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President Volodymyr Zelensky called on Thursday supported Ukraine supports to work for a “diet change” in Russia, after bombing on kyiv having left at least 15 dead and the announcement by Moscow of taking a strategic locality in the East.
(Keystone-ATS) “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 said in an international conference in which he participated by video link.
“I believe that Russia can be pushed to end this war. It was she who started it, ”he added.
A few hours earlier, new Russian strikes caused kyiv to death at least 15 people, including a six -year -old boy, according to the latest assessment provided by the emergency services, who specify that a deceased man was found at the end of the day in the rubble.
This drone and missile attack on Thursday at dawn also wounded 145, including fourteen children, still according to help. The municipality announced a day of mourning on Friday in the capital.
Voludymyr Zelensky denounced a “new murderous show” inflicted by Russia, which the United States is pressing to end the invasion of Ukraine triggered more than three years ago.
Donald Trump gave 10 days from Tuesday to Vladimir Putin to arrest this armed conflict – the worst in Europe since the end of the Second World War – which made tens or even hundreds of thousands of deaths in both camps.
“Terrifying”
The American president has been with renewed virulence Thursday, warning in particular the former Russian state chief Dmitri Medvedev-the current number two of the Security Council who recently wrote on X that “each new ultimatum is a threat and a step towards war”-that he entered “in a very dangerous area”.
Russia launched 309 drones and pulled eight cruise missiles overnight on Ukraine, noted the Ukrainian air force, adding that the main target was kyiv and claiming to have shot 288 drones and three missiles.
AFP journalists have seen destroyed residential buildings, charred and returned cars.
“It’s a shock, I still can’t take my minds, it’s very scary,” Valentyna Chestopal, a 28 -year -old resident of kyiv, told AFP.
Tymofiï was awakened by the “noise of a missile”: “Everything started to fall on me, it was terrifying,” said this man living in the Solomyansky district whose apartment was destroyed.
On X, the Ukrainian Minister for Foreign Affairs Andriï Sybiga said it was “time to put maximum pressure on Moscow”.
For its part, the Russian army assured that it had hit an air base last night, an ammunition deposit and drone production facilities in Ukraine.
Strategic city
She also assured that she had conquered Tchassiv Iar, a small town of strategic importance in the Donetsk region (east) where Russian troops have been moving slowly for months.
“It’s a total lie,” reacted to AFP Viktor Tregoubov, the spokesperson for the Ukrainian forces group Khortytsia, in charge of this area.
On Telegram, Oleksandre Kovalenko, a Ukrainian military specialist, considered that it was “too early” to announce that Tchassiv Iar was under the control of Russian soldiers, believing that the defense of this city for more than two years already held the “absolute record” for the Ukrainian army.
The new strikes intervened before a crucial vote in the Ukrainian Parliament which approved 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 Volodymyr Zelensky bill, which he promulgated in stride.
The European Commission welcomed a text which restores the “main safeguards” allowing the “independence” of anti-corruption agencies.
The previous law passed on July 22 had caused the first major demonstrations in Ukraine since the start of the Russian invasion in 2022.
“While the army defends our country against these cursed Russians, we, in the back, are there to put pressure on our leaders, so that the country for which the soldiers are worth a penalty,” said AFP Anastassia, who demonstrated Thursday before the Parliament before the vote.
