Ukraine-Russia war live updates: Zelensky hits out at US over ‘weak’ reaction to Russian attack on his hometown

Zelensky called for additional sanctions against Russia following the strike on Kryvyi Rih which killed 18 people.

He said on X: “Yes, the war must end. But to end it, we must not be afraid to call things by their names. We must not be afraid to pressure the one who continues this war and ignores all the world’s proposals to end it.

“We must pressure Russia – the one choosing to kill children instead of choosing a ceasefire.

“There must be additional sanctions against those who cannot exist without ballistic strikes on their neighboring nation. We must do everything in our capacity to save lives.”

The US president called up NBC’s Kristen Welker prior to her Sunday appearance as host of Meet the Press, according to Welker. He told her that he was “p***ed off” after the Russian president called for elections in Ukraine and once again questioned the legitimacy of Volodymyr Zelensky’s government — comments the U.S. president said were unhelpful.

John Bowden reports from Washington DC:

A three-year-old girl was among 18 people killed in a Russian attack on Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky said.

Mr Zelensky said nine of the 18 people killed were children as he hit out at Vladimir Putin.

“Staying silent about the fact that it is Russia killing children with ballistic missiles is wrong and dangerous,” he said.

“It only emboldens the scum in Moscow to continue the war and keep ignoring diplomacy.”

Almost no countries were spared from President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs; even small, uninhabited islands in the Indian Ocean were included in the exhaustive list. But one country was notably missing: Russia.

One of the United States’ largest adversaries was omitted from the list of countries slapped with even the 10 percent baseline tariff – a move that raised some eyebrows given Trump’s previously friendly relationship with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Sir Alex Younger said people in the UK must realise that the threat from Russia – and its closeness to the US – is real, adding: “Putin and Trump together have done their best to persuade us that the rules have changed.”