In one of the deadliest strikes in recent weeks, a Russian missile on Friday evening struck a residential area near a children’s playground in the central Ukrainian town of Kryvyi Rig.
Zelensky in an emotional statement on social media named each of the children killed in the attack, accusing the US embassy of avoiding referring to Russia as the aggressor.
“They are even afraid to say the word ‘Russian’ when talking about the missile that killed the children.”
‘Spade a spade’
Brink, who was appointed by Trump’s predecessor Joe Biden and has been ambassador since May 2022, added that “this is why the war must end”.
“It is wrong and dangerous to keep silent about the fact that it is Russia that is killing children with ballistic missiles,“ Zelensky reiterated in his evening address.
The Ukrainian leader was born in the industrial city of Kryvyi Rig, which had a pre-war population of around 600,000 people.
Zelensky said the children killed by the latest attack ranged in age from a three-year-old boy, Tymofiy, to a 17-year-old teenage boy, Nikita.
“This is nothing less than a mass murder of civilians,“ he said.
“This is the kind of pain you wouldn’t wish on your worst enemy,“ Lysak said.
The General Staff of the Ukrainian army retorted that Moscow was “trying to cover up its cynical crime” and “spreading false information”. It accused Russia of “war crimes”.
Trump, who said during his re-election campaign he could end the three-year conflict within days, is pushing the two sides to agree to a ceasefire but his administration has failed to broker an accord acceptable to both.
“Russia does not want a ceasefire and we see it. The whole world sees it,“ he said, adding that after the missile strike Moscow launched attack drones “right during the rescue operation” and “one more person died”.
The president hailed “tangible progress” after meeting British and French military chiefs in Kyiv on Friday to discuss a plan by London and Paris to send a “reassurance” force to Ukraine if and when a deal on ending the conflict is reached.
This is one of the latest efforts by European leaders to agree on a coordinated policy after Trump sidelined them and opened direct talks with the Kremlin.
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