06:52 GMT
Vitaliy Shevchenko
Russia editor, BBC Monitoring
Hours after the telephone conversation between Donald Trump
and Vladimir Putin, President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a statement saying
that Ukraine was under a Russian attack.
“Unfortunately, specifically civilian infrastructure has
been hit,” he said, listing eleven Ukrainian regions being attacked. According
to the Ukrainian president, a hospital in Sumy was hit.
“It’s nightly Russian attacks like this [that] ruin our energy
system, our infrastructure, Ukraine’s normal life. The fact that this night is
no exception shows that pressure on Russia needs to continue for the sake of
peace.”
Referring to the Trump-Putin telephone conversation,
Zelensky said: “Today, Putin essentially rejected the proposal of a comprehensive
ceasefire. It would be right for the world to reject any attempts by Putin to
draw out the war.”
He called on Ukraine’s allies to continue providing
assistance, and also to impose sanctions on Russia.