Recent Ukrainian-Russian war: Trump envoys Wytkoff and Kushner ‘meet with Putin in Moscow for peace talks’

“Russia “He remains a threat to Europe,” he told the BBC Radio 4 program on Wednesday. “At present, Donald Trump is the only leader who can solve this problem and we must support him in this process.”

A man was killed after Russian strikes hit a civilian area in the city of Kramatorsk, on the front line of fighting in Ukraine, according to the country’s emergency services.

A residential building caught fire and rescue workers found the body of a man under the rubble following the explosion.

The Russian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday that Russian forces had captured Villa Komarivka in the Sumy region of Ukraine.

The area is said to have a population of about 369 people.

Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, and envoy Steve Witkoff are traveling to Moscow for another round of peace talks with Vladimir Putin, according to a report.

Sources told Bloomberg that the envoys may meet with the Russian president this month amid faltering efforts by the United States to negotiate an end to the conflict. No date for the meeting was agreed upon.

Witkoff and Kushner met with the Alliance of the Willing, made up of Kiev’s allies, in Paris earlier this month as Britain and France announced a plan to deploy troops in Ukraine in the event of a peace deal.

Russian forces carried out a “massive” overnight attack on infrastructure in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih on Wednesday, cutting off electricity to about 45,000 customers, local officials said.

The raid, carried out by Russian Shahed drones, left about 700 buildings without heating, according to Oleksandr Vilkul, head of the Kryvyi Rih Defense Council. Independent Kyiv I mentioned.

He added that the city’s water utility had to switch to emergency generators, warning that residents would face lower water pressure than usual.

No injuries were reported, but the full extent of the damage was still being assessed while emergency crews worked to restore services, Vilkul said.

The attack comes as Russia continues to target energy and infrastructure facilities across Ukraine.

European governments are pressing the European Union to create a dedicated negotiating role for talks with Russia over Ukraine, amid fears that the United States will reach a deal with Moscow that will marginalize Europe. POLITICO reported on Wednesday.

The newspaper said that the proposal backed by France and Italy would represent a major shift in EU diplomacy, providing the bloc with its own channel to defend key red lines, such as Ukraine’s future security and NATO ambitions, while US President Donald Trump seeks bilateral talks with Vladimir Putin.

Quoted by three anonymous diplomats POLITICO Supporters said the European Union needs a seat at the table to protect its security interests.

Polish President Karol Nawrocki said that Donald Trump is the only world leader capable of stopping Vladimir Putin’s war on Ukraine.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4, Nawrocki said Putin could not be trusted, and added that Russia was actively testing Poland and NATO.

Referring to a wave of drone strikes last September, he described it as an “exceptional situation,” adding that “until that time, no NATO member state had been subjected to a drone attack on this scale.”

He said Trump is the only person who can “solve this problem.”

Poland has been in a state of hybrid war with Russia since 2021, involving drones and disinformation, he said, warning that “we are living in dangerous times.”

The United Nations confirmed that more than 2,500 Ukrainian civilians were killed during Russian attacks in 2025.

The UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine said the number of civilian casualties recorded in Ukraine last year was 31 percent higher than in 2024 and 70 percent higher than in 2023.

“This rise was driven not only by intensified hostilities along the front line, but also by the expanded use of long-range weapons, exposing civilians across the country to increased risks,” Danielle Bell, who heads the UN monitoring mission in Ukraine, told CNN.

One of the deadliest strikes hit Ternopil on November 19, killing at least 38 civilians, including eight children, and 10 families losing two or more members.

Overall, the United Nations says more than 14,900 civilians have been killed since February 2022, warning that “the actual numbers are likely to be higher.”