Date: March 06, 2025 at 06:02:18 From: akira, [DNS_Address] Subject: If you don’t know Curtis Yarvin, you don’t know what’s going on
Chris @ufoman1980.bsky.social Must watch from national security perspective . Curtis Yarvin is talked about and this is the first time that a national security podcast has talked about this angle.
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Zelensky: US Citizens in Ukraine Hotel Struck by Russia
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said U.S. citizens were among those who had checked into a hotel that was hit by a Russian strike overnight.
The strike came a day after the Trump Administration paused sharing intelligence with Ukraine as it applies pressure on Kyiv over peace negotiations with Russia.
"All night, a rescue operation continued in Kryvyi Rih at the site of a Russian missile strike," Zelensky posted on X.
"A ballistic missile struck an ordinary hotel. Just before the attack, volunteers from a humanitarian organization—citizens of Ukraine, the United States, and the United Kingdom—had checked into the hotel.
"They survived because they managed to get down from their rooms in time. Unfortunately, four people were killed in this attack. My condolences to their families and loved ones."
Newsweek asked the State Department for comment outside of normal hours via its online media request form. Newsweek also emailed the Russian foreign ministry's press office for comment.
What to Know Zelensky posted a video with the statement showing Ukrainian emergency workers helping the injured in Kryvyi Rih, his boyhood home. He said more than 30 people were hurt and are receiving medical treatment.
"Many civilian buildings around the hotel were also damaged. Rescue workers are still on-site, and all emergency services continue to operate," Zelensky said, adding his thanks to those on duty to respond to incidents such as these around the clock.
He did not name the humanitarian organization whose workers had checked into the hotel that was struck.
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Medvedev Makes Russia's Plan Clear: 'Inflicting Maximum Defeat' Trump 'Giving Away His Cards' to Putin: Ex-Ambassador to Moscow Kremlin 'Trying to Sabotage' Trump-Zelensky Deal: ISW How 'Kremlin Bots' Responded to Trump's Meeting With Zelensky Russia Continues War Amid Push for Peace There has been no let-up in Russian aggression, despite growing talk of peace from all parties, as the strikes on Kryvyi Rih and elsewhere in Ukraine show.
Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Security Council of Russia, said on Wednesday that Moscow's "main task today" remains "inflicting maximum defeat" on Ukraine.
U.S. President Donald Trump wants to broker a peace between Russia and Ukraine. He has criticized the vast destruction and loss of life, and the large cost to American taxpayers. American military aid has been vital to Ukraine's defense.
But the Trump Administration paused military aid to Ukraine and its intelligence sharing after a public spat broke out in the Oval Office between Zelensky, President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance on Friday, February 28.
A critical minerals deal was supposed to be signed between the U.S. and Ukraine that day but has been delayed.
Zelensky later wrote a letter to Trump expressing his desire to repair their relationship and sign the minerals deal, which the American president has signaled he will do.
Ukraine wants security guarantees from the U.S. to protect it from further Russian aggression once the fighting stops. But the U.S. said guarantees may come later down the line, and that economic partnership would suffice for now.
Trump said he thinks Russia's President Vladimir Putin is ready to come to the negotiating table and talk peace. The two leaders have spoken by phone several times in recent months.
What People Are Saying Zelensky said in his statement on X: "There must be no pause in the pressure on Russia to stop this war and terror against life."
Ukrainian activist Serhii Sternenko posted on X about the strike on Kryvyi Rih: "Russia just wants peace. Trump is telling the truth. Russians are for peace. Here is the proof."
ADVERTISEMENTSCROLL TO CONTINUE READING Dmitry Medvedev posted on VK on Wednesday: "Russia is advancing. The enemy is resisting and has not yet been defeated…Therefore, inflicting maximum defeat on the enemy 'on the battlefield' remains our main task today."
Trump told Congress on Tuesday night: "It's time to stop this madness. It's time to halt the killing. It's time to end this senseless war. If you want to end wars, you have to talk to both sides."
