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Ukraine ‘entirely justified’ to plan strikes against Russian energy and military targets after Kyiv attacks, Zelenskyy says – Europe live

Back to Ukraine , the country’s president Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Ukraine will hit Russia’s oil industry, military production and those responsible for “committing war crimes against Ukraine and Ukrainians” after the latest Russian attacks killed at least 24 people in Kyiv. “ Ukraine will not allow any of the aggressor’s strikes that take the lives of our people to go unpunished. We are entirely justified in our responses against Russia’s oil industry, military production, and those directly responsible for committing war crimes against Ukraine and Ukrainians.” He also warned about Russian plans for “new missile and drone strikes against Ukraine,” including “decision-making centres” involving political and military commands. Zelenskyy also said that Ukraine “continues to document Russia’s attempts to draw Belarus deeper into the war against Ukraine,” with growing contacts between Moscow and Belarus’s leader, Aleksandr Lukashenko, to “persuade him to join new Russian aggressive operation.” The Ukrainian president suggested this could involve an attack on Ukraine or “one of the Nato countries.” He ended with a rallying cry: “Ukrainians deserve their sovereignty just like any other nation. The people cannot be defeated. Russia must end its war and negotiate a dignified peace, rather than searching for new ways to intimidate Ukraine.”