One was killed in a ballistic missile attack on Kyiv, as Ukraine
One person was killed and four were injured in a Russian missile attack on the capital of Ukraine overnight.
Mayor of Kiev said that a nine -year -old girl was among the injured in the strikes that occurred early on Wednesday.
The Ukrainian army said it had shot down six of seven ballistic missiles and 71 drones launched by Russia, which sparked several fires throughout the city.
This comes after President Folodimir Zelinski suggested that Ukraine be ready to exchange land with Russia in possible peace negotiations.
Mayor Vitaly Klitschko said the strikes caused damage in the Holusivsky areas in Kiev, Bodelisky, Safatoshinski and Obolonski.
Meanwhile, officials in the city of Kreifi Rier also reported damage to residential buildings and infrastructure after the city also targeted Russian strikes on Tuesday night, the regional governor of Denipopterrovsk in Telegram said.
On the Russian side, the governor of Baljuod said on Wednesday that a woman was killed in a Ukrainian drone blow in the area.
“There are no words that can be played by family and friends in such sadness,” Vyacheslav Gladkov said at Telegram.
In response to Russia’s attack on Ukraine, Zelinski said that Russian President Vladimir Putin “is not preparing for peace.”
He continues to kill the Ukrainians and destroys cities.
“At the present time, we need unity and support from all our partners in the struggle for the end of the fair war,” he wrote on Telegram.
In an interview with the Guardian newspaper, which was published on Tuesday, the Ukrainian president said it would be Ready to exchange the land with Russia In future peace negotiations.
He said that parts of the Russian Kursk region – which was held by Ukraine since an attack six months ago – can be returned in exchange for the Ukrainian territory currently occupied by Moscow.
Ukraine has never said that it wants to constantly occupy the hundreds of the kilometers seized in the Russian Kursk region, but it seems that the goal has become more clear.
The Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Zelinski’s proposal was “impossible”, and Russia will never discuss the issue of land exchange.
Earlier, Dmitry Medvedev, Vice President of the Security Council in Russia, refused to propose Zelensky as “nonsense”.
“Peace be through power, you say?” He said, he mocks a phrase Zelinski used in international addresses. Medvedev seemed to indicate that the night attack was how Russia could achieve this goal.
For Ukraine, it was initially hoped that the Kursk operation would reduce the pressure on excessive forces on other parts of the confrontation line. But as the Russian battlefield continues to dominate, President Zelinski appears to be looking to use it as a political lever.
He admitted that Ukraine could not enjoy any security guarantees without its largest ally, the United States.
US President Donald Trump was pressing for a quick end to the Ukrainian conflict.
During the election campaigns last year, Trump claimed that he would negotiate a settlement on the full invasion of Russia in one day.
Last month, on social media, Putin warned that he would impose a high tariff and other sanctions on Russia if he fails to end the war in Ukraine.
Putin has repeatedly said he is ready to negotiate the end of the war, but Ukraine must accept the reality of Russian regional gains, currently about 20 % of its territory.
Zelinski has already admitted that he might have to waive some of the lands currently occupied by the Russian, but the comments made by the guardian Mark the first time he suggested permanent concessions.
Putin also refuses to accept Ukraine’s accession to NATO, the military alliance of Western countries.
On Friday, US Vice President Zelinski, who was a critic of American military support for Kiev.
Trump earlier suggested that he could also meet with Ukraine President after the Munich Security Conference during the weekend. The White House indicated the interest of the natural resources of Ukraine in exchange for continuing aid.
