Six dead, including baby, as Russia strikes Ukraine hours after Putin vows to take 'revenge' in call with Trump
At least six people, including a one-year-old child, have died in Russian strikes on Ukraine overnight.
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The attack on the northern Ukrainian city of Pryluky came hours after Donald Trump's phone call with Vladimir Putin on Wednesday.
Six people were wounded in last night's attack on Ukraine and have been hospitalised, according to regional governor Viacheslav Chaus.
He said six Shahed-type drones hit residential areas of Pryluky early Thursday morning, severely damaging residential buildings.
Meanwhile, seventeen people were wounded in a Russian drone strike on the eastern Ukrainian city of Kharkiv.
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Among the victims were several children, a pregnant woman, and a 93-year-old woman, regional head Oleh Syniehubov said on Telegram.
According to Trump, Putin told him in last night's call that Russia would respond "very strongly" to a Ukrainian attack on its airfields over the weekend.
Ukraine targeted more than 40 stationary Russian bomber planes in a large-scale drone attack, which Zelenskyy celebrated as an ‘absolutely brilliant result’.
117 drones were smuggled inside special containers on trucks before they were flown out of them, according to a Ukrainian government source.
The attack is understood to be a major breach of Russia's natural defences, and will degrade the Russian military's ability to strike Ukraine with missiles.
The US president warned in a social media post that Putin would respond to the attack.
He wrote: "it was a good conversation, but not a conversation that will lead to immediate peace."
It was Trump's first known call with Putin in over two weeks, since their call on May 19 which Trump described as ‘excellent’ at the time.
But Trump appears no closer to achieving a ceasefire in Ukraine, something he promised to do ‘on day one’ of his second term in the White House, during his presidential campaign.