What Happens Next There are talks behind the scenes between all parties to seek at least a ceasefire, if not a full peace in a war that has raged since February 2022.
How long it will take to silence the guns remains to be seen, but Trump has increased the pressure on Ukraine and the Europeans are yet to find solutions that could replace what the Americans provide to Kyiv.
'So lucky to be alive': Aid worker describes escape from deadly Russian strike
Vicky Wong BBC News
'We got a text message. Then the missile hit': Survivor describes missile attack A UK-based aid worker said he, his friends and colleagues were "so lucky to be alive" after they narrowly escaped a Russian missile attack on a hotel in central Ukraine on Wednesday night that left at least four dead.
Karol Swiacki, a Polish national and founder of the Bournemouth-based charity Ukraine Relief, was at the Central Hotel in Kryvyi Rih having dinner with friends when the missile struck.
"We are all safe we didn't have a scratch, it is incredible," he told BBC News, adding "we still don't know how we survived this, honestly."
Dnipropetrovsk regional head Serhiy Lysak said 32 people, including two children, were wounded in the attack on President Volodymyr Zelensky's hometown.
The charity worker - who has previously won a BBC award - is in Ukraine carrying out aid relief work including delivering sports equipment and renovating a school for 550 children.
He is also visiting shelters and orphanages with Ukraine Relief's trustee, Marc Edwards - a British national who now lives in the US.
The duo were having dinner with friends at the hotel restaurant at the time of the strike. The dining party included two US volunteers, two workers from a Ukrainian charity foundation, a young boy and his pregnant mother.
Karol Swiacki Karol Swiacki and March Edwards crouching in front of their destroyed vehiclesKarol Swiacki Karol Swiacki and Marc Edwards survived a missile strike on the hotel they were staying at in Kryvyi Rih ADVERTISEMENT
"We'd just put our stuff in our rooms and went to eat with our local Ukrainian contacts and the cell phone alarm went off so we ran to the shelter," said Mr Edwards. Mr Swiacki added: "We took two steps and there was a big boom, absolute nightmare, everything just within seconds changed into a very apocalyptic news screams, alarms." Live coverage and analysis Aid worker in Ukraine survives hotel missile strike Video sent by Mr Swiacki to the BBC showed smoke filling the restaurant with half-eaten meals and takeaway boxes on tables. "There was so much stuff that we couldn't see where we were going," said Mr Swiacki. Mr Edwards confirmed that the blast "took out all the windows" and they had to climb out of the restaurant through a broken window. The duo went back into the hotel to see if anyone else was hurt, and retrieve some of their belongings.
0:58 Aid worker hit in Ukraine missile strike on hotel ADVERTISEMENT
They also went outside to look for their vehicles, which were "full of aid" but were "all destroyed", Mr Edwards said. Mr Swiacki's van, which he had parked outside the hotel, was "smashed completely to pieces". "We heard some noises we don't want to hear again. Somebody was trapped under the rubble next to our van and didn't make it. Someone was hit from shrapnel and didn't make it. I'm numb," Mr Edwards said. Mr Swiacki described the scene as "crazy, absolutely nightmare". He said the restaurant was on the ground floor, and believes that it is the only room - or at least one of the few rooms - that didn't collapse. Karol Swiacki Karol Swiacki's white van with the top caved in next to a partially- destroyed blue car on its left.Karol Swiacki Mr Swiacki told the BBC his van was 'smashed completely to pieces'. ADVERTISEMENT
The men are still in Kryvyi Rih and despite the shock of the explosion, Mr Swiacki said he has not been deterred him from continuing his aid work in Ukraine. "I will never stop helping people after this," he said. The attack happened ahead of a European security summit on Thursday which Zelensky is attending. Reacting to the attack, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said it showed "why Ukraine needs defence capabilities: to protect human lives from Russian terror".
