Key points
- President Trump has given Moscow 50 days to reach a peace deal
- Russia has been stepping up its summer offensive campaign
- Trump has threatened Russia with tariffs and sanctions
ISLAMABAD: At least 12 people were wounded in Russian overnight strikes on Ukraine, local authorities said Wednesday.
The attacks came after US President Donald Trump gave Moscow 50 days to reach a peace deal with Ukraine, according to AFP.
Eight people were wounded in strikes on Ukraine’s central region of Vinnytsia, the regional military administration said on social media.
Three people were also wounded in an attack on Ukraine’s second city, Kharkiv, the region’s governor Oleg Synegubov said on Telegram.
And a 17-year-old boy was fighting for his life after Russian missile and drone strikes destroyed an industrial building in south-central Kryvyi Rig, the city’s mayor said on Telegram.
“Never happened before”
“This has never happened before. A ballistic missile and 28 Shaheds simultaneously,” Oleksandr Vilkul, the mayor of the city, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s hometown, wrote on Telegram.
He confirmed the teenage boy suffered a wound to his abdomen and was receiving medical treatment.
This has never happened before. A ballistic missile and 28 Shaheds simultaneously.” – Oleksandr Vilkul, mayor of Kryvyi Rig
Three people were killed in eastern Ukraine on Tuesday, according to local authorities.
Summer offensive
Russia has been stepping up its summer offensive campaign as Washington-mediated ceasefire talks stall, claiming more ground in eastern Ukraine while pounding it with combined drone, artillery and missile strikes.
Trump said he had struck a deal with NATO to supply American air defence systems and weapons to Ukraine and threatened Russia with tariffs and sanctions, as he grows frustrated with Russian leader Vladimir Putin for rejecting a ceasefire and intensifying attacks, according to AFP.
Ukrainian drone attack
A Ukrainian drone attack on the southern city of Voronezh early Tuesday wounded at least 22 people, local officials said, as Russia’s Defense Ministry reported destroying dozens of drones across multiple regions overnight, according to The Moscow Times.
Voronzeh region Governor Alexander Gusev said a teenager was among those wounded in the attack, with 17 people being hospitalized overall.
“Most injuries were caused by shrapnel and broken glass, though there were other types of wounds as well,” Gusev wrote on Telegram. “Some quite serious: one man is in a coma, and another has sustained lung damage.”
Most injuries were caused by shrapnel and broken glass, though there were other types of wounds as well.” – Voronzeh region Governor Alexander Gusev
“Another woman from a rural area was also hospitalized in a Voronezh hospital with a shrapnel wound to her shoulder,” the governor added.
