Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that the attacks continue to strike Ukraine's energy infrastructure, despite Putin's agreement to immediately cease strikes on the power grid
Zelenskyy said that Moscow's refusal to halt all strikes proved the need for increased pressure on Moscow to fend off Putin from continuing the war
Zelenskyy stated that Ukraine must continue to pressure Russia to grant them peace, only a confirmed halt to Russia's attacks on civilian infrastructure could demonstrate a sincere commitment to ending the war and advancing peace
The White House described the call between U.S. President Donald Trump and Putin as the first step in a "movement to peace" that it hopes will include a maritime ceasefire in the Black Sea and eventually a full and lasting end to the ongoing war
There are no indications that Putin backed away from his conditions for a prospective peace deal that are viciously opposed by Kyiv
Despite efforts to stop the attack, several strikes hit civilian infrastructure, including a direct drone strike on a hospital in Sumy and attacks on cities in Donetsk region
Russian drones were also reported over Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Sumy, Chernihiv, Poltava, Kharkiv, Kirovohrad, Dnipropetrovsk, and Cherkasy regions
The Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday that its air defences intercepted 57 Ukrainian drones over the Azov Sea and several Russian regions, the border provinces of Kursk and Bryansk and the nearby regions of Oryol and Tula
Authorities in the Krasnodar region bordering the Crimean Peninsula, which was annexed by Russia back in 2014, reported that a drone attack there started a fire at an oil depot
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