Ukraine military says air attack on capital repelled, while blasts also reported in Chernihiv and Mariupol; White House says US president ‘looks forward’ to meeting Ukraine leader in Japan
What we know on day 451 of the invasion
Joe Biden “looks forward” to meeting Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Hiroshima, the White House has said, confirming the US and Ukrainian presidents would meet on the sidelines of the G7 summit.
“It’s a safe bet that President Biden will meet him,” the US national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said on Saturday, without offering details on when the talks would happen, Agence France-Presse reports.
The president looks forward to the opportunity to be able to sit down face-to-face.
This night, the aggressor again carried out a massive drone attack. All detected air targets were destroyed by the forces and means of our air defence. No strikes on Kyiv were performed!