Russia’s attacks on Ukraine kill six after Zelenskyy-Trump talks — SkimNews
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- Russia struck Kyiv with faster, high-flying jet-powered drones in a rare daytime attack lasting from morning into early afternoon on Wednesday, killing at least 2 and injuring more than 30, according to local officials.
- Zelenskyy met Trump on Tuesday on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly to discuss a potential bilateral ceasefire on energy-related targets and asked for increased US Patriot air defence missile supplies ahead of an expected winter surge in attacks on energy infrastructure.
- Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov told reporters there are "no prerequisites for moving onto a peaceful negotiating track," though he said Putin remains open to a one-on-one meeting with Trump.
- Peskov reiterated that any Putin-Zelenskyy meeting would require the Ukrainian leader to travel to Moscow, a condition Ukraine has previously called unacceptable, demanding a neutral venue instead.
- A Russian aerial bomb attack on a village in front-line Donetsk killed at least 4 people and injured 4 others, the regional governor said on Telegram.
- Ukrnafta reported one of its Kyiv petrol stations was hit — the sixth such facility struck in recent weeks — while Russian drones also damaged a nine-storey non-residential building, a business centre, warehouses, and railway infrastructure, injuring one rail worker.
- Trump reportedly pressed Zelenskyy on Sunday to halt Kyiv's strikes on Russian refineries, citing concerns the attacks are exacerbating a global diesel shortage and pushing up prices, per the Financial Times.
Why it matters: The immediate contradiction is the story: Russia pummeled Ukrainian energy and civilian infrastructure hours after Zelenskyy sat down with Trump to negotiate protecting that exact infrastructure. With the Kremlin ruling out talks and insisting Zelenskyy travel to Moscow, the diplomatic channel Trump opened at the UN produced no progress while casualties climbed — and the new jet-powered drones signal a shift designed to outpace the Patriot coverage Zelenskyy is urgently requesting.
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