Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy mentioned Tuesday that Russia carried out a “huge” assault in a single day hitting a number of areas throughout Ukraine and a maternity hospital in Odesa.
“For one more evening, as an alternative of a ceasefire, there have been huge strikes with Shahed drones, cruise and ballistic missiles,” Zelenskyy mentioned. “In Odesa, even a maternity hospital grew to become a Russian goal. 13 individuals had been injured. Tragically, there are fatalities,” he added.
Governor of Odesa area Oleh Kiper mentioned two individuals had been killed through the assault.
Zelenskyy mentioned the assault was “one of many largest assaults” on Kyiv, with the Odesa, Dnipro and Chernihiv areas additionally coming underneath hearth. He reported that Russia launched 315 drones —250 of them Iranian-designed Shaheds — and 7 missiles, “2 of which had been North Korean-made ballistic missiles,” he mentioned.
The in a single day assault got here simply at some point after Russia launched almost 500 drones at Ukraine —the biggest in a single day drone bombardment since Moscow’s full-scale invasion started in 2022 — in response to the Ukrainian Air Power. The strike coincided with a renewed Russian push alongside the jap and northeastern entrance traces of the battlefield.
On Monday, Russia and Ukraine carried out one other alternate of prisoners of warfare, on account of direct talks between the 2 sides in Istanbul on June 2.
The return of POWs and the repatriation of the our bodies of the lifeless stay among the many few points on which either side have been capable of finding an settlement, as broader negotiations have didn’t carry the warfare any nearer to an finish.