Russian missiles strike hotel in Zelensky's hometown to eliminate French instructors
Russia strikes hotel in Zelensky's hometown 06.03.2025 15:52 Incidents Dozens of foreign military personnel may have been killed as the Russian forces launched Iskander missiles to strike the city of Kryvyi Rih in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region (the hometown of Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelensky). According to Donbass Decides Telegram channel, 28 French soldiers were among the casualties.
Russian missile launch Photo: flickr.com by Defence Ministry of Ukraine, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/ Russian missile launch "While [French President Emmanuel] Macron was threatening Russia, an Iskander eliminated a group of French military personnel in Kryvyi Rih," Donbass Decides Telegram channel said.
The exact location of the foreign troops and their mission were not specified in the publication. No sources were provided to verify the claim.
Ukrainian sources were the first to report the strike, claiming it targeted a "civilian infrastructure site" and resulted in multiple injuries.
Medical personnel at the scene were required to sign non-disclosure agreements and that the evacuation of survivors was carried out very quickly, Sergey Lebedev, a coordinator of the pro-Russian underground in Mykolaiv said.
"All of this suggests the presence of foreign guests, who have been appearing in large numbers in Ukraine lately," he noted.
On March 6, Russia's Ministry of Defense reported successful strikes against enemy personnel, including foreign mercenaries. The attacks were carried out in multiple locations, including Kryvyi Rih in Dnipropetrovsk region, as well as Robotyne, Piatykhatky, and Mala Tokmachka in Zaporizhzhia region, and Antonivka and Dniprovske in Kherson region. In total, Ukrainian forces reportedly lost more than 70 soldiers and six vehicles in these areas.
According to the latest reports from Ukrainian authorities, four people were killed, and around 30 were injured. However, Zelensky claimed that the hotel had just been occupied by volunteers from a humanitarian organization, including citizens of Ukraine, the US, and the UK. He stated that they all survived because they managed to reach the lower floors in time.
Russian war correspondents, however, reported that the building housed foreign mercenaries and NATO instructors. Hotels in Kryvyi Rih are regularly targeted because they are used as deployment sites for Ukrainian forces.
Details Kryvyi Rih also known as Krivoy Rog, is a city in central Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Kryvyi Rih Raion and its subordinate Kryvyi Rih urban hromada in Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The city is part of the Kryvyi Rih Metropolitan Region. Its population is estimated at 603,904 (2022 estimate), making it the seventh-most populous city in Ukraine and the second largest by area. Kryvyi Rih is claimed to be the longest city in Europe. Located at the confluence of the Saksahan and Inhulets rivers, Kryvyi Rih was founded as a military staging post in 1775. Urban-industrial growth followed Belgian, French and British investment in the exploitation of the area's rich iron-ore deposits, generally called Kryvbas, in the 1880s. Kryvyi Rih gained city status after the October Revolution in 1919.
See more at https://english.pravda.ru/news/hotspots/161746-french- instructors-ukraine/
Date: March 07, 2025 at 08:15:28 From: akira, [DNS_Address] Subject: note, "All of this suggests the presence of foreign guests..."
French soldiers? Aid workers? both?
"Medical personnel at the scene were required to sign non-disclosure agreements and that the evacuation of survivors was carried out very quickly, Sergey Lebedev, a coordinator of the pro-Russian underground in Mykolaiv said.
"All of this suggests the presence of foreign guests, who have been appearing in large numbers in Ukraine lately," he noted. "
See more at https://english.pravda.ru/news/hotspots/161746-french- instructors-ukraine/
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Date: March 06, 2025 at 12:15:00 From: pamela, [DNS_Address] Subject: Re: Zelensky: US Citizens in Ukraine Hotel Struck by Russia
really? do you believe Zelensky for anything he reports?
Considering the alternative, I absolutely believe Zelensky over Putin or his puppets.
Or maybe you believe Ukraine invaded Russia and sold captured children, raped women, flattened half of Russia with missiles, and bombed humanitarian workers.
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Russian missile slammed into a hotel hosting British and American aid workers in Volodymyr Zelensky's home city of Kryvyi Rih late last night.
