Ukrainian Drone Strike Kills 3 in Belgorod as Zelenskyy Rejects Donbas Pullback

3 articles · Updated · Al Jazeera English · Nov 14

Three people — a mother, father and their 24-month-old daughter — were killed when a Ukrainian drone hit their home in Proletarsky, about 20 km from Russia’s border with Ukraine.
Russia’s Defence Ministry said it intercepted 29 Ukrainian drones overnight, including several over the Moscow region, while Ukraine said Russia launched 96 drones and that 81 were downed or electronically suppressed.
Those Russian strikes hit eight locations and left debris at two others, and a local power supplier reported outages in parts of northeastern Sumy.
Volodymyr Zelenskyy said US negotiators at Abu Dhabi talks asked whether Ukraine would leave Donbas in exchange for NATO membership, but he said no concrete offer was made and Kyiv would not withdraw its troops.
The remarks came as US-mediated Russia-Ukraine talks resumed with little visible progress beyond prisoner exchanges, though European representatives are due to join the next round.