Putin Sends Another Clear Signal He Does Not Want Peace In Ukraine

Vladimir Putin has bombarded Kyiv with drones yet again, shortly before Volodymyr Zelenskyy was due to speak to Donald Trump about ending the Ukraine war.

The Russian president bombed Ukraine’s capital on Saturday morning for 10 hours, killing one person and injuring many more.

The Russian defence ministry even promoted its aggression against Ukraine after launching a “massive strike” on its neighbour on December 27 in a social media post.

Ukraine’s National Police has also accused Russian forces of attacking settlements in Khakriv, Bogodukhov, Chuguiv and Kupiansk districts over the weekend, hitting both residential buildings and power grids.

The Ukrainian authorities claimed it was looking into the “consequences of war crimes” from Russia.

These latest acts of aggression comes just one week after Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff claimed: “Russia remains fully committed to achieving peace in Ukraine.

“Russia highly values the efforts and support of the United States to resolve the Ukrainian conflict and re-establish global security.”

The US administration has repeatedly insisted that Russia is ready for peace, despite clear evidence to the contrary.

Trump is set to welcome Zelenskyy to Florida on Sunday, their first encounter since October when the US president refused Ukraine’s request for long-range Tomahawk missiles.

They are set to discuss further peace plans to end the wa, after Trump’s earlier draft was criticised for being too pro-Russia.

But the US president told POLITICO on Friday: “He [Zelenskyy] doesn’t have anything until I approve it. So we’ll see what he’s got.”

Then he added: “I think it’s going to go good with him. I think it’s going to go good with Putin.”

Putin continues to hold around 20% of Ukraine’s sovereign territory, and advanced around 176 sq miles a month until the end of November.

However, it has lost an estimated 380,000 troops this year – and surpassed one million losses in June.