Twelve people, including three children, were reportedly killed in a Russian strike on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia, a day after US President Donald Trump announced a deal to lift sanctions on Russian diesel.
A six-year-old girl was among those reported killed after a strike damaged a residential apartment block. Her grandfather, Anatoliy Chumniy, said her birthday would have been at the end of the month.
Fourteen others were wounded in the attack on the industrial city, whose outskirts lie less than 30 kilometres from the frontline. Local governor Mykhailo Semikin said Russia hit several locations simultaneously in the early hours of Saturday.
Emergency workers continued search-and-rescue operations at the damaged buildings, pulling survivors from the rubble.
Zaporizhzhia, which had a pre-war population of more than 700,000, has experienced repeated strikes during the conflict, with Ukrainian authorities reporting an increase in attacks in recent months.
Ukrainian officials said nearly 80 civilians had been killed in Russian strikes over two days earlier this week.
Zelenskyy hits out at Washington
President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Russia had marked the lifting of diesel sanctions by dropping five glide bombs on residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, in some of his sharpest criticism yet of the White House.
He said Moscow reads any easing of pressure as a signal that it can keep bombing cities. "Different signals are needed," he said.
Trump's decision comes as his administration tries to curb fuel prices, which have risen sharply during the US conflict with Iran. Ukraine has advocated maintaining economic pressure on Moscow as part of negotiations aimed at ending the conflict.
Trump has also criticised Ukrainian strikes on Russian oil refineries, which he says have driven up global prices. Kiev says it wants a total halt to energy strikes by both sides.
On Saturday, parts of Kiev and the surrounding region were left without power, bringing the city's metro to a complete halt for the second time this week.
Peace efforts stall
The latest strikes came after Ukrainian and European officials held talks with US negotiators in Miami on Friday, aimed at developing a common proposal for ending the war, according to a person familiar with the discussions.
Trump announced the diesel deal while the talks were under way, a move Zelenskyy said caught Kiev by surprise.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said after a call with Trump that an immediate resumption of peace talks was unlikely, citing Ukrainian drone attacks on Moscow.
Separately, the Russian-installed governor of the Russian-controlled Luhansk region in eastern Ukraine said four civilians were killed and five wounded in Ukrainian attacks on Saturday.
