one of the most devastating bombardments on Ukraine was launched in major cities by Russia, killing at least nine people, hours after President Donald Trump said he believed he had struck deals with both sides to end the war.

According to Ukrainian officials, 70 people were injured in addition to those killed.

The capital Kyiv was pummeled with 140 drones and 70 missiles, 64 and 48 of which were shot down, Ukraine’s Air Force said.

It was “a particularly horrible and loud night,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said in a statement.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in a statement on Thursday said: “Russia continues to kill people and avoid tough pressure and accountability for this.

“Unfortunately, there is a lot of destruction. Rescue operations are ongoing, the rubble of buildings is being cleared.”

Bombs also fell in the county’s second city of Kharkiv, where Mayor Ihor Terekhov urged residents to “be careful!”

The attacks follow the latest conflicting and often contradictory statements in the U.S.-brokered peace talks.

On Wednesday, Trump said in the Oval Office that “I think we have a deal with both” sides — before suggesting that an agreement with Ukraine was still pending.

“I thought it might be easier to deal with Zelenskyy,” he said. “So far, it’s been harder.”

Earlier in the day, Trump launched his latest criticism of Zelenskyy on Truth Social, accusing his Ukrainian counterpart of making “inflammatory statements”

The White House is trying to push Ukraine into a accepting a deal with Russia despite setting terms that Kyiv deems deeply unfavorable. 

Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov did not mention Thursday’s attacks in his morning briefing with journalists. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova meanwhile said that “Kiev’s inability to negotiate is becoming increasingly obvious.”

The Russian Ministry of Defense said it shot down 87 Ukrainian drones overnight.

Zelenskyy and members of his government say they will never accept Russian control over Crimea, a key demand of the Kremlin’s.

“Yesterday’s Russian maximalist demands for Ukraine to withdraw from its regions, combined with these brutal strikes, show that Russia, not Ukraine, is the obstacle to peace,” Sybiha, the Ukrainian foreign minister said in his statement. “Moscow, not Kyiv, is where pressure should be applied.”