Zelensky says Ukraine civilian infrastructure hit after Trump-Putin call
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday evening that Ukrainian civilian infrastructure was struck following a call between President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Unfortunately, there have been hits, specifically on civilian infrastructure,” Zelensky said in a post on the social platform X. “A direct hit by a ‘Shahed’ drone on a hospital in Sumy, strikes on cities in the Donetsk region, and attack drones currently in the skies over the Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Chernihiv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, and Cherkasy regions.
“It is these types of nighttime attacks by Russia that destroy our energy sector, our infrastructure, and the normal life of Ukrainians. And the fact that this night is no exception shows that the pressure on Russia must continue for the sake of peace,” he added.
Earlier Tuesday, Trump and Putin held a phone call in the wake of Ukraine agreeing last week to a U.S.-proposed ceasefire of 30 days in the Russian-Ukrainian war. According to a readout from the Kremlin of the call, the proposal was shot down by Putin, but he had a positive response to a more restricted 30-day ceasefire on energy facilities on both sides of the war.
“The leaders agreed that the movement to peace will begin with an energy and infrastructure ceasefire, as well as technical negotiations on implementation of a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea, full ceasefire and permanent peace,” a readout from the White House said. “These negotiations will begin immediately in the Middle East.”
Trump and his administration have recently set out on a push to end the war in Ukraine, a conflict that recently passed the three-year mark.
“Today, Putin effectively rejected the proposal for a full ceasefire. It would be right for the world to respond by rejecting any attempts by Putin to prolong the war,” Zelensky said in his Tuesday X post.
“Sanctions against Russia. Assistance to Ukraine,” he added. “Strengthening allies in the free world and working toward security guarantees. And only a real cessation of strikes on civilian infrastructure by Russia, as proof of its willingness to end this war, can bring peace closer.”
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