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It comes as Kyiv accused Putin of a war crime after it claimed a military hospital was hit by a drone in Kharkiv
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<\/a>Vladimir Putin<\/a>\u2019s troops have launched over 150 deadly glide bombs<\/a> at Ukraine<\/a> over the last day in a huge air attack, Kyiv<\/a>\u2019s military said.
At least 153 KAB missiles – winged explosives weighing up to 1,500 kilograms<\/a> nicknamed the \u201cbuilding destroyer\u201d – were dropped on Ukrainian towns and cities on Saturday, according to Ukraine<\/a>\u2019s general staff.
They were part of a huge air attack<\/a> involving nearly 100 airstrikes and a missile attack in regions like Sumy, Kharkiv<\/a> and Zaporizhzhia<\/a>, it added.
A military hospital was hit by an Iranian-made Shahed drone in the northeastern city of Kharkiv<\/a>, which Kyiv<\/a> claimed was a war crime. At least two people were killed and 25 injured in the attack on the city.
\u201c[This was a] deliberate, targeted shelling of a Ukrainian medical institution by the Russian army. War crimes have no statute of limitations,\u201d Ukraine<\/a>\u2019s general staff said.
It comes as Ukrainian government and military analysts said Moscow<\/a> was preparing for a new offensive along the 621-mile frontline in Sumy, Kharkiv<\/a> and Zaporizizhia.
\u201cThey’re dragging out the talks and trying to get the US<\/a> stuck in endless and pointless discussions about fake ‘conditions’ just to buy time and then try to grab more land,\u201d Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky<\/a> said.
Vladimir Putin\u2019s troops have launched over 150 deadly glide bombs at Ukraine over the last day in a huge air attack, Kyiv\u2019s military said.
At least 153 KAB missiles – winged explosives weighing up to 1,500 kilograms and nicknamed the \u201cbuilding destroyer\u201d – were dropped on Ukrainian towns and cities on Saturday, according to Ukraine\u2019s general staff.
They were part of a huge air attack on involving nearly 100 airstrikes and a missile attack in regions like Sumy, Kharkiv and Zaporizhzhia, it added.
Ukrainian air defences destroyed 65 out of 111 drones launched by Russia during an overnight attack, Kyiv’s air force said in a statement on Sunday.
It added that another 35 drones were “locationally lost” without causing damage, typically a reference to electronic jamming, but that damage was reported in the Kharkiv, Sumy, Odesa and Donetsk regions.
Russia and Ukraine have agreed to stop attacking ships in the Black Sea after intense negotiations with the US in Saudi Arabia.
It is not the full ceasefire Donald Trump is continuing to push for three years into Vladimir Putin\u2019s invasion of Ukraine, but the move is seen as progress by the White House.
A US delegation held separate talks with counterparts from Russia and Ukraine over three days into Tuesday.
But how long the current deal will hold – and even when it officially begins – remains uncertain after Russia carried out drone strikes on a key Ukrainian port city overnight.
The Russian defence ministry has claimed Putin\u2019s troops have taken the settlement of Panteleimonivka in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region and Scherbaky in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region.
Ukraine has not commented on the claim. It has not been independently verified.
Downing Street has confirmed British and French military planners will visit Ukraine next week to discuss \u201chow the coalition of the willing\u2019s reassurance force will work in practice\u201d.
The prime minister\u2019s official spokesman said: \u201cAny peace agreement can only be achieved if it’s backed by real, credible security assurances that deter Putin from coming back for Ukraine again.
\u201cThat’s what the focus of the coalition of the willing meetings have been so far, supported by the ongoing military planning meetings, which have been taking place in the last few weeks, and we continue the operational phase of our planning.
\u201cBritish and French military leaders will go to Ukraine next week to discuss the Ukrainian military, how a reassurance force will work in practice.\u201d
Ukrainian troops have quietly pushed inside Russian territory over the past few days, according to military bloggers.
Emil Kastehelmi, a military analyst with the Finnish-based Black Bird Group, said Ukrainian forces had penetrated Russian defences in Belgorod between 1.9 and 2.5 miles.
The move could be an attempt to distract Russian forces pushing out Kyiv\u2019s troops in neighbouring Kursk, which Ukraine seized after an invasion in August last year.
Two people were killed and 25 injured in a Russian drone attack on Ukraine\u2019s northeastern city of Kharkiv, Kyiv\u2019s military said.
Drones struck the military hospital, shopping centre, apartment blocks and other targets in the city.
The military\u2019s General Staff said that Ukrainian troops were among the injured in what it described as a \u201cdeliberate, targeted shelling\u201d of a medical facility.
The attack “added to the long list of vile and cynical crimes committed by the Russians since the beginning of the unprovoked invasion of Ukraine\u201d, the military added.
Kharkiv Mayor Ihor Terekhov said one of the dead had been pulled out from under rubble. He put the overall number of injured at 27.
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