Russia-Ukraine Attack Each Other After Trump-Putin Phone Conversation

The impact of Russia's latest attack on Ukraine following a telephone conversation with Donald Trump-Vladimir Putin/DOK PHOTO via X @ZelenskyyUa

JAKARTA - Russia and Ukraine accused each other on Wednesday of airstrikes attacking civilian targets including infrastructure, just hours after President Vladimir Putin communicated with President Donald Trump.

In a phone call on Tuesday, Putin refused to support Trump's 30-day full ceasefire and was previously accepted by Ukraine.

Putin said he would agree to a limited pause in the attack on energy infrastructure, which Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy later received.

After Russia launched airstrikes on Wednesday, March 19 morning, Zelenskyy urged the world to block any attempt by Moscow to delay the war.

"Russia is attacking infrastructure and civilians - currently," said Andriy Yermak, Zelenskyy's chief of staff.

Germany's defense minister said Putin's approval to temporarily halt attacks on Ukrainian energy facilities meant nothing, and Trump had to acquire a larger concession.

"The attack on civilian infrastructure on the first night after this supposed important and great phone call did not subside," Boris Pistorius told German broadcaster ZDF. "Putin is playing here and I'm sure the American president won't be able to sit and watch any longer."

The two warring parties reported a number of drone attacks on Wednesday morning.

Ukrainian regional authorities say houses have been hit by attacks in the northeastern Sumy region and areas around the capital.

The attack hit a power system that supplies railroad tracks in the south.

Russian authorities say the oil terminal was hit by an attack in southern Russia that caused a fire.

In Sumy, regional authorities said Russian drone attacks also damaged two hospitals, causing no injuries but forced the evacuation of patients and hospital staff.

In the Kyiv area, authorities said a 60-year-old man was injured.

Most of the damage near the capital took place in the Bucha district, where police said airstrikes destroyed or damaged 18 private homes, 20 flats, 19 vehicles, two shops, and a cafe.

Ukraine also reported a Russian attack on the town of Sloviansk near the front line around phone calls on Tuesday, which caused some cities to be powerless.

Zelenskyy said Russia launched more than 40 unmanned aircraft against Ukraine hours after a phone call between Trump and Putin.

The Ukrainian military said Russia launched 145 unmanned aircraft. Air defenses shot down 72 of them and 56 were missing.

"Russian attacks affect the regions of Sumy, Odesa, Poltava, Dnipropxisk, Kyiv, and Chernihiv," the military said on Telegram.

Russia's defense ministry said its unit destroyed 57 Ukrainian unmanned aircraft, 35 of which were above the Kursk border area.

The ministry only reported how many unmanned aircraft were destroyed, not how many were launched by Ukraine.

Authorities in the Krasnodar region of southern Russia said on Wednesday morning that a Ukrainian unmanned plane strike sparked a small fire at an oil depot located near the village of Kakkazskaya.