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‘Putin couldn’t care less about diplomacy’ Images from Dnipro, Kharkiv, and Kupyansk after a weekend of deadly Russian strikes on Ukraine

Source: Meduza

Russia launched deadly drone attacks on Ukrainian cities over the weekend, killing at least six people and injuring dozens more. In Dnipro, four people were killed and more than 20 injured after Russian drones struck residential buildings, a hotel complex, and other civilian infrastructure late Friday, according to Ukraine’s State Emergency Service. In Kharkiv, two people died and at least 30 were wounded — including children — after a drone strike hit a military hospital and nearby homes late Saturday, local authorities said. The following day, a Russian guided bomb strike on central Kupyansk injured at least four people, according to regional officials. “The geography and brutality of Russian strikes, not just occasionally, but literally every day and night, show that Putin couldn’t care less about diplomacy,” President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote following the latest attacks. Meduza shares photos of the destruction caused by Russia’s weekend drone strikes across Ukraine.

A Russian drone strike hit the grounds of the Bartolomeo Best River Resort in Dnipro. The ship-shaped hotel and restaurant complex, a city landmark, burned to the ground. March 29, 2025.
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Workers clear debris following a Russian drone strike. Dnipro. March 29, 2025.
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People remove debris from an apartment damaged by an overnight Russian drone strike. Dnipro. March 29, 2025.
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Police officers stand in front of a building damaged in a Russian drone strike. Kharkiv. March 29.
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A man looks out from a damaged coffee shop after a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv. March 29, 2025.
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A local woman looks at the site of a drone strike on a residential area in Kharkiv, late on March 29, 2025.
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People stand near a damaged post office after a Russian drone strike in Kharkiv. March 29, 2025.
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The site of a guided bomb strike on central Kupyansk.
Oleh Syniehubov
Oleh Syniehubov
Oleh Syniehubov