The president of Ukraine, Volodyymyr Zenskyy, said that the day he is shortening his official trip to South Africa and returning home after a Russian strike against the capital of Ukainia, kyiv, killed at least eight people and wounded more than 70.
Zenskyy said in a telegram post that would fly back to kyiv after meeting with South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.
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The Ukrainian leader hoped to recruit more South African support in the efforts to finish The war in his country with RussiaNow in his fourth year.
The attack on Kyiv occurred hours after peace negotiations seemed to stop on Wednesday, with the president Trump lashed out against ZenskyySaying that he was prolonging the “murder field” by pushing back to Crimea to Russia as part of a possible peace plan. Later in the day, Trump said “it has been more difficult” to deal with Zenskyy than with Russia.
Zenskyy has said several times that recognizing the territory occupied as Russian is a red line for his country. He pointed out on Thursday that Ukraine had accepted a proposal of Alto El Fuego de USA. UU. 44 days ago, as a first step for a negotiated peace, but that Russia’s attacks had continued.
While the conversations have been happening in the last week, Russia has arrived in the city of Sumy, killing more than 30 civilians gathered to celebrate Ramos Sunday, Odessa mistreated with donuts and criticized Zaporizhia with powerful sliding bombs.
Ukraine Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha said on social networks that “brutal strikes” showed that Russia, not Ukraine, was the obstacle to peace, the chordination for the Reuters news agency.
According to Reuters, the wife of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Maria Zakharova, said Thursday that Zelensky refused to make any concession in the peace conversations and would only agree with a high fire in his own terms.
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Kyiv Mayor, Vitali Klitschko, told Reuters that eight people had been confirmed in the capital. The authorities had said before nine were killed.
The military administration of the city of kyiv said on its telegram channel that Russia hit kyiv with gifts and ballistic missiles. At least 45 drones were detected, the administration said, adding that the Ukraine Air Force would update the figures later.
At least 42 people were hospitalized in Kyiv, said the Ukraine state emergency service. The operations were still underway on Thursday looking for bodies under the rubble.
In a kyiv residential building that was almost completely destroyed, emergency workers took away the debris with their hands, rescuing a trapped woman who came out of the remains covered with white dust and groaning pain.
An old woman sat against a brick wall, stained with blood, her eyes fixed on the ground in shock while the doctors attended her wounds.
Fires were reported in several residential buildings, said Tymur Tkachenko, head of the city’s military administration.
The attack, which around 1:00 am, hit five neighborhoods in Kyiv. In the Sviathynkskyi district, a fire broke out in a residential building that was damaged in the attack.
Associated Press saw the rescue teams unearthering people trapped under the debris of the building and the bodies that were distance.
Oksana Bilozir, a student, suffered a head injury in the attack. With blood splashing from his bandada, he said he heard a strong explosion after the air alarm sounded and began to grab his things to flee to a shelter when another explosion captivated the walls of his house to crumble and the lights to sound.
“Honestly, I don’t know how all this ends; it’s very afraid,” Bilozir said, referring to the war against Russia’s invasion. “I only think that if we can stop them on the battlefield, then that’s all. No diplomacy works here.”
More fires were reported in the districts of Shevchenkivsky and Holosiivskyi.
Anastasiia Zhuravlova, 33, mother of two children, was taking refuge in a basement after multiple explosions damaged her home. His family slept when the first explosion shattered its windows and sent kitchen appliances flying in the air. The glass fragments rained on the hurried theme to cover themselves in the corridor.
“After that we arrived at the shelter because it was scary and dangerous at home,” he said.