Ukrainian president wants allies to speed up action against Putin after two killed in second night of major strikes
Volodymyr Zelenskyy has urged Ukraine’s allies to speed up imposing new sanctions on Russia after another huge wave of strikes on his country’s capital killed two people and left more wounded.
“Sanctions must be imposed faster, and pressure on Russia must be strong enough that they truly feel the consequences of their terror,” the Ukrainian president said on social media. Ukraine’s air defence force said Moscow sent 400 drones and 18 missiles across the country in the early hours.
For several hours, loud booms and explosions were heard in Kyiv – some from Ukraine’s air defence units trying to shoot down what Ukrainians have dubbed “mopeds” because of the drones’ noisy mechanical whine. Residents sheltered in the metro, in underground passages and in basements.
The capital woke up, exhausted and groggy, on Thursday to a pall of smoke in the sky. “Everything was covered with smoke when I walked my dog in the morning,” one local person said.
