Zelensky blasts Trump-Putin diesel deal as Russian strikes kill 16

On the previous day, Russia's attacks in Ukraine resulted in at least 19 fatalities and 46 injuries, as the military targeted the city of Zaporizhzhia. In that city, a tragic toll of 15 deaths was reported, including three children, after Russia launched guided aerial bomb strikes. Seventeen individuals sustained injuries, among them three children. Rescue operations persist, with 11 people's whereabouts remaining unknown, and the death count continues to climb. The destruction extended to 26 residential buildings.

In Kyiv, Russia conducted a series of missile launches following a morning drone assault on the city's energy infrastructure. The afternoon attack alone inflicted at least seven injuries in the city's northern Obolon district by 5 p.m., according to Mayor Vitali Klitschko. Five were hospitalized, three of them experiencing serious conditions.

In Kherson and Kherson Oblast, Russia's attacks claimed two lives and left nine others injured as the region faced Russian airstrikes, drone attacks, and artillery shelling. Critical and social infrastructure, as well as residential neighborhoods, bore the brunt of the damage, with six private homes suffering harm.

Sumy Oblast reported injuries without specifying the exact number. Russia launched up to 30 attacks on 19 settlements in 12 regional communities, employing artillery, FPV drones, UAVs, guided artillery bombs, and mortars. The region suffered damage and destruction of civilian infrastructure. In Kharkiv Oblast, a 65-year-old man lost his life, and at least six people were injured when Russia launched 107 UAV drones, four missiles, nine guided aerial bombs, and two FPV type drones overnight.

The attack targeted nine settlements, damaging a farm, its five outbuildings, agricultural equipment, and causing a fire in a medical facility. In Donetsk Oblast, one person was killed, and 11 others were injured, with Kramatorsk and Sloviansk each reporting five injuries. Pokrovsk district saw the destruction of a high-rise building, two private homes, and an education facility, while a church in the village of Ocheretyne sustained damage. Russian forces targeted settlements in the region 26 times over the previous day.

Chernihiv Oblast witnessed the small city of Semenivka attacked with two Gerbera-type drones around 5:25 a.m., though casualty and injury details remain undisclosed. In Ivano-Frankivsk, the city faced five Russian attacks, while Dnipropetrovsk endured artillery and drone assaults multiple times from regional military administration reports. Kryvyi Rih also experienced targeted infrastructure damage.