Putin's 'peace' signal: New missile strikes rock Kyiv
About "another signal from Putin" regarding how "serious he is about ending his war against Ukraine" was written on Wednesday evening on platform X by a correspondent of the Financial Times. "Air raid sirens wailing across Kyiv right now," the journalist summarized.
"Another signal from Putin of just how serious he is about ending his war against Ukraine: air raid sirens wailing across Kyiv right now. Air force warns of Russian ballistic missile threat. It comes after this morning's deadly attack," wrote Financial Times correspondent Christopher Miller on platform X.
As also noted in the entry, this is happening after Wednesday's deadly attack. Earlier, the city's mayor, Vitali Klitschko, reported that at least one person was killed and one was injured as a result of a massive Russian attack on the Ukrainian capital, Kyiv. A series of explosions was heard there early Wednesday morning, after which fires broke out in four districts.
The Russian attack lasted half an hour. The air raid sirens began to sound at 4:26 a.m. local time (10:26 p.m. Eastern Time).
In a similar way to the journalist, the head of President Volodymyr Zelensky's office spoke. Andriy Yermak assessed that these strikes show how the Russian authorities approach plans to end the war.
"Russia carried out a missile attack on Kyiv and the Kyiv region, and the air defence and missile defence systems responded to ballistic missiles. This is how Putin wants to end the war," he wrote on Telegram.
"Unfortunately, each public statement from the West, speaking of progress on the road to peace, is accompanied by missile attacks from the Russian Federation," stated Andriy Kovalenko, head of the Governmental Centre for Counteracting Disinformation.
Trump: I talked to Vladimir Putin
On Wednesday, there was also a conversation between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian leader Vladimir Putin. The conversation was supposed to address the war in Ukraine and the situation in the Middle East, among other topics.
According to Trump, both leaders agreed that they want to prevent the deaths of Russian and Ukrainian soldiers in the war in Ukraine. They also agreed to immediately start peace negotiations, which will be conducted by the appropriate teams.
