Putin strikes Ukraine maternity ward & kills 17 in prison blitz in outrageous snub to Trump… as Kremlin threatens US WAR
The vile blitz comes as an ex-Kremlin leader has warned of war with the United States after "disappointed" Don
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The damaged ward in a hospital which was hit by a Russian missile strike
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A view of the penal colony hit by a Russian air strike
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Major disruption hit Russian Railways as a station and foreign train was hit in Salsk, Rostov region, triggering a major inferno
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President Donald Trump reacts as he meets with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (not pictured) at Trump Turnberry golf club
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Mad Vlad's forces yet again defied the US President and carried on killing in Ukraine overnight.
Two tragically died and five were injured in Russian
strikes
hitting a maternity hospital and a separate hospital ward in Kamianske, Dnipropetrovsk region.
Two women, one of whom is pregnant, are in a serious condition, with a total of four killed in the region.
And at least 17 people have died and 42 "seriously wounded" in an aerial bomb strike on a prison in Zaporizhzhia.
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Some 40 more people sustained injuries of varying severity.
The horror attack on the correctional colony with eight bombs also hit private houses, governor of the region Ivan Fedorov said.
Head of the Ukrainian president's office, Andriy Yermak, called the strike 'another war crime by the Russians'.
He said: 'The Putin regime, which through certain individuals also threatens the
USA
, must face economic and military strikes that will deprive it of the ability to wage war.'
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The overnight blitz came imminently after Trump
Trump slammed the tyrant -
- saying he was "very disappointed" with him during a press conference with Sir Keir Starmer in Scotland yesterday.
Furious Trump says he'll CUT Putin's 50-day peace deadline and says he's 'disappointed' after latest ruthless Kyiv blitz
The US President said Putin's new
deadline
had been reduced down to "10 to 12" days from Monday, which would be August 6 to 8.
He said: "I'm disappointed in President Putin, very disappointed in him.
"So we're going to have to look and I'm going to reduce that 50 days that I gave him to a lesser number."
He later clarified saying: "I'm going to make a new deadline of about 10 or 12 days from today. There's no reason in waiting, we just don't see any progress being made."
Trump said that the US would do secondary sanctions on Russia -
But that could all be avoided if Putin cuts a peace deal - which Trump thinks could still happen.
Following the deadline announcement, Putin puppet Dmitry Medvedev threatened the White House that "each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war".
He chillingly added: "Not between Russia and Ukraine, but with [Trump's] own country.'
Putin's state faced both rail and air delays today due to Ukrainian strikes on a key train route in Rostov region and ongoing problems from a massive hack by Kyiv supporting groups on state airline Aeroflot.
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Russia's Security Council's Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev attends a meeting of the Council for Science and Education
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A damaged prison in the village of Bilenke, in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia region
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The prison strike has resulted in numerous deaths and injuries
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A woman cleans the damaged ward in a compound of hospital
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Maternity hospital damaged in a Russian attack on Kamianske in Dnipropetrovsk region.
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Ukrainian drones struck a military 'resource base' and train in Salsk, Rostov region, exploding two wagons in a dramatic blitz.
A passenger train was moved to a safe distance.
Multiple trains reported delays - including those carrying tourists to Black Sea holiday hotspots.
One driver died when his car was hit by a drone in the same region.
Aeroflot continued to face delays with hundreds of flights now disrupted by the giant hack.
Astonishingly, the Russian airline used out of date Windows XP and Server 2003, while employees ignored basic cybersecurity rules.
What's more, Aeroflot's boss used the same password for three years.
Now the Kremlin and security services face embarrassment as travel details of the Russian elite during the war are likely to be leaked.
Some 42 per cent of its flights were cancelled on Monday impacting more than 20,000 passengers.
In Donetsk, there was a blackout after two dozen explosions from Ukrainian drone strikes on the Russian-occupied territory.
More than 150,000 were left without electricity in Donetsk, Makiivka and Yasynovata.
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An empty hospital room following Russia's missile attack that hit a hospital killing two in Kamianske
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Russian railways have been severely disrupted
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A major inferno was triggered
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