Ukraine says Russia kills 3 in another drone attack after Trump rebukes Putin

KYIV – A Russian drone struck an flat gathering successful a southeastern Ukraine city, sidesplitting 3 radical and injuring 10 others, officials said Friday, a time aft U.S. President Donald Trump rebuked Russia’s leader for a deadly rocket and drone onslaught connected Kyiv portion Washington endeavors to halt the more than three-year war.

Among the civilians killed successful the nighttime drone onslaught successful Pavlohrad, successful Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk region, were a kid and a 76-year-old woman, the caput of the determination administration, Serhii Lysak, wrote connected Telegram.

Russian forces fired 103 Shahed and decoy drones astatine 5 Ukrainian regions overnight, Ukraine’s aerial unit reported. Authorities successful the northeastern Sumy and Kharkiv regions reported harm to civilian infrastructure but nary casualties.

Russia pounded Kyiv successful an hourslong barrage Thursday, sidesplitting astatine slightest 12 radical and injuring 87 successful its deadliest battle connected the Ukrainian superior since July.

The onslaught drew a uncommon rebuke of Russian President Vladimir Putin from Trump, who has said that efforts to extremity the warfare are coming to a head.

“I americium not blessed with the Russian strikes connected KYIV. Not necessary, and precise atrocious timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying.” Trump wrote successful a station connected his Truth Social platform. “Lets get the Peace Deal DONE!”

Trump’s vexation is increasing arsenic his effort to get a bid statement betwixt Ukraine and Russia has failed to marque a breakthrough. Senior U.S. officials person warned that the medication could soon springiness up attempts to halt the warfare if the 2 sides bash not travel to an agreement.

Trump envoy Steve Witkoff was expected to conscionable with Putin successful Moscow connected Friday, their 2nd gathering this period and the 4th since February.

Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy program to get successful Rome connected Friday for the ceremonial of Pope Francis successful the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square connected Saturday. It wasn’t instantly wide if they would conscionable separately.

Russian forces utilized Thursday's Kyiv onslaught arsenic screen to motorboat astir 150 assaults connected Ukrainian positions on the astir 1,000-kilometer (620-mile) beforehand line, Zelenskyy said precocious Thursday.

“When the maximum of our forces was focused connected defence against missiles and drones, the Russians went connected to importantly intensify their crushed attacks,” helium wrote connected Telegram.

Western European leaders person accused Putin of dragging his feet successful the negotiations and seeking to drawback much Ukrainian onshore portion his service has battlefield momentum.

Trump accused Zelenskyy of prolonging the “killing field” by refusing to surrender the Russia-occupied Crimea Peninsula arsenic portion of a imaginable deal. Russia illegally annexed that country successful 2014. Zelenskyy has repeated galore times during the warfare that recognizing occupied territory arsenic Russian is simply a reddish enactment for his country.

Zelenskyy noted Thursday that Ukraine agreed to a U.S. ceasefire connection 44 days ago, arsenic a archetypal measurement to a negotiated peace, but that Russian attacks continued.

During caller talks, Russia hit the metropolis of Sumy, sidesplitting much than 30 civilians gathered to observe Palm Sunday, battered Odesa with drones and blasted Zaporizhzhia with almighty glide bombs.

___

Follow AP’s sum of the warfare successful Ukraine astatine https://apnews.com/hub/russia-ukraine

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This worldly whitethorn not beryllium published, broadcast, rewritten oregon redistributed without permission.