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Russia and Ukraine person launched aerial attacks that damaged each other's infrastructure, hours aft Vladimir Putin said Russia would halt targeting Ukrainian vigor sites.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Russia's targets included hospitals and powerfulness supplies. He said the Russian person had successful effect rejected a broad ceasefire successful his telephone connected Tuesday with US President Donald Trump.
Putin told Trump that a afloat ceasefire would lone enactment if Ukraine's allies stopped giving Kyiv subject assistance. Ukraine's European allies person antecedently rejected specified conditions.
Moscow said it intercepted and destroyed 57 Ukrainian drones overnight.
Within hours of Putin agreeing to halt attacks connected vigor infrastructure, Zelensky said "there person been hits, specifically connected civilian infrastructure", including a infirmary successful Sumy.
Zelensky said that Russia launched much than 40 drones against Ukraine successful the hours pursuing the telephone betwixt Trump and Putin.
"It is these types of night-time attacks by Russia that destruct our vigor sector, our infrastructure, and the mean beingness of Ukrainians," Zelensky said.
"Today, Putin efficaciously rejected the connection for a afloat ceasefire."
Meanwhile, the Russian defence ministry said of the 57 Ukrainian drones it intercepted and destroyed overnight, 35 were implicit the Kursk borderline region.
Officials successful the confederate Russian portion of Krasnodar said that a Ukrainian drone onslaught sparked a tiny occurrence astatine an lipid depot.
In Belgorod, a Russian portion connected the borderline with Ukraine, the politician said the concern "remains difficult". Moscow said connected Tuesday that Ukrainian forces attempted a crushed battle connected Belgorod but were pushed back.
Putin rejected an contiguous and afloat ceasefire successful Ukraine, agreeing lone to halt attacks connected vigor infrastructure, pursuing a much-anticipated telephone with Trump.
The Russian person declined to motion up to the broad month-long ceasefire that Trump's squad precocious worked retired with Ukrainians successful Saudi Arabia.
US talks connected Ukraine are owed to proceed connected Sunday successful Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, the US envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, said.
About 80% of Ukraine's vigor infrastructure has been destroyed by Russian bombs, Zelensky said past September.
Kyiv has successful crook conducted drone and rocket strikes heavy into Russian territory, connected lipid and state facilities.
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