Russian forces have launched renewed attacks across Ukraine following the expiry of a short U.S.-mediated ceasefire, Ukrainian officials said, marking a sharp escalation in hostilities after days of relative restraint.
Regional authorities reported that at least six people were killed in the Dnipropetrovsk region after Russian strikes on Tuesday (12 May).
The attacks came shortly after the ceasefire ended and coincided with intensified drone activity across multiple regions.
In Kryvyi Rih, a drone strike on a residential building killed two people and injured four others, including a nine-month-old child. Officials said the child suffered severe injuries.
Elsewhere northeast of Kryvyi Rih, an aerial bomb attack killed four more people and left several injured, according to regional officials.
Ukraine’s military said Russia launched more than 200 drones overnight, hitting energy infrastructure, residential areas, and public facilities, including a kindergarten and a civilian locomotive.
Officials reported widespread interceptions, but damage was still recorded across multiple regions including Kyiv, Cherkasy, Zhytomyr, Chernihiv, Dnipro, Kherson, and Mykolaiv. Several areas experienced power outages following strikes on energy infrastructure.
The Ukrainian General Staff reported 170 combat clashes over the past 24 hours along the 1,250-km front line.
Heavy fighting was concentrated near Kostiantynivka and Pokrovsk in eastern Ukraine, where Russian forces conducted dozens of combat operations.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy condemned the strikes, calling them “cynical and devoid of all military logic.”
"After the end of the partial three-day ceasefire, Russia continues to kill and maim Ukrainians and pressure on it must therefore in no way be weakened," he said.
Zelenskyy added that Ukraine is working with European allies and NATO representatives to develop improved defenses against ballistic missile threats.
Meanwhile, Ukraine resumed drone attacks on Russia's oil refineries and ports on Wednesday.
Russia's defence ministry said on 13 May that 286 Ukrainian drones had been intercepted and destroyed over Russian regions overnight.
In the southern Krasnodar region, drone fragments fell near an industrial facility, causing a fire in the village of Volna, where Taman port's oil products and other terminals are located, regional authorities said.
Debris from a separate Ukrainian drone attack caused a fire at a gas processing plant, which also produces fuel, in Russia's southern Astrakhan region, the region's authorities said.
"All enemy aircraft were either shot down or neutralised by electronic warfare systems," Igor Babushkin, the local governor, wrote on Telegram. "The debris caused a fire."
Babushkin said there were no casualties or injuries and that the fire was expected to be extinguished within a few hours.
The plant is located near the Caspian Sea, some 1,675 km (1,040 miles) from the Ukrainian border.
The three-day ceasefire, linked to World War II commemorations and supported by a U.S.-led diplomatic effort under President Donald Trump, ended without extension.
Although both sides reported limited large-scale air activity during the pause, fighting continued along the front line.
Ukrainian officials said they had proposed extending the ceasefire, but Russia instead escalated attacks, including large-scale drone strikes.
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