Russian Air Strikes Kill Nine Across Ukraine Hours After Trump-Putin Call

(RFE/RL) At least nine people were killed throughout Ukraine following Russian air strikes — including on a UNESCO-protected monastery — hours after US President Donald Trump spoke by phone to Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin and told him he wanted to help end the war. Ukrainian Interior Minister Igor Klymenko said Russian strikes killed five rescue workers and wounded at least five others in the Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest city, located in the northeast of the country. “In Kharkiv, five State Emergency Service rescuers were killed as they were fighting fires as a result of repeated Russian strikes. At least 5 more were wounded,” Klymenko wrote on Telegram. – Russian Air Strikes Kill Nine Across Ukraine Hours After Trump-Putin Call