Zelenskyy says Russia fired over 200 drones at Ukraine as truce expires

"Russian aerial attacks across Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region on Tuesday morning killed at least one person and injured four others, according to regional administration chief Oleksandr Ganzha. Russian drones also hit energy infrastructure in Ukraine's Mykolaiv region, causing outages, and struck residential buildings and a kindergarten in the Kyiv region, according to local authorities. Russia also carried out attacks on the regions of Kharkiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy and Chernihiv, according to authorities."

"More than 200 long-range drones were used in the wave of attacks, Zelenskyy said. Russia itself chose to end the partial silence that had lasted for several days, he said in a post on X. Russia's military, meanwhile, said its defences downed 27 Ukrainian drones over the regions of Belgorod, Voronezh and Rostov."

"The exchange of aerial attacks came after the expiry of a 72-hour truce announced by US President Donald Trump on Friday, which he said he hoped would mark the beginning of the end of Russia's four-year war on Ukraine. The May 9-11 truce overlapped with Russia's Victory Day, which celebrates the defeat of Nazi Germany in the second world war. But even before it expired, both sides accused each other of violating the truce by attacking civilians."

"Zelenskyy said Russia was neither observing the truce nor even particularly trying to, adding there had been no calm in front-line areas despite a lull in large-scale attacks. Meanwhile, Russia's Ministry of Defence accused Ukraine of committing more than 1,000 ceasefire violations. It said Ukrainian forces attacked civilian targets in several Russian regions and carried out strikes a"

Russian aerial attacks resumed across Ukraine after a 72-hour truce expired. Attacks in the Dnipropetrovsk region killed at least one person and injured four others. Russian drones also struck energy infrastructure in the Mykolaiv region, causing outages, and hit residential buildings and a kindergarten in the Kyiv region. Additional attacks were reported in Kharkiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy, and Chernihiv. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said more than 200 long-range drones were used overnight. Russia said its air defenses downed 27 Ukrainian drones over Belgorod, Voronezh, and Rostov. Both sides accused each other of violating the truce, including attacks on civilians and ceasefire breaches.

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