Russia attacks Ukraine hours after partial ceasefire agreed in Putin-Trump call
by Shaun Walker in Kyiv, Pjotr Sauer, and David Smith from World news | The Guardian on (#6W17T)
Shortly after call ended, about 45 drones targeted region around Kyiv with anti-aircraft fire audible across capital overnight
Russia attacked Ukraine with kamikaze drones and S-300 surface-to-air missiles overnight, Ukrainian authorities have said, hours after Vladimir Putin told Donald Trump he would sign up to a partial and temporary ceasefire.
Trump and Putin spoke for more than two hours on Tuesday evening, and while the Russian president rejected Trump's request for a full 30-day ceasefire, to which Ukraine had agreed last week in Jeddah, the pair agreed on a moratorium on strikes on energy and infrastructure targets.
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