Russia carried out one of the heaviest air raids on Kyiv since the full-scale invasion, killing at least 18 people, including children, and severely damaging the European Union mission. Moscow temporarily reduced strikes before the Alaska summit and during the US special envoy's visit, then resumed attacks within hours of his departure. The strikes demonstrate Russian willingness to maintain battlefield pressure while engaging in diplomatic stalling. Donald Trump describes conversations with Vladimir Putin as positive but has not translated anger into decisive action; threats of sanctions appeared tentative and concrete U.S. measures remain limited.
Wednesday night brought a grim return to Russia's form: one of the heaviest air raids on Kyiv since the full-scale invasion began. Moscow eased off its strikes on major cities in the run-up to the Alaska summit, and it held off its attack on the Ukrainian capital until Keith Kellogg, the US special envoy, had finished his visit there. But within hours of his departure, at least 18 people, including several children, were dead in an attack on a residential block,
Donald Trump periodically suggests that he is drawing a line for Vladimir Putin. Yet each time he appears to set a limit, the Russian president breezes through it. The Kyiv attack shows that it is Mr Putin who is testing the US president. Mr Trump threatened severe consequences if Moscow did not immediately agree to a ceasefire but in Anchorage was quickly persuaded by Mr Putin that there was no need for one prior to a peace deal.
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