LONDON — Russian strikes injured 5 folks, broken properties and a fuel pipeline within the southern Ukrainian metropolis of Kherson in a single day on Wednesday, regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin mentioned.
Prokudin added that one Russian strike drone was shot down over the Kherson area — most of which is occupied by Russian forces, with the area bisected by the frontline marked by the Dnieper River — and that one girl was killed by a drone assault on Thursday morning.
Ivan Fedorov, the governor of the southern Zaporizhzhia area — which can be partially occupied by Russia — mentioned native frontline communities had been left with out electrical energy as a result of in a single day shelling. Greater than 3,300 prospects had been affected, Fedorov mentioned in a submit to Telegram.
Within the northwestern Kharkiv area, near the entrance line, Governor Oleh Syniehubov mentioned 11 folks had been injured in a “huge” drone assault. A number of properties and industrial websites had been broken, he mentioned.
On this picture offered by the Ukrainian Emergency Service, firefighters put out the fireplace following a Russian assault in Kharkiv, Ukraine, on March 27, 2025.
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Within the central metropolis of Dnipro, the native army administration reported a number of fires attributable to drone impacts. “Enterprises, instructional and cultural establishments, greater than a dozen high-rise buildings had been broken within the metropolis,” it mentioned on Telegram. “Greater than 60 vehicles had been broken, a number of extra had been destroyed. Two vans had been additionally hit.”
Total, Ukraine’s air drive reported one missile and 86 drones launched into the nation in a single day. The drive mentioned on Telegram that 42 drones had been shot down and 26 misplaced in flight with out inflicting injury. Kharkiv, Sumy, Dnipropetrovsk and Chernihiv areas had been impacted, it mentioned.
Russia’s Protection Ministry, in the meantime, mentioned its forces shot down one Ukrainian drone over the western Bryansk area. The ministry mentioned the drone prompted an influence outage. It additionally mentioned there was an try to assault floor gear on the Glebovsky underground fuel storage facility in occupied Crimea and shelling of a transformer substation in Bryansk.
Cross-border strikes have continued regardless of progress on a U.S.-brokered partial ceasefire supposed to freeze army motion within the Black Sea and pause long-range assaults on power infrastructure amenities in each nations.
Following talks in Saudi Arabia this week, the White Home mentioned the events agreed to “develop measures to implement the settlement to ban strikes in opposition to power amenities in Russia and Ukraine.”
The Kremlin mentioned its moratorium started on March 18, although Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s communications advisor mentioned Russia hit Ukrainian power infrastructure eight occasions since that date.
Zelenskyy mentioned on Wednesday there had been no assaults on power infrastructure in both nation since Tuesday, when Ukraine and Russia agreed to pause strikes following the newest spherical of talks in Riyadh.
The White Home framed the partial ceasefire as a victory in its broader push for peace in Ukraine. However issues stay in Kyiv that President Donald Trump’s administration is just too aligned with Moscow’s narrative on the battle.
This week, Trump Center East envoy Steve Witkoff — who has been central to talks with each Moscow and Kyiv — echoed deceptive Russian speaking factors, for instance suggesting that the Russia’s claimed annexation of 5 Ukrainian territories — Donetsk, Luhansk, Kherson, Zaporizhzhia and Crimea — had the help of the native inhabitants.
Throughout a press convention with reporters in Paris on Wednesday, Zelenskyy mentioned Witkoff “usually cites the Kremlin narrative.”
“I feel that this doesn’t get us near peace, I feel this sadly will weaken the strain of the U.S. on the Russian Federation,” he added. “I’ve spoken with President Trump greater than as soon as — we are attempting to share actual and truthful data since Witkoff’s declarations disturbs us quite a bit since we’re combating Putin and we don’t want him to obtain help .”
“I’ve all the time mentioned to President Trump that we wish the U.S. to be on our aspect,” Zelenskyy mentioned. “And even when the U.S. has chosen to be within the center then they should keep within the center and never come nearer to the Kremlin.”
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy solutions journalists throughout a TV particular with European Broadcasting Union’s medias on the Musee de L’Homme in Paris, Mar. 26, 2025.
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ABC Information’ Anna Sergeeva, Nataliia Popova, Oleksiy Pshemyskiy, Ellie Kaufman and Will Gretsky contributed to this report.
