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Zelenskyy Meets Trump Amid Deadly Russia-Ukraine Strikes
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News18•22-09-2026, 15:00
Zelenskyy Meets Trump Amid Deadly Russia-Ukraine Strikes
- •Russia launched overnight missile and drone attacks on four Ukrainian regions, killing four people, while Ukraine damaged another Russian oil refinery.
- •Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is in the US to meet with world leaders, including Donald Trump, at the UN General Assembly to seek support against Russia's invasion.
- •Zelenskyy aims to secure more US-made Patriot air defense systems and ensure the flow of Ukrainian grain through the Black Sea.
- •Ukraine's special forces claimed responsibility for striking the Kuibyshev oil refinery in Samara, Russia, causing a large fire.
- •Russia's overnight attacks on Ukraine included anti-ship and cruise missiles, and over 200 drones, hitting industrial and military targets.
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Ukrainian special forces struck the Kuibyshev oil refinery in Samara in an overnight drone attack, sparking a large fire at the Rosneft-owned facility that supplies critical petroleum products to central Russia.
French President Emmanuel Macron announced that France will provide Ukraine with additional radars to safeguard its power grid. He also discussed potential truces on energy infrastructure strikes and Black Sea attacks with Donald Trump.
The Russian Defence Ministry stated that its forces targeted metallurgical, chemical, fuel, energy, and military-industrial facilities across four Ukrainian regions, including a component plant for cruise missiles in Kyiv and an ammunition factory in Poltava.
