April 12, 2024
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Zelensky slams allies as Russia intensifies attacks

Zelenskyy said that Ukraine needed military assistance and air defence systems in response to Russia’s escalating strikes, criticising its friends for holding “lengthy discussions” and “turning a blind eye.”..reports Asian Lite News

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky said that Kyiv is in dire need of military aid and air defence systems amid Russia’s intensifying attacks.

Zelenskyy said Russia fired more than 40 missiles and about 40 attack drones overnight, which targeted energy infrastructure. The attacks show how “critical” air defence has become for Ukraine, Zelenskyy posted on social media platform X, adding that the Russian missiles and Iranian-designed one-way drones must not be allowed to hit Ukraine.

Meanwhile, taking to Telegram, Governor Oleh Kiper, in Southern Odesa, said on Wednesday night that Russian missile strikes claimed four lives, including a 10-year-old girl, and left several others in critical condition.

Whereas, in northeastern Kharkiv, two women and a 14-year old girl were killed after a missile strike on Wednesday afternoon. Kharkiv was targeted with more than 10 missiles, leaving more than 200,000 subscribers without power.

Zelenskyy said that Ukraine needed military assistance and air defence systems in response to Russia’s escalating strikes, criticising its friends for holding “lengthy discussions” and “turning a blind eye.”

At least seven people have been killed and infrastructure, including substations and power generation facilities, has been damaged as a result of attacks by the Russian military on five areas of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian officials on Thursday.

‘Will listen to Trump’s ideas with pleasure’

Meanwhile, Zelensky said that he would listen to former US President Donald Trump’s ideas to end the war in Ukraine with “pleasure” but trod carefully around the issue, reported CNN.

During an interview at the Delphi Economic Forum in Greece, the Ukrainian leader made these remarks after Trump reportedly said that if reelected, he would pressure Ukraine into a peace deal with Russia that would see Kyiv cede territory in the process.

“First and foremost, those signals were on certain media platforms. I haven’t heard that directly from Trump,” Zelensky said, reported CNN.

“His ideas were discussed in detail, but did not have an opportunity to discuss them with him and to discuss his ideas on how to end the war. If I have such an opportunity I will with pleasure listen to them and then we can discuss the topic,” he added.

Zelensky further pointed to Russia’s renewed usage of aerial bombs as one of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s major “bets” to turn the tide of the war.

“Now Russia begins hitting Kharkiv with aerial bombs. These are special guided bombs that destroy everything within hundreds of metres,” Zelensky explained, calling them the “last of Putin’s effective bets in this war.”

He said Putin’s “bet is on terror” and that the Russian leader “thinks he will turn the situation in his favour with these bombs that ruin any building,” CNN reported.

“He thinks that these bombs will be enough and that their trajectories will eventually destroy our energy, throwing Ukraine into a blackout.”

Earlier on Wednesday, Russia launched missile strikes on Ukraine’s southern Odesa region, striking transport and logistics infrastructure, Ukraine’s Defence Forces of the South said in a post shared on Telegram.

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