Donald Trump will meet with Volodymyr Zelenskyy while in Turkey this week for a Nato summit and make a renewed push to end the war in Ukraine, a senior US official said. “The battlefield has clearly frozen over the last couple of months and neither side is making a lot of progress,” said the offical, briefing reporters in Washington on condition of anonymity. “The president feels a real sense of urgency to try to bring this to a stop.” Trump would also urge Nato allies to increase their defence spending, the official said, adding: “He will deliver that message in person.” Trump spoke with Russian president Vladimir Putin in a lengthy call on Sunday during which the US leader offered to help find a solution to the Ukraine war, a Kremlin aide has said. Zelenskyy, the Ukrainian president, said he had also spoken with Trump – including about the war’s 1,200km frontline – and the conversation was “very good”.
The Ukrainian capital came under a Russian missile attack early on Monday and residents could be trapped under rubble in a damaged building, officials said. Kyiv mayor Vitali Klitschko said a residential building had been hit in the city’s historic Podil district. “People are trapped on the seventh to ninth floors,” he said on Telegram. Drone debris also fell in other districts. Zelenskyy said on Sunday that intelligence indicated Russia was preparing a huge new strike, just days after at least 27 people were killed and dozens injured in Kyiv in what Klitschko called the worst Russian attack on the city during the war.