Ukraine and Russia on Saturday attacked each other with a barrage of drone, with Moscow gaining more territory in the Kursk region, as international efforts to end the three-year war between neighbors accelerated international efforts.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has said that he has “serious questions” on an American-produced ceasefire in Ukraine, while Donald Trump said Washington and Moscow had a “productive” conversation on the idea.
On Saturday, the British Prime Minister Kir Stmper said that Putin “soon or later” will have to come to the table and attach to serious discussion. “
The objective of the host in a call set up by Downing Street is to urge about 25 participating countries to sign up for an alliance designed to protect any final ceasefire in Ukraine.
Ukraine said it had demolished 130 Iranian -manufactured drones launched by Russia across the country, while Moscow said it shot 126 drones in its southern and border areas.
Moscow has pushed to withdraw a large part of the land this week, which Ukraine originally captured in its western chairs.
The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the soldiers controlled the villages of Zoleshenka and Rubnashina – which was in the north and west of the main city Sudza city, which Moscow rebuilt this week.
Putin on Friday called Ukrainian soldiers to “surrender” in the Kursk region, while his American counterpart Trump urged Kremlin to give up his life.
Putin said on Friday, “If they lay their arms and surrender, they will be guaranteed life and dignified treatment.”
The Russian Ministry of Defense also said that military engineers were working to clean the areas that were organized by Ukraine.
Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelanski said on Friday that the situation in Kursk is “clearly very difficult.”
The Ukrainian army published a map on social media on Saturday, showing that its soldiers had retreated towards the west border.
Russia oil depot fire
Officials said that Russia had deployed about 200 firefighters to help set fire to the oil depot due to a Ukraine drone strike in the southern Krasnodar region.
In the early hours of Saturday, Governor Venmin Kondratyev, Governor of the Karsnodar region, said that a petrol reserve station “was attacked by Kiev rule at Black Sea City Taps.”
The government of Krasnodar region said that 188 people were involved in setting fire.
In Ukraine, officials said that the number of President Volodimier Zelansky’s hometown Kryvy Rig was injured a day earlier by a Russian strike to 14.
On Friday, officials said Russia attacked a residential area in the central Ukrainian city – regularly targeted in Moscow’s attack.
“Fourteen people were injured, two of them were children,” Sargi Lisak, head of the dnipropetrovsk region, said on Telegram.
Ukrainian prosecutors said the injured children were two -year -old children and 15 -year -old children.
Lisak said the missile attack destroyed more than a dozen large apartment buildings and 10 private homes.
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