Russia is Ukraine pounds, killing more civilians before the White House meeting news

Russian attacks on major Ukrainian cities have killed at least 12 people, as President Voludimir Zelinski visited Washington, DC, with the support of European leaders, in their favor. High -risk peace conversations With US President Donald Trump, who can determine the future of Ukraine and his fate in the war, now in his fourth year.

The authorities said on Monday that an entire family, including a young child and a 16 -year -old child, was among seven people who were killed in a drone strike in a residential neighborhood in the northeastern city of Kharkif. The attack was also wounded by 20 people, including six children.

Russian forces killed five people and were injured by four attacks in the Donetsk region in eastern Ukraine, where some of those who had been fighting on the ground, and where Russian President Vladimir Putin, feels that Moscow has the upper hand, and seeks to withdraw from Ukraine from the third of what stands in the region.

In Zaporizhzia, a city in the southeast, 17 people were injured in an attack, according to Governor Ivan Fedorov. The Russian air strikes also targeted the northeastern region of Sumi and the southern region of Odessa.

The Ukrainian Air Force said that the Russian forces fired 140 drones and four missiles in Ukraine all night, adding that 88 drones had been shot down.

Russia was intensifying its battle in Ukraine. According to the mission of the United Nations monitoring in Ukraine, about 2,600 drones were recorded last month, the highest rate since the beginning of the war, and more than 300 civilians were killed.

Meanwhile, the Ukraine Army said on Monday that its drones hit the oil pumping station in the Al -Nuaama area, a blow to 1923 km (1195 miles) from Ukraine, which led to the suspension of supplies through the Druze pipeline.

“As a result of the strike, a fire erupted in the facility. The oil that pumped through the entire main Druzhba pipeline was stopped,” the general staff of the Ukrainian army said in a statement.

In the border area of Russia in Baljuroud, four people were injured in a Ukrainian drone while Russian officials reported hundreds of drones and ammunition.

Negotiation at the end of the war

Zelinski described the latest attacks on Ukraine “clarification and irony.” “Putin will commit illustrative killings to maintain pressure on Ukraine and Europe, as well as the humiliating diplomatic efforts,” he wrote on X.

Charles Stratford of Al -Jazeera, who was reported to Kiev, said that Zelinski saw that killing civilians was a strategy aimed at giving Trump more bargaining chips that have to pressure Ukraine to accept an unfavorable peace deal.

“This indicates the amount of pressure that Zelinski is exposed to as he enters … it is possible that the diplomatic effort is the most vital to ending this war,” said Stripsford.

On Monday, Zelinski was expected to meet Trump to hold talks in the White House, along with a cadre of heavy European leaders, including the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Lin. On the table for discussion, there are possible ground concessions in addition to NATO security guarantees that Ukraine requires any peace agreement with Russia.

To date, Zelinski refused to look The possibility of waiving Ukrainian lands to achieve peace. It is also prohibited under the Ukrainian constitution,

The meeting comes in the wake of a summit Between Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Friday, which ended without a clear penetration in the war in Ukraine.

Military analyst Sean Bell said that he has no great hope that a peace deal will come out of the talks in Washington, DC, as well. “The cruel reality is that unless Putin does not achieve his goals, he will not have an appetite for negotiations,” Bell told Al -Jazeera.

“If President Zelinski is doing with all giving, this is in fact a surrender. Zelinski cannot do so.” Meanwhile, Bill said he did not expect Russia to accept a deal that requires NATO security guarantees.

Bell said that the “catalyst” is needed to close the war, and the most effective is believed to be a harsh tariff for Trump on Russian oil and gas buyers, like India. The US President threatened these secondary sanctions, but he has so far refrained from the new pressure on the revenues of the export of fossil fuels in Russia.

“The fact that Trump avoids doing so means that the killing will continue,” said Bell.

Power and safety in numbers seems to be factors in visiting the group by European leaders with memories that are still new about Maadi reception In February, Zelinski received from Trump and US Vice President JD Vance to wear general clothes in the White House. They distributed the Ukrainian leader as not vibrant and “unarmed”.