KYIV, Ukraine — Russia hammered Kyiv with drones in daylight attacks on Wednesday hours before Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with world leaders at the U.N. General Assembly .
Palls of black smoke floated above the city following the latest in what have been daily Russian attacks that torment Ukrainian civilians. “When someone gives Russia more money through trade, they give this war more time. President Donald Trump, who has shown impatience with the lack of progress in talks aimed at ending the war and the escalating aerial attacks by both sides this year. He insisted that Moscow is “open to peace talks. Russian President Vladimir Putin, who has been accused by NATO officials and European governments of sabotage, espionage and other threats, is not scheduled to attend the U.N. gathering this year.
Two people were killed and 41 wounded in Ukraine’s capital as the attack stretched into Wednesday afternoon. The ministry said its air defenses intercepted more than 500 Ukrainian drones over multiple Russian regions, as well as illegally annexed Crimea and waters of the Sea of Azov and the Black Sea.
The drones set off fires and damaged buildings in Kyiv and elsewhere in Ukraine overnight, authorities said. And that is exactly why we insist on limiting trade with the aggressor, and why we are burning Russia’s revenues ourselves,” he said. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday that there are “no concrete plans” for a high-level meeting between U.S. and Russian officials that might help break the deadlock in negotiations. The Russian Defense Ministry said that its forces struck Ukraine’s military-industrial and energy sector facilities, logistics centers and sea vessels in overnight attacks.
Zelenskyy met on Tuesday with U.S.
