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and Ukraine are meeting in Geneva today to continue talks on ending Russia's war on Ukraine as Russian attacks on Ukrainian cities continue.
In a social media post,
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia launched 420 drones and 39 missiles in the attack and appeared to target critical infrastructure and residential buildings.
He said Ukraine's air defense had intercepted most of the drones and missiles.
President Trump has said he wants the war to end by summer.
He and Zelensky spoke by phone ahead of the talks in Geneva.
The Kremlin wants Ukraine to hand over land in eastern Ukraine.
that Russia does not control.
Zelensky has said repeatedly that Ukraine wants peace,
but one that does not reward the aggressor, Russia.
Joanna Kikises, NPR News, Kyiv.
The Trump administration is halting some Medicaid funding to Minnesota over fraud concerns.
Vice President Van says the cancellation of $259 million is part of the administration's aggressive crackdown on misuse of public funds.
in order to ensure that the state of Minnesota takes its obligations seriously to be good stewards of the American people's tax money.
This comes after allegations of fraud involving daycare centers run by Somali residents in Minneapolis prompted President Trump to launch a massive immigration crackdown in the state,
which resulted in protests and the deaths of two U.S.
citizens shot and killed by immigration officers.
Governor Tim Walz, though,