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Moscow And Kyiv Trade Air Strikes As Trump Hints At Potential Territorial Changes In Ukraine
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty • • world
Key Points:
- Moscow and Kyiv exchanged air strikes, causing widespread power outages affecting around 600,000 people in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region and igniting a fire at an oil refinery in Russia’s Leningrad region.
- US President Donald Trump suggested in an interview that Ukraine might have to cede some territory as part of a US-brokered peace deal, a stance Ukraine has rejected, insisting on no permanent territorial concessions.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for a cease-fire and security guarantees, while Russia demands a comprehensive peace deal including control over additional Ukrainian territories.
- Upcoming US-Ukraine-Russia talks in Abu Dhabi aim to address the conflict, with European countries, including France, participating despite Kremlin concerns over European security involvement.
- Power was restored to the Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhya nuclear plant, but risks remain high due to ongoing conflict, with the International Atomic Energy Agency urging an immediate halt to military actions threatening nuclear safety.
