Russian attacks kill 12, says Ukraine hours after agreement between Trump and Putin

Russian attacks on the city of Zaporizhia, in southeastern Ukraine, killed at least 12 people, including three children, this Saturday (10), according to Ukrainian President Volodimir Zelenski.

The bombings came a day after Ukraine attacked an oil loading and unloading terminal in Russia and hours after Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin announced an agreement to lift American sanctions on Russian diesel and allow the fuel to be supplied to the United States.

"Today, Russia expressed its gratitude for the lifting of sanctions on diesel exports by dropping five bombs on residential buildings in Zaporizhia. So far, regrettably, 12 people have been confirmed dead, including three children," Zelenski wrote in X.

On Friday (9), Trump and Putin reached an agreement to temporarily suspend American sanctions on Russian diesel with the aim of expanding the global supply of the fuel and reducing prices. According to Trump, Moscow agreed to supply diesel to international markets

According to Zelenski, another 12 people were injured, and two of them are in critical condition.

Ukrainian officials said Russia hit the city's residential neighborhoods with "five guided aerial bombs" in the morning local time, hitting two residential buildings.

The attacks also occurred a day after Ukrainian and European authorities met in Miami, USA, in a new diplomatic initiative to put an end to the war that started in 2022.

A correspondent for the AFP news agency followed the rescue by Ukrainian emergency services of people trapped under rubble.

"We saw people under the rubble. A woman, her husband and a child," said Daniil Pishkin, one of the volunteers taking part in the operation. He said he saw two people rescued from the wreckage, but "unfortunately, one girl died."

A 69-year-old resident of one of the affected buildings, who gave her name as Irina, said she only had time to take refuge in the bathroom after receiving an air raid warning. She stated that two of her neighbors died.

"They were 75 years old. They were just thrown out into the street. They couldn't get to the hospital," she told AFP.

The region of Zaporíjia, located a few dozen kilometers from the front line, and its capital of the same name have been the target of frequent attacks.

Russia has intensified its attacks on Ukrainian territory in recent months, causing an increasing number of civilian casualties.

US-brokered diplomatic efforts to end the war, more than four years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, have so far yielded no results.