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Russia’s overnight attack on Ukraine killed three people, including a fifteen-year-old boy and his mother, according to local officials on Wednesday. Moscow has continued its attacks on Ukraine ahead of a planned meeting between US President Donald Trump and his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky at the second day of a NATO summit in Ankara. Follow our liveblog for the latest updates.
Russia launches third air attack on Kyiv in a week
Russia fired ballistic missiles at Kyiv again overnight, officials said on Wednesday, a third attack on the Ukrainian capital in less than a week exploiting Ukraine’s critical shortage of US-made air-defence interceptors.
The new attack comes as the NATO summit is underway in Ankara, where US President Donald Trump is due to hold talks with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky.
Trump, NATO allies to begin key talks at Turkey summit
After a pomp-filled welcome in Ankara where his NATO allies were at pains to keep him onside, US President Donald Trump was to get down to the hard business of the summit on Wednesday.
As he landed in the Turkish capital, Trump was effusive in his praise for President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, highlighting their “chemistry” in remarks that contrasted sharply with his lingering bitterness with European allies over the war on Iran.
“I was very disappointed with NATO,” Trump repeated, setting the tone for the summit’s main gathering where the alliance’s 31 other leaders will come face-to-face with the mercurial US leader when the main session opens at 08:15 GMT.
(FRANCE 24 with Reuters, AP and AFP)
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