Four people were killed when a Russian missile struck a hotel in Volodymyr Zelensky's home town but some American humanitarian volunteers survived the attack.

Summary

A Russian missile strike hit a hotel in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, where U.S., U.K., and Ukrainian humanitarian volunteers were staying. They survived, but four others were killed, and over 30 were injured.

Zelensky condemned the attack and urged continued pressure on Russia. Meanwhile, Trump is pushing for peace talks, pausing U.S. military aid and intelligence sharing after a dispute with Zelensky.

Critics fear Russia now has leverage in negotiations, as Europe struggles to fill the gap left by reduced American support.

  • pet1t@lemm.eeEnglish
    159·
    6 hours ago

    Trump will say it’s Zelensky’s fault because he wouldn’t agree to his terms

      • adarza@lemmy.caEnglish
        10·
        5 hours ago

        he will also just ‘fake it’, as he does many other things, so long as he can advance his putin’s agenda.

    • margaritox@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      4 hours ago

      Yes, and I’m very scared how many people mistake his attempts at appeasement as “peace”. What can be done? People are actually buying that Zelensky doesn’t “want peace”.

      • TheObviousSolution@kbin.melroy.org
        7·
        4 hours ago

        One is a leader defending their country against an invasion. The other is a leader threatening several other countries with tariffs and the slight threat of invasion. It’s clear who wants peace, those people are just in a cult whose capacity for logical leaps will never stop until the whole cult is history.

        • margaritox@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          4 hours ago

          You’re right. I just wish there was a way to change that narrative. I’m worried that too many people buy into it. I’m worried that too many people are buying into the whole “I just want bloodshed to stop” sayings.

      • NimdaQA@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        22 minutes ago

        Not really a false flag but I still place some blame on Zelenskyy.

        Foreign mercenaries and instructors from NATO countries are often accommodated in hotels. In Krivoy Rog hotel facilities were being turned into deployment sites for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.

        Last year, SBU actually arrested a man and said man was sentenced for 8 years because he stated that there were a lot of military personnel in the hotels of Kharkiv which was confirmed.