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Russian glide bombs and ballistic missiles focused a Ukrainian jail and a medical facility in a single day, as Russia’s steady strikes on civilian areas resulted within the deaths of at the least 22 individuals throughout Ukraine, officers reported at the moment.
Authorities mentioned 4 highly effective Russian glide bombs hit a jail in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia area, killing at the least 16 inmates and wounding greater than 90 others.
In the Dnipro area of central Ukraine, officers mentioned Russian missiles partially destroyed a three-storey constructing and broken close by medical services, together with a maternity hospital and a metropolis hospital ward.
At least three individuals have been killed, together with a 23-year-old pregnant lady, and two others have been killed elsewhere within the area, authorities acknowledged.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky mentioned that throughout the nation, 22 individuals had been killed in Russian strikes on 73 cities, cities and villages.
“These have been aware, deliberate strikes — not unintended,” he posted on Telegram.
Mr Trump mentioned on Monday that he’s giving Russian President Vladimir Putin 10 to 12 days to cease the killing in Ukraine after three years of struggle, transferring up a 50-day deadline he had given the Russian chief two weeks in the past.
Mr Trump has repeatedly rebuked Mr Putin for speaking about ending the struggle however persevering with to bombard Ukrainian civilians. But the Kremlin hasn’t modified its techniques.
“I’m upset in President Putin,” Mr Trump mentioned throughout a go to to Scotland.
Mr Zelensky welcomed Mr Trump’s transfer on the timeline. “Everyone wants peace — Ukraine, Europe, the United States and accountable leaders throughout the globe,” he wrote in a publish on Telegram. “Everyone besides Russia.”
The Kremlin pushed again, with a prime lieutenant warning Mr Trump in opposition to “enjoying the ultimatum recreation with Russia.”
“Russia isn’t Israel and even Iran,” former president Dmitry Medvedev, who’s deputy head of the nation’s Security Council, wrote on social media.
“Each new ultimatum is a menace and a step in the direction of struggle. Not between Russia and Ukraine, however together with his personal nation,” Mr Medvedev mentioned.