The Russian army has launched an overnight barrage of drones on Ukraine's Dnipro and Kharkiv, resulting in at least one death and around 50 injuries.
"A difficult night for Dnipro. The enemy has launched a massive attack on the city," the head of the Dnipropetrovsk region, Sergei Lysak, said on Wednesday morning.
The attack mostly struck residential infrastructure, including five houses and funeral home, and killed a 53-year old man.
Russian troops also launched at least 15 Shahed drones towards Kharkiv, the head of the Kharkiv regional prosecutor's office Spartak Borisenko said, quoted by Ukrainian media.
At least 45 people were injured, including a 16-year-old teenager, a five-year-old girl and a pregnant woman.
At least 13 emergency medical teams were deployed to help the injured, local authorities said.
Also in Kharkiv, mostly residential buildings were damaged in the attack.
"Russian drones continue flying in the skies over Ukraine all morning," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post on social media platform X.
The Ukrainian leader urged global leaders to maintain pressure on Russia, and called for "strong additional sanctions that will actually work."
"It must be pressure, not just words or attempts at persuasion, that forces Russia to cease fire and end the war. Pressure from the United States, from Europe, from everyone in the world who believes there is no place for war on this planet," he added.
Ukrainian drone attack on Kursk
Meanwhile, Russia's air defence said they destroyed 91 drones launched by Ukraine overnight, with 40 shot down over the Kursk region.
Acting governor Alexander Khinshtein said on Telegram that three people were injured, two of whom were taken to hospital. Several residential houses and a kindergarten were damaged.
Ukraine also targeted a Russian weapons factory in Murom, 300km east of Moscow, starting a fire, a Ukrainian SBU security agent said.
On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump told ABC that his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin "wants peace" in Ukraine. It came mere days after he expressed doubts about Putin's "conciliatory" intentions.
Asked by an ABC reporter if he believes the Russian president wants to end the war in Ukraine, Trump replied, "I think so."
"His dream was to take over the whole country," Trump said. "Because to me, he's not going to do that."
When asked if he trusts the head of the Kremlin, Trump replied, "I don't trust many people at all."
