Ukraine-Russia war live: Trump finally agrees to meet Zelensky as Romania scrambles jets against Russia drone
US president Joe Biden insists Ukraine will win the war and Putin ‘will not prevail’
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Donald Trump has finally agreed to meet Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky after accusing the wartime leader of making “nasty” comments against him.
Mr Trump, publishing a letter from Mr Zelensky requesting to meet, revealed that he would meet the Ukrainian leader at Trump Tower in New York on Friday morning local time.
It has been reported that Mr Zelensky has extended his stay in the US to meet Mr Trump. The former US president has been railing against the Ukrainian leader since he visited a munitions factory in US leader Joe Biden’s hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania at the top of his US trip.
Mr Zelensky also described JD Vance, Mr Trump’s running mate who has been an outspoken opponent to continued support for Ukraine, as “too radical” in an interview prior to his visit.
It comes as Nato member Romania, which shares a border with Ukraine, was forced to scramble fighter jets after Russian drones targeted Ukrainian civilian infrastructure close to the border.
Two Romanian and two Spanish F-16 fighter jets were scrambled in the early hours of Friday morning to “monitor” the situation, the defence ministry said.
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We have some pictures from Izmail after Russia attack
Earlier, we reported that a Russian drone attack on the southern town of Izmail in the Odesa region killed three people and injured 14, including three children.
Below, we have some pictures released by the local emergency services as they tackled the fires caused by the attack.
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The police said the rescue operation was underway and that the attack dealt injuries to people without providing additional details.
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Russian attack on southern town of Izmail kills 3, injures 14
A Russian drone attack on the southern town of Izmail killed three people and injured 14, including three children, Odesa regional prosecutors said on Friday.
The “large-scale terror attack” in the early hours of Friday caused several fires besides damaging homes, Odesa regional governor Oleh Kiper said on the Telegram messaging app.
Overnight Russian missile attack on the central city of Dnipro also damaged an industrial facility and caused a fire, Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Serhiy Lysak said on Telegram.
Drone and shelling attacks on the region damaged infrastructure, Lysak said, adding that no casualties had been reported in the attacks.
The Ukrainian air force said it shot down 24 out of 32 drones during Russia’s overnight attack on Telegram. One of the drones entered the Romanian air space, it said.
Russian forces also used one ballistic and two cruise missiles during the attack, the air force added.
Russian drone may have breached Romanian air space during overnight atack on Ukraine
Romania’s national airspace was likely breached for under three minutes by a Russian drone during an overnight attack on neighbouring Ukraine, the defense ministry said on Friday.
NATO member Romania scrambled four fighter jets to monitor the attack from the air, the ministry said, adding military personnel were looking for potential fragments.
Photos from the frontline
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