Zelensky Urges Allies To Seek Regime Change In Russia

KYIV: On Thursday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on his allies to bring “regime change” hours after killing 16 people, including a six -year -old child, including a six -year -old child in Russia and Kiev.

Officials, one night, the strikes, a nine -storey apartment building in the western suburbs of Kiev to the rubble and injured at least 150 people in the capital.

Meanwhile, the Russian army claimed that he had seized Chasiv Yar, a strategically important strategic town in Ukraine, where the two sides have been fighting for months.

In recent months, Moscow has accelerated the deadly air strikes in Ukraine and resists pressure on us to end its approximately three and a half years of invasion as its forces moved on the battlefield.

Speaking to a conference that marked a 50 -year conference since the signing of the Helsinki agreements during the Cold War period, Zelensky said he believed that Russia could “pushed” to stop the war.

“However, if the world does not intend to change the regime in Russia, Moscow will try to destabilize neighboring countries, even after the war is over,” he said.

Ukraine Air Force, from the end of Wednesday to Thursday Thursday, Russia in Ukraine, more than 300 drones and eight navigation missiles in Ukraine, he said.

Authorities said that a missile had passed through a nine -storey residential building to the west of the capital and tears its façade.

AFP journalists at the scene saw that the savior passes through a broken concrete mound, which is the belongings of the residents scattered among the debris.

“This is a shock. I still can’t get my bearings. Very frightening,” Valentyna Chestopal, a 28 -year -old resident of Kiev, said to AFP.

Among the victims, there was a six -year -old child who died on his way to the hospital.

Zelensky said that more than 150 people have been injured on Thursday, “16 children and six policemen”, “an unimaginable terror and atrocity scale” from Russian strikes “.

Kiev’s Mayor Vitali Klitschko said that on Friday, the victims were mourned in the capital.

The Russian army said he had hit a military airport, ammunition warehouse and drone production facilities with a one -night strike using weapons and drones.

The attack arrived a few days after the US President Donald Trump published a 10 -day ultimatom for Moscow to stop his invasion or confront sanctions.

Key Capture in the East

Russia said on Thursday that Chasiv has seized the town of Chasiv, a strategically important military center for the Ukrainian forces in the Eastern Donetsk region.

Although a Ukrainian army spokesman rejected Russia’s “lie” claim, the town was “rescued by the Russian forces.”

Zelensky added that Moscow’s claim was “Russian disinformation” and “Ukrainian units defend our positions”.

Ukrainian military analyst Oleksandr Kovalenko said that the Russian forces have the most difficult regions, including Chasiv Yar’s “full control over the northern and east part.

However, he said that the fight for the west side continues with a “very difficult” situation.

To seize the control of Chasiv Yar will be a major military gain for Russia, which has been gaining increasing but stable regional gains for months.

The town, which hosted approximately 12,000 people before the war, but now largely destroyed, the town may allow the Russian forces to move forward in civilian castles in the Eastern Donetsk region.

These include Kramatorsk and Slovians’s Garrison cities, important logistics bases for the Ukrainian army, and many civilians who do not escape the war.

In September 2022, the Kremlin made a priority as the capture of the Donetsk region, as it demanded the industrial region as part of Russia.

Russia, who refused to target civilians, has not yet commented on strike or Zelensky’s call for a change of regime.

Anti -Corruption Law overturned

The attacks on Thursday came a few hours before Ukrainian deputies overthrew a highly criticized law that was signed by Zelensky last week and would prevent the powers of the two anti-graft body.

Zelensky reversed after firing the greatest public unrest in Ukraine since the beginning of Russia’s invasion of Russia in February 2022.

The original law introduced the Ukrainian National Anti -Corruption Office (NABU) and the Anti -Corruption Prosecutor’s Office (SAPO) under the direct authority of the general prosecutor appointed by the President.

Critics went to the streets in protests and feared that the movement would facilitate the intervention of the corruption.

The European Union said that the bill could remove the key -fighting reforms that are key to participate in the block.