Ukraine-Russia conflict dwell: Putin’s drones kill 12-year-old little one hours after he gives 72-hour ceasefire | EUROtoday

“We continue to be concerned by (North Korea’s) direct involvement in the war. (North Korea’s) military deployment to Russia and any support provided by the Russian Federation to (North Korea) in return must end,” a US State Department spokesperson mentioned in an e mail on Monday.

Vladimir Putin has introduced a brief ceasefire in Ukraine subsequent weekend to mark the eightieth anniversary of victory in WW2, the Kremlin has mentioned.

The 72-hour ceasefire is the second introduced by Moscow in current weeks, after it declared a 30-hour Easter Sunday truce – which Kyiv and its European allies accused it of breaching.

The Kremlin mentioned the truce will final from the start of 8 May and final till the shut of 10 May, including that Russia give an “adequate and effective response” to any Ukrainian violations. Moscow stays prepared for peace talks with none preconditions, the assertion added.

Donald Trump has upped his criticism of Mr Putin after assembly Mr Zelensky on the Vatican. The US president mentioned he was “very disappointed” in Russia’s continued bombardment of civilian areas in Ukraine.

Mr Trump additionally mentioned he believes Ukrainian chief Volodymyr Zelensky is prepared to surrender Crimea in an effort to strike a peace cope with Russia.

Of all of the 20 per cent of Ukraine’s territory taken after Russia invaded Crimea 11 years in the past and launched its wider Anschluss in 2022, Crimea is the best Russian prize.

Whoever controls Sevastopol is more likely to dominate the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov. Outside of Tartus, in Syria, which Russia misplaced lately, it’s – or was – Russia’s solely warm-weather port.

Moscow’s declare to Crimea has been undermined by the truth that it was ceded to Ukraine beneath the Soviet Union in 1954.

A 12-year-old lady has died in a Russian drone assault in central Ukraine, in keeping with officers within the war-torn nation.

The drone hit a residential constructing in Samarivskyi district within the Dnipropetrovsk area, Ukraine’s emergency service mentioned.

Locals pulled the lady from the rubble of the constructing, however she died en path to hospital, the service mentioned.

It posted pictures of emergency employees sifting by way of the wreckage of the constructing.

Less than two days after US president Donald Trump lashed out at Vladimir Putin for “tapping me along” over a peace deal, the Russian president has introduced one other momentary ceasefire – this one scheduled to final three days.

His grand declaration raised instant suspicion over whether or not this was one more stalling tactic from essentially the most conniving of dictators. One designed to maintain an more and more pissed off White House pleased: Mr Trump’s prime diplomat has even talked this week of pulling out of your complete negotiating course of.

The information was met in Ukraine with a big dose of scepticism. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky even accused Mr Putin of “yet another round of Russian manipulation” to appease Mr Trump.

Kyiv, which has beforehand agreed to Trump’s proposal of a 30-day full ceasefire, accused Moscow of violating an identical momentary truce throughout Easter.

Mr Zelensky charged Russia with cynically utilizing that pause to advance, saying Russian assaults continued on a number of fronts, artillery fireplace didn’t subside, and assaults on vitality infrastructure had been relentless.

US vp JD Vance has mentioned Ukraine is not going to win the conflict in opposition to Russia as he claimed {that a} peace deal between Moscow and Kyiv shouldn’t be “necessarily guaranteed”.

“Sometimes you’re incredibly frustrated with the Ukrainians, sometimes you’re incredibly frustrated with the Russians,” Mr Vance mentioned on the Charlie Kirk Show podcast.

“I can’t say with 100 per cent certainty, Charlie, that we’re going to be able to do it,” he mentioned, referring to a peace deal.

Mr Vance mentioned that the US is “making progress” within the negotiations however a peace deal shouldn’t be essentially assured.

“If this doesn’t stop, the Ukrainians aren’t winning the war,” the US vp mentioned.

“I think there’s this weird idea among the mainstream media that if this thing goes on for just another few years, the Russians will collapse, the Ukrainians will take their territory back, and everything will go back to the way that it was before the war. That is not the reality that we live in,” he mentioned.

Russia’s troops have captured the village of Doroshivka in Ukraine’s northeastern Kharkiv area, the Russian defence ministry introduced at the moment.

In a each day replace shared on its Telegram channel, the Russian defence ministry mentioned: “As a result of active actions, units of the ‘West’ military group liberated the village of Doroshovka in the Kharkiv region.”

Ukraine has not issued a touch upon the Russian declare over its territory.

According to the newest battlefield replace shared by The Institute for the Study of War, a Ukrainian commander had reported extra exercise within the Kharkiv area from Russian forces up to now 24 hours.

“The commander reported that Russian forces are more actively conducting artillery strikes and assaults, including with mopeds, and that Russian forces have rotated troops in this direction, increasing the number of Russian forces and reserves,” the ISW mentioned in its newest evaluation.

A senior Russian safety official has mentioned Russia might strike the most recent members of Nato with nuclear weapons.

Nato’s latest members – Finland and Sweden joined the bloc in 2023 and 2024 respectively – could possibly be struck with revenge strikes utilizing nuclear weapons within the occasion of a battle, mentioned Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s former prime minister and present deputy of its safety council.

“The non-aligned status gave them (Finland and Sweden) certain international perks, given their geopolitical position and many other factors,” the shut aide of Mr Putin mentioned.

“And now they are part of a bloc hostile to us which means they automatically became a target for our armed forces, including potential retaliatory strikes and even the nuclear component or preventive measures within the framework of a military doctrine,” Mr Medvedev mentioned this morning.

A 12-year-old lady has died in a Russian drone assault in central Ukraine, in keeping with officers within the war-torn nation.

The drone hit a residential constructing in Samarivskyi district within the Dnipropetrovsk area, Ukraine’s emergency service mentioned.

Locals pulled the lady from the rubble of the constructing, however she died en path to hospital, the service mentioned.

It posted pictures of emergency employees sifting by way of the wreckage of the constructing.

Ukrainian officers have began evacuating households from Dnipropetrovsk Oblast as Russian forces are reportedly closing in on the area’s border.

Residents will probably be evacuated by automobiles and had been requested to pack paperwork, cash, drugs, water, and meals for just a few days, together with different requirements, reported The Kyiv Independent.

The evacuation will probably be carried out from the villages of Kolona Mezhova, Novopidhorodne, Raipole, and Sukhareva Balka within the Mezhova neighborhood, in keeping with a compulsory order issued by governor Serhii Lysak.

Russian forces are reportedly at a distance between 5 to fifteen km from the settlements close to the executive border between Dnipropetrovsk and Donetsk oblast.