Russian Strike Kills A 1-Year-Old In Ukraine, including 5, Hours After Trump-Putin Call

At least five people, including a 1-year-old child, his mother and grandmother, were killed Thursday in a nighttime Russian drone strike that hit the northern Ukrainian city of Pryluky, officials said.

Six drones hit a residential area in the city shortly before dawn, according to authorities. The child killed was the grandson of an emergency responder, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said.

“One of the rescuers arrived to respond to the aftermath right at his own home,” Zelenskyy said, “It turned out that a Shahed drone hit his house.”

The 1-year-old’s mother was a police officer called Daryna Shyhyda, Ukraine’s National Police said.

“Today our hearts are scorched by pain,” the police force wrote. “This is not just a loss — it is three generations of life uprooted.”

The attack came just hours after Donald Trump spoke by phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin. According to Trump, Putin said “very strongly” that Russia will retaliate for Ukraine’s weekend stunning drone attacks on Russian military airfields.