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Posted by Scott Lucas | Jul 21, 2025 | 0
Residents shelter in a metro station during a Russian drone and missile attack, Kyiv, Ukraine, July 21, 2025 (Reuters)
Sunday’s Coverage: Zelensky Proposes More Talks With Russia
Map: Institute for the Study of War
Responding to Ukraine President Voldoymyr Zelensky’s call for renewed talks to end Russia’s 41-month invasion, the Kremlin has restated its ultimata for Kyiv’s cession of territory and permanent weakness.
On Saturday, Zelensky said, “The momentum of the negotiations must be stepped up.” He emphasized his readiness to sit down with Vladimir Putin: “A meeting at the leadership level is needed to truly ensure peace – lasting peace.”
But on Sunday, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov repeated that Ukraine must accept Russia seizing all of four regions — Donetsk and Luhansk in the east and Kherson and Zaporizhzhia in the south — as well as Crimea, even though Kyiv controls parts of the territory.
Peskow also said Ukraine must abandon any pursuit of membership of NATO.
“The main thing for us is to achieve our goals,” the spokesperson told State TV. “Our goals are clear.”
The Kremlin drove home its point with a mass drone and missile strike on Kyiv overnight, killing at least one civilian and injuring two.
“In the Darnytskyi district, a fire broke out on the roof of a non-residential building as a result of an attack. Details are being established,” said the head of the capital’s Military Administration, Tymur Tkachenko, just before 2 a.m.
Further explosions were reported over the next two hours.
Outdoor kiosks and residential buildings burned in the Dniprovskyi and Shevchenkivskyi districts, and a day care center was set afire. Smoke engulfed the Lukianivska subway station where residents were sheltering.
Relentless Russian drone attack on Kyiv for the last five hours. Numerous explosions and the constant whirring of Shahed/Geran drone engines, punctuated by Ukrainian air defense fire. Another sleepless night for millions in Ukraine’s capital. Authorities report fires in several… https://t.co/DOo9ZJxp6i
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) July 21, 2025
The Russians also struck Ivano-Frankivsk in western Ukraine. Infrastructure was damaged in three villages. Casualties occurred in one, but the victims are in stable condition.
“This is the largest attack since the full-scale invasion,” said Mayor Ruslan Martsinkiv.
Ukraine’s second city Kharkiv was attacked by 12 Iran-made drones, with strikes in four locations. At least 50 windows were blown out in residential blocks, a fire was set at a civilian enterprises, and the power grid and gas pipeline were damaged.
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Scott Lucas is Professor of International Politics at the Clinton Institute, University College Dublin; Professor Emeritus of International Politics at the University of Birmingham; and editor-in-chief of EA WorldView. He is a specialist in US and British foreign policy and international relations, especially the Middle East and Iran. Formerly he worked as a journalist in the US, writing for newspapers including the Guardian and The Independent and was an essayist for The New Statesman before he founded EA WorldView in November 2008.
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