Russian strikes in Ukraine have killed at least 20 people, officials said on Saturday, as heavy air attacks continued until the second night after a United States decision to stop sharing satellite images with Ukraine.
The decision to retain intelligence and military help took place during a stormy white house last week by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Without images of North -American satellite, Ukraine’s ability to hit Russia and defending the bombing is significantly reduced.
At least 11 people died in several strikes from a city in the Ukraine Donetsk region at the end of Friday at the end of Friday, said the regional government Vadym Fmeashkin. The attack damaged eight apartment blocks in the city of Dobropillya, which is near the front where Russian troops have been making constant advances.
Ukraine State Emergency Service said that a Russian drone damaged a Ukrainian fire truck as lifeguards struggled to extinguish burning buildings.
Another six people died in Pokrovsk, Kostyantynivka, Myrnograd and Ivanopillya cities, Fmeashkin said, while emergency services reported that three others died when a Russian drone struck a civil workshop in northeastern Kharkiv region.
Filashkin stated on Saturday a day of mourning in the region and warned that more victims could still be found in the rubble.
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Zelenskyy said that at least five children were among the injured in Dobropillya. « Last night, the Russian army shot two ballistic missiles in the Dobropillya center, » he said. « After the emergency services arrived at the scene, they launched another strike, deliberately directing the lifeguards. It is a vile and inhuman intimidation tactic that the Russians often cross. »
The wave of attacks took place only 24 hours after Russia arrived at the Ukrainian energy facilities with dozens of missiles and drones, leaving their ability to deliver heat and light to its citizens and to feed the vital weapons factories for their defenses.
U.S. freezing the information sharing the pressure on Zelenskyy
The hut took place after the United States suspended military help and intelligence in Ukraine to pressure it to accept a peace agreement that was pushed by the Trump administration.
A journalist when asked on Friday during an oval offices exchange if Russian President Vladimir Putin took advantage of the United States break in the exchange of intelligence to attack Ukraine, President Donald Trump replied: « I think he is doing what someone would be. »
Zelenskyy did not refer to the intelligence share agreement on Saturday, but seemed to appeal to other statements that Trump made on Friday related to financial sanctions against Moscow. Writing on social media, the President of the United States proposed imposing large -scale banking and banking rates in Russia until a cessation and final peace cessation was reached.
Zelenskyy welcomed the perspective of additional sanctions in Moscow, saying: « Everything that helps Putin to finance the war must break. »
In a publication in X, Zelenskyy said he would travel alongside other Ukrainian officials of high rank, including the Minister of Defense, Rusem Umerov, Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha and his chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, in Saudi Arabia next week to talk with his North -American counterparts.
« Ukraine has been seeking peace since the first second of this war. Realistic proposals are on the table. The key is to move quickly and effectively, « he said.
The Air Force of Ukraine reported on Saturday that Russian troops launched three Iskander missiles and 145 drones over the country at night. The bombing contained a mixture of decorated attacks and drones aimed at confusing air defenses. A missile and 79 drones were shot down, while 54 more drones were lost without causing damage, he said the Ukraine Air Force.
In the meantime, Russian troops shot 31 Ukrainian drones at night, including 26 over the country’s Krasnodar region, said Russia’s Ministry of Defense on Saturday.
The fall of a drone debris caused a combustion to Kinef’s oil refinery in the northern region of Leningrad de Russia, in a statement said. No victims were reported.
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