cross-posted from: https://scribe.disroot.org/post/4099038
On Monday, just days after hosting Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska, U.S. President Donald Trump is set to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and several European leaders at the White House to discuss the war.
In the early hours that same day, Russian drones struck a five-story apartment building in the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. At least seven people were killed, including five members of one family — a father and mother, their 16-year-old son, an 18-month-old daughter, and the children’s grandmother. More than 30 others were injured, according to Governor Oleh Syniehubov.
Kharkiv’s mayor, Ihor Terekhov, said the building had been deliberately targeted while residents were sleeping. “This is pure terror. Terror that has no explanation, no justification,” he wrote on Telegram.
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