NewzKYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Tuesday that Kyiv is once again receiving early warnings from its partners following recent Russian missile attacks that he said occurred without enough notice.For at least a week, the Ukrainian leader has said that his country's military has not received early warnings about ballistic missiles aimed at the capital. He said such intelligence saves lives by allowing alerts to the public and giving military units time to try to intercept the missiles.Zelenskyy said the change happened after talks with his American counterparts, including a phone call with Secretary of State Marco Rubio earlier in the day.“We are thankful that intelligence works now, and I’m speaking about early warning, which is very important for our people, for children, adults, civilians, because we can hear when ballistic is coming,” Zelenskyy said on a visit to Norway. “So we are thankful to American side now that it works.”Speaking to reporters in India, Rubio acknowledged mutual frustration between the U.S.
and Ukraine over intelligence sharing and weapons supplies but emphatically denied that the Trump administration has made any changes to previous policy on either issue.US envoy to go to St. PetersburgIn other developments, Russia unleashed another missile and drone blitz of civilian areas in Ukraine, killing at least nine people, officials said, as Zelenskyy sought more American and European help.Zelenskyy was joined in Norway by U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, who has tried without success to steer Russia and Ukraine toward a settlement to end the war.
Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre and Finnish President Alexander Stubb also met with the Ukrainian president in Norway's capital.Gahr Støre said Witkoff planned to fly to St. Petersburg on Wednesday to meet with Russian leaders, exchange ideas from the Oslo meeting and share proposals from European and American colleagues.“Today was a good day for peace,” Stubb said.Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Moscow is willing to listen to new U.S. proposals about Ukraine but doesn’t expect any “miracle” from Washington.At the White House, President Donald Trump stepped up the pressure on Zelensky to make a deal with Russia as relations between the two men have soured again.“We want Zelenskyy to make a deal,” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
support for Ukraine in doubt as relations between Zelenskyy and Trump sour again, the Ukrainian leader said he spoke with Rubio, who is on a trip to Asia.That conversation came after Zelenskyy told a bipartisan … “So we are thankful to American side now that it works.”In other developments, Russia unleashed another missile and drone blitz of civilian areas in Ukraine, killing at least nine people, officials said, as Zelenskyy sought more American and European help.Zelenskyy was joined in Norway by U.S. lawmakers Monday that he believes “some political decision has been made to slow down ...
support for us.”Ukraine has nearly run out of American-made Patriot air-defense interceptors that it needs to stop Russia’s ballistic missiles, accordin…
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