Russia launches deadly drone attacks on Ukraine despite limited ceasefire – Country
Russia launched a drone attack on the Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, killing three people and injuring 12 people, Ukrainian officials said on Saturday, despite agreeing to a limited ceasefire.
Police said Zaporizhzhia was hit by 12 drones. Regional head Ivan Fedorov said residential buildings, cars and public buildings were caught in fire during the attack on Friday night. Photos show emergency services searching for rubble for survivors.
Ukraine and Russia have agreed in principle to a limited ceasefire after U.S. President Donald Trump spoke with national leaders, although it remains to be seen that the possibility of an attack is the possibility of an attack.
The three parties seem to have obvious different views on what the transaction covers. While the White House said “energy and infrastructure” would be part of the deal, the Kremlin announced that the deal is narrowly called “energy infrastructure.” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said he also wants railways and ports to be protected.
Zaporizhzhia's deceased is three members of a family. Fedorov wrote on the Telegram messaging app that the bodies of his daughter and father were removed from the rubble and doctors fought for more than 10 hours for their mother's life.
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The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia launched 179 drones and baits overnight in Saturday's latest attack. It said 100 people were intercepted and another 63 losses were likely blocked by electronics.
Officials in Kiev and Dnipropetrovsk areas also reported that the fire broke out due to the decline of debris from intercept drones.
Meanwhile, the Russian Ministry of Defense said its air defense system shot down 47 Ukrainian drones.
Local authorities said two people were injured and six apartments were injured when Ukrainian drones crashed into a high-rise apartment block in the southern Russian city of Rostov-on on Friday night.
Zelenskyy told reporters after a call with Trump on Wednesday that Ukrainian and U.S. negotiators will discuss technical details related to the partial ceasefire at a meeting in Saudi Arabia on Monday. Russian negotiators will also hold separate talks with U.S. officials.
Zelenskyy stressed that Ukraine opened up the full 30-day ceasefire proposed by Trump, saying: “We will not object to any format, but to take any unconditional ceasefire.”
Russian President Vladimir Putin stopped a complete ceasefire in the arms supply to Kiev and stopped Ukraine’s military mobilization, a request that Ukraine and its Western allies refused.
Kremlin spokesman Maria Zakharova said on Saturday that Ukraine continued to carry out “dangerous attacks” on energy infrastructure, and Russia reserves the right to respond “symmetrically”.
Her comments were posted on Russia on Friday accused Ukrainian troops of blowing up a gasoline metering station near the town of Sudzha in the Kursk region of Russia. The Ukrainian military general staff rejected Moscow's allegations and accused the Russian military of shelling the station as part of Russia's “smearing movement.”
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