伦敦-俄罗斯对乌克兰发动了新一轮无人机袭击,袭击从夜间持续到周日早上。乌克兰刚刚经历了一个血腥的周末,基辅方面表示,空袭造成至少24人死亡。
乌克兰空军表示,俄罗斯在一夜之间向乌克兰发射了119架沙赫德无人攻击机,其中73架被击落,37架在飞行中丢失,没有造成任何损失。
空军在一份电报中说,顿涅茨克、哈尔科夫、波尔塔瓦、切尔卡西亚、苏米和扎波里日亚地区都有撞击报告。
周六晚上,乌克兰继续对俄罗斯进行远程攻击。俄罗斯国防部表示,它在俄罗斯八个地区击落了88架乌克兰无人机,而俄罗斯联邦航空运输局(federal air transport agency)在阿斯特拉罕、喀山和下诺夫哥罗德的机场实施了临时运营限制。
乌克兰总统弗拉基米尔·泽连斯基在周日早间向社交媒体发布的一篇帖子中表示,俄罗斯的每一次袭击都代表着西方主导的对俄制裁行动的失败。“俄罗斯使用的每一枚沙赫德、每一枚空投炸弹都包含规避制裁的部件,”他说。"这些武器含有82,000多种外国部件。"
泽连斯基写道:“每天,我们都与我们的伙伴合作,以确保做出的决定正是为了拯救生命的支持:防空供应、国防生产投资、加强对俄制裁。”。"我们将继续努力,使公正的和平更加接近,并提供可靠的安全保障."
俄罗斯在过去一周加强了对乌克兰的远程打击,与此同时,美国总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)决定暂停对乌克兰的所有军事援助和情报共享,以迫使基辅与俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京(Vladimir Putin)谈判,结束俄罗斯长达三年的入侵。
空军称,周五晚上,俄罗斯向乌克兰发射了145架无人机和三枚导弹。报道称击落了79架无人机,另有54架在飞行中失踪。
周六,乌克兰表示,在顿涅茨克、哈尔科夫和敖德萨的无人机袭击中,有24人丧生。被击中的地点包括顿涅茨克多布罗皮利亚市的住宅楼和购物中心,该市遭到弹道导弹和无人驾驶飞机的袭击。
乌克兰的欧洲盟友对俄罗斯周末的袭击发出强烈谴责。
“这就是有人姑息野蛮人的后果,”波兰总统唐纳德·图斯克在X上写道,并补充说,“更多的炸弹,更多的侵略,更多的受害者。乌克兰又一个悲惨的夜晚。”
欧盟首席外交官卡贾·卡拉斯在X上写道,“俄罗斯导弹无情地落在乌克兰,带来更多的死亡和更多的破坏。”
“普京再次表明他对和平不感兴趣,”她补充道。“我们必须加强我们的军事支持——否则,更多的乌克兰平民将付出最高的代价。”
与此同时,泽连斯基在社交媒体上发表帖子,对周六罢工的受害者表示哀悼。“当然,我们正在尽最大努力保护生命,”他写道。
“我感谢所有的领导人,我们伙伴国家的所有外交官,所有支持乌克兰的公众人物,他们谴责了俄罗斯的袭击,并且直言不讳,”他补充道。
泽连斯基说:“至关重要的是,我们继续与我们的伙伴协调我们的所有努力,以确保我们的防御有效,并尽一切努力使和平更近一步。”。
乌克兰正在敦促美国恢复军事援助和情报共享,这两项措施是在特朗普和泽连斯基在白宫举行灾难性会晤后实施的。
特朗普一再错误地将他的乌克兰对手诬陷为非法领导人,并将乌克兰诬为俄罗斯战争的煽动者。自特朗普重返白宫以来,乌克兰和欧洲领导人对他们所认为的美国与俄罗斯在战争问题上的结盟表示担忧。
乌克兰和美国官员将于下周在沙特阿拉伯会面,讨论结束战争。国家安全顾问迈克·瓦尔兹和国务卿马尔科·卢比奥将率领美国代表团。
周五,特朗普告诉记者,“我们与俄罗斯相处得很好”,他说这是“轰炸乌克兰的地狱”。
当被问及他是否认为普京在利用美国冻结对乌克兰的援助来加强对乌克兰的攻击时,特朗普补充说,“我实际上认为他正在做任何人都会做的事情……我认为他希望停止并解决这一问题。”
总统还再次指责乌克兰是和平的主要障碍。“坦率地说,我发现与乌克兰打交道变得更加困难。他们没有底牌,”特朗普说。"就达成最终和解而言,与俄罗斯打交道可能更容易。"
Ukraine reports 264 Russian drone attacks in 48 hours amid Trump aid freeze
LONDON --Russia launched a fresh wave of drone strikes into Ukraine overnight into Sunday morning as the country reeled from a bloody weekend of aerial attacks that Kyiv said killed at least 24 people.
