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Limited ceasefire requested by Trump ends as Moscow resumes attacking Kyiv and other major Ukrainian cities
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Volodymyr Zelensky has accused Moscow of exploiting a US proposal to briefly halt strikes in Ukraine to stockpile missiles, rather than support diplomacy.
Russia has resumed its attacks following a brief pause over the weekend requested by Donald Trump On Tuesday, it carried out its largest attack of the year so far, firing 450 drones and 71 missiles at Ukraine.
“It was a deliberate attack against energy infrastructure, involving a record number of ballistic missiles,” the Ukrainian president said.
“In fact, the Russian army exploited the US proposal to briefly halt strikes not to support diplomacy, but to stockpile missiles and wait until the coldest days of the year, when temperatures across large parts of Ukraine drop below -20°C (-4°F).”
As of Tuesday morning, emergency power cuts were in effect in the Ukrainian capital after Russian forces again targeted power plants and energy infrastructure.
It comes after Ukraine and its western allies agreed that Russian violations of a future ceasefire agreement would be met with a military response by Europe before any involvement by the US, according to a report in the Financial Times.
The Kremlin has welcomed remarks by Fifa president Gianni Infantino who said Russia’s four-year ban from international soccer tournaments should be lifted after it has “achieved nothing”.
Russian clubs and the national team have been suspended from Fifa and Uefa competitions since the start of the war in Ukraine in February 2022.
Asked about Infantino’s comments, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said they were “very good” and that it had been a mistake to politicise sport.
Peskov said that Russia’s soccer team should now have its rights to compete completely restored.
Russia is ready for the new reality of a world with no nuclear arms control limits after the New START treaty expires later this week, Russia’s point man for arms control said on Tuesday.
The Trump administration has been urged, including former president Barack Obama, to ensure the treaty is not allowed to expire.
Deputy foreign minister Sergei Ryabkov also said that if the US pumped lots of missile defence systems onto Greenland, then Russia would have to take compensatory measures in its military sphere.
An 85-year-old woman has been killed and five others injured in Russian strikes on the city of Kharkiv and its surrounding villages in the past 24 hours, the chief of the region’s military administration has said.
Among the injured were two women aged 79 and 61, and three men aged 67, 58 and 22, Oleh Syniehubov said.
Russian forces used drones to attack the Slobidskyi, Shevchenkivskyi, Osnovianskyi, Saltivskyi and Kholodnohirskyi districts of Kharkiv, Ukrainska Pravda reported.
The region’s energy infrastructure was also targeted in the attack.
We earlier heard from Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov, who said Moscow has heard no statements from India about halting purchases of Russian oil – and that Moscow intended to develop its strategic partnership with New Delhi.
Donald Trump announced a trade deal with India that slashes US tariffs on Indian goods to 18 per cent from 50 per cent in exchange for India halting Russian oil purchases and lowering trade barriers.
Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Russia valued its relationship with India and would continue to develop its strategic partnership.
“So far, we have not heard any statements from Delhi on this issue. We respect bilateral US-Indian relations,” Peskov told reporters.
“But we attach no less importance to the development of an advanced strategic partnership between Russia and India. This is the most important thing for us and we intend to further develop our bilateral relations with Delhi.”
We can bring you more lines from Volodymyr Zelensky now, who spoke during a joint press conference with Nato chief Mark Rutte in Kyiv earlier today.
Russia disregarded ongoing US peace efforts by attacking Ukraine’s energy sector overnight on Tuesday, Mr Zelensky said.
The Ukrainian president said that Kyiv would reach out to US officials to discuss the consequences for Russia following the attack.
He added that they had discussed rapid air defence supplies and licences for US weapon production in Europe.
Mr Zelensky did not state whether any progress was made in those discussions.
Russian forces launched a massive overnight air attack on Ukraine from Monday into Tuesday.
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We can now bring you news from Poland, where the defence ministry says one it its employees has been detained and charged for collaborating with a foreign intelligence service.
News website Onet had earlier reported that an employee of the defence ministry had been detained for collaborating with Russian intelligence.
We’ll bring you any further details as they come in.
Sweden and Denmark will jointly procure and supply Ukraine with air defence systems worth 2.6 billion Swedish crowns (£213 million) to help it ward off Russian attacks, the countries’ defence ministers said on Tuesday.
Sweden will fund 2.1 billion crowns of the purchase of Tridon air defence systems, developed by BAE Systems Bofors BAES.L, the Swedish arm of the defence material group. Denmark will contribute about 500 million crowns, Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson said.
“This means that Ukraine can develop an air defence battalion if they so wish,” he told a joint press conference in Gothenburg, Sweden, with his Danish counterpart Troels Lund Poulsen.
“The purchase doesn’t just support Ukraine on the battlefield with more material, but also strengthens our production capacity in Sweden.”
Poland will launch an investigation into any potential Polish fallout from the actions of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and into possible Russian involvement in his actions, prime minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday.
Mr Tusk spoke ahead of a visit to Kyiv, on the invitation of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky.
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