Russian strikes on Kyiv kill at least one as Zelensky warns of further attacks

The Washington trip, which also took in the funeral of Senator Lindsey Graham, a key supporter of Kyiv and driver of the sanctions bill, was a far cry from Zelensky's White House visit in February 2025, which ended in a spat over U.S. military support.

It was the reason Ukraine couldn't stop recent Russian attacks on Kyiv.

Zelenskyy spoke on Tuesday with American counterpart Donald Trump at the White House and discussed the possibility of Ukraine producing Patriot interceptors.

Russia is repurposing S‑300/S‑400 interceptors into RM‑48U ground‑attack “zombie missiles,” firing them from air‑defence launchers at Kyiv’s industrial sites while Ukraine tries to stretch scarce Patriot batteries.