Zelensky, Moscow wants total destruction of life

The preliminary death toll from Russian attacks yesterday on the Ukrainian city of Kharkiv, the country's second largest, has risen to at least two, according to the Governor of the North-Eastern Oblast, Oleg Synegubov.

Russian attacks on Kharkiv are "pure terrorism". This is what Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, reporting that in the raid this afternoon that hit the Ukrainian city after those of the night the toll is one dead and over 40 injured. "This has been going on for over 3 years of war" and "it cannot be ignored. We cannot turn a blind eye. And this is not a game. Every day we lose our people just because Russia feels unpunished. We need to put strong pressure on Russia to achieve peace", Zelensky added.

Russian Security Council Deputy Chairman Dmitry Medvedev accused Ukrainian authorities of refusing to take the bodies of their fallen soldiers to avoid acknowledging the scale of their losses and paying compensation to their families. "The bastards in Kiev do not want to take the bodies of their dead soldiers. There are two reasons: they are afraid to admit that there are 6,000 of them and they do not want to pay the widows," Medvedev wrote in X. The former Russian president also called the Ukrainian leadership "satanic scum" and wished them "to burn in hell."

"What the Russians want is the complete destruction of life. Over eleven years of Russia's war against Ukraine, they have brought only one novelty to our land, the most widespread Russian 'legacy': ruins and death. We must continue to resist. I thank everyone around the world who is helping. The Russians are preparing to continue the war and are ignoring all peace proposals. They must be held accountable," Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote in a message on X. "We are working to strengthen Ukraine's air defense. We urgently need positive signals from the United States regarding air defense systems," he added.