149 Overnight Russian Airstrikes Kill 4, Injure Several Others

Days aft U.S. President Donald Trump implored Russian President Vladimir Putin to extremity bombing Ukraine, Russia launched 149 exploding drones and decoys into nan embattled country. The strikes, which took spot Saturday, April 26, into Sunday, killed astatine slightest 4 group and wounded more, The Associated Press reports.

In Kostyantynivka, successful Ukraine’s Donetsk region, 3 group died and 4 were wounded, according to nan location prosecutor’s office. Meanwhile, 1 different personification was killed, and a 14-year-old woman was injured successful nan metropolis of Pavlohrad successful nan Dnipropetrovsk region, which has suffered 3 consecutive nights of attacks, according to Gov. Serhii Lysak. In nan Odesa region, 1 personification was wounded, arsenic good arsenic 1 successful nan metropolis of Zhytomyr, and 4 were wounded successful nan metropolis of Kherson, the AP cites section officials arsenic saying.

According to nan Ukrainian aerial force, 57 of nan 149 drones and decoys launched overnight Sunday were intercepted, while 67 were jammed.

Trump grows progressively disappointment pinch Putin

The attacks travel 1 time after Trump met pinch Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy connected nan sidelines of Pope Francis’ ceremonial astatine nan Vatican. While flying backmost to nan U.S. from Rome aboard Air Force One, Trump posted connected Truth Social, “There was nary logic for Putin to beryllium shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, complete nan past fewer days. It makes maine deliberation that possibly he doesn’t want to extremity nan war, he’s conscionable tapping maine along,”

Two days earlier that, Trump addressed nan Russian president by his first sanction in an emphatic station that read, “I americium not happy pinch nan Russian strikes connected Kyiv. Not basal and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP!”

Although Trump’s posts were bookended pinch assurances that Russia and Ukraine were “very adjacent to a deal,” Russia has continued to ramp up its violative and claims to person regained power of nan Kursk region, which had been successful Ukrainian hands since past August. Ukrainian officials conflict that claim, and opportunity fighting successful nan region is ongoing, the AP reports.

Ukrainian drones changeable down complete Russian territory

On nan different broadside of nan fighting Sunday, 5 Ukrainian drones were changeable down successful nan separator region of Bryansk, according to Russia’s Defense Ministry, arsenic good arsenic 3 drones complete nan Crimean peninsula. Crimea was illegally annexed by Russia successful 2014, and has go a constituent of contention successful nan faltering ceasefire negotiations. Ukraine says it won’t cede immoderate of its territory to Russia, while the Trump management says Ukraine has to springiness up immoderate of its onshore aliases nan U.S. will locomotion distant from its domiciled arsenic a mediator.

Ivan Prikhodko, nan Russian-installed politician of Horlivka, a metropolis successful nan partially occupied region of Donetsk, said 5 group were wounded successful Ukrainian shelling of nan territory.