Deadly Russian Strike on Kyiv Could Set Back Peace Talks, Trump Suggests

Meanwhile, Moscow said that Ukrainian drones had killed four ​people, including a ​child, in ⁠an overnight strike in a central Russian city.

Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko (L) and Ukrainian Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko (R) walk in the yard of an apartment building heavily damaged after a Russian strike on a residential neighborhood in Kyiv, Ukraine, on May 15, 2026. Evgeniy Maloletka/AP Photo

U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested that a deadly Russian missile strike on an apartment block in Kyiv, Ukraine, might affect the progression of a peace deal between Russia and Ukraine.

Speaking to reporters on May 15 aboard Air Force One on his return from a state visit to Beijing, Trump said he had discussed Ukraine with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, saying that it was a conflict that they would “like to see settled.”