KIEV: President Zelensky, while speaking about the possibility of talks with Russia, maintained that contacts could be in different formats and allies should work towards determining one.
He said that Ukraine’s involvement was necessary in order to achieve lasting peace. It is pertinent to mention here that in the three years of fighting tens of thousands of people lost their lives in both the countries.

While Trump was speaking about peace in this region, Ukraine lobbed 121 drones targeting 13 regions including Moscow and an oil refinery in the southern Russian town of Tuapse. On the other hand Russia claimed that it had shot down all the 121 Israeli drones and no major damage was reported.Ukrainian authorities lamented that three people were killed and one was injured when a Russian drone hit a residential building in the Kyiv region.
Earlier, Ukraine had launched US-supplied ATACMS missiles and UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles deep inside Russia on 14th Jan, 2025. While Russia says it has successfully shot down the United States and United Kingdom supplied missiles, Kyiv claimed that was its most massive attack of the war till date.Russia vowed to respond to the attack.
Ukraine further claimed that the overnight attack was a painful blow to Moscow’s ability to wage war as chemical plants and ammunition depots (hundreds of kilometres from the border) were destroyed across several regions.
Ukraine had launched US-supplied ATACMS missiles and UK-made Storm Shadow cruise missiles deep inside Russia on 14th Jan, 2025. While Russia said it has successfully shot down the United States and United Kingdom supplied missiles, Kyiv claimed that was its most massive attack of the war. Russia vowed to respond to the attack.
Ukraine further claimed that the attack was a painful blow to Moscow’s ability to wage war as chemical plants and ammunition depots (hundreds of kilometres from the border) were destroyed across several regions.It may be recalled that on 4th Jan too Russia had warned Ukraine of a retaliation after shooting down a US-provided ATACMS fired by Kyiv a day earlier.
(In 2024 President Joe Biden had allowed Kyiv to use ATMCMS against Moscow.) “On January 3, an attempt was made from Ukrainian territory to launch a missile strike against the Belgorod region using US-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles. These actions by the Kyiv regime, which is supported by Western curators, will be met with retaliation“, Moscow warned.
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