One killed in Ukraine as Trump threatens Russia with sanctions

Exchange of occurrence intensifies arsenic Moscow and Kyiv vie for vantage successful the aboriginal days of Trump’s caller term.

One idiosyncratic has been killed and astatine slightest 24 wounded successful a drone and rocket onslaught connected the southeastern Ukrainian metropolis of Zaporizhzhia, determination officials said portion blaming Russia for the attack.

More than 20,000 residents were besides near without powerfulness and 17,000 without heating arsenic a effect of the overnight attack, according to Governor Ivan Fedorov, who said an vigor installation had been destroyed.

He added that a 47-year-old antheral was killed successful the onslaught and astatine slightest 4 exigency workers, arsenic good arsenic a two-month-old baby, were among those injured.

“Residential buildings… were damaged by a strike. The blast question broke retired windows and damaged a roof,” Fedorov said connected Telegram.

Later, Ukraine’s subject said it changeable down 57 retired of 92 drones launched by Russian forces’ overnight attack, adding that different 27 drones had been “locationally lost” and did not origin immoderate damage.

Thursday’s deadly onslaught was the latest successful an intensifying speech successful confederate Ukraine, arsenic some Moscow and Kyiv vie for vantage successful the early days of US President Donald Trump’s administration.

On Wednesday, Trump stepped up the unit connected Vladimir Putin to marque a bid woody with Ukraine, threatening tougher economical measures if Moscow does not hold to extremity the astir three-year-old war.

Prior to his inauguration connected Monday, Trump had pledged to extremity the Ukraine warfare instantly upon taking office, raising expectations helium would leverage assistance to unit Kyiv to marque concessions to Russia, which invaded successful February 2022.

Al Jazeera’s Imran Khan, reporting from Kyiv, said Zaporizhzhia has travel nether aggravated occurrence successful the past 24 hours, with an estimated 361 attacks taking place, including 4 ballistic missiles.

“The existent interest present are the radical who are without electricity. This is the mediate of winter,” Khan said.

Earlier, Russia-installed officials successful the partially occupied Zaporizhzhia portion said astatine slightest 4 Ukrainian drones attacked Enerhodar, a metropolis whose residents mostly service successful the Russian-held Zaporizhzhia atomic powerfulness plant.

Two energy substations adjacent Enerhodar were reportedly hit. There were nary casualties and nary details connected harm were provided.

Russia had seized the atomic plant, Europe’s largest with six reactors, successful the aboriginal days of the warfare and each broadside has since accused the different of staging periodic attacks connected the facility.

“This is simply a violent act,” Russia-installed Acting Mayor Maksim Pukha told Russia’s RIA quality agency, saying civilian infrastructure and residential areas had been hit. “Peaceful residents should successful nary mode beryllium targets of specified an attack.”

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Al Jazeera and quality agencies