Ukraine says huge Russian attack proves Putin uninterested in peace

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Russia targeted Ukraine overnight with 574 drones and 40 missiles, the Ukrainian Air Force said. Most of the weapons were intercepted by Ukraine's aerial defenses, but the monolithic battle was acold from unusual, and officials said astatine slightest 1 idiosyncratic was killed and 15 injured.

Ukrainian officials said the Russian onslaught deed vigor infrastructure, backstage homes, an American electronics mill — wherever President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the 15 injuries were sustained, and a kindergarten.

"Last night, the Russian service acceptable 1 of its insane anti-records. They struck civilian infrastructure, residential buildings, and our people," Zelenskyy said successful a message posted connected societal media. He called the electronics works an "American investment" and an "ordinary civilian enterprise" producing "everyday items arsenic java machines."

"This is besides a people for the Russians. Very telling. The occurrence is inactive being extinguished astatine the enterprise. As of now, 15 radical are known to person been affected by this strike. All of them person been provided with the indispensable assistance," helium said.

Russian rocket onslaught hits US-owned institution mill successful Zakarpattia

Alluding to President Trump's efforts to broker a bid woody to extremity the war, including the bilateral acme betwixt Mr. Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin conscionable a week earlier, Zelenskyy condemned Moscow for launching the caller onslaught "as if thing had changed astatine all. As if determination were nary efforts by the satellite to halt this war."

"A effect is needed," helium added. "So far, determination has been nary awesome from Moscow that they are truly going to prosecute successful meaningful negotiations and extremity this war. Pressure is needed. Strong sanctions, beardown tariffs."

There has been a batch of speech — extracurricular of Ukraine — astir a bid woody amid Mr. Trump's ramped-up diplomacy. But wrong Ukraine, radical proceed to unrecorded and dice successful a warfare portion much than 3 years aft Russia launched its full-scale invasion. Many successful the country, similar their president, simply don't judge that Putin truly wants to extremity the war. They deliberation he's conscionable playing on with the ceasefire communicative to debar angering Mr. Trump.

And successful the meantime, Putin's service continues to grow its massive seizure of territory successful eastbound Ukraine. The Russian defence ministry claimed Thursday that forces had captured yet different colony successful Ukraine's eastbound Donetsk region.

Major Taras Berezovets of the Ukrainian forces told CBS News that adjacent if Putin were to hold to a ceasefire, the Russian person simply should not beryllium trusted.

"Absolutely not," Berezovets told CBS News. "He's a cheater, he's a criminal… and helium would ne'er judge the information that autarkic Ukraine inactive exists."

That is wherefore Ukraine wants information guarantees — a committedness of extortion from the U.S. and its NATO allies successful the lawsuit Russia should invade again aft immoderate eventual ceasefire is implemented.

President Trump has been adamant that specified a warrant would not impact U.S. boots connected the ground, and Vice President JD Vance said Wednesday that Europe would person to carnivore astir of the costs.

But getting each sides, including Russia, to hold to those information guarantees whitethorn beryllium adjacent to impossible. After his gathering with Putin, Mr. Trump met with Zelenskyy and European leaders successful Washington to clasp abstracted talks.

But Moscow has downplayed the prospects of a Putin-Zelenskyy summit immoderate clip soon, and officials person said Russia should beryllium included successful immoderate looming discussions connected information guarantees for Ukraine.

Erin Lyall contributed to this report.

Holly Williams

Holly Williams is simply a CBS News elder overseas analogous based successful the network's CBS London bureau. Williams joined CBS News successful July 2012, and has much than 25 years of acquisition covering large quality events and planetary conflicts crossed Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

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