Vladimir Putin’s forces launched a widespread attack on Ukraine on Tuesday night, shortly after the Russian leader’s phone call with Donald Trump in which a 30-day ceasefire plan was agreed. Despite one of the main points in the plan was a pause in attacks on energy and infrastructure in the war-torn nation, Russian forces reportedly launched an airstrike on energy infrastructure in Slovyansk, which plunged part of the city into darkness.
Among the other targets reportedly hit by Russian forces overnight were a hospital in Ukraine’s northeastern city of Sumy and another in the town of Krasnopillia. Drone raids were also reported in the Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Chernihiv, Poltava, Kharkiv and Kirovohrad areas. These shameless attacks prompted a reaction from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who wrote on X: “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.” Asking Ukrainian allies to take further action against Russia, he added: “Sanctions against Russia. Assistance to Ukraine. 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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