenly, rockets were shot in a few cities and people died. I saw something I was surprised and I don’t like to be surprised, so I’m very disappointed that way,” added Trump.
Russia has increased its intensities of attacks on Ukrainian cities in recent months in the midst of current peace negotiations, trying to obtain more leverage at the negotiating and pressure on Ukraine in an unfavorable peace agreement.
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