The Russian strike kills 5 in Ukraine, one year, hours after Trump-Putin’s call

Kyiv, Ukraine (AP) – At least five people, including a 1 -year -old child, his mother and grandmother, were killed Thursday in a nocturnal Russian drone strike which struck the Ukrainian city in the north of Pryluky, officials said.

Six drones hit a residential area of ​​the city shortly before dawn, according to the authorities. The killed child was the grandson of an emergency speaker, said Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

“One of the rescuers arrived to meet the consequences of his home,” said Zelenskyy in an article on Telegram. “It turned out that a Shahed drone hit his house.”

The attack came a few hours after US President Donald Trump Talked by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to Trump, Putin said “very strongly” that Russia will retaliate for the Magnificent Ukraine weekend Drone attacks against Russian military aerodromes.

Diplomatic efforts led by the United States to stop the most than 3 -year war have not made any significant progress and the war of grinding attrition continued tirelessly.

The mother of the 1 -year -old child killed in Playluky was a police officer called Daryna Shyda, the Ukraine national police announced.

“Today, our hearts are burned by pain,” wrote the police forces on Telegram. “It is not only a loss – these are three generations of uprooted life.”

Drones have struck the regions

Six people were injured in the attack in Prayuky and are in hospital, officials said.

Playluky, who had a population from around 50,000 people, is about 100 kilometers (60 miles) east of kyiv, the capital. The city is far from the front line and contains no known military assets.

The last time Pryluky was struck, it was in November of last year, when a Russian missile struck an administrative building and injured a person.

Zelenskyy said that a total of 103 drones and a ballistic missile were targeting several Ukrainian regions overnight, including Donetsk, Kharkiv, Odesa, Sumy, Chernihiv, Dnipro and Kherson.

“This is another massive strike,” said Zelenskyy. “This is yet another reason to impose the strongest possible sanctions and to apply the pressure collectively.”

The American peace effort remains blocked

Zelenskyy, who accepted a proposal for a ceasefire from the United States and proposed to meet Putin in order to break the deadlock of negotiations, wants more international sanctions against Russia to force him to accept a regulation. Putin has does not show any will To meet Zelenskyy, however, and said No preparation for compromises.

The new chief of Germany Friedrich Merz had to meet with the president Donald Trump In Washington on Thursday while working to keep the United States on board with Western diplomatic and military support in Ukraine.

The best presidential assistant in Ukraine, Andriy Yermak, met senior American officials in Washington on Wednesday and called for greater American pressure on Russia, accusing the Kremlin of having deliberately blocked the discussions of ceasefies and blocked for progress to peace, according to a press release on the website.

Yermak, who went to the United States as part of a Ukrainian delegation, met senior US officials to strengthen the support of the defense and humanitarian priorities in Ukraine. He said Ukraine needs stronger air defense skills.

More people injured in Kharkiv

A few hours later, 19 people were injured in a Russian drone strike in the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv. These injuries included children, a pregnant woman and a 93 -year -old woman, the regional governor Oleh Syniehubov wrote on Telegram.

Around 1:05 am, Shahed type drones hit two buildings in the city’s Slobidskyi district, causing fires and destroying several private vehicles.

“By launching attacks while people sleep at home, the enemy again confirms his insidious terror tactic,” wrote Syniehubov on Telegram.

Russian planes have also abandoned four powerful sliding bombs in the southern city of Kherson, injuring at least three people, regional authorities said.

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