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Putin Rejects Ceasefire Offer As Drone Strikes Escalate In Russia-Ukraine War

A 500-person prisoner exchange is set for this weekend despite rising drone attacks.

Militares ucranianos disparan un sistema de cohetes múltiples autopropulsados hacia una posición rusa.
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Foto de archivo | El presidente estadounidense, Donald J. Trump (i), y el presidente chino, Xi Jinping (d), se dan la mano durante una rueda de prensa el jueves 9 de noviembre de 2017, en el Gran Palacio del Pueblo, en Pekín (China).
El presidente de China, Xi Jinping, y el de EEUU, Donald Trump.

Overview

  • President Vladimir Putin dismissed proposals for a ceasefire and summit with Volodymyr Zelenskiy, accusing Kyiv of orchestrating terror attacks on Russian soil.
  • Ukraine’s Operation Telaraña drone raid destroyed 41 Russian aircraft at five airfields, including two sites in Siberia.
  • Kyiv and Moscow are set to swap about 500 prisoners of war this Saturday or Sunday under terms agreed during recent Istanbul-mediated talks.
  • A Russian drone strike on the Ukrainian city of Priluki killed five people, among them a one-year-old child, and wounded six others in residential areas.
  • Global engagement has intensified as U.S. President Trump discussed Ukraine’s airfield attacks with Putin, separately conferred with China’s Xi on trade, and the U.K. pledged to supply 100,000 drones to Kyiv.