US Envoy on Ukraine/Russia struggle Kellogg: Russia strikes threaten peace efforts.

Russia launched certainly one of its most intense assaults of the 12 months on Ukraine in a single day, deploying 598 drones and 31 missiles, in accordance with the Ukrainian Air Drive.

The strikes hit a number of targets, together with the EU mission and British Council places of work in Kyiv, although no EU or UK casualties have been reported.

The size of the assault underscores the rising risk to stability, with US envoy on Ukraine Keith Kellogg warning that such Russian actions undermine peace efforts at the moment being led by President Trump.

Putin’s emotions on Ukraine aren’t heat, however final week, Putin mentioned:

• There’s a mild ultimately of the tunnel in Russia-US relations.
• Contacts proceed after Alaska Summit
• Hopes that the primary steps are the begin to the complete scale restoration of relations; this nonetheless will depend on the West
• Is bound Trump’s management qualities will assist restore ties.

The feedback got here shortly after Trump famous that President Vladimir Putin “could also be coming” to the World Cup and expressed displeasure over the current strike (by Ukraine) on a Russian pipeline.

This text was written by Emma Wang at investinglive.com.