USA does not want to judge Russian attack on Sumy – Diepresse.com

The United States is blocking a resolution in G7 format that condemns the Russian rocket attack on the northeastern tank city of Sumy. Washington justifies the step with the negotiations to be maintained. The Bloomberg news agency reported.

Without the consent of the United States, the explanation could not be passed, the current Chairmanland of Canada said. Two rockets were hit in Sumy on Palm Sunday. 35 people had died. As was later known, a military meeting took place in the city that day. The Ukrainian President, Wolodymyr Selenskij, then released the governor of Sumy, Wolodymyr Artjuch.

Puzzle about Witkoff’s « five areas »

A ceasefire between Ukraine and Russia is still not in sight. The visit of Trump’s intermediary Steve Witkoff in Moscow in the previous week also brought no immediate results. In a TV interview, Witkoff represented his visit as highly successful. He spoke of an « impressive » entertainment with the Kremlin boss and said an agreement is emerging. Again it seemed that Witkoff was under the impression of Russian propaganda narratives. So he explained that in a peace agreement there should be “five areas”. Witkoff may have spoken of the Southeastsucrainian areas of Luhansk, Donetsk, Saporischschja and Cherson as well as the Crimea. In a future agreement, the Kremlin should try to enforce the Russian claim to the entirety of these territories (de facto controls Moscow – excluding the Crimea – only parts of the four administrative units). Moscow also strives for international recognition of the crew.

Information about military aid is reduced

According to a media report, the United States has reduced its cost estimate for military aid in the negotiations with Ukraine through a mineral agreement. The government of President Donald Trump has reduced its calculation for US aid to Ukraine from around 300 billion to around $ 100 billion since the beginning of the Russian invasion in February 2022, the Bloomberg news agency, citing the matter, reports.

US President Donald Trump is aiming for an agreement on access to Ukrainian raw materials as part of his peace initiative. The latest draft is reportedly disadvantageous for Ukraine. He should therefore provide access rights to all raw materials and primarily send the profits managed by a fund to the United States. Trump sees a way that the United States will receive billions of dollars in military aid, although aid was not designed as a loan. The Ukrainian President, Wolodymyr Selenskij, described the talks with the United States as « positive » about a mineral agreement in the previous week. A statement by the US government was initially not available.

Advance to Kostjantyniwka

Russia, however, continued its attacks on Ukraine. According to the authorities, three people were violated on the night of a drone attack on Odessa. The attack triggered fires and damaged residential buildings and civilian infrastructure, said the Ukrainian disaster protection. « Odessa attacked the enemy again with a massive drone attack, » writes regional governor Oleh Kiper at the short message service Telegram. The full extent of the attack is not yet clear. Odessa’s mayor, Hennadij Truchanow, published photos that showed an almost destroyed residential building and other damaged buildings. Rescue workers searched in other pictures.

On the Eastern Front, the Russian military has moved up close to the city of Kostjantyniwka. The city has been in the artillery fire for months and has been destroyed by a large area. South of Pokrowsk, Russian associations are slowly moving into the west. They are only a few kilometers away from the border to the Dnipropetrovsk area. An advancement to the area further west would be a symbolic blow for Ukraine, as this would affect another administrative unit.

In the meantime, according to the Moscow Ministry of Defense, the Russian air defense shot 26 Ukrainian drones on the night. Nine drones were destroyed above the southern region of Woronech and eight above the Belgorod border region, the Ministry said at the short message service Telegram. The other drones were therefore intercepted over the regions of Kursk, Lipezz and Moscow as well as over the annexed Crimea peninsula. (Reuters/Som)