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Key Points
- Russia has launched the largest aerial bombardment on Ukraine since the war started.
- At least 12 people were killed, including three children, and over 60 were injured.
- Volodymyr Zelenskyy criticised silence of the US and others and called for more sanctions on Russia.
He raised the possibility of imposing more sanctions on Russia in response to the ongoing attacks.
He also criticised Volodymyr Zelenskyy, posting that the Ukrainian leader “is doing his Country no favors by talking the way he does. Everything out of his mouth causes problems, I don’t like it, and it better stop.”
Zelenskyy blames ‘the silence of America’
It was the largest attack of the war in terms of weapons fired, although other strikes have killed more people.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has accused the US of encouraging Russia’s attacks by failing to apply new sanctions. Source: SIPA USA / Danylo Antoniuk
Ukrainian interior minister Ihor Klymenko said 12 people had been killed and 60 more wounded. Earlier, regional authorities and rescuers had said 13 people had been killed.
US special envoy to Ukraine Keith Kellogg said the attack was “a clear violation” of the 1977 Geneva Protocols and called for an immediate ceasefire.
How are efforts to end the war progressing?
Ukraine’s air force said Russia had launched 298 drones and 69 missiles in its overnight assault, although it said it was able to down 266 drones and 45 missiles.
