A Ukrainian drone attack on the occupied Kherson region in southern Ukraine killed seven people and wounded 20, the governor of the region, Vladimir Saldo, who was appointed by Moscow, said today.
Earlier, two people were killed in a Russian attack on Odessa, and both attacks came just hours after Kiev and Washington signed an agreement giving the US access to Ukrainian mineral resources, which could allow for continued military aid to Ukraine.
"At the time of the attack, there were many people at the market (in the town of Oleshki)," Saldo wrote on Telegram.
After the first wave of strikes, Ukraine, he said, sent additional drones to finish off the survivors.
The Ukrainian Air Force reported that Russia had sent 170 explosive drones and decoys into five Ukrainian regions in the latest wave of attacks overnight between Wednesday and Thursday. It said 74 were intercepted and another 68 were lost. Russia also launched five ballistic missiles.
After the attack, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Russia had ignored a US proposal for a complete and unconditional ceasefire for more than 50 days.
The Russian Defense Ministry announced today that air defenses shot down eight Ukrainian drones overnight.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday announced a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire in Ukraine next week to mark Victory Day in World War II, as the United States pushes for a deal to end the three-year war.
The Kremlin announced that the truce to mark the Soviet Union's victory over Nazi Germany in 1945 - the country's biggest secular holiday - will last from May 8 to May 10.
Ukraine, which had previously agreed to US President Donald Trump's proposal for a thirty-day ceasefire, rejected Putin's move.
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