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(NewsNation) — Sirens rang retired successful Ukraine overnight, and President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is urging the satellite to crook up the unit connected Russia — conscionable hours aft President Vladimir Putin agreed to a constricted ceasefire during a telephone with President Donald Trump.
During Tuesday's call, Putin agreed to an contiguous intermission successful strikes against vigor infrastructure but stopped abbreviated of backing a 30-day intermission successful warring that the Trump medication is pressing for.
The White House described the constricted ceasefire arsenic the archetypal measurement successful a “movement to peace” that it hopes volition see a maritime ceasefire successful the Black Sea and yet a afloat and lasting extremity to the fighting. But determination was nary denotation that Putin has backed distant from his conditions for a prospective bid deal, which are fiercely opposed by Kyiv.
Shortly aft the telephone ended, Zelenskyy said Russian drones deed cardinal infrastructure successful Ukraine. Air raid alerts sounded successful Kyiv, followed by explosions successful the city, and section officials urged radical to question shelter.
Trump's telephone with Putin
During the telephone with Trump, Putin reiterated his request for an extremity to overseas subject and quality assistance to Ukraine, according to the Kremlin.
Trump, however, denied the taxable came up during an interrogation with Fox News connected Tuesday.
“We didn’t speech astir aid," Trump said. “We didn’t speech astir assistance astatine all.”
One of the broader objectives Trump has acknowledged is strengthening bilateral ties betwixt the United States and Russia, but helium besides said he's prepared to beryllium pugnacious connected the Kremlin to get a bid deal.
Talks betwixt the U.S. and Russia are expected to proceed successful Saudi Arabia implicit the weekend.
Russia isn't easing subject unit connected Ukraine
Meanwhile, Russia is not easing its subject unit connected Ukraine.
Sources connected the crushed told NewsNation they heard anti-air defence systems firing and sirens ringing retired crossed Kyiv passim the night.
Zelenskyy confirmed a drone onslaught targeting Kyiv, and officials said powerfulness plants were targeted.
Russia said a occurrence sparked astatine 1 of its lipid depots during a counterattack by Ukraine.
Russia has said it wants Ukraine to propulsion backmost its troops from 4 regions that Moscow has annexed but ne'er afloat captured, renounce immoderate imaginable of joining the NATO subject confederation and sharply chopped its army.
Zelenskyy told reporters Ukraine is unfastened to immoderate proposals that pb to sustainable and conscionable bid but stressed the request for afloat transparency successful discussions.
He said he's seeking much details connected Putin and Trump's statement but rejected Putin's request for halting subject assistance and quality sharing to Ukraine, informing that specified a determination would weaken Ukraine.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
