Russia triggered her greatest air alluvion in early Ukraine on Sunday, killing four people and establishing government offices in kyiv in flames, an attack attack by Ukrainian President, Volodymyr Zelensky, warned that war would prolong.
Flames could be seen leaving the ceiling of the extensive government complex that houses the Cabinet of Ukraine Ministers in the heart of the city, the first time it has been beaten during the three and a half years conflict.
Drones strikes also damaged several high -rise buildings in the Ukrainian capital, according to emergency services.
Russia has not shown signs of stopping its attack despite the efforts of the United States to negotiate a peace agreement, and kyiv residents have hardened with the daily rhythm of strikes and alerts.
“This is already routine for us, unfortunately,” said Olga, a 30 -year -old resident of the damaged building. AFP After the last strikes. A AFP The journalist saw helicopters dropped water cubes on the roof of the government building, while emergency services rushed to the scene.
Enemy ‘terrorists’
Russia denies attacking civilians in Ukraine.
He said he hit a plant and a logistics center in kyiv, with the Russian Ministry of Defense saying that “no attacks on other objectives were carried out within the kyiv limits.”
The Ukrainian Prime Minister, Yulia Svyrydenko, published a video that shows a floor damaged in the government building.
“We will restore the buildings,” he said. “But we cannot bring lost lives. The enemy terrorizes and kills our people every day throughout the country.”
Russia shot at least 810 drones and 13 missiles in Ukraine between Saturday night and early on a new record, according to the Ukraine Air Force.
“Such murders now, when the true diplomacy could have already begun a long time ago, they are a deliberate crime and an extension of the war,” Zelensky said.
He argued the attack on a call with French president Emmanuel Macron and said France would help Ukraine strengthen his defense.
Macron was among European leaders condemning the attack, publishing in X that Russia was “enclosing more and more in the logic of war and terror.”
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Keir Starmer, described the attacks as “cowardly”, while the head of the EU Ursula Von Le Leyen accused the Kremlin of “mocking diplomacy.”
The United States Treasury Secretary Scott Besent said Washington was prepared to increase Russia pressure by slapping tariffs on countries that buy Russian oil.
“The Russian economy will be in full collapse. And that will bring the president (Vladimir) Putin to the table,” Besent told NBC television.
Killed horses
At least two people were killed in a strike west of Kyiv, prosecutors said. More than two dozen were injured in Kyiv, according to emergency services.
Among them was a 24 -year -old pregnant woman who gave birth to a premature baby shortly after the attack, with doctors fighting to save her life and that of her baby, Suspilne State TV reported.
Two more died and dozens were injured in night attacks throughout the east and southeast, authorities said. The Ukraine Foreign Ministry stressed that seven horses had also been killed in an equestrian club.
“The world cannot keep aside while a terrorist state takes lives, humans or animals, every day,” he published in X.
The flood occurred after more than two dozen European countries pledged to supervise any agreement to end the war, some of which said they were willing to deploy troops on the field.
Ukraine has insisted on security guarantees backed by the West to avoid future Russian attacks, but Putin warned that any western troop in Ukraine would be unacceptable and legitimate objectives.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has tried to find a way to finish the war in recent weeks, but he has little to show his efforts.
On Sunday, Trump said he was prepared to advance in new sanctions against Moscow, hours after the flood of Russian airplanes.
Speaking outside the White House, he replied “Yes, I am” when asked if he was ready to impose more sanctions against Russia, without giving more details.
Russia has continued to claim territory in expensive grinding battles and now occupies about 20 percent of Ukraine. Tens of thousands have been killed and millions forced from their homes in the bloodiest conflict in Europe since World War II.
