Russian Strikes Kill at Least Four in Ukraine as Zelensky Backs Freeze at Current Lines
Photo: CBS NewsRussian missile strikes killed at least four people and injured 34, including five children, in Ukraine overnight into Thursday, Ukraine's foreign ministry and President Volodymyr Zelensky said. Zelensky said Russia fired three ballistic missiles with cluster warheads at Kyiv. City authorities reported two deaths in Kyiv, and two women, aged 50 and 60, were killed at a market in Lozova. The attacks followed a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff, and Russia's release of American Stephen Hubbard. The Kremlin said it would resume trilateral talks next month but dismissed Witkoff's new ideas. Russia's Defense Ministry said it downed 808 Ukrainian drones; Moscow's mayor said over 600 were aimed at the city. On Wednesday, Zelensky told Fox News he would accept freezing the war along current front lines.
Alternative coverage (France 24) focuses on the strikes, Zelensky's view that Russia's attitude has not changed, and the Kremlin's stance on talks. Left outlets cover the cluster-munition claim and Zelensky's remarks on Trump. Right outlets center on the Fox interview and the freeze proposal.
How the sides differ Alternative sources stress the strikes and Moscow's unchanged stance; left sources add cluster-munition claims and Trump ties; right sources lead with Zelensky's front-line freeze offer.
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CBS reports Zelensky's cluster-warhead accusation, casualty figures and Russia's drone claims; CNN leads with Zelensky saying the strained U.S. relationship is not personal between him and Trump.
France 24 leads with Zelensky saying the strikes show no change in Russia's attitude, citing city authorities, the Witkoff–Putin meeting and the Kremlin's position on resuming talks.
- Washington ExaminerZelensky says he would accept peace deal freezing war along current lines
Breitbart and the Washington Examiner lead with Zelensky telling Fox & Friends he would accept a freeze at current lines, with security guarantees sought from Trump and Europeans, and note efforts to warm ties with Trump.