Zelensky slams US lack of response to Putin truce rejection

KYIV: Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky on Sunday lamented the lack of a US response to Russia’s refusal to agree a full, unconditional ceasefire” as two people were killed in Moscow’s latest aerial bombardment.

Russia mounted a “massive” missile and drone attack on Ukraine that also wounded seven people, Zelensky said, warning that Moscow was stepping up its aerial attacks. Ukraine has agreed to an unconditional truce in the more than three-year-long war proposed by the United States, but Russian President Vladimir Putin has refused to do so.

“We are waiting for the United States to respond — so far there has been no response,” said Zelensky. Russia claimed the capture of a village in Ukraine’s Sumy region in a rare cross-border advance, but Ukraine branded that as “disinformation”.

Zelensky said “the number of Russian air attacks is increasing”, which he said proved that “the pressure on Russia is still insufficient”.