In brief
- Russia has wasted no time resuming attacks on Ukraine after a three-day ceasefire ended.
- Ukranian civilians have been targeted and killed in drone warfare.
Russian military forces have resumed their assault on Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, resulting in at least six fatalities, following the conclusion of a ceasefire brokered by the United States.
Ukrainian authorities reported that over 200 drones were deployed by Russia overnight on Tuesday, effectively shattering any hopes for an extension of the three-day ceasefire that ended on Monday.
Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that Ukrainian forces had successfully targeted gas facilities in Russia’s central Orenburg region, which lies more than 1,500 kilometers from Ukraine’s borders.
In a tragic incident in the central Ukrainian city of Kryvyi Rih, President Zelenskyy’s hometown, a drone attack on an apartment building led to the deaths of two people and injuries to four others, including a nine-month-old granddaughter of the deceased couple. This information was shared by regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha and the head of the military administration, Oleksandr Vilkul, via Telegram.
The young child’s leg was severely injured in the attack.
Zelenskyy, also writing on X, denounced the strike as “cynical and devoid of all military logic”.
“After the end of the partial three-day ceasefire, Russia continues to kill and maim Ukrainians and pressure on it must therefore in no way be weakened,” he said.
North-east of Kryvyi Rih, an aerial bomb strike killed four and injured three, Hanzha said.
Ukraine and Russia had agreed to the ceasefire linked to the anniversary of the Soviet victory over Nazi Germany in World War Two, part of a US-led push for peace under President Donald Trump after more than four years of war.
Trump said on Friday he hoped the truce would be extended.
Although neither side reported large-scale airstrikes during the ceasefire, both said fighting continued along the front line, accusing each other of drone and artillery attacks.
Zelenskyy, speaking in his nightly video address, said Ukraine was working with its allies in Europe to develop technologies to defend against ballistic missiles, adding that 13 countries and NATO representatives had participated in talks on the issue on Tuesday.
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