At least four people were killed and 31 injured as the Iskander ballistic projectile erupted in a large, orange fireball at the moment of impact.
A flurry of other shocking clips showed how emergency responders were pulling limp bodies from the rubble as the roof and facade of Kryvyi Rih's 'Central Hotel' completely caved in.
Smoke billowed from the top of the hotel and nearly all its windows appeared to have been blown out as fire engines and ambulances descended on the scene.
Emergency crews deployed a crane to reach the upper floors of the five-storey building, entering through the gaping hole left by Moscow's missile.
Rescuers are still searching this morning for anyone trapped in the debris, officials said.
A group of humanitarian organisation volunteers from Ukraine, the US and Britain had checked into the hotel just before the strike but survived after taking shelter quickly, President Volodymyr Zelensky said in a nightly address.
'Unfortunately, four people were killed in the attack,' he wrote on Telegram. 'We must not pause in putting pressure on Russia to stop this war and terror against life.'
The strike came hours after the US suspended intelligence sharing with Ukraine as Donald Trump seeks to force Zelensky into signing an exploitative minerals deal with Washington and enter peace talks with Russia.
Without US intelligence, Ukraine's capacity to track and shoot down Russian missiles and drones is likely to be significantly diminished, not to mention its ability to deploy Western missiles on key targets
Date: March 07, 2025 at 12:20:31 From: Redhart, [DNS_Address] Subject: Re: Zelensky: US Citizens in Ukraine Hotel Struck by Russia
so, you believe there must be a much more complicated conspiracy that backs up your own biases?
CTs, when you don't like the answers you got.
(and yes, Daily Mail wouldn't have been the source I would have picked, at this point..that's a far-right extreme force, but since we're also comparing between Russian press too...why not hear what each side is promoting).
Date: March 07, 2025 at 14:20:35 From: pamela, [DNS_Address] Subject: Re: Zelensky: US Citizens in Ukraine Hotel Struck by Russia
No, not CT's or biased Red. Just waiting to hear more from just one side-whether its Rueters, Newsweek, etc. Just hearing from Zalenskyy's report initially was not balanced or informative, as Akira has shown us on her links since this morning and what I have been viewing before her reports this morning.
So sorry you didn't like the source. Absolutely not as good as the New York Times or Reuters we agree.
They were just faster. The others have caught up.
KYIV, March 6 (Reuters) - A Russian missile struck a hotel in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih late on Wednesday, killing four people and injuring 32, and rescuers were still searching on Thursday morning for anyone trapped in the rubble, officials said. A group of humanitarian organization volunteers from Ukraine, the U.S. and Britain had checked into the hotel just before the strike but survived after taking shelter quickly, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said. Kryvyi Rih, Zelenskiy's home town, has been a frequent target since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago. "Unfortunately, four people were killed in the attack," the president wrote on Telegram. "We must not pause in putting pressure on Russia to stop this war and terror against life." Ukraine's Emergency Services said 19 people had been rescued from the site of the hotel. They posted pictures of crews making their way through the rubble outside the floodlit five-storey building and clambering up and down ladders. Other pictures posted by the regional governor showed the hotel on Thursday no longer in flames but with its top floor destroyed and the rest of the building wrecked. He said two children were among the wounded.
Date: March 06, 2025 at 16:13:12 From: pamela, [DNS_Address] Subject: Re: Zelensky: US Citizens in Ukraine Hotel Struck by Russia
At March 06, 2025 at 15:17:11, mitra wrote:
So sorry you didn't like the source. Absolutely not as good as the New York Times or Reuters we agree.
They were just faster. The others have caught up. -- I have been checking other news sources- what others have caught up? Have not seen a single news source mention this.
Date: March 07, 2025 at 13:38:20 From: pamela, [DNS_Address] Subject: Re: Zelensky: US Citizens in Ukraine Hotel Struck by Russia
I read the Reuters article, searched out more info- it just struck me, it was all one sided, rather than giving other or more details. I found out more details and discrepencies. And I noticed also you did too. So there you have it. Any news source is never taken at face value, never has been.
