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Yomiuri Shimbun
28-04-2025
- Politics
- Yomiuri Shimbun
Russia Launches Nearly 150 Drones against Ukraine as Trump Says He Doubts Putin's Desire for Peace
Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP In this photo taken from video distributed by Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Sunday, April 27, 2025, a Russian Army 152mm howitzer Giatsint-B fires towards Ukrainian positions in Kherson, Ukraine. KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia launched a sweeping drone assault and airstrikes across Ukraine early Sunday, killing at least four people, officials said, after U.S. President Donald Trump cast doubt over Russian President Vladimir Putin's willingness to end the war. Three people died and four were wounded in airstrikes on Kostyantynivka in the Donetsk region of eastern Ukraine, the regional prosecutor's office said. Another person died and a 14-year-old girl was wounded in a drone attack on the city of Pavlohrad in the Dnipropetrovsk region, which was hit for the third consecutive night, Gov. Serhii Lysak said. The attacks came hours after Russia claimed to have regained control over the remaining parts of the Kursk region that Ukrainian forces seized in a surprise incursion in August 2024. Ukrainian officials said the fighting in Kursk was still ongoing. Trump said Saturday he doubts Putin wants to end the more than 3-year-old war, expressing new skepticism a peace deal can be reached soon. Only a day earlier, Trump had said Ukraine and Russia were ' very close to a deal.' 'There was no reason for Putin to be shooting missiles into civilian areas, cities and towns, over the last few days,' Trump wrote in a social media post as he flew back to the U.S. after attending the funeral of Pope Francis at the Vatican, where he met briefly with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Trump also hinted at further sanctions against Russia. On Sunday evening, as he left his golf club in New Jersey, Trump told reporters he remained 'disappointed' in Russia's attacks. Trump said of Putin: 'I want him to stop shooting, sit down and make a deal.' Asked what he would do if Russia does not stop its attacks, Trump replied: 'I have a lot of things that I can do.' The Vatican Trump-Zelenskyy conversation was the first face-to-face encounter between the two leaders since their heated Oval Office meeting at the White House on Feb. 28. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday the coming week would be 'very critical,' and that the U.S. would need to 'make a determination about whether this is an endeavor that we want to continue to be involved in.' Asked on NBC's 'Meet the Press' about possible concessions to Russia, Rubio emphasized the need to be 'grownups and realistic.' 'There is no military solution to this war. The only solution to this war is a negotiated settlement where both sides are going to have to give up something they claim to want and are going to have to give the other side something they wish they didn't,' he said. Russia fired 149 exploding drones and decoys in the latest wave of attacks, the Ukrainian air force said, adding that 57 were intercepted and another 67 jammed. One person was wounded in drone attacks on the Odesa region and one other was hurt in the city of Zhytomyr. Four people were also wounded in a Russian airstrike on the city of Kherson on Sunday, local officials said. Russia's Defense Ministry said air defenses shot down five Ukrainian drones in the border region of Bryansk, as well as three drones over the Crimean Peninsula, which was illegally annexed by Russia in 2014. Five people were wounded when Ukrainian forces shelled the city of Horlivka in the partially occupied Donetsk region, said the Russian-installed Mayor Ivan Prikhodko.
Yahoo
04-04-2025
- Yahoo
Russian drone targets car carrying journalist and soldiers in Kharkiv Oblast – photos, video
A Russian Molniya UAV has hit a car carrying a Ukrainian Witness journalist and soldiers. They were 20 km from the contact line on their way to film the work of a Giatsint-B gun crew in Kharkiv Oblast. Source: Ukrainian Witness Quote: "Oleksa Zhovtyi, a Ukrainian Witness journalist, was travelling with the military in Kharkiv Oblast to film the firing position of a mounted Giatsint-B gun of the 15th Operational Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine. On the way, when they were 20 km from the line of contact, their Nissan Navara pickup truck was hit by an enemy Molniya UAV, an aircraft-type strike drone, which is referred to by the operator as an FPV." Details: As a result of the UAV attack, two soldiers were lightly injured, and the vehicle is out of commission. It is noted that the drone hit the vehicle, so the explosion felt like a mine explosion. The soldiers and the journalist immediately left the pickup and took cover in a nearby building to call for an evacuation and examine their injuries. Ihor Lavrov, the brigade's press officer, was more seriously injured. A car quickly followed the group and took the wounded and the journalist to the nearest village, where it was supposed to be safer to wait for medical evacuation. The damaged pickup truck is being repaired by the military at their own repair centre. Background: On 17 January 2025, a Russian drone attacked a car with Ukrainian Witness journalist Marharyta Potapova and cameraman Oleksandr Davydenko on the Zaporizhzhia front. Support Ukrainska Pravda on Patreon!
