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Ukraine: 15 killed in wave of Russian strikes
Kyiv/Moscow – Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that 15 people have been killed and 75 people have been injured following a large-scale Russian attack.
'Kyiv has faced one of the most horrific attacks. Also, overnight, Odesa, Zaporizhzhia, Chernihiv, Zhytomyr, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv and Kyiv regions were attacked,' Zelenskyy said in a post on X.
The president said there were ongoing efforts to rescue an unknown number of people trapped beneath the rubble of a residential building in the capital.
Ukraine's military said that more than 440 drones and 32 missiles were used in the overnight bombardment.
The Kyiv City Military Administration said in a statement on Tuesday that 'the nature of the damage is direct hits on residential buildings. Rockets – from the upper floors to the basement'.
Interior Minister Ihor Klymenko said that a US citizen had been killed in the attack after being struck by shrapnel.
Klymenko told reporters at the scene that thirty apartments were destroyed in a single residential block after it was hit by a missile.
'We have 27 locations that were attacked by the enemy. We currently have over 2,000 people working there, rescuers, police, municipal
services and doctors,' Klymenko said of one of the attacks.
Global powers 'turn a blind eye'
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is in Canada for one-on-one talks with world leaders at the G7 summit, said the Russian attacks on Ukraine 'are pure terrorism'.
Zelenskyy said 'the whole world, the United States, and Europe must finally respond as a civilised society responds to terrorists'.
'Putin does this solely because he can afford to continue the war. He wants the war to go on,' Zelenskyy said on X.
'It is wrong when the powerful of this world turn a blind eye to it. We are in contact with all partners at every possible level to ensure an appropriate response. It is the terrorists who must feel the pain, not innocent peaceful people,' the Ukrainian leader said.
Top Russian security official in N Korea
State media in Russia has reported that Russian Security Council Secretary Sergey Shoigu is in North Korea for talks with leader Kim Jong Un.
Russia's Tass news agency said Shoigu was on an unspecified 'special' mission from Russia's president.
Shoigu, 'arrived in Pyongyang on special orders from Russian President Vladimir Putin to exchange with North Korean officials in the framework of putting in place the agreements reached during his last visit on June 4', a council statement was quoted as saying.
North Korea has supplied Russia with thousands of soldiers as Moscow continues its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
The countries have strengthened military cooperation with a sweeping military deal signed last year which included a mutual defence clause when Putin made a rare visit to the reclusive regime.
DW
