Eleanor Beardsley

I went yesterday to an apartment block near the river that was hit by a drone and where an older woman had burned to death in her top floor apartment. And people were gathered out front. Everybody was looking up. The apartment was blackened. The roof and ceiling were gone. Windows were blown out all around. And there was a lot of damage to the building.

I went yesterday to an apartment block near the river that was hit by a drone and where an older woman had burned to death in her top floor apartment. And people were gathered out front. Everybody was looking up. The apartment was blackened. The roof and ceiling were gone. Windows were blown out all around. And there was a lot of damage to the building.

Yeah, well, they say these attacks just sort of make the talks a farce. I spoke with a 19-year-old law student, Tatiana, who was at the building. She didn't want to give her last name, but she pulled up a video on social media of the woman on the top floor's death, and she asked me to share it with Americans.

Yeah, well, they say these attacks just sort of make the talks a farce. I spoke with a 19-year-old law student, Tatiana, who was at the building. She didn't want to give her last name, but she pulled up a video on social media of the woman on the top floor's death, and she asked me to share it with Americans.

Yeah, well, they say these attacks just sort of make the talks a farce. I spoke with a 19-year-old law student, Tatiana, who was at the building. She didn't want to give her last name, but she pulled up a video on social media of the woman on the top floor's death, and she asked me to share it with Americans.

You know, she says she wants to show Americans who say they're sick of the war that we're sick of it too. And they're exhausted by the continued and constant attacks from a country that invaded them three years ago.

You know, she says she wants to show Americans who say they're sick of the war that we're sick of it too. And they're exhausted by the continued and constant attacks from a country that invaded them three years ago.

You know, she says she wants to show Americans who say they're sick of the war that we're sick of it too. And they're exhausted by the continued and constant attacks from a country that invaded them three years ago.

Well, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to broaden the ceasefire to include other infrastructure. He spoke last night. Here he is.

Well, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to broaden the ceasefire to include other infrastructure. He spoke last night. Here he is.

Well, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wants to broaden the ceasefire to include other infrastructure. He spoke last night. Here he is.

He basically says, you know, everybody, the U.S., Europe, the world needs to put more pressure on Russia to stop this terror. And Zelensky said after the last meetings in Saudi Arabia where Russian President Vladimir Putin would only agree to stop targeting energy infrastructure, that it should be clear to everyone that Russia is the only one who's dragging out this war.

He basically says, you know, everybody, the U.S., Europe, the world needs to put more pressure on Russia to stop this terror. And Zelensky said after the last meetings in Saudi Arabia where Russian President Vladimir Putin would only agree to stop targeting energy infrastructure, that it should be clear to everyone that Russia is the only one who's dragging out this war.

He basically says, you know, everybody, the U.S., Europe, the world needs to put more pressure on Russia to stop this terror. And Zelensky said after the last meetings in Saudi Arabia where Russian President Vladimir Putin would only agree to stop targeting energy infrastructure, that it should be clear to everyone that Russia is the only one who's dragging out this war.

And what is Russia expected to ask for in these talks? Russia will demand that Ukraine cede swaths of territory that the Russian army doesn't even fully control because Putin says these four regions are now part of Russia since he held illegal referendums there two years ago and annexed them. Russia wants the West to end all military aid. Europe says no way on that.

And what is Russia expected to ask for in these talks? Russia will demand that Ukraine cede swaths of territory that the Russian army doesn't even fully control because Putin says these four regions are now part of Russia since he held illegal referendums there two years ago and annexed them. Russia wants the West to end all military aid. Europe says no way on that.

And what is Russia expected to ask for in these talks? Russia will demand that Ukraine cede swaths of territory that the Russian army doesn't even fully control because Putin says these four regions are now part of Russia since he held illegal referendums there two years ago and annexed them. Russia wants the West to end all military aid. Europe says no way on that.

Russia wants Ukraine to majorly scale back its military. These are maximalist demands, one analyst told me, and they're not acceptable conditions for Ukraine. But to even be able to sit down and talk face-to-face about it Ukraine says the nightly attacks on its cities must end. That is NPR's Eleanor Beardsley in Kiev.

Russia wants Ukraine to majorly scale back its military. These are maximalist demands, one analyst told me, and they're not acceptable conditions for Ukraine. But to even be able to sit down and talk face-to-face about it Ukraine says the nightly attacks on its cities must end. That is NPR's Eleanor Beardsley in Kiev.

Russia wants Ukraine to majorly scale back its military. These are maximalist demands, one analyst told me, and they're not acceptable conditions for Ukraine. But to even be able to sit down and talk face-to-face about it Ukraine says the nightly attacks on its cities must end. That is NPR's Eleanor Beardsley in Kiev.