Russia launches largest attack on Ukraine this month following Trump's meetings with Putin, Zelenskyy
While Russia launched the biggest attack of the month against Ukraine, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with US President Donald Trump and European leaders in the White House.
The attack also arrived after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s meeting with Trump in Alaska last Friday, and Putin immediately rejected the ceasefire and asked Ukraine to give up the East Donetsk region to end the conflict that began with the invasion of Moscow in February 2022. Trump later said that he was talking to Putin on the phone about the arrangements for a meeting between Russian President and Zelenskyy.
The Ukraine said that Russia launched 270 drones and 10 missiles in Ukraine until Monday night and Tuesday, but 230 drones and six missiles were seized or suppressed. The Air Force reported that 40 drones and four missiles hit 16 locations and the debris fell to three regions.
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Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha wrote about “While hard work continued to progress in Washington … Moscow continued to make the opposite of peace: more strikes and destruction.”
According to the Ukrainian Ministry of Energy, the energy infrastructure in the central Poltava region was a target of strikes. The wounded figures were not immediately released by the authorities.
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The Ministry said in a statement, “As a result of the attack, large -scale fires broke out.” He said.
The Ministry said that strikes are systematic terrorist attacks against the energy infrastructure, which is “direct violation of Ukraine’s international human law”.
According to the Air Force, Russia was the largest attack because it launched 309 drones and eight missiles to Ukraine on July 31st.
The Russian Defense Ministry said that their forces have dropped 23 Ukraine drones on Monday night and Tuesday morning.
Both sides aim at infrastructure, including oil facilities.
Zelenskyy criticized Moscow for previous strikes, where at least 14 people were killed and dozens of wounded before the White House meeting on Monday.
He wrote on the X on Monday morning. “The Russian war machine continues to destroy lives despite everything. Putin will make flashy murders to humiliate the pressure and diplomatic efforts on Ukraine and Europe.
Reuters contributed to this report.
