The keys
nuevo
Generated with AI
nuevo
Generated with AI
While the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky, intensifies his diplomatic agenda with key meetings in Canada and the United States to advance a peace plan, his country faces one of the toughest days in recent months after a wave of Russian attacks that has left much of Ukraine without light or heating.
This Saturday Zelensky will make a stopover in HalifaxCanada, to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carneybefore traveling to Florida, where he plans to meet with US President Donald Trump. The objective of the trip is to promote peace negotiations with Russia and seek security guarantees and economic agreements with Washington.
The Ukrainian president will present your 20 point planwhich claims to be 90% complete, although Russia has already rejected the proposal. Territorial concessions and security guarantees continue to be among the most sensitive points.
During the flight, the Ukrainian president expressed that “Ukraine has its limits”but he is sure that an agreement can be reached; as well as that he is open to dialogue with Ukrainian society if he does not like the proposals for peace talks.
Zelensky has been very clear with the possibility of holding a referendum and has ruled that “it cannot be held in the current security conditions, since it needs strong security guarantees.”
As for Putin’s demand that Ukrainians in Russia vote, Zelensky believes it would “delegitimize the elections.” Regarding the protection of the country, he said that Ukraine needs more air defense missiles while Russia does not stop attacking with more missiles and drones.
Zelensky stated that US security guarantees will depend on what President Donald Trump is willing to offer and that, for the moment, he does not perceive a clear willingness from China to join the peace process.
hard attack
Russia brutally attacked kyiv and other parts of Ukraine in the early hours of Friday to Saturday with hundreds of missiles and drones and which according to Zelensky involved around 500 drones and 40 missiles and left some parts of the capital without electricity and heating.
A major attack that he described as Russia’s response to ongoing peace efforts brokered by Washington.
Ukraine’s foreign minister said a third of kyiv was left without heat due to the attacks, while temperatures hovered around 0 degrees Celsius (32 degrees Fahrenheit) on Saturday morning.
Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said that around 600,000 homes in kyiv and the surrounding region were left without electricity.
The attack lasted throughout the morning of this Saturday, and the almost 10-hour anti-aircraft alert over the capital ended at 11:20 (09:20 GMT). Authorities reported the death of two people in and around kyiv, and that at least 46 were injured, including two children.
“Today, Russia demonstrated how it responds to peaceful negotiations between Ukraine and the United States to end Russia’s war against Ukraine,” Zelensky told reporters.