FILE PHOTO: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy attends a press conference with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz (not pictured), on the day they attend a virtual meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump and European leaders on the upcoming Trump-Putin summit on Ukraine, in Berlin, Germany, August 13, 2025. REUTERS/Liesa Johannssen/File Photo

KYIV (Reuters) -Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Friday Russia continued attacking Ukraine ahead of a summit between Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, but its attempt to demonstrate power by launching a new assault in the east failed.

"On the day of the negotiations, they also kill people. And that says a lot," Zelenskiy said on the Telegram messenger.

"The war continues. It continues precisely because there is no order, nor any indication that Moscow is preparing to end this war," he added.

(Reporting by Yuliia Dysa, writing by Pavel Polityuk, Editing by William Maclean)