Russia responds to ceasefire proposal with devastating strikes – Zelensky
President Volodymyr Zelensky reported this on Telegram, according to Ukrinform.
“Yesterday, at the meeting in Istanbul, the proposal for an immediate and full ceasefire was reiterated to the Russian side. In response, Russian drones struck residential buildings and the Pryvoz market in Odesa, apartment blocks in Cherkasy, energy infrastructure in the Kharkiv region, a university gym in Zaporizhzhia. Donetsk, Sumy, and Mykolaiv regions were all under strikes as well,” Zelensky stated.
According to him, a total of 103 attack drones, mostly Shaheds, and four missiles were used. “Every night, Russia chooses cities and communities to target with its strikes. Tragically, three people were killed in the Kharkiv region. My condolences to all their families and loved ones. More than ten others were injured, including a nine-year-old child in Cherkasy,” the President emphasized.
He stressed that Russia continues its terror, obstructs diplomacy, and therefore deserves comprehensive sanctions and retaliatory strikes on its logistics, military bases, and weapons manufacturing.
“We will make every effort to ensure that diplomacy works. But it is Russia that must end this war — the war it started itself,” Zelensky concluded.
As reported by Ukrinform, as a result of a massive Russian drone attack overnight on July 24, a nine-story residential building in Odesa was destroyed, there is a risk of structural collapse; fires broke out at a gas station and the local Pryvoz market.
