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Russia launched drone strikes on civilian areas of Ukraine in another deadly overnight attack, Ukrainian authorities said on Tuesday, while Kyiv dismissed Russian President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of a unilateral three-day ceasefire beginning next week. <\/p>\n
The assault damaged homes in Ukraine’s central Dnipropetrovsk region, authorities said, killing a 12-year-old girl and wounding three others, including a six-year-old.<\/p>\n
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Russia also launched 20 drones and 31 powerful guided bombs at Kharkiv, the second-largest Ukrainian city, according to officials. Debris from an intercepted Russian drone started a fire in a neighbourhood of the capital, Kyiv, authorities said. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Russia’s defence ministry said on Tuesday that its forces destroyed 91 Ukrainian drones overnight. <\/p>\n
The latest drone strikes followed Putin’s announcement on Monday of a 72-hour ceasefire from 8-10 May to mark the 80th anniversary of the victory of the Soviet Union and its allies in World War II. <\/p>\n
Moscow has effectively rejected a US proposal for an immediate and full 30-day halt in the fighting by imposing far-reaching conditions. Ukraine has accepted the plan from Washington, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.<\/p>\n
Kyiv is eager to ensure crucial US military aid for its efforts to repel Russia, amid doubts about whether Europe could pick up the slack if Washington walks away.<\/p>\n
US President Donald Trump has pushed to end the war, but he expressed scepticism last weekend about Putin’s commitment to negotiate a peace deal amid continuing attacks on Ukraine. Trump said he suspected the Russian leader could be trying to mislead him.<\/p>\n
Moscow and Kyiv trade barbs<\/p>\n
Ukrainian officials have scoffed at Putin’s unilateral ceasefire announcement.<\/p>\n
Andrii Yermak, the head of Ukraine’s presidential office, said Russia is still trying to break through the 1,000-kilometre frontline while launching long-range attacks on civilian areas.<\/p>\n
“Putin can give the order for his forces to stop but he does not do this in the hope of deceiving everyone,” Yermak said on Monday.<\/p>\n
In his nightly address on Monday, Zelenskyy also accused Putin of trying to string along the US. <\/p>\n
“Russia has consistently rejected everything and continues to manipulate the world, trying to deceive the United States,” he said.<\/p>\n
Zelenskyy also said that the ceasefire “must be immediate, full, and unconditional \u2014 for at least 30 days to ensure it is secure and guaranteed.”<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that Ukraine has not properly responded to Putin’s announcement and accused Kyiv officials of being deceitful.<\/p>\n
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“I would say that not giving a direct response to such an initiative by President Putin is, rather, a manipulation,” Peskov told reporters.<\/p>\n
Putin previously announced a unilateral 30-hour Easter ceasefire and Ukraine voiced readiness to reciprocate any genuine truce at the time. <\/p>\n
However, both sides accused the other of attacks that violated Moscow’s truce.<\/p>\n
The Russian leader has previously made a full ceasefire conditional on halting Western arms supplies to Kyiv and Ukraine’s mobilisation effort, demands rejected by Ukraine.<\/p>\n
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