Zelenskyy and Trump are talking after Trump’s phone call
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s call with US President Donald Trump on Tuesday was “the beginning of the end of this war” between Russia and Ukraine. Zelenskyy added, “Putin’s words are very different from reality.” “What Putin and Trump want to see in Ukraine’s Security Service are threatening to destroy the civilian sector,” he further said.
A Russian missile strike killed over 40 people in Poltava
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called the airstrike on a military training facility in the country’s Poltava region a “terrible tragedy” and said that it was a “crime against humanity”. Zelenskyy added that Russia must allow Ukraine to use weapons on Russian soil. At least 41 people were killed and 180 others injured in the strike, which hit a military training facility.
Zelenskyy fires the air force commander after a fatal crash
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has dismissed the country’s air force chief four days after an F-16 warplane crashed during a Russian bombardment and killed the pilot. The pilot of the F-16 jet was identified by the Ukrainian air force as Colonel Alexei “Moonfish” Mes. Russian forces fired missiles and Shahed drones at Ukrainian targets.