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Russia hits Zelenskyy’s hometown as Ukraine signals it’s ready for peace
Russia carried out an attack in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, that left one woman dead and multiple injured, according to Reuters, which cited Dnipropetrovsk regional governor Serhiy Lysak. The attack comes after Ukraine agreed to the US ceasefire proposal aimed at ending the brutal three-year war.
The location of the attack may have been meant to send a message directly to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, as it is his hometown. Kryvyi Rih has taken multiple hits from Russia over the course of the war.
Prior to the overnight attack, the city took a blow on March 6 when a Russian missile attack left four dead and 32 injured, according to Reuters.
Russia’s attack comes at a pivotal time in the war as Ukraine appears to be turning its focus to peace. Ukrainian officials engaged in talks with their U.S. counterparts this week in Saudi Arabia. The meeting was confirmed by Zelenskyy last week, who said that «Ukraine is most interested in peace.»
A view shows a damaged hotel at the site of a Russian missile strike, in Kryvyi Rih, Ukraine, on March 12, 2025. (Reuters/Mykola Synelnykov)
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Tuesday that Ukraine had «accepted» the U.S. ceasefire plan.
«The President’s objective here is, number one, above everything else, he wants the war to end. And I think today Ukraine has taken a concrete step in that regard. We hope the Russians will reciprocate,» Secretary Rubio said on Tuesday while addressing reporters in Saudi Arabia.
U.S. officials, Russian President Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy (Reuters/Getty )
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President Donald Trump addressed the ceasefire while speaking to attendees of the Business Roundtable meeting on Tuesday.
«I’ve been saying that Russia’s been easier to deal with so far than Ukraine, which is not supposed to be the way it is,» President Trump said. «But it is, and we hope to get Russia. But we have a full ceasefire from Ukraine. That’s good.»
Kremlin spokesperson Demitry Peskov told reporters on Wednesday that Russia is holding off on commenting on the U.S.-Ukraine ceasefire proposal until it gets more «detailed information.» Secretary Rubio said the plan will be «directly» delivered to the Russians.
President Donald Trump, Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelenskyy and Russian President Vladimir Putin (Alessandro Bremec/NurPhoto via Getty Images | Contributor/Getty Images | Scott Olson/Getty Images)
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Following a tense Oval Office encounter with President Trump and Vice President JD Vance, President Zelenskyy appeared to change his tune about the war. Following the meeting, President Trump wrote on Truth Social that President Zelenskyy was «not ready for peace.» However, the two appeared to have reconciled, as Trump read a letter from Zelenskyy during his address to a joint session of Congress last week.
«Earlier today, I received an important letter from President Zelenskyy of Ukraine,» President Trump said. «The letter reads, ‘Ukraine is ready to come to the negotiating table as soon as possible to bring lasting peace closer. Nobody wants peace more than the Ukrainians, he said. My team and I stand ready to work under President Trump’s strong leadership to get a peace that lasts.’»
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‘UN80 Initiative’ appears to show world body’s panic over possible DOGE-like cuts
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the «UN80 Initiative» on Wednesday as a project in honor of the international body’s 80th anniversary. On paper, the initiative aims to improve efficiency, review the implementation of mandates and restructure the system. However, several U.N. critics claim that this is the international body’s way of bracing for potential U.S. spending cuts.
«This goes far beyond the technical. Budgets at the United Nations are not just numbers on a balance sheet — they are a matter of life and death for millions around the world,» Secretary-General Guterres told reporters on Wednesday.
He denied that the UN80 Initiative is a «version of DOGE» and said it was not a response to possible U.S. cuts.
Head of the organization DOGE-UN Hugh Dugan dismissed the UN80 Initiative as an «effort to send a great big Hallmark greeting card to the world.»
«He’s had 8 to 10 years of opportunity to start what he’s calling for now, and there is not enough time in his remaining 18 months or 19 months in office that could provide any reason to think that his team is going to pivot and set the world on fire in ways that would be a footrace with whatever Elon Musk is doing,» Dugan told Fox News Digital.
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres announced the «UN80 Initiative» on Wednesday as a project in honor of the international body’s 80th anniversary. (Eduardo Munoz/Reuters)
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When pressed by Fox News Digital during the midday briefing if UN80 was meant as a response to U.S. cuts and if the secretary-general was worried about Elon Musk, the Secretary-General spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric referred to the comments the secretary-general made earlier in the day.
Anne Bayefsky, Director, Touro Institute on Human Rights and the Holocaust and President, Human Rights Voices, responded to the secretary-general’s comments. She slammed the U.N. as a «bloated, corrupt and profoundly anti-American and anti-Jewish institution.»
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is expected to address the U.N.’s financial situation next month in a virtual town hall. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)
UN CHIEF SOUNDS THE ALARM AMID FEARS OVER POSSIBLE DOGE-INSPIRED CUTS AFTER TRUMP’S ORDER
«Every time a U.S. government begins to try to hold it to account or use the power of the purse to change this nonsensical equation, the U.N. trots out a ‘reform’ fake out and America rolls over. President Trump and DOGE can change this perverse state of affairs,» Bayefsky told Fox News Digital.
«Obviously, Guterres is running scared and deeply concerned that his total nonsense about being engaged in ‘an ambitious reform agenda’ will be called out,» she added.
Internal U.N. documents on its «liquidity crisis» recently obtained by Fox News Digital appeared to show that the intuition was bracing itself for possible DOGE-related spending cuts. (Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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Internal U.N. documents on its «liquidity crisis» recently obtained by Fox News Digital appeared to show that the intuition was bracing itself for possible DOGE-related spending cuts.
Despite the U.N. memo stating that cutting back to 80% of allocated funds would potentially harm entities, insiders told Dugan that they do not see any «real cuts» in it.
Guterres is expected to address the U.N.’s financial situation next month in a virtual town hall. While there was no topic specified in the invitation for the town hall, Dujarric confirmed that finances would be discussed.
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