Russian forces launched attacks across Ukraine on Tuesday, killing at least six people, after a three-day ceasefire expired. Ukrainian officials reported that Russia deployed over 200 drones overnight, dashing hopes that the truce would be extended.
In Kryvyi Rih, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hometown, a drone strike on an apartment building killed two and injured four, including a nine-month-old girl whose leg was severed. North-east of the city, an aerial bomb killed four and injured three, according to regional officials.
Zelenskyy said drones were intercepted over several regions but caused damage to energy facilities, apartment buildings, a kindergarten, and a civilian locomotive. In Kyiv, debris from a downed drone sparked a fire on a 16-storey residential building. Strikes also injured two in the Cherkasy region and caused damage in Zhytomyr and Chernihiv regions.
Two people were injured in Dnipro and Kherson, while Russian drones hit energy infrastructure in the Mykolaiv region, causing blackouts. Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukrainian forces struck gas facilities in Russia's Orenburg region, over 1,500 km from the border.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said signs of Vladimir Putin's weakening position could present an opportunity to end the war. Putin had suggested the conflict was 'heading to an end', but Kallas argued this indicated he was not in a strong position.
