Ukraine Latest: US Warns of Fresh Russian Strikes Near Civilians

Ukrainian servicemen after being taken prisoner from the Azovstal steel plant in Mariupol, Ukraine, on May 17.Source: AP
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Russia is preparing to launch intensified strikes against Ukraine’s government facilities in the coming days, a US official said, as President Vladimir Putin called the car bomb that killed the daughter of an ally a “dastardly crime.”

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has warned that Russia “may try to do something particularly nasty, particularly cruel” as Ukraine prepares to celebrate Independence Day on Wednesday, which also marks six months since the invasion.