Kyiv:
Ukrainian President Volodimier Zelancesi on Thursday urged Russia to “pressure” to end the three -year war as his top colleagues visited Paris to negotiate with the US and the European Union officials on the struggle.
At least 10 people were killed and dozens were injured, as Russia provoked Ukraine with drone strikes and shells.
“Russia uses to kill every day and every night. We should pressurize the killers … to end this war and guarantee a permanent peace,” Zelancesi said in a telegram post.
Zelansky Chief of Staff Andrey Yarmak said he had arrived in Paris with Foreign Minister Andree Sibiga and Defense Minister Rustom Umrov – without saying.
US State Secretary Marco Rubio and Keith Kelog, US President Donald Trump’s special messenger of Ukraine, is meeting French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday to build a ceasefire in Ukraine.
The meeting comes after a group of deadly Russian air strikes on Ukrainian cities, which has created resentment in Kiev and Europe.
Zelanski’s office stated that his team in Paris would discuss “bringing peace to Ukraine”.
A statement for Ukraine’s President said, “Among other things, parties will discuss ways to implement a full and unconditional ceasefire, deployment of a multinational military contingent to ensure safety, and further development of Ukraine’s security architecture,” said in a statement for the President of Ukraine.
Kremlin dismissed the talks and accused Kiev’s colleagues of wanted to take out the war.
Kremlin spokesman Dimitri Peskov told reporters, “Unfortunately we focus on continuing war with Europeans,” when asked what they expect from the talks.
Local governor Sergi Lisak said Russia launched a “large -scale” drone salvo at the city of Danipro, killing three and injuring more than 30.
After the attack, apartment blocks in the city caught fire.
Lisak said two more were killed in the artillery strike in Nikopol from Donipro, while local authorities also reported deadly people in the frontline areas in Donnetsk and Kherson areas.
The Russian army also claimed that a small village in the eastern Donnetsk region has been occupied, where its soldiers have been moving forward for months.
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