Briefing of the Ukrainian war: Zelenskyy criticizes the “weak” reaction to the fatal Russian strike in his hometown | Europe
The Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, expressed disappointment in the response of the American embassy to a Russian missile strike who killed 18 peopleincluding nine children, in the hometown of Kryvyi Rih by Zelenskyy. Zelenskyy, who was cautious in openly criticizing Washington by a restless encounter of the White House with Donald Trump in February, wrote on X that several embassies to Kiev had condemned the attack on Friday and chose Russia to have made it.
Zelenskyy observed that the message of the American embassy did not refer to Russia in condemning the attack. “Unfortunately, the response of the American embassy is surprisingly disappointing: such a strong country, such a strong people, yet such a weak reaction,” wrote Zelenskyy in English. “They are afraid to say the word” Russian “when he talks about the missile that killed the children.”
The American ambassador to Ukraine, Bridget Brink, wrote about the strike in one post on X: “Back that tonight a ballistic missile hit a playground and a restaurant in Kryvyi Rih. More than 50 wounded and 16 killed people, including 6 children. That’s why the war must end.” Under Trump, the United States moved to improve relations with Russia, a move from the approach of its predecessor, Joe Biden. Zelenskyy has made efforts to smooth the relationships with Trump from the altercation of the oval office and praised US efforts to work towards a three -year war settlement with Russia.
The budget of the victims from Kryvyi Rih The strike went up to 18, including nine childrenSaturday, the regional governor, Serhii Lysak. The Russian Ministry of Defense said on Friday that she had carried out a precision missile strike with an explosive high header in a restaurant where a meeting with commanders of western units and instructors was held.
Zelenskyy met on Saturday the leaders of the British and French armed forces in Kiev to discuss the potential deployment of a multinational force of maintenance of peace in UkraineDespite the reluctance of the President of the United States Trump to provide security guarantees. Zelenskyy greeted “tangible progress” after the discussion, writing on social media that the meeting with the British leader of the defense staff Tony Radakin and the French counterparty Thierry Burkhard had discussed “the first details on how the partners’ security contingent can be distributed”, without providing details. The French president, Emmanuel Macron, and the British Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, are guiding European efforts to send what they call a “reassurance force” in Ukraine after any purpose of the war.
“We continue our long -term support discussions for the Ukrainian people,” Macron said Saturday. “Firstly, for their army, which is – and will remain – their first line of defense; and secondly, on a possible reassurance force, deployed behind the contact line to discourage any renewed Russian aggression”. Zelenskyy thanked “the United Kingdom and France for their leadership”, saying “is this type of joint work, when everyone is concentrated on a strong result, which helps to bring reliable and lasting peace to Ukraine”. This is one of the latest efforts of the European leaders to agree on a coordinated policy after Trump put them aside and opened direct interviews with the Kremlin.
The Trump administration apologized after saying that it accidentally informed some Ukrainian refugees fleeing the Russian invasion that needed to leave the United States Because their legal status was revoked, Reports Edward Helmore. About 240,000 Ukrainians were established in the United States as part of the Combining for Ukraine – O U4U – program launched during the presidency of Joe Biden. But second News of the CBSSome re -beaten Ukrainians received and -mail this week by telling them that the United States National Security Department would resolve their legal protections.
Meanwhile, a United States neo -Nazi terrorist group with a Russia-The Based Leader asks for targeted killers and attacks on the critical infrastructures of Ukraine In an attempt to destabilize the country as it performs the negotiations of ceased the fire with the Kremlin, Ben Makuch reports. The base, which has a network of cells all over the world, was founded in 2018 and has become the subject of an FBI anti -terrorism investigation that led to different arrests and different countries that designate it as a terrorist organization. Now, with the Trump Administration pulling the FBI From pursuing the far right, the base, left without control, is trying to export its violence.
Russian forces launched 92 drones in Ukraine overnightWith 51 demolished by aerial defenses, the Ukrainian aeronautics wrote on social media on Saturday. Even another 31 drones of bait have not been able to achieve their goals, he said.