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Date: March 07, 2025 at 12:21:41 From: Redhart, [DNS_Address] Subject: Re: Zelensky: US Citizens in Ukraine Hotel Struck by Russia
Date: March 06, 2025 at 17:34:23 From: pamela, [DNS_Address] Subject: Re: Zelensky: US Citizens in Ukraine Hotel Struck by Russia
This is what the Reuters site says Russian missile kills four, wounds dozens in Ukraine's Kryvyi Rih By Anastasiia Malenko and Max Hunder March 6, 20257:42 AM MSTUpdated 10 hours ago
KYIV, March 6 (Reuters) - A Russian missile struck a hotel in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih late on Wednesday, killing four people and injuring 32, and rescuers were still searching on Thursday morning for anyone trapped in the rubble, officials said. A group of humanitarian organization volunteers from Ukraine, the U.S. and Britain had checked into the hotel just before the strike but survived after taking shelter quickly, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
Kryvyi Rih, Zelenskiy's home town, has been a frequent target since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago. "Unfortunately, four people were killed in the attack," the president wrote on Telegram. "We must not pause in putting pressure on Russia to stop this war and terror against life."
(What is Telegram???)
Ukraine's Emergency Services said 19 people had been rescued from the site of the hotel. They posted pictures of crews making their way through the rubble outside the floodlit five-storey building and clambering up and down ladders.
Other pictures posted by the regional governor showed the hotel on Thursday no longer in flames but with its top floor destroyed and the rest of the building wrecked. He said two children were among the wounded.
ENERGY ATTACKS
Separately, Ukraine's military said Russian forces in total had launched two ballistic missiles - including the one that struck Kryvyi Rih - and 112 drones at Ukraine overnight.
In the northeastern city of Sumy, Russian drones struck a postal depot and started a large fire, killing one person and burning down the facility along with more than 2,500 parcels.
Photos and videos posted by Nova Poshta, the depot's owner, showed the ruined shell of a warehouse strewn with rubble and charred packages. Some drones struck energy infrastructure in the southern region of Odesa, injuring two people, its governor said.
DTEK, Ukraine's largest private energy company, said the Odesa region attack had damaged its fifth facility in two weeks.
"Russia continues its energy terror of Odesa region," DTEK said on Telegram. Ukraine's Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal said about 10,000 households in the Odesa region were currently without power, and that work was being conducted round the clock to restore the supply.
Moscow has waged a rolling campaign of strikes on Ukrainian energy facilities throughout the war, causing frequent blackouts across the country.
The Reuters Daily Briefing newsletter provides all the news you need to start your day. Sign up here. Reporting by Ron Popeski, Oleksandr Kozhukhar, Anastasiia Malenko, writing by Max Hunder; Editing by Tom Balmforth, Hugh Lawson and Gareth Jones
Date: March 08, 2025 at 11:06:59 From: pamela, [DNS_Address] Subject: Re: Zelensky: US Citizens in Ukraine Hotel Struck by Russia
from the Reuters report of which Zalensky said: KYIV, March 6 (Reuters) - A Russian missile struck a hotel in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih late on Wednesday, killing four people and injuring 32, and rescuers were still searching on Thursday morning for anyone trapped in the rubble, officials said. A group of humanitarian organization volunteers from Ukraine, the U.S. and Britain had checked into the hotel just before the strike but survived after taking shelter quickly, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said.
((So which is it? Killed or wounded? US and UK citizens and volunteers? Survived or killed? those are the discrepencies within the reports is what I am noting. First Zalensky says they were killed then later in article says they survived ))
Kryvyi Rih, Zelenskiy's home town, has been a frequent target since Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine three years ago. "Unfortunately, four people were killed in the attack," the president wrote on Telegram. "We must not pause in putting pressure on Russia to stop this war and terror against life."
