Ukrainian president asks Joe Biden and Xi Jinping to attend summit in Switzerland
Zelenskiy renewed pleas for air defences after Russia n strikes hit a DIY store in Kharkiv, killing at least 14 people and injuring dozens. is preparing to intensify its offensive along his country’s northern border, as the death toll rose to 14 in an aerial bomb attack on a shop in the city of Kharkiv.
‘The rug has been pulled’: Ukrainians in Drumshanbo scramble for accommodation after notice to vacate Russia launched wide missile and drone attacks on much of Ukraine during the night into Sunday. Ukrainian officials said air defence units intercepted 31 Shahed drones and 12 cruise missiles launched by Russia in the Mykolaiv, Odesa, Dnipropetrovsk, Poltava, Zaporizhzhia, Khmelnytskyi, Kirovohrad, Vinnytsia and Chernihiv regions.
On Sunday Mr Zelenskiy urged the leaders of the US and China to attend a summit to discuss Ukraine’s peace blueprint as Russia builds up troop formations near Ukraine’s northeast border and steps up air attacks. Several G-7 leaders plan to join but neither Biden nor US vice-president Kamala Harris are slated to be there, Bloomberg News reported. Biden is scheduled to fly from the G-7 to Los Angeles for a major fundraiser on June 15th featuring Hollywood stars George Clooney and Julia Roberts, former president Barack Obama, and late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel.
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