Russia launched a sweeping drone assault and air attacks across Ukraine, killing at least four people, officials say, a day after United States President Donald Trump cast doubt over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s willingness to end the war.According to a Facebook post by the Donetsk regional prosecutor’s office, Russia dropped three glide bombs on the city, about 10km (6 miles) from the front line, on Sunday. Russian forces have inched closer towards it over the past year.
A couple, aged 47 and 48, were killed, along with a 78-year-old pensioner, the post said, and 21 homes were damaged. Pictures from the scene showed a destroyed single-storey house and the shell of a burned-out car.
Another person died and a 14-year-old girl was wounded in a drone attack on the city of Pavlohrad in the Dnipropetrovsk region, which was hit for the third consecutive night, Governor Serhii Lysak said.
Russia also fired 149 exploding drones and decoys in the latest wave of attacks, the Ukrainian air force said, adding that 57 were intercepted and another 67 jammed. Advertisement
One person was wounded in drone attacks on the Odesa region, and another in the city of Zhytomyr. Four people were wounded in an air attack on Kherson city on Sunday morning, according to local officials.
The attacks came h …