Russia carries out massive drone attacks on Selenskyj's hometown

Russia carries out massive drone attacks on Selenskyj's hometown

In the night of Wednesday, Russia has hundreds of drones in the direction of Ukraine Four key regions were strongly attacked, with the hometown of President Wolodymyr Selenskyj, Krywyj Rih, from "massive" bombing, as official bodies reported.

biggest attacks this week

The nightly attack, in which 400 long -distance roar and a rocket were used, was the largest this week, according to the Ukrainian Air Force. Numerous cities - including Krywyj Rih, Kharkiw and Winnyzja - and parts of the Odesa region suffered the most violent attacks. The Air Force reported that 345 of the drones were either intercepted or deactivated.

Krywyj Rih suffers from massive attacks

KRYWYJ RIH, located in Central Ukraine, experienced "the most massive attack ... since the beginning of the war," reported the city's military administration, Oleksandr Wilkul. He added that the attack included a ballistic rocket and 28 drones, which triggered several fires and left parts of the city without electricity and water. Selenskyj found that Russia had targeted the city's energy infrastructure and reported 15 injuries.

reaction from President Selenskyj

"Russia does not change its strategy - and to fight this terror effectively, we have to systematically strengthen our defense: more air defense systems, more interceptors and more determination," said Selenskyj in a contribution to X.

attacks in other cities

ihor Terekhov, the mayor of Charkiw, reported that his city was hit 16 times during the attack in just 14 minutes. In Winnyzja, in the southwest of Kiev, eight people were injured and two infrastructure facilities caught fire during the attacks.

consequences and number of victims

Selenskyj emphasized that the missions continued to run in some of the regions that have been attacked overnight. In the last 24 hours, three deaths in Ukraine - one by artillery fire in the Sumy and two in the Charkiw - 38 people were injured, according to the official message.

US policy and Trump’s reaction

The latest large-scale wave of attack on Russia on Ukraine is taking place one day after a political change from the US government. President Donald Trump is increasingly frustrated by his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. On Monday, Trump announced that Ukraine will receive patriot rocket defense systems through NATO as part of a new US arms package and threatened to buy “secondary tariffs” to other countries that buy Russian oil. This signals an economically sanctioning attitude towards Moscow.

Trump via Putin

Trump, who was formerly positive about Putin, was angered that his efforts to end the war in Moscow were largely ignored. "My conversations with him are very pleasant, and then the rockets are pounding in at night," said Trump, but at the same time declined to fall into a trap that was placed for his predecessors: "He was Clinton, Bush, Obama, Biden - he did not deceive me."

reactions of the Kremlin

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that Trump's threat of sanctions was "very serious". "The statements of the US president are very serious," said Peskov at a daily conference with journalists and claimed that Trump Putin had "personally" addressed in his announcement. "We certainly need time to analyze what was said in Washington. And whenever President Putin thinks it thinks it is necessary, he will definitely comment on it," added Peskov.

reactions of European Foreign Minister

. "In order to have peace, we have to support Ukraine and put pressure on Russia," said Kaja Kallas, the minister responsible for the EU's foreign policy, on her arrival for a meeting of the European Union in Brussels on Tuesday. "I also hope that the Americans will move forward with their sanctions or tariffs so that pressure on Russia is exerted to really end this war," added Kallas.

This report was written by CNN reporters Kevin Liptak, James Frater, Anna Chernova and Catherine Nicholls.