Ukrainian President Volodymyr Greenable on Friday accused Russia of attacked the drone on the thermal power plant in Cherson and violated the ceasefire in the field of energy infrastructure, that mediated the United States. On the telegram network also posted shots from his hometown Kryvyj Rih where At least 16 people died in the Russian rocket attack on the residential area and dozens of others suffered injuries. According to Reuters report, TASR reports this.
“All Russian promises end with rockets and drones, bombs or artillery. Diplomacy is an empty word for them,” He said Greeding in his evening speech. Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andriy Sybiha had previously said that As a result of the Russian attack, tens of thousands of people remained in the Kersonian region without electricity. The target of the Russian forces for the second time this week also became Kryvyj Rihthat lies tens of kilometers northwest of the front line.
The Gubernator of the Dnepropetrov region Serhij Lysak said that The number of victims of Friday’s blow with a ballistic shot to Kryvyj RiH increased to 16. Among them are six children. The number of injured according to the authorities reached 40. In addition, two dozen multi -storey residential buildings and educational and catering facilities are damaged. More than 30 cars are destroyed. According to Lysak, the rescue operation continues.
“There is only one reason why it continues – Russia does not want a ceasefire and we see it. The whole world sees it. Only the pressure of the world on Russia, all the efforts to strengthen Ukraine, our air defense, our forces – just decide when the war will end, ”said Zelenskyj. In the covered Rihu, Wednesday’s rocket strike claimed four dead and 14 injured, including several children. Eight apartment buildings were damaged, the power line was interrupted, which caused a outage in the supply of electricity for about 2000 customers.
The latest attacks occurred at a time when the US administration is trying to convey a ceasefire in more than three years of war between Ukraine and Russia. Moscow had previously rejected the US-Ukrainian proposal for unconditional and complete ceasefires and Kiev blames her that Negotiations stretch without real intention to stop his offensive in Ukraine.