Russian strike kills 18 in Zelenskyy's home city

This is a deliberate strike to kill a large number of people,

Kovalenko said

The police are documenting the consequences of Russia's war crime and accepting statements from the victims,

Klymenko added

Serhiy Lysakserhii

This is the kind of pain you wouldn't wish on your worst enemy,

Lysak added

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

The language of force is the only one that (Russian President Vladimir) Putin understands. All our partners need to switch to this language."

Zelensky's chief of staff Andriy Yermak said Sunday

Bridget A. BrinkuS Ambassador

Horrified that tonight a ballistic missile struck near a playground and restaurant."

The Ukrainian president took aim at the US Ambassador Bridget Brink after she posted a message on X on Friday that said

Volodymyr Zelenskyypresident

Unfortunately, the reaction of the American embassy is unpleasantly surprising: such a strong country, such a strong people -- and such a weak reaction,

Zelensky wrote

Preliminarily, one person was killed, and three were wounded, two of them were hospitalised,

the head of the city's military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, wrote on social media

A ceasefire could have been reached by now, and it is Putin who rejects it,

he said

There is only one reason why this continues — Russia does not want a ceasefire and we see it. The whole world sees it,

he said

We will know soon enough, in a matter of weeks, not months, whether Russia is serious about peace or not,

he said