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    Ukraine-Russia war latest: Russian strike on medical centre kills 6 after ‘awkward’ Trump and Zelensky meeting

    By Arpan Rai,Tom Watling and Alisha Rahaman Sarkar,

    2024-07-18

    At least six people were killed today in a Russian airstrike on a medical centre in northeastern Ukraine’s Sumy.

    The first attack killed one person and damaged the ceilings of several floors of the hospital, Ukraine’s interior minister Ihor Klymenko said on Telegram.

    The medical centre was struck after Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky met with Donald Trump in what led to an awkward exchange .

    Mr Trump met the Ukrainian leader at Trump Tower in New York yesterday. After arriving together at a conference room on Friday, Mr Trump said: “The fact that we’re even together today is a very good sign.”

    But the meeting turned awkward when Mr Trump said he and Mr Zelensky had a “very good relationship” before adding: “I also have a very good relationship with President Putin.”

    Mr Zelensky said in response: “I hope we have a better relationship.”

    The rest of the meeting appeared productive, with Mr Zelensky saying: “I think we have a common view that the war in Ukraine has to be stopped and Putin can't win.”

    It has been reported that Mr Zelensky extended his stay in the US to meet Mr Trump.

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    Rennea Avery-graham
    07-21
    Yeah by abandoning Ukraine, whose fighting 4 their own democracy.
    Sonja Marcom-Mask
    07-20
    Putin has even said….Donald Trump WOULD NOT have stopped his invasion of Ukraine.
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