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Zelenskyy also noted that if Russia does not adhere to the fragile ceasefire, Ukraine will fight back: “There won’t be a situation where Russia will continue to shell our energy infrastructure and we won’t respond. We will respond.”
Following Tuesday night’s strikes, Russian officials in Krasnodar claimed that a Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at an oil depot Wednesday morning, and the Russian Defense Ministry also reported that several Ukrainian drones had entered Russian airspace.
In the much-awaited call between Trump and Putin, which came after weeks of American diplomatic efforts to find a resolution to Russia’s war in Ukraine, Washington tried to persuade the Kremlin leader to accept the proposal for a 30-day ceasefire, which had already been agreed to by Kyiv.
However, Russia only agreed to a partial ceasefire on civilian and energy infrastructure.
“Today, Putin effectively rejected the proposal for a full ceasefire,” Zelenskyy stressed, adding that “the pressure on Russia must continue for the sake of peace.”
