The worst Russian strikes on the Ukrainian capital
The Ukrainian capital suffered the worst strike by Russian drones and missiles since the start of the war, which left at least 27 dead and 91 injured, kyiv promising Thursday to retaliate blow for blow to Moscow which announced its intention to continue its attacks.
“Russia is striking civilian targets only to force Ukraine to give up its state,” said Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, who visited the site of the bombings, assuring that Ukraine would retaliate.
During the night from Wednesday to Thursday, Ukraine was targeted by 496 drones and 74 missiles of different types, of which 476 and 48 were intercepted respectively, according to the Ukrainian Air Force. The capital, kyiv, was particularly targeted. The air alert lasted more than 11 hours straight.
27 dead and much damage in Ukraine
According to the head of the kyiv military administration, Tymur Tkachenko, 27 people were killed during this Russian attack in Ukraine and 91 injured.
In Kiev, entire sections of residential buildings collapsed, a building housing ambulances was hit and, according to EU spokesperson Anitta Hipper, debris fell on a building that “hosted several diplomats”.
One of the Ukrainian Red Cross’s main warehouses containing humanitarian supplies was also “destroyed”. Elsewhere, a stock of 800,000 books from a publishing house was lost.
Trump considers continued support for NATO “ridiculous”
American President Donald Trump, who has undertaken efforts to mediate the conflict since his return to power, has said he wants a peace agreement between kyiv and Moscow to put an end to the “senseless killings”.
At the same time Donald Trump declared Thursday that it was “ridiculous” that the United States maintained a “unilateral” relationship with NATO, less than a week before the organization’s summit in Ankara, Turkey. “They weren’t there for us!!! », wrote Donald Trump on his Truth Social network, adding that the relationship between his country and NATO was “not reciprocal”. His message included a chart showing the amount of NATO spending, with the United States investing far more than some of the other member countries shown on it.
This statement comes as Volodymyr Zelensky, for his part, urged his allies to deliver more anti-aircraft defense assets to his country. He said he hoped the subject would be discussed at the NATO summit in Türkiye.
