Russia Kills Six in Ukraine After Ceasefire Expires

Civilian Areas Bear the Brunt
The human cost was immediate and heartbreaking. In Kryvyi Rih — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's own hometown — a drone slammed into an apartment building, killing two people and injuring four others. Among the wounded was the couple's nine-month-old granddaughter, whose leg was severed in the blast. Regional governor Oleksandr Hanzha and military administration head Oleksandr Vilkul both confirmed the details of the strike.

Zelenskyy did not hold back in his response, condemning the attack as "cynical and devoid of all military logic." He added that pressure on Russia must not be eased, warning that the country continues to kill and injure Ukrainians even after the ceasefire window closed. Northeast of Kryvyi Rih, a separate aerial bomb strike claimed four more lives and left three others injured, Hanzha confirmed.

The Ukrainian military's General Staff reported 170 combat engagements recorded across the 1,250-kilometer front line over a single 24-hour period. The fiercest fighting centered around Kostiantynivka and Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, where Russian forces carried out 25 and 24 combat operations, respectively, at those two locations.

While neither side reported large-scale airstrikes during the ceasefire period itself, both accused each other of continuing drone and artillery attacks throughout. Ukraine also struck back — Zelenskyy confirmed that Ukrainian forces had targeted gas facilities in Russia's Orenburg region, located more than 1,500 kilometers from Ukraine's borders.

Drone Damage Spreads Across Multiple Regions
The scale of Tuesday's drone campaign stretched well beyond a single city. In Kyiv, debris from an intercepted drone crashed onto the roof of a 16-storey residential building in the northern Obolon district, triggering a fire. Mayor Vitali Klitschko confirmed the incident. Damage was also reported to energy facilities, an apartment complex, a kindergarten, and a civilian locomotive, according to Zelenskyy.

Two people were injured in the central Cherkasy region. Further damage was recorded in Zhytomyr and Chernihiv regions, with the latter sitting directly on the Russian border. In the southeastern city of Dnipro and the southern city of Kherson, two more people were hurt in separate strikes. Russian drones additionally hit energy infrastructure in the Mykolaiv region, triggering widespread blackouts, according to regional governor Vitaliy Kim.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said Kyiv had formally proposed extending the ceasefire, but Russia responded by escalating instead. On the defense front, Zelenskyy said Ukraine is actively working with European allies to strengthen protection against ballistic missiles, with representatives from 13 countries and NATO having taken part in dedicated talks on the matter that same day. U.S. President Donald Trump had expressed hope on Friday that the truce might hold — but on the ground, events told a very different story.