President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Ukraine support for a “diet change” in Russia on Thursday, after Russian deadly bombings at dawn on kyiv, and the announcement by Moscow of taking a strategic city in the east.
If the world is not aiming for a change of regime in Russia, it means that even after the end of the war, Moscow will continue to try to destabilize neighboring countries
he declared by participating by video link in a conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Helsinki agreements.
I believe that Russia can be pushed to end this war. It was she who started it, and it can be forced to put an end to it
he added a few hours after new Russian strikes that killed at least eight people, including a 6-year-old boy, said the rescue services at theAFP.
This drone and missile attack on Thursday at dawn, also made more than 70 injured, according to the same source.
Nine children are among the injured, revealed the mayor of kyiv on Telegram Vitali Klitschko.
Volodymyr Zelensky denounced a new murderous show
On the part of Russia, while the United States is pressing Moscow to end the invasion of Ukraine started over three years ago.
Firefighters unlock the surroundings of a building bombarded by Russian forces in kyiv on Thursday.
Photo: Reuters / Valenty’s Ogirenko
President Donald Trump gave 10 days from Tuesday to Vladimir Putin to put an end to this armed conflict, the worst in Europe since the Second World War, which made tens, even hundreds of thousands of deaths in both countries.
In total, Russia launched 309Â drones
et 8 cruise missiles
In the country, the Ukrainian Air Force said, adding that the main target was kyiv.
The army added having shot 288 drones and 3 missiles.
Journalists from theAFP Present at the scene of a strike have seen ruined residential buildings as well as charred and returned cars.
Firefighters were trying to turn fire residues while rescuers were looking for survivors in a heap of rubble.
It’s a shock. I still can’t take my minds, it’s very scary
told theAFP Valentya Chestopal, resident of kyiv, 28 years old.
Tymofii was awakened by the noise of a falling missile: everything began to fall on me, it was terrifying
says this resident of the Solomyansky district whose apartment was destroyed and who explains that he had lived a nightmare
.
Evoking A horrible morning in kyiv
Or residential buildings have been destroyed and damaged schools and hospitals
the Ukrainian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Andriï Sybiga, estimated on X that he was time to put the maximum pressure on Moscow
.
President Trump was very generous and very patient with Putin, trying to find a solution, he continued. It is time to synchronize all sanctions measures. It is time to impose peace by force, while the Russian president only seeks destroying and killing.
On Thursday morning, the Russian army said that it has conquered the city of Tchassiv Iar, former bastion of the Ukrainian army in the Donetsk region where Moscow troops have been moving slowly for months.
The Ukrainian army denied this information in stride.
Ukrainian soldiers use a Grad rocket launcher in the Zaporijia region. (Archives photo)
Photo : Associated Press / Andriy Andriyenko
It’s a total lie
told theAFP Viktor Tregoubov, spokesperson for the Khortytsia forces group, area manager.
The new strikes were carried out before a crucial vote in the Parliament which approved on Thursday at mid-day the restoration of the independence of the bodies of fighting corruption, returning to a very criticized previous text.
A total of 331 deputies – the minimum required being 226 – voted in favor of the new text proposed by Volodymyr Zelensky, during the plenary session broadcast live.
The previous law passed on July 22 planned to place the National Anti-Corruption Agency (the NABU) and the Specialized Anti-Corruption office (SAP) directly under the supervision of the Attorney General, itself appointed by the Head of State.
Disposed by civil society and the European Union, the law thus adopted had provoked the first major demonstrations in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion in 2022. The European Commission praised a text which restores the main safeguards
allowingindependence
anti -corruption agencies.
Russian forces have multiplied deadly attacks in Ukraine in recent months. During the night of Monday to Tuesday, at least 25 civilians, including a pregnant woman and fifteen people detained in a penitentiary colony in the Zaporijjia region, died in Russian bombings.