Ukraine received no early warning from its partners about five Russian ballistic missiles that struck civilian infrastructure in Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said, describing the barrage as „particularly vile” and stressing that advance intelligence on such attacks „helps save lives.” The remarks come amid rising tensions between Zelenskyy and U.S. President Donald Trump, who days earlier had criticized the Ukrainian leader and suggested it was time for a new president in Ukraine. Trump insisted the U.S. has not stopped sharing intelligence with Ukraine, telling reporters at the White House that Washington is „working with them and with Russia on getting the war to end.” A senior Ukrainian official said the lack of warning was described as a „failure,” likely due to circumstances such as weather rather than a deliberate decision.
Kyiv continues to rely heavily on Washington for military assistance, including Patriot missile-defense systems and intelligence, and the U.S. has the capability to immediately spot Russian ballistic missile launches. Ukraine is struggling to fend off Moscow’s intensified aerial attacks, which include speedy ballistic missiles and high-flying jet-powered drones, and downing the missiles has been a challenge because of a Patriot missile shortage caused by the U.S.-led war in Iran. Zelenskyy said Russia had attacked Ukraine with more than 100 weapons since Monday evening, and a residential building in Kharkiv was destroyed, killing four people despite an all-night rescue operation. Russia has increasingly targeted civilian infrastructure such as energy facilities to deny Ukrainians power, heat and running water during the 4½-year war, hoping to wear down public support for Ukraine’s response to Moscow’s full-scale invasion.
Trump has blamed Ukraine’s earlier strikes on Russian oil refineries for record U.S. diesel prices — rather than the war in Iran — and struck a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to import diesel from Russia ahead of U.S. midterm elections. Trump also claimed that Russia and Ukraine had agreed on an „energy ceasefire” in which both parties would refrain from striking each other’s energy infrastructure, though Russia has not confirmed such a deal and Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said only that „contacts on this matter continue.” Zelenskyy said Ukraine had not struck Russian oil refineries or other energy sites in the two days since Trump announced the purported deal, and he criticized Moscow for continued attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities. „The facts show that the Russians do not consider themselves bound by what the President of the United States said,” Zelenskyy said.
Russian strikes across Ukraine caused injuries and deaths overnight Monday and into Tuesday, including 41 people wounded in Kharkiv in one evening alone, according to Zelenskyy. A woman was wounded in a strike on a private home in Kyiv’s Darnytskyi district, a Russian drone hit a residential building near Lviv, one person was killed in the Fastiv district of the Kyiv region, and a drone struck an educational institution in Rivne, wounding 14 people. The Russian Defense Ministry said its forces launched strikes against Ukrainian military-industrial facilities, logistics centers, railway and port infrastructure, and vessels delivering military cargo, and claimed its air defenses overnight shot down 604 Ukrainian drones over Russian regions and the Sea of Azov, with Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin saying 417 drones targeted the Moscow region.
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