Russian strikes on Ukraine kill more than 20 as Polish prime minister warns against appeasement
Russia launched Heavy air attacks on Ukraine to spend a second night on Saturday after the United States stopped sharing satellite photos with Ukrainian governmentThe officials said. At least 22 people were killed.
US decision Withhold intelligence and military assistance It came in the wake of the White House visit last week by Ukrainian President Folodimir Zelinski. President Donald Trump He is trying to pressure Ukraine to accept a peace agreement with Russia.
Without pictures of the American satellite, Ukraine’s ability to strike inside Russia and defend itself from the bombing dramatically diminishes.
“This is what happens when someone prepares barbarians,” Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk He wrote on Saturday x. “More bombs, more aggression, more victims. Another tragic night in Ukraine.”
Regional ruler Vadim Villachkin said that at least 11 people were killed in multiple strikes in a town in the eastern Donetsk region of Ukraine late on Friday, and seven other people were killed in four cities near the front where Russian forces were making steady progress. Three others died when a Russian drone hit a civilian workshop in the northeast of Kharkiv, according to emergency service officials. One man was killed by bombing in the area.
Filashkin announced the day of mourning on Saturday and warned that more victims could still be found in the rubble.
Russia launched Blestiya missiles in downtown Dubrobila in the front line, then launched a blow targeting the rescuers who responded, according to Zelinski. Forty -seven people, including seven children, were injured in the attack.
He said: “It is an inhuman and inhuman intimidation tactic that the Russians resort to often.”
Just 24 hours before the attacks, Russia struck Ukrainian energy facilities with dozens of missiles and drones, and its ability to connect heat and light decreased to its citizens and operating vital weapons factories for its defenses.
When he was asked Friday if Russian President Vladimir Putin Trump had benefited from the United States’ stand in the intelligence share to attack Ukraine, Trump replied: “I think he is doing what anyone else does.”
Zelinski did not mention the intelligence share on Saturday, but he said that he welcomed Trump’s proposal on Friday to impose large -scale banking sanctions on Russia until the final peace settlement was reached.
“All that helps Putin is to finance the war, it must be broken,” said Ukrainian president.
Zelinski also said that he and other high -ranking Ukrainian officials will travel to Saudi Arabia later this week to discuss proposals aimed at ending the war. In a post on X, he wrote that he was to meet With Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman On Monday, but only his team will remain in the country to meet US officials.
He wrote: “Ukraine was seeking peace from the second of this war.” Realistic suggestions on the table. The key is to move quickly and effectively. “
The Ukrainian Air Force said on Saturday that the Russian forces launched three ISKANDER and 145 drones across the country overnight. The shelling contained a mixture of attack and drones aimed at confusion of air defenses. The Ukrainian Air Force said that one of the missiles and 79 drones were shot down, while 54 other drones were lost without causing damage.
Meanwhile, Russian forces fell 31 Ukrainian drones overnight, including 26 in the country’s Krasnodar area.
The governor of Alexander Drozenko said in a local statement in a statement that the debris from a drone sparked a fire in the Kenf oil refinery in the northern Russian Leningrad region. No victims were reported.
