Russian rockets Kyiv struck in the early hours of Wednesday, killing at least one citizen, said Ukrainian officials.
The barrage of ballistic missiles struck hours before Minister of Treasury Scott Bessent visited the Ukrainian capital, the first Trump officer on Trump on the cabinet that did this, the Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zenskyy assistant Adriy Yermak wrote on Telegam.
Bessent visits the city to meet Zenskyy and discuss the president Donald TrumpThe demand for access to $ 500 billion in rare earth minerals as a payment for US military aid to Ukraine. He is also expected to talk about energy after he promised sanctions on the Russian oil sector.
The barrage of ballistic rockets hit the Ukrainian capital for hours before Minister of Finance Scott Bessent visited the Ukrainian capital. (Reuters/Stringer)
Zenskyy said the recent attack proved that Russian President Vladimir Putin is not interested in the pursuit of peace.
Reporters of the French newswire AFP heard early explosions ringing before they discovered the body of one killed person, covered with a black plastic leaf. Said Zenskyy At least one person was killed and four others were injured – including a child. He said the attack was damaged apartments and office buildings.
The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zenskyy, right, meets the then President-Elect Donald Trump in the Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on December 7, 2024. (Ukrainian presidency/handout/anadolu via getty images)
The Russian Ministry of Defense claimed that it had carried out a “group missile strike” Ukrainian sites Drones produce and added that all goals were touched.
The special envoy of Trump for Ukraine, Keith Kellogg, is expected to visit Kyiv next week while he has a plan for peace with Russia.
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Treasury secretary Scott Bessent. (Getty)
Kellogg, Vice President JD VanceState Secretary Marco Rubio and Minister of Defense Pete Hegseeth are all traveling to Europe this week for the Munich Security Conference, when they will discuss peace options with Ukrainian and European officials.
In the region north of Kyiv, Chernihiv, the local Vyacheseslav Chaus government, said that Russians had focused on critical infrastructure and that at least two were injured.
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The Ukrainian Air Force said that it shot six missiles and 71 of the 123 drones, including Iranian -designed attack vehicles from Shahed.
