Layan has difficulty moving and has become withdrawn and in a constant state of fear, said her aunt, Raga Sahloul. She also suffers from malnutrition, she said.
Follow AP’s war coverage athas said that the need to use nuclear weapons in Ukraine had not arisen and that he hopes it will not.
In comments aired Sunday in a film by Russian state television about his quarter of a century in power, Putin said Russia has the strength and the means to bring the conflict in Ukraine to a “logical conclusion.”Responding to a question about Ukrainian strikes on Russian territory, Putin said: “There has been no need to use those (nuclear) weapons ... and I hope they will not be required.”Municipal workers clean up near burnt cars and a crater made by a drone in the residential area following Russia’s air raid in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Municipal workers clean up near burnt cars and a crater made by a drone in the residential area following Russia’s air raid in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
In this photo provided by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, emergency services personnel work to extinguish a fire following a Russian attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Sunday, May 4, 2025. (Ukrainian Emergency Service via AP)
“We have enough strength and means to bring what was started in 2022 to a logical conclusion with the outcome Russia requires,” he said.Diplomats and experts described various scenarios if the U.S. decides to walk. They range from the U.S. ceasing direct aid to Ukraine — but allowing European nations to pass on critical American intelligence and weapons to Kyiv — to Trump banning transfers of any American technology, including components or software in European weapons.
Any withdrawal of U.S. military aid to Ukraine could create serious difficulties for Europe, analysts and diplomats told The Associated Press. Kyiv’s ability to keep fighting would depend on European political will to muster money and weapons — and how quickly the gaps left by Washington can be filled.If it were easy, Europe would “already be doing things without America,” said a European diplomat, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter.
In this photo provided by Ukraine’s 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, a soldier operates an FPV drone from a shelter in Kostyantynivka, the site of the heavy battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP)In this photo provided by Ukraine’s 93rd Kholodnyi Yar Separate Mechanized Brigade press service, a soldier operates an FPV drone from a shelter in Kostyantynivka, the site of the heavy battles with the Russian troops in the Donetsk region, Ukraine, Thursday, April 24, 2025. (Iryna Rybakova/Ukraine’s 93rd Mechanized Brigade via AP)