Ukraine's air force said Russia launched 119 Shahed attack drones into the country overnight, 73 of which were shot down and 37 lost in flight without causing any damage.
Impacts were reported in the Donetsk, Kharkiv, Poltava, Cherkasy, Sumy and Zaporizhzhia regions, the air force said in a Telegram post.
Ukraine continued its own long-range attacks into Russia on Saturday night. Russia's Defense Ministry said it downed 88 Ukrainian drones over eight Russian regions, while Russia's federal air transport agency introduced temporary operating restrictions at airports in Astrakhan, Kazan and Nizhny Novgorod.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a Sunday morning post to social media that each Russian attack represents a failure in the Western-led sanctions campaign against Moscow. "Every Shahed, every aerial bomb used by Russia includes components supplied in circumvention of sanctions," he said. "These weapons contain more than 82,000 foreign components."
"Every day, we work with our partners to ensure that decisions are made precisely for the support that saves lives: the supply of air defense, investments in our defense production, strengthening sanctions against Russia," Zelenskyy wrote. "And we continue our work to bring a fair peace closer and provide reliable security guarantees."
Russia has intensified its long range strikes on Ukraine over the past week, coinciding with President Donald Trump's decision to pause all military aid to and intelligence sharing with Ukraine in a bid to force Kyiv into negotiations with Russian President Vladimir Putin to end Moscow's three-year-old invasion.
Friday night saw Russia launch 145 drones and three missiles into Ukraine, the air force said. It reported downing 79 drones with 54 others lost in flight.
On Saturday, Ukraine said 24 people were killed in drone strikes in Donetsk, Kharkiv and Odesa. Among the locations hit were residential buildings and a shopping center in the Donetsk city of Dobropillya, which was subjected to ballistic missile and drone attacks.
Ukraine's European allies issued fierce condemnations of Russia's weekend attacks.
"This is what happens when someone appeases barbarians," Polish President Donald Tusk wrote on X, adding, "More bombs, more aggression, more victims. Another tragic night in Ukraine."
The European Union's chief diplomat, Kaja Kallas, wrote on X, "Russian missiles keep relentlessly falling on Ukraine, bringing more death and more destruction."
"Once again, Putin shows he has no interest in peace," she added. "We must step up our military support -- otherwise, even more Ukrainian civilians will pay the highest price."
Zelenskyy, meanwhile, expressed his condolences to the victims of Saturday's strikes in a post to social media. "Of course, we are doing our utmost to protect lives," he wrote.
"I am grateful to all the leaders, all those diplomats of our partner countries, all public figures who support Ukraine, who have condemned these Russian strikes and who call all things by their proper names," he added.
"It is essential that we continue coordinating all our efforts with our partners to ensure that our defense works effectively and that we do everything to bring peace closer," Zelenskyy said.
Ukraine is pressing for a resumption in U.S. military aid and intelligence sharing, both of which were imposed after a disastrous meeting between Trump and Zelenskyy at the White House.
Trump has repeatedly -- and falsely -- framed his Ukrainian counterpart as an illegitimate leader and Ukraine as the instigator of Russia's war. Ukrainian and European leaders have expressed concern at what they see as a U.S. alignment with Russian narratives about the war since Trump's return to the White House.
Ukrainian and American officials will meet in Saudi Arabia next week for discussions on ending the war. National security advisor Mike Waltz and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will lead the U.S. delegation.
On Friday, Trump told reporters "we're doing very well with Russia," which he said was "bombing the hell out of Ukraine."
Asked whether he felt Putin was exploiting the U.S. freeze on assistance in his intensified attacks on Ukraine, Trump added, "I actually think he's doing what anybody else would do … I think he wants to get it stopped and settled."
The president also again framed Ukraine as the main impediment to peace. "I'm finding it more difficult, frankly, to deal with Ukraine. And they don't have the cards," Trump said. "In terms of getting a final settlement, it may be easier dealing with Russia."