Russia launched its deadliest wave of attacks against Ukraine맥스카지노�s capital in nine months early Thursday, hours after President Donald Trump accused Volodymyr Zelenskyy of harming peace talks in a fresh tirade against his Ukrainian counterpart.Moscow sent 70 missiles and 145 drones toward Ukraine, mainly targeting Kyiv, Ukraine맥스카지노�s Air Force said.At least eight people were killed in the bombardment, the Ukrainian Prosecutor General맥스카지노�s Office said, which emergency services said struck 13 locations in Kyiv, including residential buildings and civilian infrastructure.It was the costliest attack on the city since July 2024, when 33 people were killed in an aerial barrage that targeted a hospital and residential districts.More people are likely trapped under rubble, and a search and rescue operation is underway to find them, according to local and national authorities.Following the attacks, Zelenskyy announced he was cutting short his visit to South Africa, where he landed late on Wednesday, to return to Ukraine.맥스카지노�It is extremely important that everyone around the world sees and understands what is really happening맥스카지노� he said, adding that Ukraine would immediately contact its international partners regarding its requests to strengthen air defenses.맥스카지노�The strikes must be stopped immediately and unconditionally,맥스카지노� Zelenskyy said.CNN producers in Kyiv heard air raid sirens blasting across the city for around six hours in the early hours of Thursday. Images provided by the emergency services showed buildings engulfed in flames at some of the sites struck in the attacks.Engineers, rescue workers and recovery dogs are searching for people believed to be trapped under the rubble of a home destroyed by the strikes in the Sviatoshyn district, said Ukraine맥스카지노�s Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko.맥스카지노�There is information about two children who still cannot be found at the scene,맥스카지노� he said, adding the situation was 맥스카지노�tragic.맥스카지노�The city맥스카지노�s mayor Vitali Klitschko earlier urged people to take shelter. The Kyiv city military administration has since broadcast an all-clear message.맥스카지노�Rescuers are doing everything they can to clear the rubble as quickly as possible,맥스카지노� the mayor said on Telegram. 맥스카지노�We are currently clearing the rubble manually, we are not using any equipment because there may still be people under the rubble.맥스카지노�At least 42 people were taken to hospital, including six children, according to Ukraine맥스카지노�s emergency services.Klymenko said eight regions of the country were targeted in what he called 맥스카지노�a massive combined Russian attack맥스카지노� that also hit Zhytomyr, Dnipro, Kharkiv, Poltava, Khmelnytsky, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia.Five ballistic missiles were among those that made it through Ukraine맥스카지노�s defenses, according to the Air Force.The Russian attacks hit after Trump and Zelenskyy became involved in a new public spat, specifically over the future of Crimea, the Ukrainian peninsula illegally annexed by Russia in 2014.As part of its mission to seal a peace deal to end the three-year war, the US administration has proposed recognizing Russian control of Crimea, officials familiar with the details have told CNN.Such a move would reverse a decade of U.S. policy and could upset the widely held post-World War II consensus that international borders should not be changed by force.Zelenskyy has repeatedly said Ukraine would not accept that, saying it would go against the country맥스카지노�s constitution.On Wednesday, Trump said Zelenskyy맥스카지노�s position was 맥스카지노�very harmful to the Peace Negotiations with Russia.맥스카지노�맥스카지노�It맥스카지노�s inflammatory statements like Zelenskyy맥스카지노�s that makes it so difficult to settle this War. He has nothing to boast about!맥스카지노� Trump posted on his Truth Social platform.Trump맥스카지노�s comments came hours after Vice President JD Vance threatened to abandon negotiations, telling reporters during a visit to India that a 맥스카지노�very explicit proposal맥스카지노� had been put to both Russia and Ukraine and that it was 맥스카지노�time for them to either say 맥스카지노�yes,맥스카지노� or for the US to walk away.맥스카지노�Earlier, ministerial talks between Ukraine, the U.S., Britain, France and Germany aimed at furthering work toward a ceasefire were downgraded to take place among less senior officials, after Secretary of State Marco Rubio withdrew.맥스카지노�Emotions have run high today,맥스카지노� Zelenskyy said on X Wednesday as the day맥스카지노�s developments threw fresh uncertainty over the diplomatic efforts to end the war.The Trump administration맥스카지노�s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff is expected to visit Moscow on Friday for discussions with Russian leader Vladimir Putin.