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Wednesday April 23, 2025

Zelensky slams US lack of response to Putin truce rejection

Number of Russian air attacks is increasing which proved that pressure on Russia is still insufficient, Zelensky said

By AFP
April 07, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a press conference with President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen in Kyiv on May 9, 2023. — AFP
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky speaks during a press conference with President of the European Commission Ursula Von der Leyen in Kyiv on May 9, 2023. — AFP 

KYIV: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday lamented the lack of a US response to Russia’s refusal to agree a full, unconditional ceasefire” as two people were killed in Moscow’s latest aerial bombardment.

Russia mounted a “massive” missile and drone attack on Ukraine that also wounded seven people, Zelensky said, warning that Moscow was stepping up its aerial attacks. Ukraine has agreed to an unconditional truce in the more than three-year-long war proposed by the United States, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has refused to do so.

“We are waiting for the United States to respond — so far there has been no response,” said Zelensky. Russia claimed the capture of a village in Ukraine’s Sumy region in a rare cross-border advance, but Ukraine branded that as “disinformation”.

Zelensky said “the number of Russian air attacks is increasing”, which he said proved that “the pressure on Russia is still insufficient”.