The Russian strikes on Ukraine killed at least 20 people, announced on Saturday, when heavy air attacks continued until the second night following an American decision to stop sharing satellite images with Ukraine.
The decision to suspend information and military aid occurred a tumultuous visit to the White House by last week by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Without American satellite imaging, Ukraine’s ability to strike in Russia and defend itself against bombing is considerably reduced.
Friday evening, at least 11 people were killed in several strikes in a city in Ukraine, the Donetsk region, said regional governor Vadym Filashkin. The attack damaged eight buildings in the city of Dobropilya, which is close to the front where Russian troops have made regular progress.
The Ukraine State Emergency Service said that a Russian drone damaged a Ukrainian fire truck while rescuers were fighting to turn off the buildings in flames.
Six other people were killed in front-line cities of Pokrovsk, Kostyantynivka, Myrnograd and Ivanopilya, said Filashkin, while emergency services reported that three other people died when a Russian drone struck a civil workshop in the northeast region of Kharkiv.
Filashkin said a day of mourning in the region on Saturday and warned that more victims could still be found in the rubble.
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Zelenskyy said that at least five children were part of the injured in Dobroplyya. “Last night, the Russian army pulled two ballistic missiles in the center of Dobropilya,” he said. “After the emergency services arrived at the scene, they launched another strike, deliberately targeting the rescuers. It is a tactic of vile and inhuman intimidation to which the Russians often use. »»
The wave of attacks took place only 24 hours after Russia struck Ukrainian energy facilities with dozens of missiles and drones, hindering its ability to deliver heat and light to its citizens and factories of vital propulsion weapons to its defenses.
The American frost of intelligence sharing pressure on Zelenskyy
The dam intervened after the United States suspended military aid and information in Ukraine to accept a peace agreement pushed by the Trump administration.
On Friday, a journalist asked during an exchange of oval offices if Russian president Vladimir Putin took advantage of the American break on the sharing of intelligence to attack Ukraine, President Donald Trump replied: “I think he does what someone else would be.”
Zelenskyy does not refer to the intelligence sharing agreement on Saturday, but seemed to call on other statements that Trump made financial sanctions on Moscow on Friday. Writing on social networks, the American president proposed to impose large-scale banking sanctions and prices on Russia until a ceasefire and a final peace regulation is reached.
Zelenskyy praised the prospect of additional sanctions in Moscow, saying: “Everything that helps Putin finances the war must be broken.”
In an article on X, Zelenskyy said that he would travel alongside other Ukrainian officials of high -ranking, notably the Minister of Defense Rustem Umerov, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Andrii Sybiha and his chief of staff, Andrii Yermak, in Saudi Arabia in the coming week to speak with their American counterparts.
“Ukraine looked for peace from the first second of this war. Realistic proposals are on the table. The key is to move quickly and effectively, “he said.
Ukraine’s Air Force reported on Saturday that Russian troops launched three ISKANDER missiles and 145 drones over the country overnight. The bombing contained a mixture of attack drones and lure intended to confuse the air defenses. A missile and 79 drones were slaughtered, while 54 additional drones were lost without causing damage, the Ukrainian Air Force said.
Meanwhile, Russian troops killed 31 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 26 in the country’s Krasnodar region, the Russian Defense Ministry announced on Saturday.
The fall in debris of a drone sparked a fire in the Kinef oil refinery in the northern region of Leningrad in Russia, local governor Aleksandr Drozdenko said in a statement. No victim has been reported.
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