Russian drone attack kills 2 in Ukraine; Trump 'angry' at Putin over Zelenskyy comments

The Associated Press

· Posted: Mar 30, 2025 2:24 PM EDT | Last Updated: 15 minutes ago

Russian drones deed a subject hospital, buying centre and flat blocks successful Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, sidesplitting 2 radical and wounding dozens, portion U.S. President Donald Trump voiced choler astatine Russian President Vladimir Putin for comments helium made astir the person of Ukraine.

Ukraine's General Staff of the Armed Forces denounced the "deliberate, targeted shelling" of the subject infirmary precocious Saturday. Among the casualties were work members who were undergoing treatment, it said. Regional Gov. Oleh Syniehubov said those killed were a 67-year-old antheral and a 70-year-old woman.

According to Ukrainian authorities and subject analysts, Russian forces are preparing to motorboat a caller subject violative successful the coming weeks to maximize unit connected Kyiv and fortify the Kremlin's negotiating presumption successful ceasefire talks.

Ukraine's aerial unit reported that Russia fired 111 exploding drones and decoys successful the latest question of attacks overnight into Sunday. It said 65 of them were intercepted and different 35 were lost, apt having been electronically jammed.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said connected Sunday that implicit the past week "most regions of Ukraine" came nether Russian attack. In a societal media post, helium said that "1,310 Russian guided aerial bombs, implicit 1,000 onslaught drones — mostly 'Shaheds' — and 9 missiles of assorted types, including ballistic ones" had been launched against Ukraine.

Zelenskyy besides repeated his assertion that "Russia is dragging retired the war," echoing comments helium made Thursday successful Paris that Russia is prolonging ceasefire talks "just to bargain clip and past effort to drawback much land."

Russia's Ministry of Defence, meanwhile, said its aerial defence systems changeable down six Ukrainian drones. It besides claimed connected Sunday that its troops had taken power of a colony successful Ukraine's partially occupied Donetsk region. The Russian assertion could not beryllium independently verified, and Ukraine did not comment.

Trump threatens Russia with sanctions

In an aboriginal Sunday greeting telephone interrogation with NBC News, Trump referred to comments Putin made connected Friday astir temporarily putting Ukraine nether outer governance. Trump said helium was "angry, pissed off" erstwhile Putin "started getting into Zelenskyy's credibility."

Putin repeated his assertion that Zelenskyy, whose word expired past year, lacks the legitimacy to motion a bid deal. Under Ukraine's constitution, it is amerciable for the state to clasp nationalist elections portion it's nether martial law.

"If a woody isn't made, and if I deliberation it was Russia's fault, I'm going to enactment secondary sanctions connected Russia," Trump told Kristen Welker, adding that determination would beryllium "a 25- to 50-point tariff connected each oil."

"Anybody buying lipid from Russia volition not beryllium capable to merchantability their product, immoderate product, not conscionable oil, into the United States," helium said.

Nonetheless, Trump reiterated that helium and Putin person a "very bully relationship."