Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday a European proposal to deploy troops in a future postwar Ukraine would amount to “foreign intervention” and is therefore unacceptable to Moscow. The statement cast further doubt on President Trump’s bid to bring Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and Russian leader Vladimir Putin together for peace talks. On Thursday, Zelensky said Russia had already telegraphed its intentions to continue its war on Ukraine, through large-scale drone and missile strikes, including a cruise missile attack on a U.S.-owned electronics factory in western Ukraine Thursday that left 15 people injured.

President Volodymyr Zelensky: “The Russians knew perfectly well where they were aiming. It was a missile strike. We believe it was a deliberate strike precisely on American property here in Ukraine, a very telling strike, like this whole massive attack, at the very time when the world waits for a clear answer from the Russians, an answer regarding negotiations to end the war.”