Ukraine Reports Renewed Russian Strikes After Expiry of Short Ceasefire

Mintesinot Niggusie

Ukraine said Russian forces launched more than 200 drones overnight and carried out widespread strikes across the country, killing at least six people in the Dnipropetrovsk region, following the expiry of a US-mediated ceasefire that had temporarily paused large-scale attacks.

The truce, which lasted three days and ended on Monday, was part of a broader US-led diplomatic effort under President Donald Trump to explore possible steps toward de-escalation. Ukrainian officials said expectations that the ceasefire could be extended were overtaken by renewed attacks.

In the central city of Kryvyi Rih, a drone strike on a residential building killed two people and injured four others, including a nine-month-old child. Regional officials reported an aerial bomb strike killed four more people nearby. Elsewhere, Ukrainian authorities reported damage to infrastructure in Kyiv, Kherson and Mykolaiv.

President Zelenskiy said the attack was “cynical and devoid of all military logic.” He also stated that Ukraine had conducted strikes on gas facilities in Russia’s Orenburg region as cross-border attacks continued. Ukraine’s General Staff recorded 170 combat clashes along the 1,250-kilometre front line in the past 24 hours.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Kyiv had proposed extending the ceasefire, but instead faced intensified attacks involving large-scale drone deployments targeting civilian infrastructure.