A new Russian attack on Zelensky’s hometown left at least three dead and six wounded
Russia launched a new attack this Friday on Krivoy Roghometown Volodymyr Zelenskyiand left at least three dead and six injured -of which three had to be taken to hospital due to the severity of their injuries. South-Central Offensive Ukrainein the Dnepropetrovsk region, hit the administrative building of the local police, 23 houses, three nine-story buildings, 80 cars and an educational institution, said the head of the regional military administration, Sergui Lisak.
Initially, only one death was reported, although a moment later Lisak wrote on his Telegram channel that “two more bodies were found from the ruins of one of the buildings: a man and a woman.” “The number of victims of the morning attack against the city thus increased to three, while six people were injured,” he added, pointing out that in any case this is a provisional balance, as rescuers continue to work on the site and it is still possible to find another dead or injured among the remains .
Another Russian bombardment went off at the same time three dead in a port city Ishmaelin the extreme southwest of Ukraine, near Romania. In this case, it was two elderly women and a man in his seventies, whom they joined 11 injuredamong them a child, said Odesa Region Governor Oleg Kiper.
The offensives came in the middle of Zelensky’s trip to the United States this week, which he participated in United Nations General Assembly and met the president Joe Biden and with candidates for the White House, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.
Meetings with the Democratic Party took place this Thursday in the Oval Office. Biden was the first to embrace his counterpart, in their 11th meeting since the start of the war, and assured that he would work to strengthen Kiev in the remaining months of his administration in the face of possible negotiations with Russia.
“We will continue to support them every step of the way and Before my mandate ends on January 20, we will strengthen Ukraine’s position in future negotiations.”he declared before insisting that “Russia will not win, Ukraine will win.”
For her part, Harris told Zelensky that her support for the country’s fight against “brutal dictator” Vladimir Putin was “unwavering” and pledged to “continue to support” the country and “work on ensure you win this war to be safe, secure and prosperous“.
“History has shown us that If we allow aggressors like Putin to conquer countries with impunity, then they will continueand Putin could target Poland, the Baltic states and other NATO allies. History reminds us that the United States cannot and should not isolate itself from the rest of the world. “Isolation is not protection,” he added.
Meanwhile, Trump and the Ukrainian president shared a meeting this Friday morning in New York, which Zelensky himself described as “a very productive meeting”, despite the differences between them.
“I presented him with our plan for victory. and we thoroughly assessed the situation in Ukraine and the consequences of the war for our people,” he wrote on his social networks.
(With information from AFP, EFE and Europa Press)