At least 16 people were killed in a Russian strike on a Ukrainian prison camp just hours after Donald Trump said he had cut his 50-day deadline for Russia to end the war in Ukraine and avoid sanctions to “10 or 12 days”.
The prisoners were killed after Russian troops dropped 8 FAB bombs on the jail in Zaporizhzhia, according to regional authorities. Volodymyr Zelensky’s chief of staff Andriy Yermak called it “another war crime”.
It came after the US president issued the new deadline for Vladimir Putin, which will expire on either 5 or 7 August, saying he was “disappointed” in the Russian leader.
“All I know is we’d have a good talk… and all of a sudden missiles are flying into Kyiv,” Mr Trump said at his golf course in Turnberry, Scotland, on Monday. “This has happened on too many occasions, I don’t like it.”
Trump previously set a 50-day deadline starting 14 July for Putin to avoid what he described as “very severe tariffs” during a meeting in the Oval Office with Nato secretary general Mark Rutte.
UK MP joins aid mission delivering ambulance to Ukraine
Rachel Taylor, MP for North Warwickshire and Bedworth, has set off on a three-day journey to help deliver an ambulance full of essential supplies to Ukraine, according to a BBC report.
She is travelling with Dawid Kozlowski, who has coordinated over 300 tonnes of aid to the country since the Russian invasion in 2022.
Taylor said: “I just felt that our spotlight had gone off Ukraine a bit and yet people over there are still suffering. Bombings every night, drone attacks – it just felt like the right thing to do to help out.”
What is Trump threatening after new deadline?
While Trump has often used tariffs — import taxes paid by American importers on foreign goods — as a general-purpose cudgel against adversaries and allies alike, Russia has almost no current trade relationship with the United States on account of punishing sanctions imposed by the previous Biden administration to punish Moscow in the years since the war began.
The tariffs the president is threatening to impose this time would actually be secondary sanctions meant to punish countries purchasing Russian oil — by taxing imports from those nations at levels as high as 100 percent.
They could effectively double the cost of imports from places such as China, India and Germany as all three are major U.S. trading partners that still purchase Russian petroleum products.
Russian strikes on penal colony in Zaporizhzhia kill 16, Ukraine says
Russian strikes on a penal colony in the frontline region of Zaporizhzhia in southwestern Ukraine overnight killed 16 people and injured at least 35, regional Ukrainian military and Zaporizhzhia’s governor said.
Zaporizhzhia governor Ivan Fedorov, writing on the Telegram messaging app, said that the correctional facility’s buildings were destroyed, and nearby private homes were also damaged.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff, Andriy Yermak, condemned the strikes as “another war crime” committed by Russia.
Both sides deny targeting civilians in their strikes, but thousands of civilians have been killed in the conflict, the vast majority of them Ukrainian.
Zelensky praises Trump’s ‘extremely significant’ new deadline
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has praised Donald Trump’s new 10 to 12 day deadline for Vladimir Putin as “extremely significant”.
“And it is true: it is Russia who is doing everything to undermine peace efforts and drag out the war,” Mr Zelensky said.
“Peace through strength is possible. Ukraine, as always, is ready to work with America, with President Trump, in the most productive way possible, to end this war with dignity and lasting peace.”
On Monday, Mr Trump said he was disappointed within Mr Putin and had cut his original 50 day deadline for the Russian leader to stop the war, starting 14 July, to 10 to 12 days.
This would make the deadline either 5 or 7 August. Mr Trump has threatened heavy sanctions and tariffs on the Russian economy.
Putin’s regime ‘must face economic and military blows’, says Zelensky’s chief of staff
Andriy Yermak, chief of staff to Volodymyr Zelensky, has condemned the latest Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia as “another war crime”.
“Putin’s regime, which also issues threats against the United States through some of its mouthpieces, must face economic and military blows that strip it of the capacity to wage war,” Yermak wrote in a statement on X, formerly Twitter.
Russian forces reportedly carried out overnight strikes on the Zaporizhzhia district which killed 16 and injured at least 35, according to regional governor Ivan Fedorov.
Russia’s Medvedev says Trump’s ‘ultimatum’ could lead to war
Former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev warned that Donald Trump’s latest statement on the war in Ukraine could escalate into a broader conflict.
In a post on X, Medvedev said Trump was playing “the ultimatum game” with Russia and added, “each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war. Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with (Trump’s) own country.”
Trump said on Monday he was disappointed in President Vladimir Putin’s failure to end the war and reduced his proposed deadline for a peace deal from 50 days to 10 or 12.
Watch | Trump ‘very disappointed’ with Putin as he says he’s cutting short 50-day secondary sanctions deadline
Aeroflot grounds flights amid reported cyberattack by pro-Ukrainian group
Russia’s national airline Aeroflot was forced to cancel dozens of flights on Monday after a massive cyber attack caused the company’s computer systems to fail.
A hacking group called Silent Crow claimed responsibility for the action, alongside an outfit known as Cyber Partisans.
“We declare the successful completion of a prolonged and large-scale operation, as a result of which the internal IT infrastructure of Aeroflot was completely compromised and destroyed,” Silent Crow wrote on Telegram. “Glory to Ukraine” Long live Belarus!”
Defence company Auterion to supply Ukraine with AI drone guidance kits
US defence company Auterion will deliver 33,000 AI-powered drone guidance kits to Ukraine under a $50m Pentagon contract, the company announced on Monday.
The kits enable manually operated strike drones to autonomously track and hit targets up to 1km away by locking onto target shapes during the final phase of flight, helping overcome growing signal jamming from both Ukraine and Russia, according to a Reuters report.
Kyiv plans to acquire 4.5 million First Person View drones in 2025 and is actively seeking tech to improve targeting and jamming resistance.
Russian strikes on Zaporizhzhia kill 16, injure at least 35
Russia’s overnight strikes on a penitentiary facility in Ukraine’s southeastern Zaporizhzhia region killed 16 people and injured at least 35, according to Ukrainian military officials and regional governor Ivan Fedorov.
Fedorov wrote on Telegram that buildings at the facility were destroyed and nearby private homes were also damaged in the attack, reported Reuters.
