Russia and Ukraine Exchange Attacks After Summit Fails
Drone Strike Hits Russian Train Station;
Moscow Claims 46 Ukrainian Drones Downed
Russia and Ukraine have continued to exchange attacks and remain in conflict, even after the U.S.-Russia summit held on the 15th (local time) ended without a deal.
According to Yonhap News and other foreign media on the 17th, Governor Alexander Gusev reported that a Ukrainian military drone attacked a train station in Voronezh Oblast in northeastern Russia, injuring one person. He added that train operations were temporarily delayed due to the attack but returned to normal later that morning.
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that nine drones were shot down over Voronezh, and 46 Ukrainian drones were destroyed overnight in areas west of Moscow.
The Ukrainian Air Force also announced that it had intercepted 61 out of 85 drones launched by Russia, and that 12 locations across Ukraine were hit by Russian missile and drone attacks.
The previous day, 13 people, including medical personnel and police officers, were injured in a Russian attack in the southern Kherson region. Additionally, Al Jazeera, citing the Ukrainian General Staff, reported that Ukrainian forces pushed Russian troops back by approximately two kilometers in the northeastern Sumy region.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky stated in a post on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter) the previous day that Ukrainian forces had also successfully repelled Russian attacks in the eastern Donetsk region.
Meanwhile, U.S. President Donald Trump held talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Alaska on the 15th to discuss ways to end the war, but the two sides failed to reach a ceasefire agreement.
Afterward, President Trump reportedly pressured President Zelensky and European leaders in phone conversations to accept Putin's proposal that Ukraine should cede the eastern Donbas region (Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts), which borders Russia.
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