KYIV, Ukraine — Russian drones hit a navy hospital, a shopping mall and house blocks in Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis of Kharkiv, killing two individuals and wounding dozens, whereas U.S. President Donald Trump voiced anger at Russian President Vladimir Putin for feedback he made about Ukraine’s chief.
Ukraine’s Common Employees denounced the “deliberate, targeted shelling” of the navy hospital late Saturday. Among the many casualties had been service members who had been present process remedy, it stated.
In accordance with Ukrainian authorities and navy analysts, Russian forces are making ready to launch a contemporary offensive within the coming weeks to maximise stress on Kyiv and strengthen the Kremlin’s negotiating place in ceasefire talks.
Ukraine’s air drive reported that Russia fired 111 exploding drones and decoys within the newest wave of assaults in a single day into Sunday. It stated 65 of them had been intercepted and one other 35 had been misplaced, seemingly having been electronically jammed.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated Sunday that over the previous week “most regions of Ukraine” got here below Russian assault. Writing on X, he stated “1,310 Russian guided aerial bombs, over 1,000 attack drones — mostly ‘Shaheds’ — and nine missiles of various types, including ballistic ones” had been launched towards Ukraine.
Zelenskyy additionally repeated his assertion that “Russia is dragging out the war,” echoing feedback he made Thursday in Paris that Russia is prolonging ceasefire talks “just to buy time and then try to grab more land.”
Russia’s Ministry of Protection, in the meantime, stated its air protection techniques shot down six Ukrainian drones. It additionally claimed Sunday that its troops had taken management of a village in Ukraine’s partly occupied Donetsk area.
Putin repeated his declare that Zelenskyy, whose time period expired final 12 months, lacks the legitimacy to signal a peace deal. Beneath Ukraine’s structure, it’s unlawful for the nation to carry nationwide elections whereas it’s below martial legislation.
“If a deal isn’t made, and if I think it was Russia’s fault, I’m going to put secondary sanctions on Russia,” Trump informed Kristen Welker, including that there could be “a 25- to 50-point tariff on all oil.”
“Anybody buying oil from Russia will not be able to sell their product, any product, not just oil, into the United States,” he stated.
