Russia Is Targeting Civilians, Energy Infrastructure — Zelenskyy

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says civilians have been killed in a barrage of deadly missile and drone attacks, as he accused Russia of targeting the country.

The biggest wave of attacks across Ukraine in months killed at least eight people in Kyiv alone and came a day after Russian President Vladimir Putin blamed Ukraine for a deadly blast on the Kerch Bridge that connects Russia to the Crimean Peninsula.

In a statement, Zelenskyy said; “This is difficult. We are dealing with terrorists. Dozens of missiles and Iranian Shaheds. They have two targets. Energy facilities throughout the country, the second target is people.

“They seek panic and chaos. But we are Ukrainians. Helping each other. We believe in ourselves. We restore everything that was destroyed.

"There may be temporary power outages now, but there will never be an interruption in our confidence – our confidence in victory.”

Zelenskyy said attacks also took place in Dnipro, Vinnytsia and Ivano-Frankivsk in central Ukraine, Zaporizhzhia in the south and the Kharkiv and Sumy regions in the east, among others.

Zelenskyy said he had spoken with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and French President Emmanuel Macron to urge a tough response against Russia in the wake of the deadly attacks.