Russian aerial bombs hit residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, leaving at least seven people dead, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump announced a diesel deal with Russia.
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Russian strikes killed at least seven people in Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia region on Saturday, including three children, regional officials said.
Mykhailo Semikin, head of the regional military administration, said Russian aerial bombs struck residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia and that at least 10 people were wounded in the attack.
The strikes came a day after Trump said he had struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, a reversal of years of U.S. pressure on Moscow over its war in Ukraine.
In a post on Friday, Trump said the agreement with Russian President Vladimir Putin would have Russia immediately supply more than 300,000 tons of diesel, followed by an additional 500,000 tons in November and 1 million tons “immediately thereafter.” He added that Russia would deliver an additional 3 million tons “within a short period of time.”
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy responded to the announcement saying Russia would repay it “with further terror and perfidy,” arguing that it would help prolong the war.
Zelenskyy said in comments posted online that the deal “plays into Russia’s hands — allowing it to kill more, wage war for longer, have even less respect for America, and inflict even greater losses and damage on the world,” and he also said it was a “weak decision” by “strong partners,” according to a statement from the Ukrainian Embassy in Washington.
The Ukrainian comments were made in the context of Trump’s announcement, which came as his envoy Steve Witkoff and son-in-law Jared Kushner were meeting with Ukrainian officials in Miami about a proposal to end the war.
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