Russia launches a deadly attack on the capital of Ukraine Kyiv, and excludes swap of the occupied territories

Moscow On Wednesday, Russia rejected the exchange of occupied lands with Kiev in any peace deal, after Ukrainian President Voludmir Zelinsky put the idea.

“This is impossible. Russia has never discussed the issue of exchanging its territory,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters.

Peskov spoke long after Russia hit the capital of Ukraine Kiev with a fatal and missile drone called by President Folodimir Zelinski that the Kremlin is not Interested in following peace.

AFP journalists at AFP have heard a shot of explosions on Kyiv early on Wednesday, and then saw the body of one person killing a black plastic blog on a street full of debris.

The Russian Ministry of Defense said it had carried out a “collective missile strike” from Ukrainian military industrial sites producing drones, claiming in a publication on social media, “all the planned targets were hit.”

Zelinski said that one person was killed and at least four others were wounded – including a child – in the attack, which he said was damaged by residential blocks, offices and civil infrastructure buildings.

“He is not preparing for peace – he continues to kill the Ukrainians and destroy cities,” Zelinski wrote on social media after the strike, Russian President Vladimir Putin. “The strong steps and pressure on Russia only can stop this terrorism. At the present time, we need unity and support all our partners in the struggle for the end of the rationality of this war.”

Zelenskyy’s comments come amid an increasing speech from Moscow, Washington and Kiev about the possibility of negotiations that may end almost The Russian invasion for three years. The US Vice President Zeleskyy will meet on Friday on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, which will be dominated by the war, which cost tens of thousands of lives.

President Trump’s special envoy to Russia and Ukraine, Keith Keel, who was assigned to submit a proposal to stop the fighting, will visit Ukraine next week, after Zelinski Vance in Germany.

This journey will come a few days before the three -year anniversary of Russia on a large scale, on February 24.

Mr. Trump took office pledging to end the war in Ukraine, perhaps by taking advantage of billions of dollars in the United States, which was sent under the leadership of former President Joe Biden, to force Kiev for regional concessions.

On Tuesday, Mr. Trump He welcomed the White House Mark VogelAn American has been imprisoned in Russia since 2021 on charges of drugs, but he was issued by Moscow and returned to the United States, Mr. Trump said that his envoy to Russian and Ukraine, Steve Whitchov, who cost him to end the war, guarantee Voelz is launched.

The president said another American will be released on Thursday, but he did not provide any information about who would be, or what was granted Russia in exchange for the release of Americans.

Mr. Trump said that Russia had acted “very well” regarding the release of Vogel and that he was hoping to be “the beginning of a relationship where we could end that war.”

Emergency services in Kiev said that about 120 rescue workers were deployed in three areas of the capital, following the attack on Wednesday morning, and that the fires raised by the barrage were extinguished.

North Kiev in the Chirhnif region, Governor Vicheslav Chos said that Russian forces targeted “critical infrastructure” in the barrage and that two people were wounded there.

The Ukrainian Air Force said that it had brought down six missiles and 71 out of 123 drones, including a Shahid attack vehicles designed by an Iranian.

The escalating discussions about a possible end of the conflict come in a difficult time for Ukraine in the battlefield, as the Kiev Army lost to the Russian forces better in strategic points along the sprawling front line.