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Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> said a devastating drone attack on Kyiv<\/a> by Russian forces showed Vladimir Putin<\/a> \u201cdoesn\u2019t want peace\u201d ahead of crunch talks with his US counterpart Donald Trump<\/a>.
The Ukrainian president and US leader will meet in Florida on Sunday to continue peace talks after Mr Zelensky said a peace agreement was \u201c90 per cent ready\u201d.
About a third of Ukraine<\/a>\u2019s capital was left without heat in sub-zero weather conditions on Saturday after Moscow<\/a>\u2019s air force launched almost 500 drones, largely shaheds, and 40 missiles in a large air strike. The air force said Russian drones were targeting the capital and regions in the North East and the South.
Speaking to reporters en route to the US, Mr Zelensky said the strikes showed Mr Putin\u2019s true attitude to the peace talks.
Before the overnight attacks, Mr Zelensky said his talks in Florida would focus on the territory to be controlled by each side after a halt to the fighting.
However, Mr Trump said Mr Zelensky \u201cdoesn\u2019t have anything until I approve it\u201d.
\u201cSo we’ll see what he’s got,\u201d Trump told Politico<\/em><\/a>.
Captured and sentenced to death by Russia<\/a>, tortured and a witness to war crimes<\/a>, a young man from Nottingham spent months waiting for the executioner<\/a> in a Russian prison, unable to cry.
\u201cI so desperately wanted to, I was trying to force myself to let some emotion out,\u201d he recalls. \u201cBut because I was too terrified in that place, I wasn\u2019t able to cry. In five-and-a-half months of captivity, I never cried once. There was moments where I wanted to, but I just physically couldn\u2019t.\u201d
This is Aiden Aslin, a survivor of Russian <\/a>war crimes<\/a> himself, speaking to The Independent\u2019s World of Trouble<\/em> podcast.
If you want to find out more, you can below:<\/em>
Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> is travelling to the US ahead of crunch peace talks with Donald Trump<\/a> on Sunday.
The pair will discuss a 20-point peace plan that could give Ukraine the security and territorial guarantees it needs to push for an end to the conflict with Russia.
But any agreement needs to be agreed by Moscow, who have not yet commented on many parts of the plan.
The Independent\u2019s <\/em>Maryam Zakir-Hussain<\/em><\/strong> has more below:<\/em>
Volodymyr Zelensky has said he will hold talks with European leaders following his peace negotiations with Donald Trump on Sunday.
In a social media post, he shared pictures from a meeting with Canadian president Mark Carney and a number of other European leaders, adding he would update them all following crunch conversations with President Trump.
Russian submarines are shadowing spy ships in British waters, according to reports in the Sunday Times<\/em><\/a>.
It says defence sources have revealed that a submarine was found shadowing the Yantar, a Russian vessel officially described as a research ship, as it surveyed a gas pipeline linking Britain and Ireland last year.
It is understood to be one of several occasions where Russian submarines have been alongside the Yantar in British waters.
Crucial peace talks are set to take place between Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> and Donald Trump<\/a> in the US on Sunday.
It comes after months of back-and-forth <\/a>discussions between Kyiv, Washington, Moscow, and Brussels, as world leaders attempt to broker a deal that would bring the nearly four-year conflict between Ukraine and Russia to an end.
But what are the hurdles standing in the way? James C. Reynolds <\/em><\/strong>reports:<\/em>
European Union support for Ukraine \u201cwill not falter\u201d, an EU chief has said ahead of crucial peace talks between the US and Kyiv.
In a post on X, European Council president Antonio Costa wrote: \u201cTogether with European leaders I spoke with President @ZelenskyyUa<\/a>, in order to coordinate ahead of tomorrow\u2019s meeting with President Trump.
\u201cThe EU\u2019s support for Ukraine will not falter. In war, in peace, in reconstruction.\u201d
He added: \u201cA strong and prosperous Ukraine in the EU is a core security guarantee.
\u201cWe continue to work for a robust and lasting peace for Ukraine, in close cooperation with our US partners.\u201d
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