Zelenskyy: Deadly Zaporizhia Strike Killing 12 People Is Russia's 'Thanks' for U.S. Diesel Waiver
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy attributed the strike to Russia's response to a U.S. diesel deal announced the previous day, which Kyiv warned would finance Moscow's war efforts.
- On Saturday, Russian aerial bombs struck residential buildings in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, killing at least 12 people. Rescuers conducted search operations at the five-storey building following the attack.
- President Donald Trump announced a deal on Friday to purchase more than 300,000 tons of diesel from Russia, framing it as a way to address high fuel prices ahead of the American election.
- At least 14 people were wounded in the attack, including three children who were killed. Residents stand amid rubble of the five-storey residential building struck by five glide bombs in Zaporizhzhia.
- Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote that Russia expressed its "thanks for the lifting of sanctions" by bombing civilians. He claimed the diesel deal acts as an investment helping Moscow prolong the war.
- Oleksandr Petrenko, 26, argued that Trump is manipulating markets to lower gas prices for the upcoming election. Russia and Ukraine remain locked in a long-range aerial war, deadlocked for more than 4 1/2 years.
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Moscow "expresses its thanks" after the agreement with Washington on diesel deliveries by striking again Ukraine, denounced on Saturday Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, while 15 people died in Russian bombings on Zaporijjia (southeast). ...
A Russian airstrike killed twelve people – including three children – in the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhia, just a day after Donald Trump announced the lifting of sanctions on Russian diesel exports.
16 injured, missing in the rubble – Over 80 rescuers are searching for survivors – The attack comes a few hours after Trump's deal for Russian diesel
Russian attack on Ukrainian city kills 12, a day after Trump eases diesel sanctions on Moscow
ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine, Oct 10 - Twelve people, including three children, were killed in a Russian attack on the southern Ukrainian city of Zaporizhzhia on Saturday, a day after US President Donald Trump announced a deal to lift sanctions on Russian diesel in a major setback for Kyiv. Read more at straitstimes.com.
According to Ukrainian figures, at least twelve people died in air strikes by the Russian army in the southeast of Ukraine. President Selenskyy warns against reducing pressure on Russia.
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