No less than 9 lifeless in drone strikes after U.S. and Ukraine signal minerals deal

A Ukrainian drone assault left not less than seven individuals lifeless and a Russian strike on Odesa killed two individuals on Thursday (Could 1, 2025), officers stated, simply hours after Kyiv and Washington signed a long-anticipated settlement granting U.S. entry to Ukraine’s mineral assets
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A Ukrainian drone assault left not less than seven individuals lifeless and a Russian strike on Odesa killed two individuals on Thursday (Could 1, 2025), officers stated, simply hours after Kyiv and Washington signed a long-anticipated settlement granting U.S. entry to Ukraine’s mineral assets — a transfer that might allow continued army assist to Ukraine.
The assault within the partially occupied Kherson area of southern Ukraine, which struck a market within the city of Oleshky, killed seven and wounded greater than 20 individuals, Moscow-appointed Gov. Vladimir Saldo stated.
“On the time of the assault, there have been many individuals available in the market,” Mr. Saldo wrote on Telegram. After the primary wave of strikes, he stated, Ukraine despatched additional drones to “end off” any survivors.
In the meantime, a Russian drone strike on the Black Sea port metropolis of Odesa early Thursday killed two individuals and injured 15 others, Ukrainian emergency providers stated.
Regional Gov. Oleh Kiper stated the barrage struck condominium buildings, personal properties, a grocery store and a faculty.
Movies shared by Kiper on Telegram confirmed a high-rise constructing with a severely broken facade, a shattered storefront and firefighters battling flames.
A drone struck and ignited a fireplace at a petroleum station within the heart of Kharkiv, Ukraine’s second-largest metropolis, in line with Mayor Ihor Terekhov.
The Ukrainian air power reported that Russia despatched 170 exploding drones and decoys into 5 Ukrainian areas within the newest wave of assaults in a single day into Thursday. It stated 74 of them have been intercepted and one other 68 have been misplaced. Russia additionally launched 5 ballistic missiles.
Following the assaults, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy stated that Russia had ignored a U.S. proposal for a full and unconditional ceasefire for greater than 50 days.
“There have been additionally our proposals — on the very least, to chorus from placing civilian infrastructure and to ascertain lasting silence within the sky, at sea, and on land,” he stated. “Russia has responded to all this with new shelling and new assaults.”
Russia’s Protection Ministry stated Thursday that air defenses shot down eight Ukrainian drones in a single day.
The U.S. and Ukraine on Wednesday signed an settlement granting American entry to Ukraine’s huge mineral assets, finalizing a deal months within the making that might allow continued army assist to Kyiv amid considerations that President Donald Trump would possibly cut back assist in ongoing peace negotiations with Russia.
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday declared a unilateral 72-hour ceasefire subsequent week in Ukraine to mark Victory Day in World Battle II because the U.S. presses for a deal to finish the 3-year-old battle.
The Kremlin stated the truce to mark Russia’s defeat of Nazi Germany in 1945 — the nation’s largest secular vacation — will run from the beginning of Could 8 and final by the tip of Could 10.
Ukraine, which has beforehand agreed to U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposal for a 30-day ceasefire, dismissed Putin’s transfer. In response, Ukrainian International Minister Andrii Sybiha referred to as for a direct ceasefire lasting “not less than 30 days.”
Printed – Could 01, 2025 11:32 pm IST