The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelensky, said he “not being able to guarantee the security” of international political leaders who will be guests of Vladimir Putin in Moscow For the parade for the 80 years of the Soviet victory in the Second World War, on May 9th.
“It is not known what Russia intends to do on that date. It could take various measures, such as fires or explosions, and then accused us”. Speaking with journalists, Zelensky also said that “he does not intend to play, creating a pleasant atmosphere to allow Putin to leave the isolation on May 9”and has relaunched the 30 -day truce proposal.
According to Zelensky, Donald Trump’s approach to the war in Ukraine began to change after the two -phase meeting in San Pietro, on the occasion of the funeral of Pope Francis, compared to the clash of the White House at the end of February. “I am confident that after our meeting in the Vatican, President Trump started seeing things in a somewhat different way. In any case, it is his point of view, his decision,” said Zelensky.
The Russians attacked the city of Kharkiv during the night, in the north-east of Ukraine, injuring at least 51 people, including two teenage girls, and making use of thermobaric bombs, which create a shock wave at a very high temperature. This is what Kharkiv’s regional prosecutor’s office denounced this morning, cited by media Ukrainians. At least seven explosions in various parts of the city, where numerous fires broke out, writes the Ukrainian site, according to which the Russians would have used at least 15 drones, perhaps loaded with this type of weapon.
The spokesman for the American State Department Tammy Bruce has defined false news according to which the US is evaluating to end their participation in the process of resolving the situation in Ukraine. Fox News reports it. “Bruce – says the channel – firmly denied the news that the United States was retired from the peace talks between Russia and Ukrainian, defining False and underlining the continuous American involvement”. Bruce appeared at The Guy Benson Show and said: “The idea that we will do aside is not true. If there are no obvious progress in the agreement, we could change our position a little”, he explained, underlining that “this, of course, does not represent in any way a step back compared to the process”. Bruce also stressed that the decision on a possible withdrawal from the negotiating process is however due to the President of the United States Donald Trump and the Secretary of State Marco Rubio.
The war continues with victims and injuries
In the Kherson region, a person died and five others were injured due to Russian bombings during the night that hit residential areas, damaging a dozen houses. This was reported by the Governor of the Kherson Oblast, Oleksandr Prokudin, on Telegram, mentioned by Ukrinform.
Moscow defense forces claim to have destroyed 170 Ukrainian drones on various Russian regions during the night, as well as 11 missiles (8 Shadow Storm and three Neptune-MD anti-MD cruise missiles of Ukrainian manufacture) and 14 maritime drones (pilot-free attack clothes) on the Black Sea. The Russian Ministry of Defense wrote it by the Tass agency. Also according to Tass, fragments of drones or missiles have created some damage to the city of Ninodossiysk, near the Kerch bridge, which connects the Russian metropolitan territory with Crimea.