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Date: March 06, 2025 at 16:50:01 From: ryan, [DNS_Address] Subject: Re: Zelensky: US Citizens in Ukraine Hotel Struck by Russia
Missile Strikes Hotel in Zelensky's Hometown in Ukraine Today The bombs are among the most powerful in the Russian arsenal, weighing from 500 pounds to 6,000 pounds. "The attacks have killed 16 people and injured 38," he said.
Date: March 06, 2025 at 18:09:16 From: ryan, [DNS_Address] Subject: Re: Zelensky: US Citizens in Ukraine Hotel Struck by Russia
either do i...link worked for me...
Missile Strikes Hotel in Zelensky’s Hometown in Ukraine
At least four people were killed in a Russian attack, Ukraine said, amid concerns about air defenses after the U.S. said it was suspending military and intelligence aid. Listen to this article · 6:24 min Learn more
Video transcript 0:00/1:06 Russian Missile Strikes Hotel in Zelensky’s Hometown Residents and aid workers said they received warnings only a few minutes before a missile struck a hotel in the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky in central Ukraine.
We got to the hotel at 8 p.m. We got the alert. We stood up to go to the shelter. This was 10 p.m., and before we had left the table, the missile struck. We were very fortunate because the restaurant was on the ground floor. We couldn’t get back to the lobby because that was destroyed. So we climbed out of a window.
Russian Missile Strikes Hotel in Zelensky’s Hometown 1:06 Residents and aid workers said they received warnings only a few minutes before a missile struck a hotel in the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky in central Ukraine.CreditCredit...The State Emergency Service of Ukraine Marc Santora
By Marc Santora
Reporting from Kyiv, Ukraine March 6, 2025Updated 4:21 p.m. ET
A Russian missile slammed into a hotel late Wednesday in the hometown of President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine, killing at least four people and injuring more than 30 others, the Ukrainian authorities said.
“Just before the attack, volunteers from a humanitarian organization — citizens of Ukraine, the United States and the United Kingdom — had checked into the hotel,” Mr. Zelensky said in a statement. “They survived because they managed to get down from their rooms in time. Unfortunately, four people were killed in this attack.”
“There must be no pause in the pressure on Russia to stop this war and terror against life,” he said.
The latest strikes occurred after an announcement from the United States that the country was suspending both military and intelligence assistance to Ukraine in an effort to force Ukraine to the negotiating table with Russia. Officials in Kyiv have warned that without American assistance Ukraine’s air-defense capabilities would be among the first elements of its security to be compromised.
The Trump administration’s special envoy to Russia and Ukraine, retired Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg, said on Thursday that cutting off intelligence sharing with Kyiv was meant to get the attention of Mr. Zelensky, akin to “hitting a mule with a two-by-four across the nose.”
Mr. Kellogg was speaking to the Council on Foreign Relations in Washington, and his remarks earned a frosty reception from the national security experts in the audience. When Mr. Kellogg, discussing the pause in intelligence sharing, said the Ukrainians “brought it on themselves,” the audience hissed in response.
Earlier Thursday, rescue workers raced to pull wounded civilians from the ruined building in Mr. Zelensky’s hometown, Kryvyi Rih, in central Ukraine, and air-defense crews across the country scrambled to defend against bombardments that have become routine during the winter. ImageVolodymyr Zelensky, dressed in black, stands surrounded by several other men, in a building with wooding flooring. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine at the European Union headquarters in Brussels on Thursday.Credit...Pool photo by Ludovic Marin
In total, the Ukrainian Air Force reported, Russia launched two ballistic missiles and 112 drones — including some with dummy warheads designed to expose and exhaust air defenses.
Most of the deadly drones were shot down, the Air Force reported, but it did not say whether either of the missiles had been downed.
The American-made Patriot system has proved to be Ukraine’s most reliable defense against Russia’s most sophisticated ballistic missiles. The pause in American military assistance could leave Ukrainians short of the interceptor missiles that have helped provide a blanket of protection over the capital, Kyiv, and other cities.
