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| Overnight strikes on Ukraine kill 25 as Trump sets Russia new truce deadline | Overnight strikes on Ukraine kill 25 as Trump sets Russia new truce deadline |
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| Missile attack on prison in frontline region of Zaporizhzhia kills 16 as Kyiv hopes for US action against Moscow | Missile attack on prison in frontline region of Zaporizhzhia kills 16 as Kyiv hopes for US action against Moscow |
| Russia launched one of its deadliest night assaults on Ukraine for months in the early hours of Tuesday, the day after Donald Trump said he was setting a new deadline of “10 or 12 days” for Russia to make progress towards ending the war or face new sanctions. | Russia launched one of its deadliest night assaults on Ukraine for months in the early hours of Tuesday, the day after Donald Trump said he was setting a new deadline of “10 or 12 days” for Russia to make progress towards ending the war or face new sanctions. |
| A series of Russian strikes across the country killed at least 25 people, Ukrainian officials said, including a 23-year-old pregnant woman and more than a dozen prison inmates. About 100 people were injured across the country. | A series of Russian strikes across the country killed at least 25 people, Ukrainian officials said, including a 23-year-old pregnant woman and more than a dozen prison inmates. About 100 people were injured across the country. |
| Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that he welcomed Trump’s recent harsher rhetoric towards the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and said only tough measures against Moscow could stop the killing. | Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Tuesday that he welcomed Trump’s recent harsher rhetoric towards the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, and said only tough measures against Moscow could stop the killing. |
| “Every murder of our people by the Russians, every Russian strike, when there could have been a ceasefire long ago if Russia had not refused – all this shows that Moscow deserves very tough, truly painful, and therefore fair and effective sanctions pressure. They must be forced to stop the killings and make peace,” the Ukrainian president wrote on Telegram. | “Every murder of our people by the Russians, every Russian strike, when there could have been a ceasefire long ago if Russia had not refused – all this shows that Moscow deserves very tough, truly painful, and therefore fair and effective sanctions pressure. They must be forced to stop the killings and make peace,” the Ukrainian president wrote on Telegram. |
| During talks on Monday with Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, Trump said he was going to cut a previous 50-day deadline for Putin to “about 10 or 12 days”, citing disappointment with him over a lack of progress. | During talks on Monday with Britain’s prime minister, Keir Starmer, Trump said he was going to cut a previous 50-day deadline for Putin to “about 10 or 12 days”, citing disappointment with him over a lack of progress. |
| “We thought we had that settled numerous times, and then President Putin goes out and starts launching rockets into some city like Kyiv and kills a lot of people in a nursing home or whatever. You have bodies lying all over the street, and I say that’s not the way to do it. So we’ll see what happens with that,” Trump said. | “We thought we had that settled numerous times, and then President Putin goes out and starts launching rockets into some city like Kyiv and kills a lot of people in a nursing home or whatever. You have bodies lying all over the street, and I say that’s not the way to do it. So we’ll see what happens with that,” Trump said. |
| Later, speaking to reporters on Air Force One on his return to the US from Scotland, Trump said Russia had not responded to his announcement and that was a “shame”. | |
| The US president said he was now giving Putin 10 days from Tuesday or he would impose tariffs. “Now, you want a big scoop. Everybody else, close your ears. Okay, you ready, 10 days from today,” he said. | |
| Putin’s spokesperson, Dmitry Peskov, denied earlier on Tuesday that Russia was targeting civilian facilities and said the Kremlin was “committed to the peace process to resolve the conflict around Ukraine and secure our interests”. | |
| Russian and Ukrainian delegations met for the third round of direct talks in Istanbul last week, but aside from agreeing a prisoner swap they appeared to make little progress and the meeting broke up after less than an hour. | Russian and Ukrainian delegations met for the third round of direct talks in Istanbul last week, but aside from agreeing a prisoner swap they appeared to make little progress and the meeting broke up after less than an hour. |
| Analysts say Putin has not been prepared to abandon his maximalist war aims, and believes he can wait out the west, particularly as the Trump administration has made it clear that supporting Ukraine is not a top foreign policy priority. | Analysts say Putin has not been prepared to abandon his maximalist war aims, and believes he can wait out the west, particularly as the Trump administration has made it clear that supporting Ukraine is not a top foreign policy priority. |
| There is hope in Kyiv that Trump’s tougher words this week might be followed up with concrete action, including a new package of sanctions on Russia and continued military and intelligence support for Ukraine. | There is hope in Kyiv that Trump’s tougher words this week might be followed up with concrete action, including a new package of sanctions on Russia and continued military and intelligence support for Ukraine. |
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| As Russia’s nightly assaults on Ukraine with missiles and drones continued, the worst death toll on Tuesday was at a prison in the town of Bilenke in the frontline region of Zaporizhzhia. Ukraine’s justice ministry said four glide bombs had hit the facility. Police said 16 inmates had been killed and 43 wounded. | |
| “It was a deliberate strike, targeted, not accidental,” Zelenskyy said. “The Russians could not have been unaware that they were hitting civilians in this penal colony. Many people died, another 43 were injured, and among them there are people with very serious injuries.” | “It was a deliberate strike, targeted, not accidental,” Zelenskyy said. “The Russians could not have been unaware that they were hitting civilians in this penal colony. Many people died, another 43 were injured, and among them there are people with very serious injuries.” |
| The UN’s human rights monitoring Mission in Ukraine said the strike could have been a serious violation. “Prisoners are civilians, and they must be protected under international humanitarian law,” said the head of the mission, Danielle Bell. | The UN’s human rights monitoring Mission in Ukraine said the strike could have been a serious violation. “Prisoners are civilians, and they must be protected under international humanitarian law,” said the head of the mission, Danielle Bell. |
| A hospital in the city of Kamianske in Dnipropetrovsk region was also hit, killing three people including a 23-year-old pregnant woman, Zelenskyy said. Local authorities in a village near Kamianske named the woman as Diana Koshyk, and said she was seven months pregnant and had been admitted to a maternity ward after complications with her pregnancy. | A hospital in the city of Kamianske in Dnipropetrovsk region was also hit, killing three people including a 23-year-old pregnant woman, Zelenskyy said. Local authorities in a village near Kamianske named the woman as Diana Koshyk, and said she was seven months pregnant and had been admitted to a maternity ward after complications with her pregnancy. |