“I don’t believe anything’s going to happen whether you like it or not, until (Putin) and I get together,” he said on Air Force One while traveling from Doha to Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates. “But we’re going to have to get it solved because too many people are dying.”
A deadly barrage targeting the capital Kyiv prompted rare criticism from President Donald Trump for the Russian leader.“Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP!” Trump said in a post on his Truth Social platform.
In the past two months, Putin has twice unilaterally declared a brief ceasefire, one for Easter and the other to markUkraine, meanwhile, has continued to launch droves of drones at Russian regions. This week, Russia’s Victory Day festivities were overshadowed by reports ofand triggering severe disruptions at the capital’s airports, as well as cellphone internet outages amid jamming aimed at foiling more potential attacks.
Here’s a look at some of the deadliest attacks by Russian troops targeting Ukraine since March, 11:March 24: A Russian missile hit a densely populated area of Sumy, damaging 30 residential buildings and a school. Local authorities said 101 people were wounded, including 23 children.
April 3: Russian forces launch Shahed drones at a residential neighborhood in Ukraine’s second largest city of Kharkiv. Regional officials reported five people killed and 34 others wounded. Among the victims was an entire family, including their
April 4: Russian forces carry out a combined missile and drone attack on a residential area in Kryvyi Rih that blasted a playground. According to local authorities, 20 people were killed,A spokesperson for Columbia University, which in March
sweeping policy changes related to protests following Trump administrationto revoke its federal funding, declined to comment Thursday beyond the response of the school’s acting president to Wednesday’s protests.
The acting president, Claire Shipman, said the protesters who had holed up inside a library reading room were asked repeatedly to show identification and to leave, but they refused. The school then asked police in “to assist in securing the building and the safety of our community,” she said inWednesday evening, calling the protest actions “outrageous” and a disruption to students for final exams.