{"id":2442,"date":"2026-08-08T18:51:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2442"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:51:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:51:09","slug":"zelenskyy-visits-moscow-friendly-serbia-as-russian-attacks-on-kyiv-region-kill-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/topmovingpross.com\/?p=2442","title":{"rendered":"Zelenskyy visits Moscow-friendly Serbia as Russian attacks on Kyiv region kill 4"},"content":{"rendered":"
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BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) \u2014 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy<\/span> denounced Russia\u2019s latest deadly attacks on Kyiv on Saturday as he visited Serbia, one of the few European countries that has maintained friendly relations with Moscow throughout its invasion of Ukraine<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Four people, including a child, were killed in the overnight strikes on Kyiv and the surrounding region. Ukrainian forces hit Russian oil facilities.<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy arrived in Belgrade on Friday for his first official visit to Serbia<\/span>.<\/p>\n

Speaking at a news conference in Belgrade with Zelenskyy, Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic described Ukraine as a \u201cfriendly nation\u201d and said he was honored to welcome the Ukrainian leader \u2014 the first visit by a Ukrainian president in eight years. <\/p>\n

The two leaders discussed their countries\u2019 efforts toward joining the European Union, bilateral ties and ways to expand cooperation.<\/p>\n

Kyiv\u2019s residents face regular drone and missile barrages<\/span> that Ukraine\u2019s depleted air defenses are struggling to counter<\/span> amid Moscow\u2019s 4-year-old full-scale invasion, while repeated Ukrainian strikes on oil facilities have caused fuel shortages<\/span> and rattled Russians. <\/p>\n

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Vucic, who has maintained close ties with Moscow and refused to sanction Russia over the invasion \u2014 drawing pressure from the EU to change course \u2014 reiterated that Serbia respects Ukraine\u2019s territorial integrity and said that position would not change.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe situation in Ukraine is difficult,\u201d Zelenskyy said at the press conference. \u201cThere was another missile strike last night \u2014 ballistic missiles targeting our infrastructure. There were also attack drones.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zelenskyy said that deliveries of Patriot air defense interceptors \u2014 the sole air defense weapon in Ukraine\u2019s arsenal able to shoot down ballistic missiles \u2014 have slowed compared with a year ago.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are fewer of these missiles in 2026. In 2025 there were more, I\u2019ll tell you honestly, in terms of monthly supplies,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Zelenskyy said Washington has agreed to let Ukraine manufacture its own Patriot air defense interceptors, but that they are \u201cstuck dealing with paperwork.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe process for some of these licenses is also taking a long time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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Boy killed with grandparents in Kyiv region<\/h2>\n

The talks in Belgrade came after multiple Russian drones destroyed the home of a family in the Brovary district, northeast of Kyiv, killing a 3-year-old child and his grandparents, local officials said.<\/p>\n

Three other members of the same family and a neighbor who came to their aid were hospitalized, local authorities said. The attack reduced the house to rubble and wrecked outbuildings and cars.<\/p>\n

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