President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine meeting with President Trump at the United Nations in September. Mr. Trump has blown hot and at times very cold on Kyiv.
Both Moscow and Kyiv say Mrs. Trumpβs team was the driving force behind an evacuation of a besieged city. It was also in their interest to deliver her a humanitarian win.
Hours after the Russian attack, which killed at least 31 and left dozens missing, the United States said that peace talks with the two countries would resume after nine months.
Police officers and rescuers on Tuesday carrying the body of a resident killed by a Russian bombing in the Zaporizhzhia region of Ukraine the day before.
A deadly strike was a grim reminder that despite a rare local cease-fire around the Russian-occupied town of Oleshky, other communities remained under fire.