Russia affects Kiev while Ukraine cries the mortal attack on Zelensky’s hometown
Russia bombed Ukraine with ballistic missiles and drones on Sunday who killed a person and wounded at least seven, the last of a series of fatal attacks that President Volodymyr Zelensky from Ukraine has said that Chiara Moscow has little real interest for the negotiations of ceased.
While the Russian attacks of drones and missiles have been relentless for over three years of war, in recent weeks they have intensified among the current peace interviews led by the Trump administration.
The Ukrainian authorities said that the burst on Sunday killed a man, damaged the buildings and started the fires in three neighborhoods of Kiev, the capital. Damage and accidents have also been reported elsewhere in Ukraine, since the country has declared one day of mourning for A deadly strike on Friday In the city of Kryvyi Rih in central Ukraine.
A missile strike in a residential neighborhood killed 19 people, including nine children, and wounded another 74. He damaged the courtyard of an condominium and the emergency medical operators found some of the injured in a playground, the videos published by Ukraine emergency services showed. The Russian Ministry of Defense said that the missile hit a gathering of Ukrainian and foreign military personnel.
Although he expressed support for the efforts of the Trump administration to guarantee a ceased fire, Mr. Zelensky was critical of the warm response from the United States to the attack on Kryvyi Rih, his hometown.
He said he was “unpleasantly surprised” by a Social media posts From the Ambassador of the United States to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, who expressed horror for the strike but did not condemn Russia directly.
And in his night speech on Saturday, he said he was “grateful to each country whose representatives spoke” for the strike and – although he did not identify the United States – he underlined that silence would encourage Moscow to “continue the war and continue to ignore diplomacy”.
“We all have to remember: the war continues,” added Zelensky.
Ukrainian officials accused President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia of having played for time in the negotiations of ceased the fire mediated by the Trump administration.
While Ukraine agreed last month to accept an unconditional 30 -day stop in the fighting, Russia does not. Both parties have agreed in principle to temporarily stop strikes against energy infrastructures, Just to accuse each other violation of the agreement. Kyiv and Moscow also committed themselves A ceased on the Black Sea Last month in separate interviews mediated by the United States, but are still negotiating if or as it will come into force.
Ukrainian officials say that while the talks continue, Russia has moved the tactics to the missile war and drones by increasing the overall number of drones that explode and identifying some cities for intense bombings in some nights, rather than spreading attacks throughout the country.
The Ukraine Air Force declared on March 30 that 4,133 drones and missiles were fired that month, with an increase in previous months.
In Sunday attack, the aeronautics said, Russia launched a mix of ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and drones.
In Kyiv, the air assault started with the drones that explode. Missiles followed then, triggering alarms with air beds all night and early in the morning.
Valentyn Maidaniuk, a resident of Kiev, said he saw explosions that flashed in the sky and he heard the drones buzzed while walking towards a refuge with air beds at the beginning of Sunday. In the end, he said: “I couldn’t sleep at all.”
Maria Varenikova has contributed to the relationships from Kiev, Ukraine.