At the same time, Ukraine’s air-raid alerts are informed, to some degree, by the early warning data provided by American satellites, which can detect aircraft and missile launches deep in Russian territory. It is not clear if the pause on intelligence sharing included information related to those systems.
The Ukrainian authorities sought to reassure the public that they were taking steps to address the fallout from the sudden moves by its primary military ally as Washington increasingly aligns itself with Moscow and applies pressure to Kyiv ahead of peace negotiations.
Even as Kyiv works to persuade Washington that it should be pressing Russia to bring the war to an end rather than taking steps that weaken Ukraine’s ability to defend itself, Ukraine is also appealing directly to the American public. Editors’ Picks The Secret Apartments Hidden Above Carnegie Libraries 150 Years of Change: How Old Photos, Recaptured, Reveal a Shifting Climate Much-Needed Storage Space That Hides in Plain Sight
Ukrainian operators of Patriot systems have followed the lead of F-16 fighter pilots in calling directly on the American people to stand with Ukraine.
“Thanks to your support, we are still alive, and we are able to protect our cities and the civilians who live there,” said one operator in a video released by the military. “Thank you to the American people!” Image Keith Kellogg, wearing a dark-colored suit with a yellow tie, sits on a beige chair. Keith Kellogg, the Trump administration’s special envoy to Russia and Ukraine, during a visit to Kyiv last month.Credit...Ukraine's Presidential Press Service
Mr. Kellogg, the Trump administration envoy, made clear on Thursday the United States did not want Ukraine to win the war and simply wanted the fighting to end. America, he added, wants to have the role of “an objective interlocutor” in peace talks to bring about a cease-fire.
He also declined to say whether signing an agreement to give U.S. companies mineral rights in Ukraine would be enough to restart intelligence sharing, saying only that it would be President Trump’s decision.
Mr. Trump has maintained that President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia has sent “strong signals” that he is ready for peace.
However, since the two leaders spoke on Feb. 12, Russia’s unrelenting bombardment of Ukrainian infrastructure and towns and cities from the front has intensified.
More than 90 civilians have been killed since then, according to publicly available reports from Ukrainian officials compiled by The New York Times.
Most of the worst attacks are in the towns and the cities closest to the front.
Russian warplanes have been bombarding the city of Kostiantynivka — an important logistics center for Ukrainian forces fighting in the east — with increasing ferocity.
“The enemy has dropped 108 aerial bombs on the city of Kostiantynivka over the past week alone,” said Vadym Filashkin, the head of the Donetsk regional military administration. The bombs are among the most powerful in the Russian arsenal, weighing from 500 pounds to 6,000 pounds.
“The attacks have killed 16 people and injured 38,” he said. Image A photograph released by Ukrainian emergency services showing an injured person following a Russian missile strike, in Kryvyi Rih.Credit...The State Emergency Service of Ukraine
As rescue crews in Kryvyi Rih continued to dig through the rubble of the hotel, Liudmyla Taran, the mother of two small children, said the air-raid alert came just two minutes before the missile struck.
“The explosion was massive, the windows were blown out, and the apartment started to smell strongly of smoke,” she said. “We got scared that the apartment was on fire, so we ran outside as we were, without getting dressed, and waited for help.”
Dmytro Klymenko, a 20-year-old local journalist, said that the alert indicated that the ballistic missile was launched from Crimea, and that he barely had time to get dressed and run outside before the strike.
“As I was heading to the shelter, another alert came in, saying there were only seconds left before impact,” he said. “I sped up and made it into the underground shelter just as I heard the explosion.”
“Luckily, I only got away with a scare,” he said. “But I feel so sorry for those who suffered because of Russia.”
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Date: March 06, 2025 at 17:37:34 From: pamela, [DNS_Address] Subject: Re: Zelensky: US Citizens in Ukraine Hotel Struck by Russia
I don't have access to NY Times - so please copy paste article for us to look at- thks.